[Kang]

I don't think this playset is really targeted at the "mostly earlier era" fan who may have grown up when Castle Grayskull and Snake Mountain were the main playsets and then moved on, or maybe more casually discovered MOTU later on.

This was a latter classic era (1986 release) somewhat literally "larger than life" playset that became the stuff of legend, whether you were there at the time and heard of it (or even had the rather rare opportunity to see or even play with it in the wild), or later on discovered this "next level" offering. I mean, remember, a castle was just a location on Eternia. This promised to be somehow the bigger world, hence the name Eternia itself. How cool was that?

And if you've monitored eBay for years keeping tabs on the price, and daring to dream you might snag a complete one (big $$$) and not only be able to pay for it, but also find room to actually set it up, you may have just relegated it to a nice dream like many of us. If you don't fit this category and are more just wondering why this thing would be fun to play with for the cost, you have not been haunted by this legend for as long as some of us. Similarly, if you feel like this "preys on nostalgia", oh most certainly. Whether it's evil or wonderful (and perhaps a bit of both), I love it! Of course then I'm going to need a Slime Pit to go next to it...

Look at it this way, the money will be nothing next to a HasLab full scale G.I. Joe USS Flagg reissue.