MONDO Masters of the Universe 1/12 and 1/6

Odd that Skeletor would have both halves (as I remember it ended up looking like scissors somewhat more than the old powersword which was sliced down the middle in halves with each having half) and still operating out of Snake Mountain for nearly all that I can remember of that show. As I remember he even gets kicked out of Snake Mountain by the Snake Men when they show up.

Maybe the magic had moved "beyond" the power sword by that point or something.
 
RichardSimmonsRobot said:
Odd that Skeletor would have both halves (as I remember it ended up looking like scissors somewhat more than the old powersword which was sliced down the middle in halves with each having half) and still operating out of Snake Mountain for nearly all that I can remember of that show. As I remember he even gets kicked out of Snake Mountain by the Snake Men when they show up.

Maybe the magic had moved "beyond" the power sword by that point or something.
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Keep in mind that Skeletor's swords in the actual 200x cartoon are not The Power Sword anymore. It's a hold-over design. The 4H designed that monstrosity back when the concept was for Skeletor to have already won. He -would- have been ruling from Castle Grayskull. Similar to the story from the '87 movie or much of the recent Netflix cartoon.

Eventually, they axed the idea of starting the cartoon with Skeletor already having won the war. But they kept a lot of the designs from their original concept. So the Power Sword design just became ugly double swords that Skeletor uses, and the fake "mecha" Power Sword just became THE Power Sword.

They brought back the idea of the mecha-sword being fake for the MOTUC bios when it was included with Man-at-Arms, but that's the only official use of the mecha sword as a fake Power Sword.
 
One thing I hated to hear about the 1/12 line was something Hector said in one of the walkthrough videos I watched. He was asked how many waves they intend to put out a year, and he said two to three, but also said maybe like two, three-ish with the occasional con exclusive. Con exclusives are exactly what I did NOT want to have to worry about with this line. Guess I've been spoiled by Real Ghostbusters and how simple and easy it's been to order those.
 
cmoney said:
One thing I hated to hear about the 1/12 line was something Hector said in one of the walkthrough videos I watched. He was asked how many waves they intend to put out a year, and he said two to three, but also said maybe like two, three-ish with the occasional con exclusive. Con exclusives are exactly what I did NOT want to have to worry about with this line. Guess I've been spoiled by Real Ghostbusters and how simple and easy it's been to order those.
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It's possible the Con exclusives won't be the kind of thing you really care about. I guess unless you're pretty hardcore and want everything.
But at this pricepoint, I can skip things like Faker or Anti-Eternia Con exclusive repaints. Just for example.
 
Damien said:
It's possible the Con exclusives won't be the kind of thing you really care about. I guess unless you're pretty hardcore and want everything.
But at this pricepoint, I can skip things like Faker or Anti-Eternia Con exclusive repaints. Just for example.
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And those are almost exactly the ones I was afraid would happen, because I'd want them. Assuming that Mondo would flash them up with some of their own details and take, of course. :)
 
I’ve always said I wish Mondo did 1/12 MOTU. Now I have no excuse. These first four look awesome. I’ll be all in for the 1/12 line if the price isn’t egregious.
 
I keep eyeing that new she ra and swift wind but not sure I’m going to go for it. It’s just damn expensive

Not really sure how much better this she ra really is. I actually was kind of surprised they redid her so fast
 
I don't think that She-Ra is an improvement as far as the heads go. Mine had perfect paint (and the replacement, which I didn't actually need), and I already loved that art and expressions. These don't hit me the same.

Could I swap the heads on? I don't trust the skin tones to play around at these prices.I dunno. I'm all about She-Ra and all about sidegrading figures if I like the character, but at the new prices and for what it is, it doesn't work for me.

Unless they suddenly kicked up articulation, but we know this line.

Hope we get a 1/12 version, though. Mattel can go kick rocks on the way down the Snake Mountain trap door into the green goo for that new Masterverse.

Swiftwind is cool, but not Battlecat cool.

Mondo can tap me when they do Adora or Despera, though.
 
altcunningham said:
I don't think that She-Ra is an improvement as far as the heads go. Mine had perfect paint (and the replacement, which I didn't actually need), and I already loved that art and expressions. These don't hit me the same.

Could I swap the heads on? I don't trust the skin tones to play around at these prices.I dunno. I'm all about She-Ra and all about sidegrading figures if I like the character, but at the new prices and for what it is, it doesn't work for me.

Unless they suddenly kicked up articulation, but we know this line.

Hope we get a 1/12 version, though. Mattel can go kick rocks on the way down the Snake Mountain trap door into the green goo for that new Masterverse.

Swiftwind is cool, but not Battlecat cool.

Mondo can tap me when they do Adora or Despera, though.
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I mean, you can essentially create 3 different looks with the one figure and heads, so it's definitely more of a "deluxe" figure, like their He-Man that had the parts for a couple looks in a single release.
 
SalemCrow said:
I mean, you can essentially create 3 different looks with the one figure and heads, so it's definitely more of a "deluxe" figure, like their He-Man that had the parts for a couple looks in a single release.
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I could already do that with the first. You could do the bubble look, change tiaras, and add a belt. Maybe not as much. I dunno.

I still don't like the portrait options. But maybe. Maybe!
 
altcunningham said:
I could already do that with the first. You could do the bubble look, change tiaras, and add a belt. Maybe not as much. I dunno.

I still don't like the portrait options. But maybe. Maybe!
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One thing with the old she ra is that I don’t think that it will work with swift wind.

She has like a plastic skirt piece as part of her bodice so I suspect she can’t sit on a horse well.

I would really love the 1/6 line a lot at more like $150 a figure. But at $250 I really gotta think about it.

And I would like swift wind… but not at $600. It’s a big ass horse, but that’s just too much for it imo.

I do have battle cat, and battle cat is cool, but I’d be lying if I didn’t say I kinda regret splashing that kind of money down for him.
 
I couldn't seriously consider this She-Ra due to timing. The first version will have to do. I did add her to the cart, just to see the final total, $326.50 ($25 tariff charge, $22 shipping, $19.50 tax).
 
I haven't bought any Mondo MOTU since Mer-Man and I've been thinking I will probably sell what I do have but that She-Ra is tempting but I'd also want Swiftwind and I haven't even looked at the total for both because I know I can't swing it.
 
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