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lerath666 said:
except TG already said it wasn't going to happen. after seeing Muppet-lobster-Luchador Man, I'm going to take TG at his word.
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He Rocks! and thats what MOTU Classics is all about!

Updates of the Originals :exactly: ;)
 
From Mattycollector:

March 4, 2011
By Matty
Toy Fans,

Recently, we ran a poll on the color of the upcoming Man-E-Faces® figure. What had happened was that The Four Horsemen wanted to do Man-E-Faces® with his mini-comic colors (flesh tone), Toy Guru wanted to do a full orange suit version, and a half-and-half version was shown at New York Toy Fair. Still, an agreement couldn’t be reached amongst the team so we figured we’d let the fans decide. And what did you choose?

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525 (42%) Half-and-half deco as presented at Toy Fair
421 (34%) Original cross-sell colors (flesh-toned skin)
296 (24%) Original toy colors (orange colored jump suit)

So with 1,242 votes total, over 40% of you said that Man-E-Faces® should be produced in a half-and-half deco. Looks like the Four Horsemen and Toy Guru will just have to wait to see if their preferred versions are ever offered ;)

If you missed the poll, here’s the back story:

“Man-E-Faces® figure has a bit of a deco dilemma. The original cross-sell image of the toy on the back of the package showed Man-E-Faces® with flesh-toned skin with blue armor. But the original toy didn't match this and shipped with orange skin, which most fans have interpreted over the years as an orange skintight suit (much like Man-At-Arms® wears a green skintight suit).

We checked with some of the original Mattel designers and indeed the orange color on the vintage figure was intended to be flesh-toned, but back in the day, our partners in China had a hard time matching the tone and he came out orange!

Most fans have memories of him having an orange suit (or orange skin), especially when you consider his human face was flesh-toned! And even more so, later figures of Man-E-Faces® (such as the 2002 figure) were done with purposeful orange skin/suit, so there is a lot of precedent for this color as well.”

You can look for Man-E-Faces® in his half-and-half deco to arrive August 15th, so be sure to watch this spot for official images and any updates as it gets closer. A big “thank you” to everyone who voted in the poll and helped us to resolve this difficult dilemma!

— Matty
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So, half n' half Man-E it is!!
:rock!
 
I voted Half and Half...but would of taken Flesh tone too....I just thought the Toyfair version shown was perfect (with the not too dark Orange color)
 
Quick question for you guys... are the calves on Roboto identical, or are there differences between the right and left?

A guy who bought one off of me on eBay left positive feedback, but the comment said (2 left calves) :huh
 
We checked with some of the original Mattel designers and indeed the orange color on the vintage figure was intended to be flesh-toned, but back in the day, our partners in China had a hard time matching the tone and he came out orange!
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so nothing has changed in 30 years? interesting.
 
Yeah, I am pretty sure I would have noticed something odd like that... but I'm thinking that the love of reuse is strong enough that its likely that both are the same :huh

Hopefully someone can give me an answer :pray:
 
teemu said:
He Rocks! and thats what MOTU Classics is all about!

Updates of the Originals :exactly: ;)
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just my opinion.
Vintage head on modern body is not exactly an update.

but I digress. He said no 200xish heads, and he shows he means it with the muppet.
I'm expecting stink-or to only have the repainted mer-man head now, and never to see a Castle greyskull.

but I'm ok with this.
 

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