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AllNewSuperRobot wrote:

I saw this recently - Barbarian Skeletor. Alongside a pairing between him and Viking He-Man and I quite like the design. Not so much He-Man. As it looks like a standard design, plus Viking helm. But this armoured design compliments the classic Skeletor look, while adding something new.

I don't like his Col. Sanders chin beard, but I also don't like him with the hood in this armor. What to do...

Emerje

I didn't think that was a beard. Just his chin was more pointed. I suppose in answer to your reservations, that is why he comes with an extra head.

Doesn't matter, I can't unsee a green beard. And like I said, I don't like that his other head is another hooded head.

So I got a POL box in from BBTS the other day. It has my MOTUO wave 6 (Stinkor, Webstor, LOP Beastman and Green Goddess), Deluxe Mosquitor, and MOTWWEU wave 8 (Chyna, Austin, Mysterio).

Emerje

Emerje wrote: And like I said, I don't like that his other head is another hooded head.

Oops, I completely misread that the first time. Looking closer at that armour. Is that chest plate a Horde emblem? Is this a redeco armour piece??

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:

Emerje wrote: And like I said, I don't like that his other head is another hooded head.

Oops, I completely misread that the first time. Looking closer at that armour. Is that chest plate a Horde emblem? Is this a redeco armour piece??

No, it's just an exaggeration of the usual bat design on his armor.



Emerje

Oh dear.. Why does that sound like 'contemporary Earth'? You would have thought the most obvious mistake of the 80's movie would have been lesson learned nearly 40 years later.

It sounds a lot to me like the new Netflix series story.

Picked up a Battle Armor Skeletor at Walmart on clearance for $7. I already have one I haven't opened up yet, but this one's package is pretty beat up so I'll open this one and save the other one.

Also found the Mega Constux He-man vs Beast Man set at TJMaxx on clearance for $4.50. Always thought these were very over priced for what they are, this is definitely the right price for me.

Emerje

So I've been reading a lot of Negative opinion about how terrible Targets website is, especially when it comes to pre orders, and after all the Earthrise fiasco, I agree so naturally we have this...



My sincerest condolences, and best of luck actually getting these to anyone who wants them.

blackeyedprime wrote:At least sun man's not exclusive though as he will be available in the wave later on.

Yeah, they already did a Deluxe Sun-Man that was exclusive to Mattel Creations, this one is mass retail, I pre-ordered him a while ago on BBTS. Interestingly they removed him from being orderable (he's still in my pre-orders), probably until the other stores make him available.

I'm sure King Grayskull will be just as hard to find as all the other Target exclusive MOTU figures that have lingered for Months after release. I'm not worried, Mattel seems to have a better grasp on getting exclusives into Target than Hasbro does.

Emerje

Looking it up online is surprisingly vague. Is Sun Man (and villain "Pig-Head", by association) new? Or a returning figure from the original line??

Sun Man actually has a pretty neat history. A rare case of an off brand toy now being officially made part of MOTU.



As for King Grayskull and celebrating Black History, at least they specified the Revelation version, and not the original.

It could have been far worse. Anti Eternia He-Man is in that same wave as Sun Man.

o.supreme wrote:Sun Man actually has a pretty neat history. A rare case of an off brand toy now being officially made part of MOTU.

That was interesting. Literally never heard of him before. The logo font reminded me of NA, which I'm sure was more than coincidence. He actually could have worked really well in NA, come to think of it.

o.supreme wrote:It could have been far worse. Anti Eternia He-Man is in that same wave as Sun Man.

Oh dear...



That would be an unfortunate design, next to Sun Man...

My older cousin, back in the day, idolised B.A. Baracus in A-Team. A scrawny ginger 6y/o that practically lived in his A-Team vest. Forever reciting "I Pity the Fool"

I laugh. But then, a couple years later. I was waltzing around in a bathrobe with my NA Skeletor Skull Staff in a similar way

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:My older cousin, back in the day, idolized B.A. Baracus in A-Team. A scrawny ginger 6y/o that practically lived in his A-Team vest. Forever reciting "I Pity the Fool"

Was your cousin the kid on the Mt. T and the T Force cartoon ?

o.supreme wrote:

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:My older cousin, back in the day, idolized B.A. Baracus in A-Team. A scrawny ginger 6y/o that practically lived in his A-Team vest. Forever reciting "I Pity the Fool"

Was your cousin the kid on the Mt. T and the T Force cartoon ?

He wishes!

So as I'm going to be phasing out of collecting TF in the next year or two; basically when my want list is completed, I could see getting back into MotU... Back in November I snagged Panthor for $10, and Skeletor for $12. Similar to TF, there's a lot of nostalgia here.
In fact I had way more MotU figures than TF.

Just being at Target the other day, I saw the new animated line, and both Skeletor and Trap Jaw definitely caught my attention.
And at $10 each... I am already considering going back and getting them today.

I've been having similar feelings, but ultimately decided not to dive back into MOTU. I have all the animated series on DVD, and all the Dark Horse collector books featuring every aspect of the franchise from animation, to comics, to toys, and I'm ok with that.

Truth be told, I had way more MOTU than Transformers as a kid as well. Everything from 82-85 and about half of what came out in 86 and 87.

I grew more into Transformers as time went on, but that was mostly because of the animated series. I had less than 10 original Transformers toys as a kid, but started collecting them more right out of high school during G2 and BW. I did have the 2 "Big Ones" that were my favorites though. (Omega Supreme, and Fortress Maximus)


I saw almost 2 full waves of MOTU Origins between my closest walmart and target recently and was very much tempted to get them. However... I'm kind of an "all or nothing" guy. Even some of the first few wave figures that are not He-Man or Skeletor can fetch a hefty price on the secondary market. Also there is the fear that, although wave 8 is coming out soon, how long will the Origins line last? With items going on clearance, I don't think they will get to every character from the original MOTU.

Then I started looking on eBay at original MOTU. Surprisingly, many of the 82-84 characters can be obtained loose and complete for pretty reasonable prices, but the 86-87 characters are insanely expensive, even loose.

I find it interesting... Genuinely, when you look at MOTU from 82-87, there were never really any Bad Toys IMHO. The characters coming out in 1987 were just as cool, to me at least, as the first waves. It was just mismanagement by Mattel, and perhaps kids like me that grew out of it, or shifted focus that caused it all to end (well, that and the Movie bombing)

Whereas with Transformers, most fans consider 84-86 to be the "Best" years, but I'd throw 1987 in there as well. It was basically in 1988 that there was a marked decline of quality of the toys, seeing as there was much less involvement with Takara. Piranacon was really the only toy from 1988 I thought was cool even as a kid. Ultimately by 1991 and with Action Masters , it was dead.