Masters of the Universe Classics

[galactiboy]

Wow, those are really well done. Too bad all the effort is on such a steaming pile of film

 

[the angry orc]

Nice pic! God I love this line.

yah, after seeing that pic i had to line all mine up. this really is the best line going.

 

[Skiman]

Those all sound like pretty good guesses. I sold off my first He-Man, Beast Man, and Skeletor figures (I still have two Skeletors, one opened and carded) and was leaning toward maybe just getting He-Man again and Hordak and calling it a day.

But Mattel has once again shown their utter awesomeness and devotion to both fans and MOTU history with the He-Ro announcement and so many great figures on the horizon I just might jump back into this line full steam. Sigh, decisions, decisions....

Why did u start getting outta this line Khev?

 

[Khev]

Why did u start getting outta this line Khev?

 

[EVILFACE]

You chose wisely

 

[xenofreak]

Anyone gonna order another Merman tomorrow, just for the "fun" of it? i can't wait to see if it sells out in 10 minutes.

 

[Skiman]

Anyone gonna order another Merman tomorrow, just for the "fun" of it? i can't wait to see if it sells out in 10 minutes.

I might be up for it, I'm getting a couple from a Fellow Freak but like I said I might be down for it.... :maul

 

[Skiman]

Yes u did choose wisely, I can't give u any troubles for choosing another great line!

 

[Skiman]

What time is this madness gonna happen again?

 

[darren1228]

Mer-Man in less than 3 hours!!!! 12:00pm EST

 

[Shropt]

The 1987 live-action movie blew massive chunks but what wicked custom figures!

https://www.he-man.org/forums/boards/showthread.php?t=161801&page=9

I REALLY hate to say this, but if those figures were produced I think I'd pick them up.

 

[The Josh]

Those are pretty darn good. I actually like the 87 movie.

 

[Customikey]

I would be all over that Skeletor figure! That's amazing work!!

 

[Khev]

Yes u did choose wisely, I can't give u any troubles for choosing another great line!

They're both great lines, but that image of multiple Cobra Troopers is just so striking to me that I've gotten pretty brutal in deciding what other figures/lines still make the cut.

The 4HM and Mattel really do seem to be catering to diehard MOTU fantasies with the new line, although they've definitely had some missteps.

King Grayskull is a terrible character and never should have been made. He's an idiotic 2002 MOTU dolt who's a bad ripoff of both He-Man and He-Ro. He-Ro was the civilized young wizard who battled Snakemen and dinosaurs in Pre-Eternia (circa 1987 story concepts) while He-Man is the rugged barbarian who battles Skeletor and the Evil Warriors in Eternia's present.

Enter King Grayskull, another power sword wielding barbarian who looks like He-Man AND fights dinosaurs in the past. He should have been left in 2002, Mattel should have started the line with He-Man and left He-Ro as the "hero" from the past. He-Ro's alter ego is even "Gray", so KG infringes on that aspect as well. And don't even get me started about his look. A He-Man clone with hair extensions and a cape? Reminds me of when Marty McFly would go to the future or the past and see alternate versions of himself that would also be played by Michael J. Fox, even the women. Just a terrible concept and figure that has no place in a "classic" MOTU collection. I know many fans of this line disagree, but there you go.

The "real names" have also made it very easy to NOT go MOC with this line. Open those suckers and display them with your DVD's or old box art.

Here's a post I made on www.he-man.org (that was edited by the mods because I used the words "stupid" and "dumb") in response to someone who said that "Squiddish Rex" was a cool name for Mer-Man because "Nobody - not even a fishlike species - would name their son Mer-Man.":

But they would name him Squiddish? Replacing a fish nickname with another fish nickname to add "realism" was a bad move IMO. It'd be like saying He-Man's real name is "Strongmanish Rex".

And Hek-tor is even worse. If Mattel can't think of a sufficiently appropriate alien name then the cards should say something like:

Hordak, Ruthless Leader of the Evil Horde
Real Name: UNKNOWN

That being said the figures themselves are fantastic. I love the sculpting, paint, and throwback designs. The joints could be a tad tighter though, my Skeletor has a somewhat loose left ankle joint and he'd be prone to falling over if his staff didn't allow for the "tripod" effect. Hopefully they made enough Mer-Mans that he really will be available for a week or two and the secondary prices can come down much closer to retail. I wouldn't want these figures to lose their value but I hate the idea of being a slave to preorder day every month because "if you don't get it now you'll have to pay twice as much later."

 

[Mesa]

and it begins again

 

[Mesa]

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[chilipep66]

i have two mer men in my cart, but all its saying on page 2 of the checkout is "coming soon"

!!!!!!!! WTF

 

[Deak Starkiller]

I got in Scott, I didn't order any (already got him) but you can now get in there. Give it a sec. "Good journey" duders .

 

[chilipep66]

yay went through!

phew, toughest 9 minutes ive ever spent on mer madness

 

[darren1228]

Woohoo!!! Took me over 10minutes but I finally have my order in.