MOTU

[Bravo]

No payment method is working for me. Looks like Sy Klone is a write off.

Edit: finally took paypal. I think. Jeez. Was it me? I tried paypal and 3 cards again and again.

[Bravo]

Livestream had a trivia question "What was the first cartoon episode Sy-Klone appeared in?"

Some one responded in the chat: "The first episode was a walmart exclusive no one could watch."

Reveals were MOTU Origins Geldor and Demo-Man for Creations bullshat exclusives (Where's STONEDAR?)
Cartoon Adama, Cringer and Evil-Lyn.
and Masterverse Horde Trooper, a large deluxe figure because that's what you want an army builder to be...more expensive.

SNAKE LAIR crowd-funding news soon. Yay.

[Swindle]

Leo I feel like ends up with not being humiliated in his mash up like other Turtles. The wig on Mikey is sad.

I think April is cute. I might try to get her and some are well done, actually, but I can't imagine myself collecting these to a complete collection. Some just look weird.

[Swindle]

[Swindle]

[Bravo]

Geldor and Demo-Man are the kind of characters that Creations should offer....IF...the whole non-cartoon regular line (besides fan favorites) wasn't now Creations only.
I think they made Geldor as an excuse to reuse Ram-Man axes again.

[Felix]

Sadly, I don't see the lady that was promoting Eternia.

Splinter looks pretty cool.

I like April too.

With the turtles, this line is all over the place.
Good idea to cherry pick.

Mer-Man is a snake now? I'm confused.

Geldor...the figure nobody wants. But will somehow become the most sought after figure in 2024.
And completely forgotten about by 2025.

Horde Trooper isn't bad, but a missed opportunity for retro cartoon accuracy. I am guessing that the armor will look more dull and gray on the final product.

Cartoon figures look good.

*Edit* Easy pass on Demo-Man...just not interested. I'd rather get another regular version of Skeletor.

[Bravo]

Mar 21, 2024 13:42:09 GMT -8 Felix said:

Sadly, I don't see the lady that was promoting Eternia.

I saw part of the UNO segment and it was like they were bringing out thicker and thicker brunettes. I was like "Nah, bra, that last one is too thick."

Like they are trying to make UNO some sort of collectible thing. There's a MOTU Uno deck, but the art is like reused 80's poster art and magazine art.

I dunno they decided Horde Troopers are metal colored now, not gray. So no actual retro toy colored version yet.

[Felix]

That's what I should have been collecting all of these years, UNO!

[Swindle]

The Demo-Man concept never interested me. Kevin Smith just hand waving that bit in his show, good call.

[Bravo]

Extendar review.

[Felix]

Extendar is one of those figures past my era of collecting MOTU.

Not one I was ever interested in. Seemed to me like he was just Mekanek 2.0

But I am glad Mattel is one step closer to finishing what they started.

[Bravo]

I remember liking him well enough. Though he is another suffering cyborg/body horror character. It's either Hordak, in this case, or Man-At-Arms, in Mekaneck and Rotar's cases, creating these horrors...except Trap-Jaw.
Once again the missed the boat. Original Extendar has "chopping hands" but new one only has gripping hands. I guess that's okay, if it keep him a regular and not deluxe. But those WWE Superstars have extra hands are sell for $20 each, I think.

[Swindle]

There's a tipping point where some of the late figures, how could they function in a regular situation? You can have gimmick with a figure and it works visually and as a 'reason' ... Trap Jaw works. There's a simplicity to him. I never liked Extendar. He just looked like a loser to me.

[Bravo]

Being a loser was part of his minicomic origin. He feels inadequate (despite dressing like a knight). Hordak offers to him power. Turns him into a cyber monster like Dragstor (who was an innocent Etherian villager). Extendar goes evil for a bit and is brought back to good.
Moral: Don't trust evil bat-like techno-wizards.