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<\/a> MOTU Classics has gotta be one of the weirdest lines to collect right now. Let alone that it thrives online, on basically 1-2 figures a month for years now \u2013 a situation few toy lines could endure. I don\u2019t even mean that. Even what we get is weird sometimes. Take this, at the very outset, I put out a call for \u201cnew\u201d characters and Mattel has answered in the strangest ways. <\/p>\n

There were some cool fan-created characters added in (albeit created nearly thirty years apart) and a fun dragon dude courtesy of the 4H. We got a figure of a guy that stewed in the brand manager\u2019s imagination as a child and a rather mish-mashed figure from one of the line\u2019s engineers. There was also the bad: Geoff Johns got to design a MOTUC figure for absolutely no bleepin\u2019 reason. I\u2019ve found some love for ol\u2019 Laser Lot by placing him with the POP Crowd (he looks so much better over there, but what guy doesn\u2019t when surrounded by pretty girls). <\/p>\n

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Anyway, if my ire is raised by a comic book writer<\/em> getting to design his very own action figure and cram it into MOTUC where it doesn\u2019t fit, then you\u2019d think Mattel doing it again<\/em> would get a similar response. Oh, but opinions are funny like that, aren\u2019t they? <\/p>\n

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I will totally allow for anyone to think it\u2019s because I am not a fan of Geoff Johns (maybe, in 50 years, he\u2019ll be remembered as a prolific comic writer, who knows) and I do rather like Stan Lee. Maybe. But I tend to think it simply might be that the figure is better this time around, designed by the 4H for Stan Lee & the line rather than the writer himself. Also, the figure is a little Stan Lee and Stan\u2019s personality and charisma just ooze off the little guy. Probably because the likeness is so dead on, but also because the man himself has so much to spare. <\/p>\n

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If that sounds like some fan service to Stan Lee, it is. He cracks me up interviews, I love his cameos. And comic wise? Well, Lee & Kirby or Lee & Ditko, or Lee & Everett \u2013 they created some amazing, enduring characters \u2013 and I\u2019m a DC guy (I still say that even if I buy more Marvel books these days). I really got a kick out of the figure, even if I do find it a little awkward. <\/p>\n

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The first thing is there is some new arrangement between Mattel & Lee\u2019s POW Entertainment. So far\u2026 they\u2019ve made this figure and um, I guess Mattel was at Comikaze and I think Stan Lee was at the Mattel panel. That\u2019s about it. I\u2019m assuming stuff is in development that we\u2019ll hear about later, but this figure popping out first is kinda weird. Think about this, if Mattel teamed up with Microsoft to make whatever, would the very first thing that we all jump to be, \u201cwe\u2019ve got to get Bill Gates a MOTU Classics figure!\u201d Probably not. (Bill-or? Gator? Never mind\u2026). Continue to Page 2…<\/a><\/p>\n

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So that\u2019s just strange, but the other thing I do kinda feel awkward about is the toy itself. I mean, check out this bio: <\/p>\n

Before time began, the great Gods of the multiverse convened in the Hall of Power to create all that was and all that will ever be. Head architect of this great task was Standor. A cosmic being of unlimited imagination, Standor helped lead his fellow deities by fueling their energies with raw creative force. After creation was complete, it was Standor\u2019s great magic that cast the aura of the Gods across the universe as a wave of power, giving rise to all forms of life and intelligence. With his infinite energy, Standor reaches out into the cosmos and across the dimensional gateways to power all who would become Masters of the Universe for good or evil.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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I already told you that Stan Lee has nothing to do with He-Man and while He-Man is a property that kinda thrived on borrowing from other properties, this bio still kinda tramples all over the very folks that created MOTU. And that\u2019s also never minded that Stan Lee, while fantastic, got there with a little help from his friends like Kirby & Ditko. They\u2019re covered here as \u201cfellow deities\u201d I suppose, but\u2026 well, it\u2019s just a shame we can\u2019t get a MOTUC Kirby almost. I know that\u2019s a jump, but hear me out. Continue to Page 2…<\/a><\/p>\n

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See, the thing is the 4H are some of the best at what they do and what they did here was give Stan Lee, Kirby Armor. Just look at it. Think 4th World. Think Eternals. This fits right in. It looks fantastic. But then it kinda brings you back to this whole Stan Lee getting all of the credit, or getting an action figure, while Kirby, turns out, wasn\u2019t as good as marketing himself? I know I\u2019m being silly here, but it just feels odd. Like, if Mattel made a Bob Kane figure in their Batman line and then we all just kind at look at each other and whisper things about Bill Finger, y\u2019know? Comic book and creator rights are a huge mess though, so it\u2019s best just to move on. <\/p>\n

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And besides, showing Kirby into MOTUC isn\u2019t going to improve the weirdness of showing Stan Lee in there, right? I\u2019m almost to the end of the review and this is a figure I greatly enjoy, so maybe I should just pack it up and enjoy it? <\/p>\n

Overall, from a normal toy review point of view\u2026 and this is a toy review, isn\u2019t it? On that front, all that kinda stinks here is the lack of an accessory. The three new armor pieces (helmet, armor, loincloth) are all fantastic sculpted as I mentioned. I love the Kirby feel. It seems right. The \u201ccosmic\u201d glitter catches the eye and helps blend out that the boots and gloves are solid black and the armor pieces transparent. The likeness really is dead on, with or without the trademark glasses (which stay on great courtesy of two small notches on the figure\u2019s temples). The rest of the figure is all smart reuse, but it works as a whole. The only thing I have left to decide is helmet on helmet off? I like it both ways. That and where to put this guy, I kinda like him hanging out on the Marvel shelves even if he is a little bluer than the real thing. (not the big orange guy, duh). <\/p>\n

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For all our MOTU reviews, check out our
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