Mattel posted a new packaged picture on Facebook today. This time a shot of Sy-Klone in package. He looks pretty good in there and I'm particularly happy that Mattel was able to keep the classic lenticular chest and still retain the ab crunch. Plus, we also get our first look at Sy-Klone's bio.
I want new characters in MOTU Classics. I want Stinkor, Frosta, & Flipshot too - but I really want to see MOTU Classics expand with a few new guys in the mix too (Horde Mummy, please). Mattel comes closest to fulfilling that desire with the January Club Eternia figure: Vikor - He-Man of the North!
ToyFare #163 (on-sale today) has images of the newest MOTU Classics figures: She-Ra's adversary Catra and a Hal Jordan vs. Zodac 2pk for Toys R Us. Along with these reveals, Mattel has given collectors an online image of Catra from behind as well as the full schedule (chock full of reissues) up through May 2011.
Last year, someone at Mattel got this crazy notion to package MOTU & DC Comics figures together. Honestly, it's the kind of oddball idea that I have to appreciate, but I wish the final product were as cool as the idea. Today, I'm looking at Aquaman vs. Mer-man & Hawkman vs. Stratos.
I wasn't excited when Buzz-Off was revealed at SDCC. It was odd, because he was one of my favorite toys growing up. I loved his colors. I loved his wings (though I did lose one along the way). He was great. Classics Buzz-Off really brings back those memories, but, truthfully he elicits them a little too well.
Mattel is at it again with Facebook updates! Giving us our first look at packaged shots of Panthor & King Hssss as well as our first glimpse of DC Universe Classics Wave 17 featuring the *yawn* Blackest Night Lantern deputies and a collect & connect of the modern version of the Anti-Monitor.
You've probably noticed there's no King Grayskull review in our MOTU Archive. There's a simple reason for that - none of us bought it! We liked what we saw, but we just weren't interested in a new MOTU line after what had happened to MO2K. So we passed. Who knew that two years later we'd be running MOTUClassics.Com.
