{"id":29667,"date":"2014-11-23T23:49:28","date_gmt":"2014-11-24T05:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=29667"},"modified":"2014-12-18T23:47:04","modified_gmt":"2014-12-19T05:47:04","slug":"motuclassics-com-eldor-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=29667","title":{"rendered":"MOTUClassics.Com
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\"\"<\/a> One of the reasons I\u2019ve been having trouble getting my review mojo on has been a shift in my feelings on MOTU Classics. We often mock toy companies for their need to refresh toy lines, change scales, mess with whatever we felt was working. But as collectors\u2026 our enthusiasm is either part of that cycle or perhaps we\u2019ve just been conditioned to be that way. It just seems harder to be excited in year seven, than it was in two or three. <\/p>\n

Now, MOTU Classics still has its excited fans to be sure \u2013 I know that I\u2019m nowhere near tired of DCUC and its seven years are up. And I know MOTUC has fans that feel similarly about it. But I also know there are fans like me to \u2013 the comments sections of the MOTU articles have been less than pleasant around here. Maybe that\u2019s where some of my reluctance has come from too, who knows. Baby Sam has me backed up on a half dozen MOTU reviews, so I\u2019ll do a little catch up right now. <\/p>\n

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Eldor hails from the cancelled Powers of Grayskull line back in the late 80s. His inclusion in Classics has been a foregone conclusion since He-Ro debuted back in\u2026 2009? Yeah, if you\u2019d known about these PoG guys and had waited decades for them; well, you had to wait one more half-decade to get \u2018em both. Doh. <\/p>\n

Eldor essentially fills the Sorceress role in PoG. He\u2019s your classic sword & sorcery\u2026 uh, sorcerer. And he definitely looks the part \u2013 big sleeves, hood, long white beard, twisty gandalfy staff, and a book of spells to boot. It\u2019s almost a mystery that he\u2019s not called Sorceror.<\/p>\n

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The long-awaited figure is finally here and I don\u2019t know exactly how to sum it up. It\u2019s well done, but flawed. It\u2019s gorgeous, but clashing. It\u2019s finally here! And yet\u2026 the itch isn\u2019t quite scratched. It\u2019s\u2026 I\u2019m sure you get it. <\/p>\n

We\u2019ve got another Djordje sculpt here and like his previous work, it goes above and beyond! The sculptural detail is amazing and throughout. The head sculpt is amazing! The sculpted cloth areas look like the real deal: the seams, stitching, wear & tear. The Ram belt buckle and other magical items on the belt just add to the cool factor. <\/p>\n

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\nIf only the whole line were like this it would be amazing-er. But therein lies the catch, the line isn\u2019t really like this and that has attracted some criticism. Now, some feel it\u2019s about the extra level of detail \u2013 I don\u2019t know about that. The detail is commendable. I think it\u2019s about faithfulness for some folks. If you\u2019ve been waiting twenty years for Eldor \u2013 remember, there\u2019s never been an Eldor figure \u2013 then you probably wanted the furry underpants, gray chest, better hood (I\u2019ll get to that), etc.. I love these figures being as detailed as they can be, but I do feel some kinship with the Eldor fans that had something\u2026 not really better or worse, but different in mind. Continue to Page 2…<\/a><\/p>\n

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The one universal flaw on Eldor, at least I\u2019d call it universal, is the hood. I\u2019m sure there\u2019s a company out there that can make a sweet sixth scale removable hood, but Mattel ain\u2019t it. Eldor is light years better than the last time Mattel attempted it, but it still just doesn\u2019t look right. It\u2019s too stiff, sits too high, and I just dislike it. It makes me want to display him without the hood \u2013 but that\u2019s just not Eldor! It\u2019s a dilemma. I wish they\u2019d sculpted the hood on like they did with Skeletor & Preternia He-Man. Or made a second head that was more seamless. It\u2019s annoying. More annoying than his belt piece being glued on crooked. <\/p>\n

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The paintwork on Eldor is almost top notch. The colors look great and the paint really helps flesh the detail out. There is one area that just looks funky here too though \u2013 the mouth. I\u2019m not sure how to describe what\u2019s wrong, but I\u2019m going to say it\u2019s that paint is missing. If it extended to the bottom of the sculpted lip line, Eldor wouldn\u2019t look a little like a Planet of the Apes reject. To pad this paragraph, I\u2019ll talk a bit about articulation too. It works. All the usual stuff is there and nothing is blocked moreso than any other figure. <\/p>\n

Finally, we get to Eldor\u2019s accessories. They\u2019re both named \u2013 the Staff of Elders and The Book of Living Spells. The Staff is from Filmation and while not originally intended to have anything to do with Eldor, it works perfectly. It\u2019s well sculpted, looks great as its own piece and then perfect when given to the figure. It\u2019s awesome, but flimsy. I have a real hard time getting into this left hand, the picture of it warped and bent is how it actually looked after I got it in there. <\/p>\n

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The decades-awaited accessory is the Book of Living Spells. On the outside, it looks gorgeous! It\u2019s probably one of the best accessories in the entire line. The two symbols, the detail work, and wear & tear really bring it home. It\u2019s sweet! And those folks that couldn\u2019t figure how to engineer Rio Blast? They do know how to make a book open and look great both closed and lay flat. At least there\u2019s that. One downside? The inside is blank. No secrets revealed, not for us. Given the timing, it might\u2019ve been funny for Scott Neitlich\u2019s resignation to be printed in there. That would\u2019ve gotten us all good. <\/p>\n

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Overall, I do feel conflicted about Eldor. Like Rio Blast, I don\u2019t think his updating went the way some wanted it to, but I\u2019m not as fixated on Eldor as I was on Rio and it\u2019s much, much easier for me to love all the detail and not worry about the alternative. And what detail it is \u2013 terrific sculpting all throughout the figure. This guy would fit in any collection that needed a withered, old wizard. The paint and articulation are as good as the line has to offer. And the two accessories are great. Any figure could steal them and look sharp, but Eldor looks so good with him that they\u2019re not likely to get traded away. That hood tho? Ugh. In all, he’s a nice addition. Now when does He-Ro get a love interest??<\/p>\n

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