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News Credits: 19 · by **blackeyedprime** » Tue Dec 27, 2022 8:35 am

And thats why, when you see people charging £80+ for Leech and Snout Spout individually here....you dont pay those prices eveeeerrrrr.

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Tue Dec 27, 2022 8:45 am

blackeyedprime wrote:And thats why, when you see people charging £80+ for Leech and Snout Spout individually here....you dont pay those prices eveeeerrrrr.

I have a vintage Leech but the ribber band that held his legs is long broken. I wonder how to fix that because there is no screws and no clues in how can I disassemble anything.

News Credits: 19 · by **blackeyedprime** » Tue Dec 27, 2022 9:01 am

-Kanrabat- wrote:I have a vintage Leech but the ribber band that held his legs is long broken. I wonder how to fix that because there is no screws and no clues in how can I disassemble anything.

Should be more than easy enough for you compared to kitbashing transformers

I cant remember name of a guy who customises motu on youtube or if a tool would be needed but the rubber peices are cheap enough to pick up:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185438870906 ... BM7veIvqph

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Tue Dec 27, 2022 9:14 am

-Kanrabat- wrote:Of course those are "new". I never, ever saw the leech guy nor the elephant guy in store. Ever.

Strange, these guys have been readily available here since the summer. I got mine from BBTS shortly before they started showing up in stores. It's really hard to predict which MotU figures are going to be available in stores so I just get everything on BBTS and on the rare occasion that I find something in stores first I cancel my order.

Emerje

News Credits: 19 · by **blackeyedprime** » Tue Dec 27, 2022 9:28 am

My girlfriends daughter on the snake chaos set:

"I love it, it's very good, I love He-man because Skeletor is the bad guy, I have Skeletor and He-man, I'm like, Skeletor here you go dnk dnk dnk dnk (attack noises)"

I think her mum will kill me when I get her a grayskull but challenge accepted. Also the MOTU stuff will probably be played with more than the magic mixies.

*BBTS has only just sent my leech out, snout spout was a while ago but I think Leech is a second run of him.

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Tue Dec 27, 2022 11:12 am

blackeyedprime wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:I have a vintage Leech but the ribber band that held his legs is long broken. I wonder how to fix that because there is no screws and no clues in how can I disassemble anything.

Should be more than easy enough for you compared to kitbashing transformers I cant remember name of a guy who customises motu on youtube or if a tool would be needed but the rubber peices are cheap enough to pick up:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185438870906 ... BM7veIvqph

Well, turn out that those rubber things were completely rotten and impossible to remove from the legs with drilling larger holes. So I used my TF customiser skills to fix him.

In the end, it's not perfect but at least Leech stand solidly.

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Tue Dec 27, 2022 8:29 pm

I went shopping in hope of some boxing day deals but of course I found nothing.
Except an Origin Wind Rider. At 16$can, I could spare the effort to squeeze that huge thing in my MOTU display.

It needs a rider and Teela, who is on her way, will be perfect.

News Credits: 19 · by **blackeyedprime** » Thu Dec 29, 2022 6:00 am

What is that mysterious hissing noise?

News Credits: 19 · by **blackeyedprime** » Sun Jan 01, 2023 4:24 am

Head swap with horde troopers works well for the regular khan head.

News Credits: 19 · by **blackeyedprime** » Sat Jan 07, 2023 6:11 am

Since I didn't luck out on the powercon secrets of greyskull set I got a cheaper alternative for the grayskull 'space suit' and whilst they might be a different shape to origins figures I think it's a good? stand in.

*popped the heads off easily and then popped off the neck pieces almost as easy and now have two empty space suits. Not sure if I'd go all in for the unused fantastic 4ish unused motu film story for suits for evil lynn and human Beastman. I forgot to to put a masterverse or classics figure next to the fortnite suits but I'm using for origins anyways.

News Credits: 19 · by **blackeyedprime** » Thu Jan 12, 2023 12:23 pm

Origins frog monger *pre order out in less than 5 days on Mattel creations and probably sold out in less than five days too. Wasn't expecting it to have a jet pack, hopefully I can get one.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Thu Jan 12, 2023 9:22 pm

So Scott is claiming that Mattel sent a letter out to retailers telling them that both Origins and Masterverse are being discontinued as of April.

He's been claiming for years that Mattel would lose MOTU in 2023 to much ridicule so we'll see what happens.

Emerje

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Thu Jan 12, 2023 9:25 pm

I call bull diarrhea on this.

News Credits: 104 · by **Cyber Bishop** » Thu Jan 12, 2023 11:29 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:I call bull diarrhea on this.

Agreed they even put images out there at SDCC of the upcoming sorceress, pig head and Shadow Weaver.

News Credits: 19 · by **blackeyedprime** » Fri Jan 13, 2023 1:36 am

He does know that they are making products into at least 2024 (coughs eternia) ... This guy is no nostradamus hahaha, just plain wrong. Worst case scenario it gets licenced to other companies to make again.

News Credits: 56 · by **o.supreme** » Fri Jan 13, 2023 3:44 pm

I knew as soon as he posted the video, it wasn't going to go well. I really dont have a strong opinion one way or the other. I honestly dont believe he WISHES doom on the line as some suggest, just reporting what he sees. He claims to have 3 "sources" confirmation, we will see in time if his claims come to fruition. But to be clear, what he is stating (at this time) is that MOTU Origins and Masterverse will no longer be sold at retail beyond April 2023 (giving time to clear out what was planned by end of year 2022). He did say that both lines could continue as online exclusives. So it is entirely possible he is right.

This would no bearing on the Origins Eternia Crowdfunded project, or the proposed Origins Snake Mountain that was likely going to be an online exclusive anyway.

If, by summer, both Target and Walmart still have a healthy supply coming in of New MOTU product, then I think it would be safe to say Scott was wrong, but at this point, especially with Target doing resets, its a "wait and see".

News Credits: 4838 · by **william-james88** » Fri Jan 13, 2023 3:54 pm

Emerje wrote:So Scott is claiming that Mattel sent a letter out to retailers telling them that both Origins and Masterverse are being discontinued as of April.

He's been claiming for years that Mattel would lose MOTU in 2023 to much ridicule so we'll see what happens.

Emerje

After his video claiming target was no longer going to have marvel legends in stores just because he didn't see the tag at 1 store, it is hard to take these announcements seriously

News Credits: 104 · by **Cyber Bishop** » Fri Jan 13, 2023 4:56 pm

william-james88 wrote:After his video claiming target was no longer going to have marvel legends in stores just because he didn't see the tag at 1 store, it is hard to take these announcements seriously

some of these idiots just spout crap to get attention.

News Credits: 19 · by **blackeyedprime** » Fri Jan 13, 2023 5:09 pm

@o.supreme snake mountain was announced to be at retail.

News Credits: 56 · by **o.supreme** » Fri Jan 13, 2023 5:13 pm

blackeyedprime wrote:@o.supreme snake mountain was announced to be at retail.

Was it announced to appear specifically at B&M such as Walmart or Target? I never saw Origins Grayskull at B&M, but several online retailers, including Amazon have it, even at a discounted price.

Oddly enough I did see the 2021 CG MotU Graskull once a few weeks ago at Target.

Again, I'm just trying to be a neutral party here. I've had dialogue with Scott, and he's given some objectively bad info before (Buzzworhty Fangry for sure), But I dont think he's a complete moron. I believe he does have some insight, as flawed as it may be at times. Of course several fans and collectors have already jumped in and said it's all complete BS. If so, then he has bad info, and will hopefully learn. If it is true however, then he was just playing the role of an informant, much to our chagrin.

william-james88 wrote:After his video claiming target was no longer going to have marvel legends in stores just because he didn't see the tag at 1 store, it is hard to take these announcements seriously

I recall those videos, and the flak he took for that as well. Whether you want to call it clarification, or "moving the goal posts after the fact" , I recall him stating later that it would be specifically Marvel Legends, not tied to media (i.e. Movies or Disney+ shows). I pay zero attention to Marvel Legends, so let me ask:

Does Target in the United States currently have any Marvel Legends toys on shelf that are not tied to any media?

News Credits: 19 · by **blackeyedprime** » Fri Jan 13, 2023 5:39 pm

o.supreme wrote:
blackeyedprime wrote:@o.supreme snake mountain was announced to be at retail.

Was it announced to appear specifically at B&M such as Walmart or Target? I never saw Origins Grayskull at B&M, but several online retailers, including Amazon have it, even at a discounted price.

I'm guessing for whomever wants/is able to stock it but I'm not sure how it works stateside. Definitely how it worked here though with it being available instores/online.

I just bought a Greyskull as a present for hopefully one happy kid, with the only problem being getting it over there with America not being like 150+ countries until at least April and yes it would have been easier to buy/send over their but it was through store credit.

News Credits: 56 · by **o.supreme** » Sun Jan 15, 2023 9:57 pm

I was mentioning in the brag/cry thread about going to a Target some distance away, and how clean it was, and had some new things I hadn't seen before.

For MotU I saw the Road Ripper (I'm calling it that, not what its changed name is), and Meka-Neck. I understand that some of the play features of the originals toys have been sacrificed for added articulation, but seeing this just made me sad. Having a Meka-Neck who's Neck dosen't actually extend (just a swappable Neck), also the Road Ripper dosen't even have the ripcord feature. Makes me a little relieved I didn't go all in on these. There have been some cool innovations (I like that the Roton is actually MORE than it was originally), but some of the changes (or loss of play features) would really make me upset if I were collecting them.

News Credits: 4838 · by **william-james88** » Sun Jan 15, 2023 11:20 pm

Yes, that's mekanek is sad

News Credits: 19 · by **blackeyedprime** » Tue Jan 17, 2023 12:16 pm

Yeagh Mekanek and several other figures are pretty bad in the 'retro play' aspect (ignoring the missing twist and punch feature).

Ordering a Mattel exclusive whilst Kate Bush Running up that hill is playing... I'm gonna need coffee.

3 per customer of frog monger. That picture of trap jaw being held by three of them makes me think I will call him three throg.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Thu Jan 19, 2023 3:51 am

Yeah, I forgot all about Frog Monger until well after they all sold out. I guess the whole made-to-order thing didn't work out well for them since they only did it twice, this is the third consecutive release not to have that option, very annoying.

Emerje