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Originally Posted by webz

I have no problem with female characters. I like Teela, Evil Lyn, She-Ra, etc. I'd have no problem with Queen Marlena if Mattel were scraping the bottom of the barrel and it was a choice between Queen Marlena, Lizard-Man, and Orko's uncle Montork. Those characters exist to drain hardcore collectors out of their money, rather than they invest said money in gold or other precious commodities to protect against economic uncertainty.

Ram-man, Mekaneck, Sorceress, Mantenna, Rattlor, etc all should have figures before Marlena. Lessee... I can see it now: "epic battle between the Masters and Skeletor's forces... or.... a royal tea party? tee hee, tee hee!" Good grief!

Sorry to tell you, but that's how you run a toyline into the ground. If DCUC put out the entire JLA in the very first wave, you'd have very little chance in seeing other characters released later on. The masses would put collecting the line on the back-burner being they already have their Batman. Soon the back-burner would be totally forgotten, and interest would be gone, and the line is dead. All that before a Barbara Gordon, Cassandra Kane, Huntress, Commision Gordon, or even Harley Quinn gets a chance to get made. But who cares about supporting characters having their "royal tea parties" as long as you ONLY have Batman and the Joker to bang around like a child, right?

Characters like Queen Marlena were not created just to drain hardcore collectors of anything. She was created in 1984 and this is her very first toy. Her creation was not some ingenius ploy by Mattel to get fans to spend $25 in a throwback line damn near 30 years later. You've been pushing it buddy, but your debate and opinion is seriously forfeit if you have to keep reaching like that.

Supporting characters are made to advance storylines. I'm glad He-Man has a mother and wasn't emaculately produced only through Randor somehow. Gross. Supporting characters are also needed to advance the story in your playtime as well. Before your "Epic battle between the Masters and Skeletor's forces" commences, a plausible backdrop for said encounter could be Skeletor's crashing of "a royal teaparty".

Never really thought I'd have to debate the awesomeness of Queen/Retro Cosmonaut Marlena. And on Mother's Day no less. Regardless, I'm stoked we'll finally have the core protagonist cast complete. I'll even buy 3 being she's the first MOTUC I want to display in both modes.

Thank you Mattel and 4H. Best toyline ever!