Battle Armor He-Man may not be listed yet, but Mattel did add King Randor and the Goddess to Mattycollector.com today. They will both be available on December 15. King Randor is the Club Eternia subscription figure, and the Goddess is the bonus figure.
December will be a big MOTU Classics month, because Skeletor is also being reissued.
I’m pretty excited about Battle Armor He-Man. As a kid, he was my favorite of the MOTU toys – well, maybe after Jitsu. 😀
The original had a spring-loaded barrel inside its chest. When you hit it, it would rotate to the next of three positions, starting with pristine armor. Then it would show one slash, and then two. Hit it a third time and it’d be back in pristine shape. [Correction – Bubba Shelby reminded me that you had to dial back the barrel manually. Gimme a break – that was a quarter century ago! :D]
I know action features are frowned upon by serious action figure collectors 😉 so I was kind of hoping that they’d figure out how to recreate that barrel with this figure. However, removable plates are a great way to get the same effect.
Although he’s not listed yet, Battle Armor He-Man is the bonus figure on Mattycollector.com in January. Now bring on pics of Battle Cat!
Battle Armor He-Man packaged!
Just got in early packaged samples of the first variant of He-Man in his all new Battle Armor!
He-Man comes with removable chest armor with a pop out chest plate. Just snape in any one of the three chest plates to recreate the look of the spinning armor mechanism from the vintage toy. This toy does not feature a spinning tumble, but does include all three chest plates – standard, one smash, and my personal favorite, two smashes!
He also comes with his heroic Battle Axe just like in the famous painting of Battle Armor He-Man on top of Battle Cat. (anyone have the art book?)
And speaking of Battle Cat. We just got samples of him in package too, but the corners are all bent up. Bleh. We’ll try to fix it up and make it photo ready and get that up soon too. The final toy will obvioulsy have a perfect package. (or as close as possible!)
Battle Armor He-Man goes on sale January 15th, only on MattyCollector.com. He is a “bonus” figure and is not included in the 2010 Club Eternia subscription. Gets your before he rides away!
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Here are the latest questions and answers from Mattel. Thanks to Mattel and Toy Guru!
Masters of the Universe Classics
1. Zodak (pics and review) was the first “bonus” figure for the Masters of the Universe Classics line. Based on how he sold, what changes are you considering for bonus figures, if any? Do you have any update on combining bonus orders with Club Eternia subs so subscribers aren’t penalized with double shipping?
If the first few bonus figure do well, we will continue them into 2010. If they do not, figures that were bonus figures will just become standard monthly figures. You won’t be able to combine shipping on subscriptions and standard purchases, but once we gauge how bonus figures do, we will be able to include them in the 2011 subscription.
Two done, two to go! Some fans have been waiting 25 years to get good action figures of the Ghostbusters, and with the 6-inch Ghostbusters line from Mattel, we’re getting closer to getting done. Ray Stantz is the second 6-incher in the line – he went on sale on Mattycollector.com two weeks ago and is still available in limited quantities. Egon Spengler in a slimed deco (yes, we know he was never slimed) was the first figure in the line and was sold as a San Diego Comic-Con and Mattycollector exclusive.
About six weeks ago, Mattel released the press pics of the 2-ups for DC Universe Classics Wave 12. At the time, they announced that Mary Batson aka Mary Marvel would have a 50/50 variant in her white costume and that Spectre would have a glow in the dark chase variant.
Here are the official pics of the variants, posted by Mattel today on their Facebook page. In contrast with the original press pics, I believe these are production samples, not 2-ups.
- The Glow in the Dark variant of Spectre. He is the chase figure for this wave.
- A 50/50 variant for Mary Batson in her white outfit!
