[EternianJerkian]

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Originally Posted by jscott991

In general with these line relaunches we've had in the last few years (G.I. Joe with Classified, Transformers with Siege/WFC figures, and He-Man with Masterverse and Origins), the toymakers have learned that while there might be fans of the new media, it's the fans of the original properties that tend to buy the actual merchandise (this is even true for Star Wars). It wouldn't surprise me at all to see Masterverse veer back toward the 80s looks to more strongly appeal to the people who are actually buying most of the collectible figures.

I already have an extensive MOTUC collection so I'd almost prefer Mattel to not take Masterverse in that direction and tempt me to buy everyone again. But I would have a hard time passing up a Filmation-looking Evil-Lyn, the upcoming New Eternia She-Ra, or a Classic Sorceress.

I was actually pleased that the Revelations Skeletor, He-Man, and Man-at-Arms looked so bad (again, small head syndrome and bizarre Skeletor head sculpt) but the New Eternia Skeletor has brought me back in.

Mate I loved MotU as a kid. It was my favourite thing but Revelation figures have been the first time I've ever wanted to buy MotU toys again. Origins doesn't appeal to me because I prefer more realism. And Classics never appealed to me for various reasons like how hard they were to get and how bloody ugly some of them were. He-Man's face was more creepy than Skeletor's. Especially with the weird paint choices some of the releases had where he looked like he had allergies with the reddishness around his eyes. lol. Plus I don't like the bodies on the Classics with their bloated torsos and huge pin holes and weird legs (especially noticable on the stupidly named "Oo-Lar", goddamn Scott Neitlich lol)

The hell you on about with that last bit. He-Man and Skeletor are great figures that just needed better heads. Which I bought from a customiser. Man-At-Arms though already looked aces and is one of my favourite figures I've ever owned. I even just bought the Origins Wind Raider for him to sit in after my mate showed me they fit together. lol. Classic Man-At-Arms had some nice extra details aye (it wasn't designed for animation after all) but the head was still mostly based on the weird squished looking square head of the original figure which always bugged the hell out of me as a kid and why I hate the Origins figure even if it has his moustache that was missing off the vintage lol. I'm super happy with the Revelation figure. I just wish he had a few more accessories like a gun or tools or something in addition to his orange club. And Rev Man-At-Arms has got himself quite a following now too and the nickname 'Daddy Duncan'. lol.