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03-22-2010, 01:15 PM | #1 |
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Finally I completed my second half of the MOTUC/DCUC two packs review. This time I'm looking at Skeletor and Lex Luthor, but you can bet the farm that He-Man and Superman show up as well. I had a lot of fun with this review, both in writing it and playing with the figures to take the pictures. There's a lot of pictures too. Might be some kind of record.
If you're on the fence about these repaints or just want to see if there's some magic left in the old MOTU playbook, check it out! Link Removed - Toyark Staff Have a good one and thanks for reading. MOTUC versus DCUC Skeletor versus Lex Luthor 7 Inch Scale By: Mattel Toys R Us Exclusive $29.99 Infinite Hollywood has been following these guys from the beginning and just last week I reviewed the He-Man/Superman Two Pack. That two pack quickly ranked among my favorites in terms of He-Man variants, but how will this Skeletor pack shake out? Skeletor an evil entity and master of sorcery obsessed with ruling all of Eternia by forging both halves off the power sword together is joined by Lex Luthor, billionaire inventor and longtime foe of Superman. The two combine forces until a wedge is formed due to a dispute over Gummy Bears. Now they do battle while He-Man and Superman giggle like school girls at the sidelines. Like I said, there's no real story for why Luthor and Skeletor are packed together, so I just made one up. Sounds plausible enough to me. These packs have a dedicated spot at my TRU but I've been there several times since I originally found them and they've always been sold out. I purchased a second set online because I like them so much. TRU's website has been selling out pretty quick of these every time they get in stock as well, but not Matty Collector quick. Packaging: As I said before, Mattel knows how to make a striking in package experience. There is some dynamic posing inside, which I detest, but Mattel doesn't seem to care. The interesting thing about this package is that it features Snake Mountain in the background. The He-man versus Superman pack featured artwork from the comic, but this one does not. It's a pretty impressive package and certainly better than the dull backgrounds that most DCUC packages get. If you saw these on the Toys R Us website, you likely got to see the mock-up packages and those look dreadful by comparison. There's still the same problem of having to rip up the cool background to get to the figures and comic underneath. That's a major bummer if you wanted to keep this little Snake Mountain background for a diorama or something. The back of the package has some interesting tidbits, such as Skeletor riding Panthor. This is a good follow up to the picture used of He-Man riding Battle Cat. This is also the first time this art has appeared to my knowledge in the modern MOTUC figures. I'm a bit perplexed at the bio for Lex Luthor though. This goes back to his original origins where he was some random dude that Superboy accidentally saved and caused him to lose his hair. I mean, really? I never cared for Lex Luthor as some angry scientist upset about his hair. The guy can build an empire, robotic suits, become president but he can't get hair plugs? I'm also pretty sure that's Luthor artwork from the DC Infinite Heroes Battle For Metropolis set and thus looks really lame in comparison to the epic Masters of the Universe art. Sculpt: Not quite as much as the last pack, Skeletor is the star of this show. I still imagine that 99% of the people who are buying this, will be buying it for old Bone Thugs and Sorcery, but the Lex Luthor here is a little bit more rare than the Superman that was included with the heroes pack. Skeletor is actually an improvement over the first release of Skeletor, featuring the closed hand for clasping stuff. I appreciate that Mattel made that change for the second and third releases of Skeletor, but I do hope the open hand comes back at some point too. This is still the Skeletor you know and love. The only real major differences is that his face is now painted completely yellow, more matching the old cartoon than the action figure which always had green tints throughout. There are some minor differences in the paint to the armor, but it's not nearly as drastic as those with He-Man. Luthor is actually an old DC Superheroes figure (DCSH) in the line that predated DC Universe Classics. I doubt you'll be able to tell a difference as he seems just as poseable and modern as the other figures. His costume is a throwback to the Super Powers era with the green robotic suit. Honestly I never cared for this depiction of Lex Luthor either. I like my Lex as a guy in a business suit. The good news is that Lex looks pretty cool. Although this figure has seen release before, he's currently only available in this pack. However he will be getting re-released in an upcoming Supergirl two pack. Luthor's suit seems to be channeling some Jack Kirby designs and definitely looks like the Four Horsemen tinkered with this suit to their liking. That's actually a good thing as the Horsemen have often depicted much MOTU stuff in similar designs and if you're a creative guy you can just pretend that Luthor is some random MOTUC character. Skeletor is still going to be the draw for most people, but I do think the Luthor has some uses. I definitely plan on trying to work him into my MOTU collection somehow. I've pretty much quit DCUC and I don't need this guy to be Luthor when I have other better Luthor figures. It would have been cool if Mattel had repainted Luthor. Articulation: These guys are quite articulated. Their articulation is similar, but a bit different. Luthor's super suit does impede some of his movement. He does have an ab joint of some sort, but you don't really get much movement out of it. Thankfully everyone's joints feel pretty tight. Luthor's ball jointed head doesn't allow him to look up, but he can look down and around. His ankles don't have the "rocker" ability that MOTUC figures have. Obviously the rubber "skirt" also gets in the way of some of his leg movement. Still, by all means these guys have lots of play value. If any kids actually manage to snag these, I'm sure they'll have a blast. I know the big kid in me is definitely enjoying them. Accessories: Mattel's choice of accessories is somewhat amusing. Last year they released a Brainiac figure with Lex Luthor's Kryptonite gun and no Kryptonite. This pack included four pieces of Kryptonite, but no gun! D'oh! Of course if I had to have the choice between the gun or the Kryptonite, I'd rather have the stones. You also get a cool almost translucent gold version of the power sword. It still might be my favorite version yet. The four pieces of Kryptonite are: Green which makes Superman weak. Red which makes Superman evil. Blue which makes Superman stronger. Gold which makes Superman bling. The good news about these stones is that you can pretty much use them for whatever you want. They fit into both Luthor and Skeletor's hands with ease so they can be ancient Eternian wisdom stones or amulets of power if you want. I'll use them as some sort of magic rocks I'm sure. The power sword is quite cool and it definitely looks like what I imagine the power sword should look like when it's completed. When it's just two halves, I think it's gray and purple, but when it's together it looks like this. At least, in my mind. There's also something kind of cool about just having these two figures and only having one sword for them to fight over. Link Removed - Toyark Staff Last edited by Joe Moore; 05-19-2014 at 07:28 AM.. |
03-22-2010, 03:59 PM | #2 |
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Good review. Thanks for posting.
I just found both of the 2-packs last week at TRU and caved in. I instantly bought both of them. It was hard to buy 4 figures for $60. I just couldn't pass them up. I agree that I bought them both for the MOTUC characters. Didn't really care for the DCUC, but Luthor does look pretty damn good. Don't give two about Supes, though. Does anyone know if they are planning on releasing anymore of these DC/MOTU packs? |
03-27-2010, 03:24 PM | #3 |
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Thanks! Yeah I thought they were too good to pass up. I ended up buying a second set.
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