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Originally Posted by IhsantheCursed

Ouich. I totally disagree here man. You could keep the costs of an individual piece of the castle at around the same price point as say....a standard MOTU Classics vehicle I think, while still haveing many accessories. And hey...its not like Mattel doesnt ever comeout with accessory packs lol.

Well, I do think it would be possible for each section to also have accessories (like an armory rack or something) without raising costs, but it would depend on how many moving parts are incorporated into that section of the playset. If it has any kind of action feature, I'd almost guarantee that it would come with little to no extras.

Even if the individual components were reasonably priced and loaded with accessories, there's still the issue of buyer commitment. How many collectors are willing to stick with it to complete the set, or would even bother starting?

One argument for the introduction of a 1:18th scale MOTU series is that playsets such as Grayskull and Snake Mountain can be done easily within existing price points.

Also, that scale doesn't automatically mean detail will be lost. There are some 3.75" out there with tons of detail, like the GL movie toys. Sure, the articulation is utter crap, but the sculpts are quite detailed. And of course, Hasbro's been able to pull off a lot of detail at that scale for years now. If anything, the lack of detail is more of a business decision by Mattel than a design choice.

On the other side of the coin, Mattel's in-house designers aren't very good at making 3.75" scale toys (at least ones with details, articulation and accessories combined), and I don't know how many lines in that scale the Four Horsemen have done. But if neither one can deliver on a MOTU line comparable to Marvel Universe or G.I.Joe, then I'd rather they not do it at all.