MOTU

[Felix]

There's dino-rider He-Man stuff too that never got produced, or was really rare, not sure which.

I want to go back and watch all the He-Man and She-Ra episodes. Especially She-Ra since I never saw it, other than bits & pieces.

Currently trying to find a decent deal on Swiftwind and Filmation Hordak....I still want probably 10 or 20 figures. I have to work on the July sale on the matty website. I probably will end up missing out on Crita and Despara. Kind of a bummer. Maybe I can get someone to cover for me at work

I'm actually excited about the Thundercats line

[Bravo]

3 dinos were made. I had the Tyrannosaur!

The rest were for the cancelled He-Ro pre-eternia series.

[Felix]

Some shots, didn't really play around with the new stuff yet.

[Bravo]

Those She-Ra goofballs. LOL

[Bravo]

Wow. Mattel is giving the whole MOTU thing to Super 7. Probably means more expensive figures IF they continue the Classics scale.

From Mattycollector:
"To Our Loyal Collectors,

Thank you for being the world’s most dedicated fans and passionate supporters of MattyCollector.com over the years.

We want to let you know that we have been working on something new and different for you that measures up to your loyalty and devotion.

As of December 31, 2016, we will be shutting down the website as we transition to Super7 to manufacture and deliver the Masters of the Universe and adult collector lines. Subscriptions and orders for 2016 will remain unaffected, and the site will continue to operate through the end of the year. For the past two years, Super7 has proven to be a great partner, and we look forward to seeing them continue to grow the Masters of the Universe line. They will unveil the expanded line for 2017 at San Diego Comic-Con.

To help you complete your collections before the end of the year, we’ll be opening the Vault beginning Thursday, July 21 at 9 a.m. PT. All 2014 and 2015 items, and select 2016 items, will be available for sale at that time. They’ll remain in the shop until the end of the year or while supplies last, whichever comes first. For our U.S.-based collectors, any Vault products you buy during San Diego Comic-Con will arrive with free domestic ground shipping.

We thank you for your dedication and support through the years.

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From Super7:
"Hello Matty Collectors!

This is Brian Flynn, owner of Super7, and I just wanted to say how excited we are to expand our relationship with Mattel and Masters of the Universe this year and beyond! We’re looking forward to creating a wonderful array of exciting and unexpected Masters of the Universe products in the years to come.

As some of you may know, we’ve been working with Mattel for a few years now, creating both the retro 3.75” MOTU figures, the M.U.S.C.L.E. MOTU figures, and last year’s SDCC 2015 Skeletor’s Lair special event. Since then, we’ve announced wave 2 of the 3.75” figures, and wave 2 of the M.U.S.C.L.E. figures, which will debut at SDCC 2016.

Speaking of SDCC 2016, our biggest announcement was that while all this was going on, we’ve been working secretly on the first new Masters of the Universe animation in the classic style since 1985 – “The Curse of the Three Terrors”! In trying to be as authentic to the original series as possible, this new animation features original voice actor Alan Oppenheimer reprising his signature role as Skeletor (as well as Mer-Man and Man At Arms) on a new adventure in Eternia. Additionally, we worked with The Power and Honor Foundation to use original backgrounds from the 1984-1985 series, so this new animation is as accurate as possible. We will premiere the “The Curse of the Three Terrors” at 10pm on Wednesday July 20th, at the corner of 8th Ave. and G in downtown San Diego, directly across the street from this year’s Skeletor’s Lair pop-up shop! Afterwards, “The Curse of the Three Terrors” will be available August 1st for download on iTunes and Google Play for $1.99.

[Felix]

I feel like they've milked MOTU as much as possible already. A few unmade more obscure characters, but whatever. Fans are pretty pissed about Thundercats though. I bet Mattel will still make them and there's no need to panic...still, Pixel Dan has said Thundercats is over after 2016, which means the line died before they even released the core characters. I sure hope they continue it.

*Edit* I feel like if they don't continue the line, someone else will. Either another company getting the license, or getting a 3rd party company to do it. I could even see He-Man getting some "new" figures that look like Thundercats figures.

[Felix]

*Update* GOOD NEWS! Super7 have said they will continue MOTU both Classics and Filmation lines.
They also said they REALLY want to do Thundercats, but the licensing may take a while. Also good news. It's just not as simple as a Transition as it is for MOTU since Mattel owns MOTU.

They've even said they would do Snake Mountain if the figure line is successful and if there is enough demand for it.
I personally feel there is only a handful of fans who would actually pay for it. I'm one of them, but at the same time, it's not something I need.


And last, my new Crita got here today, what a fun figure! I have no idea who she even is supposed to be, but I love her look. Mine had some minor paint rubs on her leg that look like it was from the dress. Minor bummer, overall figure is really nice, one of my favorites for sure.

[Bravo]

Night Stalker on sale tomorrow.

I had the original but not Stridor, because screw the good guys. LOL. The nonposeable thing was lame. You could move the tail and the lasers. Big whoop. Also bad-guy cheap out, no head armor. At least Panthor had the flocking to compensate.

The new one corrects both.

[Felix]

I had Stridor as a kid, but have no desire for it. It's more of a Brave-Star thing

I will paint one of the She-Ra horses, probably Arrow because it's cheaper, and sculpt a better mane on it. Going to paint it black for the "Nightmare" from Dungeons & Dragons. Just trying to get Warduke done first. I've got the parts and most of the stuff I need, just need to get my lazy ass to work on it. There's early artwork that has Warduke riding Nightmare. That's what I want.

I'm not thrilled with how Lion-O looks, but he's my least favorite.

[Bravo]

Looks like Super 7 is reissuing some MOTU Classics with all previous variant heads* and accessories. Seems nice for anyone who missed Teela or some such. Only thing "new" seems to be a recolored RAM-MAN in mini-comic colors. Also retro style 80's Mummy Skeletor and some big headed monster guys. (Why not make requested characters in that format?)

Super 7 NYCC reveals

*Not the cartoon heads, though.

[Felix]

That's cool. I like that they're going the mini-comic route. I might get some of these, not sure yet. There's really only a handful of figures I still want.

[Felix]

I take back what I said. I'll probably get anything Super7 makes at this scale. Those figures look too good to pass up.

[Bravo]

Word is they don't have the She-Ra license. So no Shadow Weavers anytime soon.

Planned for 2017 are 8 filmation figures and 8 new classics figures, not including those ultimates. They'll be done in quarterly releases, 4 MOUC classics, then 4 Filmation, then 4 MOTUC and then 4 Filmation.

Why do I care I don't collect these. LOL. It's always interesting to see what they make.

[Felix]

Thanks for the heads up!
The only Skeletor I have is the Filmation one, and a good comic version will be nice to go with my all red Beast-Man.

Bad news about She-Ra. I really would like a Light Spinner variant Shadow Weaver...but that's about it.

Kind of cool I will probably be able to get the figures I missed out on.

[Bravo]

The Fwoosh MOTUC The Future

It's really a wishlist.

I'm not sure i ever saw that Horde mummy concept art.

I like the Masks of Power demons because I had that mini-comics. And Lodar, because I had that one, too. Stratos' enemy/sister/cousin/baby mama would be neat. The rest are alright, I guess. Pretty sure they can't make Karg due to movie rights. Surprised the didn't do the Trollans already. They did more obscure characters. There's a 100 one-off Filmation toon characters they could make, many would require just a new head and garments & weapons. But they'd have limited appeal.