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Originally Posted by Tomax

hey fellas
Does anyone know the diff between: Ultimates, Classics and Filmation in the Super 7 brand? there was a recent video from them and the guy said all those 3 but i dont know whats the diff??

thanks...

My knowledge of MOTUC is limited but here it goes:

Classics - The main group of figures that Mattel put out for several years. Super 7 is continuing with this style and producing new figures.

Filmation - A separate line for figures that are meant to reproduce the old cartoon's visual style. Mattel released a few figures last year like He-Man and Skeletor.

Ultimates: Just re-releases of some of the more popular Classics figures like He-Man, Skeletor, Teela, etc. The figures will come with more accessories than the original Mattel figures. Mostly alternate heads that were released on variants throughout Mattel's run of figures.

It sounds strange to loose molds but yeah, it is possible. I know Hasbro/Takara have lost a few of their Transformers molds like G1 Sunstreaker. However in the case of Super 7, they specifically mentioned that the molds were either worn out, missing, or destroyed. Given the heavy parts reuse in the MOTUC line, the number of molds that are missing is probably a very low number. Most of the pieces needing to be retooled come from molds that are probably worn out due to heavy use. Or the molds were destroyed when they reached the end of their life, with the expectation that Mattel would have new molds made to replace them.