Masters of the Universe: Origins

In order to display the Fright Zone at all, I’m gonna have to store all the vehicles. I built a wide shelf for large pieces like these over my attic staircase. It was a great spot, but filled so quickly with Transformer Titan scale figures and MotUO playsets and vehicles. TMNT Technodrome wound up there too. The vehicles are all scattered in a battle, but it’s time to pull them out.
 
Super Camel said:
Man, BBTS said Fright Zone is incoming which we were discussing earlier. And honestly, I keep thinking about cancelling it. Just because of the space. All that I collect, do I really need another playset taking up shelf space.

I'm probably not going to get the Snake Lair for that reason (that and the price seems stupidly high). The only reason I haven't cancelled is because Fright Zone is a vintage playset. Still, I have Eternia and have never put it up. Honest to God I don't know if I ever will. That thing is huge!


Stupid plastic toy fort decisions! What do I do?
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I'm debating this myself. I might just pack up the vintage Fright Zone and keep this one out since it is a decent upgrade on the old one. I wish I knew how sought after it was going to be and I would cancel and buy at a more financially convenient time but with all the things I saw over the past few days that I will want, that time may never come.
 
Justice said:
I'm debating this myself. I might just pack up the vintage Fright Zone and keep this one out since it is a decent upgrade on the old one. I wish I knew how sought after it was going to be and I would cancel and buy at a more financially convenient time but with all the things I saw over the past few days that I will want, that time may never come.
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I think part of the problem is that we are getting inundated with so many new reveals across so many brands that it is hard to meld money with desire. I think once SDCC has finished and things have quieted down again it will be easier to look at what you really want versus what was just new and exciting.
 
canprime said:
I think part of the problem is that we are getting inundated with so many new reveals across so many brands that it is hard to meld money with desire. I think once SDCC has finished and things have quieted down again it will be easier to look at what you really want versus what was just new and exciting.
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A point against the new playsets. Are people going to sit down, see the once again Mattel refuses to re-commit to actually serving customer interests, and just decide to bow out and NOT spend another 500+ dollars on overpriced Origins playsets?
 
Damien said:
A point against the new playsets. Are people going to sit down, see the once again Mattel refuses to re-commit to actually serving customer interests, and just decide to bow out and NOT spend another 500+ dollars on overpriced Origins playsets?
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True. Also why do they keep on insisting on early bird goals? It doesn't seem to work they think it does and more often than not seems to engender animosity from the fandom.
 
That Swift Wind looks amazing. And Cartoon Collection is apparently continuing, according to Pixel Dan's video, so I'm back to happy.

Also, with the 200X line coming up, maybe I can start dreaming they'll eventually get here:

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canprime said:
True. Also why do they keep on insisting on early bird goals? It doesn't seem to work they think it does and more often than not seems to engender animosity from the fandom.
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Absolutely true. You'd think they would have learned their lesson about how pissed off people get about that. The problem is that they want to treat it like a Kickstarter, but without any of the benefits the Kickstarter. The Mattel team, and by that I mean whoever makes the actual decisions - not necessarily designers or copy writers or whatever - are fucking idiots. Absolute cretins.


Hi-Fi said:
Also, with the 200X line coming up, maybe I can start dreaming they'll eventually get here:
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I am soooo fucking salty that we only got NA He-Man in that ridiculously overpriced exclusive boxed set with those terrible weapons, and that they never explored any further NA figures in the main line or as single-carded exclusives. Nothing.
 
Looks like Mattel is panicking the night before the Snake Lair goes up for funding (the story is about a third of the way down the page):

https://toyhabits.com/motu-collectors-mattel-creations-exclusive-august-2025-preorder/


So to summarize, and take it with a grain of salt for now:

The Snake Lair tiers and base offering have changed to entice backers. Probably because the chatter has been mostly negative. Here is what the new tier situation is according to the Toy Habits article:

They have eliminated the final tier (Chimera) at 10,000 backers. Instead they have now moved Chimera up to the base offering if the Snake Lair funds at 6,000 backers. Pythonus is still the 8,000 tier and Lady Slither (unbelievably) is still an early bird incentive. What good is Chimera if Lady Slither can't get unlocked? Or only a small number of people can get her? Of course there is the first release of Lady Slither (which I have) so that is an option. However early birds are such a minefield and Mattel just can't quit them.

So what do people think? Is the offer any better now that there is a guaranteed, brand new, figure/character to start, and if you back early you can get two figures. Also the chance to get a third figure is better as well. Still too expensive? Think it will fund?
 
Definitely better to be guaranteed the chimera because I don't think it would make 10k backers. I don't think Lady Slither is that big of a deal since there's already a superior version out there.
 
canprime said:
So what do people think? Is the offer any better now that there is a guaranteed, brand new, figure/character to start, and if you back early you can get two figures. Also the chance to get a third figure is better as well. Still too expensive? Think it will fund?
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I think they're still a bunch of cracked dipshits. Everyone can do as they like with their money, but I think anyone that spends 300+ dollars on this offering is being ridiculous.

That chimera is worth what-- 40 dollars? So how does its inclusion in the base offering turn a 130 dollar, at most, castle into a 300+ dollar castle? Do the math for me slowly, please.
 
So the Snake Lair is at 1,398 backers (23% funded) in only a couple hours. Not back to be almost a quarter of the way there in just a couple hours. It looks like Mattel guessed right and moving around the tiers and eliminating the 10,000 backers helped to put a more positive spin on the project.

Now let's see if it keeps up a good pace, or stalls out.
 
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