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If Club Eternia Doesn’t Go Through, Use Your Masters of the Universe Budget on this Life-Sized Skeletor Bust

It sure is nice to know that even with all the warnings we’ve gotten from Mattel about Club Eternia being at risk that there’s actually other Masters of the Universe products that will definitely get made. Sure, this Skeletor life-sized bust has got a $675 price tag, but just what are you going to do with the money you’ve saved up for Club Eternia if it doesn’t go through? 😉

Pop Culture Shock Collectibles Announces Skeletor Life-sized Bust
Product Pre-order Launches
PCSC Exclusive Version Also Available

There is a dark lord haunting the realm of Eternia…and now he’s plotting to take over your shelf space! Skeletor, eternal enemy of HeMan, is being expertly crafted into life-sized collectible bust from Pop Culture Shock Collectibles. This latest entry into PCSC’s full-scaled collectible line is based on the skull-face despot’s appearance

The fiend once known as Keldor is rendered here with intricate sculpted details, dynamic real-cloth hood, and sinister paint details. Standard edition (limit of 300 pcs) will be available at all regular retail channels. For the loyal PCSC collectors, there will be a dastardly exclusive version featuring LED glowing eyes available ONLY via PCSC’s website.

Masters of the Universe ‘Skeletor’ Lifesize Bust –

Regular Version

Features real fabric hood

Size: 29 x 23 x 14

Limited to 300 pieces

SRP $ 675.00 USD

Masters of the Universe ‘Skeletor’ Lifesize Bust – Pop Culture Shock Exclusive

Features real fabric hood and LED glowing eyes

Size: 29 x 23 x 14

Limited to 125 pieces

SRP $ 675.00 USD

Discount of up to 20% if ordered in the first 7 days of pre-ordering

PRE-ORDER begins promptly at 3PM PST on Monday Aug 26th

The exclusive bust will be up for pre-order at 3pm PST on Aug 26th, tune into the PSCS facebook page for more info. To stay up to date on PCSC Master of the Universe News, subscribe to our newsletter by heading to PopCultureShocktoys.com and clicking the “sign up” box.

About Pop Culture Shock Collectibles

Pop Culture Shock Collectibles was founded in 2008 by Jerry Macaluso, the former owner of SOTA Toys, SOTA Sculpture and Design and Plastic Fantasy to manufacture high-end resin collectibles. For more on Pop Culture Shock Collectibles go to http://www.popcultureshocktoys.com and www.facebook.com/PopCultureShockCollectibles

MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE and associated trademarks are owned by and used under license from Mattel, Inc. © 2013 Mattel, Inc. Under license to Classic Media. All rights reserved.

Soapbox Sunday: I’m KILLIN THE LIEN (One out of Three Subs Ain’t Bad)

Yes, I’m a procrastinator. I haven’t submitted my pre-order for the Mattycollector subscriptions. But when I do, I’ll be one of the guys KILLIN THE LIEN. When it comes to Club Eternia, Club Infinite Earths, and the Ecto-1 pre-orders, I’ll be saying no to Ghostbusters and Masters of the Universe Classics, and giving a hesitant yes to DC Universe Classics.

When I started thinking about this post earlier in the week, I was planning on something a little different. The gist was going to be, “I’ve subbed for Masters and DC (note: I always knew I was going to pass on the Ecto-1), and now it’s up to you” – I’d present my rationale for my decisions. I wouldn’t tell you to sub too (I hate that), but rather ask you to consider how the subs line up with what you want and to make up your own minds.

For the past couple of days, I started to really put that into practice for myself. As someone on the bandwagon since the subscriptions started, it was the de facto choice to keep subbing. So I was pretty surprised to come to the decision to stop subscribing to Club Eternia.

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Mattel Announces Damian Wayne Robin for Club Infinite Earths

In our last Ask Matty, we asked if Damian Wayne could be added to the Club Infinite Earths subscription. At that time, we got a tentative maybe. Looks like enough people asked – now it’s happening.

This should get a bump in the Club Infinite Earths sub – I don’t think Digital River is updating over the weekend, but I’ve put up the Matty Tracker for today anyways.

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Toy Guru Takes to the Airwaves for Last Chance Mattycollector Subscribers

It was the Invasion of the Pod People this week as Mattel was making its final push for Club Eternia, Club Infinite Earths, and Ecto-1 subscribers. Toy Guru may have officially been out of the office, but that didn’t stop him from participating in a handful of podcasts to get the message out – the decision for these subscriptions to move forward is in our hands now. I’ll encourage you to listen to as much of these as you can, especially if you are still on the fence, or even dead set against subscribing.

Having spoken with Toy Guru more than a few times over the years, I can say with confidence that he loves the brands he represents, and as a collector, he wants to put the best product out there. If part of the reason you are thinking about skipping the subs this year is because of him, I’ll suggest you separate the message from the messenger. He can come off as too sales-oriented – I think that’s because he is very well-prepared before he speaks publicly, making his spiel seem more like a sales pitch and therefore less off the cuff and genuine. Try to take that into account as you listen to these podcasts:

Action Figure Blues – covers the Mattycollector subs
He-Man.org’s Roast Gooble Dinner – Club Eternia
Action Figure Insider – Club Infinite Earths
Ghostbusters News – Ecto-1 and movie props

How To: Swap Hands Easily on the Masters of the Universe Classics He-Man

Once this was pointed out to me I just couldn’t unsee it – a regular Masters of the Universe Classics He-Man can’t hold his sword straight up in his iconic pose when HE HAS THE POWER! He can get pretty close, but since he just has an ordinary swivel wrist, he’s perpetually stuck holding the Power Sword nearly perpendicular to his forearm.

The latest He-Man variant, New Adventures He-Man doesn’t have that problem. In addition to the wrist swivel, he also has a hinge in each wrist. On his right wrist, the hinge allows him to move his hand back and forth, like a conductor tapping his baton against his lectern, or a politician gesturing emphatically that he did not have sexual relations with that woman. In other words, that means that NA He-Man can point his sword straight up.

If you’re like me, you’d rather the ~~real~~ regular He-Man be able to do the pose (did Mattel call it Grayskulling?) – in this post, I’ll show you how I gave He-Man the New Adventures He-Man hands. And don’t worry – even if you’ve never customized before, you can do it too – there’s almost no way you can screw it up.

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