I might be...but there are other clues (not just the game)
I hope we get Horde troopers,but expect the let down and we get something else
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I might be...but there are other clues (not just the game)
I hope we get Horde troopers,but expect the let down and we get something else
I gotta side with teemu this time around... 
Makes more sense to have generic 2-packs than A/B-listers (Horde Troopers) figures.
BTW..,. seems like Grayskull will be $250.00 afterall...
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Makes more sense to have generic 2-packs than A/B-listers (Horde Troopers) figures.
BTW..,. seems like Grayskull will be $250.00 afterall...
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Dollmanron
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At $250.00 it'll really have to be something fantastic and not just a straight copy of the original (just bigger) for me to put out that kind of money.
I like the idea of the hidden compartments, moat, and extra detail that a lot of custom Castle Greyskulls have had on here.
I like the idea of the hidden compartments, moat, and extra detail that a lot of custom Castle Greyskulls have had on here.
still buying two....in the grand scheme of things $250 + shipping is really not alot of money (and no I am not rich)
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Call me cynical, but it almost feels as though this Castle Grayskull effort is set up to fail. As if they can drum up some hype and attention for a few weeks, only then to later say, when they don't get that infamous minimum amount they need to go ahead with it, well, we tried, but sadly you guys just didn't support it enough, sorry. Then it'll be the fans fault that Castle Grayskull was never made, and Matty can't be blamed for not making such an iconic piece for the line. Which is kind of brilliant in a twisted kind of way.
I mean here they are offering it completely sight unseen, at the end of the year, when people have the least amount of disposable cash, in a pre-order plan that actually locks away the full price for a few days from your credit card account, until the charge eventually drops off, and the price has already risen 25% from the originally mooted $200 (which fans probably accepted too readily) to now being around $250. Before shipping.
So basically you lock away a big chunk of change for an indeterminate amount of time, right around the holiday season, right when regular motu orders are more expensive than ever with additional non sub and quarterly items are also needing to be purchased, to purchase a big money high end item that'll cost a bucket load to ship on little more than blind faith and maybe some rough concept art from a company that is notorious for cutting corners, and that can't even get the quality control on their $22 figures right after all these years. That, to me, is a big ask. And now the price is $250, so if they do still get so many orders that they have to make it, even despite all those obstacles, at least they'll make a killing on it.
I mean look, for the hardcore fans I hope I'm wrong, I hope I'm just too damn cynical after being with the line since day one, but I see all these fans acting like Grayskull is pretty much a done thing, and I just don't see it. Not even close. In a year where subscriptions barely squeaked past the line (apparently) I just don't think there is enough good will and blind faith to lay that level of money down on something that you don't even get to see and make an informed judgement about first.
Again, I'd be happy to be wrong, but we'll see, I guess.
I mean here they are offering it completely sight unseen, at the end of the year, when people have the least amount of disposable cash, in a pre-order plan that actually locks away the full price for a few days from your credit card account, until the charge eventually drops off, and the price has already risen 25% from the originally mooted $200 (which fans probably accepted too readily) to now being around $250. Before shipping.
So basically you lock away a big chunk of change for an indeterminate amount of time, right around the holiday season, right when regular motu orders are more expensive than ever with additional non sub and quarterly items are also needing to be purchased, to purchase a big money high end item that'll cost a bucket load to ship on little more than blind faith and maybe some rough concept art from a company that is notorious for cutting corners, and that can't even get the quality control on their $22 figures right after all these years. That, to me, is a big ask. And now the price is $250, so if they do still get so many orders that they have to make it, even despite all those obstacles, at least they'll make a killing on it.
I mean look, for the hardcore fans I hope I'm wrong, I hope I'm just too damn cynical after being with the line since day one, but I see all these fans acting like Grayskull is pretty much a done thing, and I just don't see it. Not even close. In a year where subscriptions barely squeaked past the line (apparently) I just don't think there is enough good will and blind faith to lay that level of money down on something that you don't even get to see and make an informed judgement about first.
Again, I'd be happy to be wrong, but we'll see, I guess.
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Subscriptions don't mean anything because this item is also set up for the casual buyer...it will sell....alot of non subscribers will jump in
plus,this will also be used as the movie Castle Grayskull (whenever the movie gets released) so its already tooled and will be re-used but will not have all the bells and whistles as the Classics one will have.
I think this is quite the conspiracy theory you got going on there dude...
Why would they even bother to try and sell Grayskull?
People already beetch about Mattel as it is, so, it's not like they are that worried about their rep with fans.
As teemu says, a LOT of non-MOTUC collectors will jump on this... I'm not saying it's absolutely a done deal, but I really think this item will be sought after by a lot of collectors, even from a pure nostalgia POV.
Some will buy at least He-Man/Skeletor/Cats combos to display with the Castle.
I really hope it's a home-run and that it breathes new life into MOTUC...
it's still a gamble, but I'm more certain that this will sell really well for such a "high-priced" item.
Check it out!!
Looks awesome!!!
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Looks awesome!!!
!!![ame]https://youtu.be/a4BkCnBGqU0[/ame]
If it's successful enough, it might... like Plants vs. Zombies and the like...
lerath666
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might pop up on the Ouya as well.
I'd be suprised if it didn't TBQH
I'd be suprised if it didn't TBQH
Hey guys
Looks like my Grayskull is ready. Need an opinion though...the guy who's made them says he's got "problems" with PayPal so wants me to send a cheque. Does this sound dodgy to you? I'm in England, he's in the states so I don't feel comfortable posting out $200 in an envelope...
I've suggested a wire transfer so just waiting his response.
I'm sure he's genuine but I don't know him from Adam and he's in another country......
Im desperate to get mu hands on it but.....
Thoughts?
Why do the boss characters just stand there, being beaten?
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I think this is quite the conspiracy theory you got going on there dude...
Why would they even bother to try and sell Grayskull?
Because if it sells to their demanded levels at such an inflated price, they win. If it doesn't sell, they still win, as they then have the fallback of "we tried, you guys didn't support it", so they then become blameless if no Castle Grayskull gets made. There is no downside for them in this, which is why I'm surprised they didn't pull this trick earlier.
Like I said, just my view.
I hope you all get your castles, I truly do, and I hope it kicks ass, I just don't think it is going to sell as well as some of the hardcore fans seem to think it will. Nor do I think the casual market is going to give a damn, either way. But I've been wrong before, so we'll see I suppose.
Is that video game literally only for iphones? Are they revealing any new figures?
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People "on the ground" at the Toy Tokyo Art Show said that the app was supposed to come out a month from now for Android.
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