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Originally Posted by N7 Shadow SR2

And having a fan base strong enough to make this a reality? Only He-Fans are that strong!


More like STUPID for paying that ridiculous price. For $250 you should at least get all 4 walls, not the half-assed thing they're giving us.

We're talking HUNDREDS of dollars here. TWO HUNDRED!!!!

Ummm... Devil's Advocate here... (Hi Al Pacino!) ... MOTU fans are actually getting a steal of a deal, considering the fact that they are getting a whole heck of a lot of plastic for a very small price...

Look at people who collect Transformers, in particular 3rd party ones... because of the small run (5,000 to 8,000 are ever made) the cost for the molds, machines, etc make the end figures $100 for a 6in toy. Fans buy it up, because THEY WANT TO.

I, myself, passed on Grayskull. I don't need nor want it. I have Classics He-Man, Skeletor, and Battlecat, so as far as I am concerned, my collection is complete. However, I can easily understand someone else wanting every character, every vehicle, every playset, to be remade in the new style (gotta admit, Snake mountain would be cool to see)...

Mattel is making gigantic molds, painting, assembling, and packaging a massive toy... which will only be produced in a few thousand units... and they are ONLY asking $250 to $300 for it. That's a bargain, if you want it. See, first and foremost, Mattel is a company about MAKING MONEY, so they managed to find a way to fit people's budgets AND make money, on a ridiculously huge playset. Playsets are a notoriously tough thing to sell, because of their cost. I remember getting the TMNT sewer playset back in 1989, and that was my Christmas right there. It was VERY expensive, and that was a mass-marketed piece. Anyone who complains about it doesn't understand production and is only fixated on their own entitlements and self-gratifications.

My main toyline I collect is the Masterpiece Transformers, and there are many I would LOVE to see made, that will never be made because Takara/Hasbro don't communicate with the fans the way Mattel does with the MOTU and other subscription lines.