Castles Edition previously on: >>11814184>Tales From Eternia OUT NOW (on Youtube)>First Ones (kids line, 5.5 inches) arriving at retail: He-Man, Teela, Beast Man, Skeletor, Skel-Knight, Mekaneck. Battle Cat.>Amazon 4pack with He-Man, Skeletor, Man-At-Arms and Goat Man now shipping>Chronicles figures (marvel legends equivlanet, 6.5 inches) revealed so far (He-Man, Skeletor, Teela, Evil-Lyn, Man-at-Arms, Tri-Klops, Trap-Jaw, Battle Cat and Ram-Man.) Fisto and Ram Man 2 pack. King Grayskull at MC>Life-Size Skeletor's Havok Staff available for pre-order on Mattel CreationsOrigins/Cartoon Collection:>Movie Origins Beast Man released on April 20>New movie Origins: He-Man, Spikor, Fright Fighter seemingly Target exclusive, Trap Jaw only at Walmart and Beastman on MC>PoG Gray (He-Ro alter ego) now shelfwarming on MC>Mark Taylor Origins Sketchbook edition of He-Man and Man-E-Faces revealed. Sketch Faces starting to show up at Target.>Great Black Wizard, Blast Attak, Stonedar, Laser He-Man still available.>200X Wave 1, 2 and 3 available; Wave 4 up for preorder everywhere. Wave 5 features Webstor, Buzz-Off, and Keldor now also up for pre-orderChronicles/Masterverse>Chronicles Scare Glow in Wal-Marts stores now>MC exclusive Chronicles King Grayskull released on April 8th>Masterverse going "on pause" for movie year>Vintage Collection releasing Mer-Man,Teela Beast Man and Man-At-Arms>Vintage Evil-lyn and Wun-Dar rumoredBrick Shop>Castle Grayskull, Snake Mountain, The Collector, Fright Fighter vs Talon Fighter all available for pre-order>want minifigures? go fuck yourselfOther:>New Mighty Masters budget line of $5>Barbie He-Man and Teela on MC>All kinds of movie merchandise and tie-ins available>Denny's He-Man Menu available until an unknown time, presumably until at least June 5thArchive:https://archive.palanq.win/toy/search/subject/MotU/
Tales from Eternia first episode:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-WGvTL3ePYMeh. I rolled my eyes when Skeletor tells Beast Man "Assemble the troops!" and only Trap Jaw gets added to the group.
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>>11825183Is the havoc staff supposed to be bent near the top like that?
>>11825192Only if you use it too much
>>11825192Yes. It's like that in the movie aswell.
>>11825182Is this like SDCC or just convenience?
>>11825169For a youtube cartoon I thought it was alright. We're potentially witnessing the last attempt on Mattel's part to market the franchise to young children. More than anything else it reminds me of the other webisodes mattel has produced for the likes of imaginext, dc, and hot wheels. Now I'm just wondering if there's any merchandise planned to coinside with the series. Seems like a great jumping off point for Imaginext MOTU.
>>11825198I imagine it's an E-tail exclusive convienience. That core four pack with goatman was packaged similarly, as were the hot wheels.
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>>11825198Mattel creations exclusive
>>11825214Heh
>>11825182>>11825183 That's it? Just packaging two together, no new paint, no extra accessories?
>>11825230There is new paint.
>>11825182>>11825183I wonder if this has the v2 version of skeletor.
>>11825214kek
>>11825183Pretty lackluster for an exclusive with early membership ordering. Maybe if it had been back in April/May...
>>11825303Ya, as an early exclusive that would have been nice. As is, it doesn't introduce much. They could have at least included some extra accessories, like the goblet, and idk, maybe Trap-Jaw's dismembered arm for He-Man.
>>11825183I got to say, movie skelly looks great. I love how they've done his head and hood, I think the crook on the havok staff is so simple but makes such an impact that I wish it was the standard design from the beginning. Really fucking sucks that the few stores in my area aren't stocking the movie figures. I guess theyve chosen to carry toy story 5 (?!?!?) instead of either the motu movie or the new DC line.
>>11825214Poor little brown skull
>>11825182>>11825183>>11825230>That's it? Just packaging two together, no new paint, no extra accessories?>>11825214kekbut the Havoc staff is purple now!
>>11825369If anyone is interested it’s currently 50% off on amazon
>>11825214>>11825160Why come the heroes' castle is a skull? Skulls are bad
>>11825169I wouldnt mind a toyline of this. And I mean a good one, unlike the CG-Man ones>>11825202I appreciate it not being a bean mouth cartoon again.
>>11825383theres a skull inside your head anonmaybe you're the bad guys
>>11825383Skulls are bad, but snakes and fright are worse.
>>11825370Thanks bro
>>11825383The idea the creator of the toys had was >Skulls are a symbol of mysticism >Factions would fight over Greyskull hence the flag that flipped around depending on if you wanted the Evil Warriors or MotU to own it>The castle was the skull of a giant buried in the ground with a castle built around it>It has time warps inside of it with weapons from every era >random people and groups would try to raid it but the more time they spent inside the more theyd go insane >Skeletor became a skull wizard barbarian because he was thrown down the soul of wells sticker full of monsters which is why the castle and main bad guy have skulls>something about ancient aliens cause of a few stickers like the space suit and computer
>>11825389I can relate man. I dont think I could stomach the soul crushing nutshot of beanmouth MOTU after the movie fumbled so hard.>>11825383There was a robot chicken gag about this
>>11825169Would love if they made Chronicles versions of He-Man and Skeletor like they did with the CGI cartoon in Masterverse. It's cool to see such a different shape in the same line with the same articulation scheme.
>>11825393Those are all still under the "bad" umbrella
>>11825383There's a skeleton hiding inside you right. now
>>11825383Broadly speaking Greyskull is a font of power that is not strictly good or evil in nature (which is why it's a problem if Skeletor were to get his hands on it)It's guarded by the powers of Good because Evil having it would be a problem
>>11825487Scareglow and Skeletor are skull bad guys. So it still doesnt make sense that it's good at all. There aren't even skull good guys
>>11825214lmao. Honestly I think even the popcorn bucket looks better even if the new one has the neat aspect of including Snake Mountain
>>11825531There's also a nice Funko POP of the movie Castle. Got mine this week from Walmart. The full castle is rendered in chibi style.>https://funko.com/pop-sorceress-with-castle-grayskull-live-action/93632.html
>>11825534Stupid thing dropped my pic. This review sounds like a douche, but you can see the backside of it.https://youtu.be/fBW9HcXHT50?t=883
>>11825531I got one for my birthday, I saw someone paint it green on Facebook and I might copy that idea.
>>11825383>Why skulls?https://youtu.be/ToKcmnrE5oY
>>11825512I thought you were just pretending to be retarded as a joke...
>>11825512Does Man E Faces skull show up in anything else besides Masterverse?
What the fuck do you mean telescopic stars on his boots lets him see through walls?
What the fuck do you mean Fisto's hand is massive before he put on the massive fist?
>>11825614The cartoon?
>>11825183Not even a new head for Adam? Or even some effects?
>>11825615I never understood the hate for Sun-Man, it's pure schizokino. Axe Cop tier nonsense.
>>11825614He has one dedicated episode in filmation. I dont think he came back after that debut. 200X gives him the most screentime of all the MOTU seried. Then he showed up in the netfñix stuff, and that's about it. I still hate his CGI design.
>>11825697The only thing I hate is that its impossible to find the original lore outside of that comic. I swear they all had profiles on the official site. And then they only showed up in the cache. What is Sunman hiding?Also the Phoenix thing is cool. Idove to see a redesign that goes full chinese/japanese Phoenix with multiple tails and ornate wings and shit.
Apparently they're moving ahead with the MOTU sequel.
>>11825965Where'd you hear that? Oddly, today I woke upto a youtube news feed of doom and gloom today doubling down on the movie being a bomb and killing the franchise.
>>11825979https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinereid/2026/06/19/masters-of-the-universe-set-for-sequel-despite-dismal-box-office/
>>11825981I'm simultaneously overcome by feelings of overwhelming hope and dread
>>11825981Please god let He-man be more competent and badass in the sequel
>>11826027>>11826025>>11825981here we go again...
19 Tales from Eternia episodes left to go...Let's assume that each 5-minute story can only introduce one new character. I'm guessing the next one will introduce either Orko or Evil-Lyn plus our first full view of the Sorceress. Ep 3 will have whichever of those didn't already appear. Who's your wish list for the remaining 17?Marlena with Randor as a freebie?Man-E-FacesBuzz-OffSnout SpoutRio BlastExtendarMer-ManWebstorKobra KhanNinjorBlast AttakTwo Bad, Spikor, Stinkor or Scare Glow... too hard to chooseModulokHordakMantennaGrizzlorLeech
>>11825981I guess their plan is that it will eventually break even even in the worst case, and the toys are pure profit?
Any good movie Roboto figures?
Evil Warriors fans: there are 2 B-listers in your faction but everyone forgets to include them, no matter how obscure the ones they do remember.Which 2 do I mean?
>>11825981Told you buncha doomers.
>>11826122No one will believe it until the sequel comes out. How do you lose money and keep making the thing that loses you money?
>>11826052>20 episodes>episode one lightly focused on he-manLet's say the next 9 each focus on the major heroic warriors, then the additional 10 focus on the evil warriors. Skeletor, Lynn, and Beastman like MAA and Teela each take up one ep each. If I had to guess we'll see Mek, Battle Cat, Ram Man, Fisto, Orko, along with all the evil warriors that appeared in the film. I'd be surprised if they deviate from that line up but MEF, Zodac, Stinkor, the Snakemen, Meteorbs, and Gygor would all be cool.
>>11826137Mattel has infinite Barbie money forever, the He-Man movie is an investment in trying to revive their boy brand equivalent. It's a loss in terms of box office but it was successful with both critics and audience and has tons of positive press all around the internet, so as a very expensive advertising campaign it can be seen as a success. Keeping the brand in the public eye is a benefit if the Big Naked Gigachad Barbarian trend starts coming back around.If the SECOND movie is also a big flop they will probably wind the push down.
>>11826143Mattel already has its boy brand back now. It's DC.
>>11826137Merch moolah and Amazon can piss money if it wants.
>>118260521. Randor2. Marlena3. Zodak4. Tri-Klops5. Blade6. Count Marzo7. Lt. Dian8. Clamp Champ (revealed as black Duncan's son)9. Dekker (revealed as black Duncan's father)10. Andra11. Karg12. Hordak13. Despara14. Adora15. She-Ra16. King Miro17. Goat Man
>>11826137>How do you lose money and keep making the thing that loses you money?
>>11826145True, and that proves they have a vested interest in having a boy brand. But since they're merely a licensee for DC they also have an interest in maintaining a homegrown IP. Kind of like how Hasbro keeps Transformers and GI Joe going even though Disney fans probably make up 90% of their profits with the Legends and BLACKED lines.
>>11826143I pray they recognize and accept fan complaints of the first film as they undertake the creation of the sequel. This first movie is so painfully close to getting it. If by the grace of god the second movie can deliver on a generally competent action heroy He-man in addition to all the splendor of Eternia we'll make it. If not it's fucked.
>>11825537Neat
>>11825965Of course they are, the shitty film was just a giant toy commercial to sell merch and that's all they care about.
>>11826145Nah, they're just borrowing that and can lose it at any time. They want an in-house brand to throw around and He-Man is perfect for that. I mean they do also have Hot Wheels, which also prints money. But that has different societal connotations and doesn't really have the same kind of "nerd following" a traditional Good v Evil story will bring in. >>11826292That's what really pissed me off the most about the film. It didn't have to be the best thing every created, it just had to be good and solid. But they actively went out of their way to undercut any kind of dramatic tension while also insulting itself and the franchise as a whole in the worst way possible. The entire film felt like it was written by people who straight up dislike the franchise, which is kind of a kick to the teeth for people who genuinely DO like the franchise and all it's silliness.
>>11825981Capitalism always wins!
>>11825503Who's mustachio head did you use for this custom?
>>11826337>I mean they do also have Hot WheelsThey also own Matchbox which has been turned into a modern F&F/Hobbs&Shaw movie with John Cena coming to Apple soon. For some reason they were willing to offer Matchbox over Hot Wheels to test the movie audience.For those that didn't read the article from the UK a couple of months ago, Barbie - for all the big box office hype numbers - translated into total shit for sales for Mattel. Mattel is certainly moving much more MOTU product right now in connection to the Amazon engine than Barbie was doing. So if a sequel is already being greenlit to at least start pre-production (script, retain cast, early budgeting and casting ideas) then I would say internally MOTU the Movie did well enough for early expectations and long term goals are likely still in-line with their vision.>>11826337>The entire film felt like it was written by people who straight up dislike the franchiseI disagree with this statement more than anything. I think it was carried by people who definitely loved the franchise and were trying to find a balance between hardcore fans (us), casuals (those who "remember" the idea of MOTU - also sometimes us), and those who mostly just know Robot Chicken or memes more than anything concrete (hi /co/).If you ask me to name the most difficult thing of a GI Joe convention, it's that so many are hardcore to the point they know the comics, cartoons, and file cards inside and out. Those hardcore fans are to difficult to please and push everyone on the edge wanting to know more out too easily. In MOTU this was the .ORG forums. Anyone who remembers the Classics era knows how rough and hardcore .ORG got on the forums. With the fall of .ORG's forums you know have smaller hubs like /motu/ or /leddit/ or even /fb/ where it's more a mixture of people together.<tbc>
>>11826365><tbc>So when the movie is trying to do the memes people recall, hit the story beats and action people expect, and make it an accessible story to new people: Adam's journey from fish-out-of-water into the hero's journey, MAA's failed protector story and chance at redemption, Teela's... well Teela didn't get as much honestly so she was more a transition character in support of Adam and MAA's stories while her own journey was pretty reduced by comparison so I might have to think longer about her role after seeing the movie a couple of weeks ago. But the point is there's a lot to cover and this is a lot of good groundwork here trying to make fans happy and new people be interested. Given the constant praise I see the movie get I would say the studio did a good job trying to establish a solid enough base to build off of not unlike Iron Man which was made at a time with zero world building really in mind.
>>11826365>(hi /co/).Hello!
>>11826365Yea no, there was no "attempt to find balance", most of the characters were played as completely unlikable assholes throughout the entire film. All the Masters were dicks the entire movie, Mossman was a sacrificial lamb who's death was played as a joke, the Sorceress was played off as some goofy chick in a bird costume, Randor died to a full on looney toons gag, and they were actively embarrassed about the names of all the characters including and especially the main freaking hero of the franchise. They made the same "Fisto fists people!" joke a dozen times and it wasn't funny the first time. The entire movie was filled with awful, bad cringey movie to the point where the least cringey character in the entire film was ironically Cringer.And Jared Leto didn't even play Skeletor. He played the Joker cosplaying as Skeletor, right down to using the same awful laugh people hated from that awful harley movie. the visual design departments put in lots of overtime to get this movie to look great, but every other aspect of the film just felt like they wanted nothing to do with the franchise at all. If the movie isn't going to care about it's own characters, how can you expect the audience to care?
>>11825617Because it's better
>>11826337>That's what really pissed me off the most about the film. It didn't have to be the best thing every created, it just had to be good and solid. But they actively went out of their way to undercut any kind of dramatic tension while also insulting itself and the franchise as a whole in the worst way possible.>The entire film felt like it was written by people who straight up dislike the franchiseI can relate and my thoughts mirror much of your own, however I'm much more forgiving of the movie overall. Really the bulk of the film's problems are easily ignored if you ditch the millenial humor and stop making such an ass of Adam. There were so many points in the first half where I kept thinking "guys, just reel it in. this is too far". The movie desperately needed more ass-kicking He-man and less Don Knotts Adam. The Trapjaw fight specifically should have marked the turn of the tide but they kept going and that's when it starts feeling like a piss take. That doesnt turn around up until the Skeletor fight!>>11826366Agreed. Some anons disliked the Don Quixote angle with Adam but I thought it a brilliant take for the character in today's world, something people under 30 could really relate to, but again alot of that gets undercut by Adam being a buffoon. You had something great there but you just insisted on retarding He-man in his own film. The Thor movies, for as much as I dislike them and consider them awful adaptions of the Kirby source material, atleast began with a competent adaption of Thor before throwing everything they got right out the window in exchange for a bizarre golden retriever puppy-man take on the character. MOTU by contrast has done the exact opposite and I worry how that will pan out. At the very least the ending of the movie we got opens the door to cool shit. If they sideline He-man in the sequel to have She-ra show him up we're fucked.
>>11826387It's important to keep in mind Adam was teleported to Earth as a kid. The Heroic Warriors essentially endured 15 years of Skeletor's rule and so they've become jaded and cynnical. His return, for as much as they laugh and disrespect him, acts as a means to reignite the fire in their hearts. There's a charm to the idea of Adam serving as a Pollyanna-type given the stakes, but again it's betrayed but the unnecessary humor. As for Mossman I dont buy his demise. For starters Skeleto needed somebody to make an example of, so it's best that Mossy (the one Master who's effectively immortal) got the short end of the stick than say Fisto or MAA. Even Roboto's death wasnt permanent, so there's no reason to believe Mossman's would be. The only death in the film that does feel believable was Randor's. That entire portion of the movie is frankly the best part because of it! To each his own though. Frankly the cast was far from this's movie's major issue. Everybody did a great job and I struggle to think of a single bad performance. Letotor was a 1 to 1 adaption of the 200X version with some Tim Curry sprinkled in, and he carries the movie hard as a result. I really dont see the comparison to suicide squad joker at all. In closing I agree the fisto joke is fucking eyerollingly terrible and all the other gags in that vein were no better.
Why is War Paint He-man in stock in bongland but not America?
>>11826335Pretty fitting considering MOTU has always existed as a property to move toys
Anyone thought that the first part of the movie (all the way until time skip to adult Adam) was actually really good and if they kept that tone and balance, movie would be perfect?>>11826052I really hope we'll see more of Eternia and its people. Right now my biggest fear for the show that it will be just the main cast 5 heroes and 4 villains and little elseI think next character short is coming, page claims to have 3 videos with one hidden.I, slighlty sad about those, I recall when leaks suggested next show is movie prequel with character shorts. Im fine with what we're getting (prequel show couldn't even use most of main charactersor get any real story progression) but short little adventures focusing on guys like Teela, Mekaneck, Stratos, etc would be awesome.
>>11826409This happens a lot. UK often gets more product than their consumers want, while companies have difficulty fulfilling the rapacious desires of the US market for plastic
>>11825981Neat. Really enjoyed movie Adam and Skeletor.
>>11826409You guys got the Origins deluxe Trap Jaw and I'm still bitter
>>11826409Its on BBTS
Did I miss the boat on CC Queen Marlena or will they restock? Should I pray to the ROSS God and hope she gets dumped there like Bow and Shadow Weaver?
