Mattel MOTU Chronicles Movie Figures

joshsquash729 said:
Those pics really aren't helping my desire to not get invested in another franchise/toyline. They look really cool, even from a more general toyetic fantasy angle.
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Even for someone that isn't a huge fan and isn't super stoked about the film, I think He-Man, at least, is worth a pick up. Even if for no other reason than to see what Mattel is up to right now because I don't think I said strongly enough how much nicer these are than anything I expected to come out of current-day Mattel. They feel better, and move more smoothly, than anything I ever got from Masterverse or Classics - or DCUC, for that matter.


Niko (protozoalord) said:
Very glad you got these already Damien! It's great to see them in the hands of someone who knows their toys.
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Thanks!
I have, in fact, toyed before. Much to my wallet's chagrin.



Super Camel said:
Man, those look really good. It is almost stupid how amped I am to get these things. I'm glad you found them Damian. And ahead of the release date! I am really impressed with the likenesses though.
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My pictures don't do it justice, but the likenesses are really good. The only issue I have with them, and this is more a personal preference thing, is that Mattel went with the tried and true 'bland' expression for two of them. Tri-Klops has a great kind of sneer on his face and I love it. It's actually my favorite thing about that figure. He-Man and MAA look like they're waiting for a bus. Or watching Seinfeld. No expression at all.
Considering these are FORTY FUCKING DOLLARS Canadian, I do think they're a bit sparse. I'm sure Mattel would justify it by saying the money went to paint apps and general quality - which.. sure, I'm not going to spend a lot of time arguing against that, because they look really nice. But I also think swappable heads for HM and MAA, and maybe an extra weapon for Tri would have been appropriate. You guys will be floored by how much extra space is in these packages. There's like an entire hollow cardboard tube along one side where you'd think there would be some extra accessories or something and there's just fat nothing.
 
Having Scareglow, I can already anticipate the quality of the upcoming figures, and I’m trying not to imagine how they’d implement this with the retrieved DC license. I might get suckered into yet another MotU collection, but I have to refuse DC. I’ve even found myself cherry picking more McF DC lately with “Nicholson” Joker being one of the latest. I don’t even like these figures, but having an “official” Jack-Joker, I couldn’t resist.

But MotU.. I’ll make room for.
 
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