Well, I complained and grumbled and ranted and even cried like a little girl (it had been a rough day and no one saw me), and after all of that, I still broke down and joined the legions of full-blown Masters of the Universe Classics addicts. I had managed to stay strong for a while now. Having missed out on the first round of He-Man and Skeletor figures, I made a choice not to collect the line. Then, one day about two weeks ago, that all changed.
A fellow collector threw a MOTUC Hordak, loose but complete, on a buy/sell/trade thread on one of the action figure message boards I frequent and he was willing to let it go for only $12. Now, dear readers, I'm only a simple human being with all of the foibles and weaknesses that that entails, so I submit to you: How was I supposed to pass that up? Long story short, I bought Hordak, got him in the mail, immediately fell in love with the brilliant sculpt and paint work designed by the incomparable Four Horsemen, and that was all it took for me to be completely hooked. I mean, have you seen this guy? He's insanely awesome. Like, heavy metal album cover awesome. I bet everywhere he goes, he's accompanied by the music of Black Sabbath.
It popped into my mind that I had heard about the re-release of He-Man and Skeletor (and now rumors are circulating about a re-release of Beastman, too!). Couple that with the release of the legendary Scare Glow character and there I was at 12:00 PM est, credit card in hand, refreshing the Mattycollector order screen until I could get through, and just like that, my He-Man and Scare Glow were bought and paid for.
I have crossed over, folks. And you have all witnessed it.
As a MOTU Classics collector, there's plenty to be excited about. It'sAllTrue.net have posted a release schedule for the MOTU Classic line through March, with rumors of an Evil-Lyn release in April! The list is as follows:
- Dec. 15 - King Randor
- Dec. 15 - Skeletor re-release
- Dec. 15 - Green Goddess
- Jan. 15 - Adora
- Jan 15 - Battle Armor He-Man
- Feb. 16 - Trap Jaw
- Feb. 16 - Battle Cat
- Mar. 15 - Moss Man
- Mar. 15 - Wundar (subscribers only)
So, I've got a long yet exciting road ahead of me, that leads all the way to Eternia. How many of you are joining me?
Visit It'sAllTrue.net for the full list with photos.
Comments
I am in for next year with a subscription, and recently traded for Skeletor and Mer Man, so I’m right there with you. I waffled between spending my birthday money on Scareglow or on other toys – I went with other toys, mostly because I need to have something to trade for if my subscription sends over anything undesirable (with only three months announced, it’s very likely.)
December 15 is going to be a very interesting day indeed. With all that stuff going on sale it’ll be hard for Matty not to make any customer service mistakes like have Randor missing a key accessory (Scareglow was missing one in a number of figures that were shipped out), ship non-subscriber King Randor orders before subscribers and then claim them as backorder to be shippped 2 weeks later. The very same thing happened to Teela in October 2009.
If they all sell out or anything nearly as disasterous happens during the CHRISTMAS season, you can tell there will definitely be some angry customers Christmas week and beyond. How much business will they stand to lose before they shutdown the Masters classics line or do they know what they’re doing and realize more profit for satisfied customers outweighs the only a small minority of pissed off people?