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<\/a>Mattycollector announced another upcoming MOTU Classic via a \u201csneak peek\u201d e-mail to Club Eternia members. I was again left off the mailing list, but it didn\u2019t take long for news of Dragon Blaster Skeletor to make his way to me. I gotta tell you though, I’m not in love with it. <\/p>\nFirst the pic: <\/p>\n
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<\/center><\/p>\nThis one wasn’t really a surprise, last year featured both Battle Armors, so I was expecting to see Dragon Blaster Skeletor accompany Thunder Punch He-Man on the 2012 rollout. I’m curious to see if the MOTU team has the pairs planned for every year. And if they do, hopefully 2013 won’t just be Flying Fists and Terror Claws – no offense if you love those fellas, but there are some cooler He-Man & Skelly variants out there…<\/p>\n
Anyway, unlike Mekaneck where I was really excited upon seeing the image, I’m not quite as thrilled here. There’s a lot to like – Skeletor looks great. I love the Kobra Kahn boots and the Whiplash forearms (I’m kinda tempted to assemble a new classic Skeletor, cardback art be damned!) The new armor looks great, I love the chain, the manacle, and the snazzy classic padlock. Most of the dragon looks pretty cool too, but I’m at a loss on the head. <\/p>\n
I will, of course, wait to see it from more angles at SDCC and possibly even until it’s in my grubby little hands to see if I really like it or not. <\/em>My kneejerk reaction though? It’s my least favorite head sculpt so far. It lacks a… menacing quality that a figure with a dragon strapped to his back probably could’ve used. And, keep in mind, I like my fair dose of silly in MOTUC – I love Snout Spout! But, yeah I’m not feeling this one. Luckily, it has the same ball-jointed, swappable head as the rest of the line: <\/p>\n Still not an open mouth (for y’know, blasting!), but an extra Draego-Man head and a little paint might just be what the doctor ordered…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mattycollector announced another upcoming MOTU Classic via a \u201csneak peek\u201d e-mail to Club Eternia members. I was again left off the mailing list, but it didn\u2019t take long for news of Dragon Blaster Skeletor to make his way to me. I gotta tell you though, I’m not in love with it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[7,47,10],"tags":[1341,1549,78,20,16,2558,118],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pObc6-4Wt","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21308,"url":"https:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=21308","url_meta":{"origin":19001,"position":0},"title":"Vault Review: MOTU Classics Dragon Blaster Skeletor","date":"October 4, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Masters of the Universe Classics usually does a fantastic job of updating vintage figures with a more modernized look. \u00a0I was particularly excited to see what Dragon Blaster Skeletor\u2019s would look like.\u00a0 Unfortunately I think my expectations were too high. 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