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Took some pics of BC and TrapJaw
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g9/ragericho/bc3.jpg
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g9/ragericho/bc1.jpg
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g9/ragericho/bc2.jpg
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g9/ragericho/bc4.jpg
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g9...o/IMG_0064.jpg
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Both Battlecat & TrapJaw look excellent! Thanks for posting the pics!
Great pics twincobra :) I can't wait to get BC... my TJ should be here this week! Here's hoping! :o
Sky Shadow - Nice score with the 2-pack!! That's next on my list of things to hunt down. Oh, and love that Land Shark! How cool would it be to see that thing driving down Anzac Hwy!! :D
Im on the hunt for a solid case of 4 of the 2 packs,hoping to find some one to go fiddy fiddy.
Well, depending on price, I may be interested in this scheme! I'm after 1 of each set.Quote:
Originally Posted by twincobra
Got battle cat today via the slow shipping. Was a nice early surprise for once. BC is a beautiful toy and I am 100% happy. A few leg joints are less than tight, but not loose, and his head can support it's own weight!
But how stupid are Digital River?
The toy was packed in a shipping box with massive amounts of space on 2 dimensions (the box was probably as big as MP-04) but was too small on the other dimension. Squashed the mailer box and the actual packaging. If I wanted this toy MIB I would cry... I didn't so it's happy times.
I am hoping Robzy gets his soon because mine usually arrives the next day. C'mon Robzy's mailman, pull your finger out :)
Lol - well, I haven't got BC yet, but I did get the incredibly awesome most excellent Trap Jaw in the mail yesterday (along with DCUC Joker, which is an amazing figure too!!) :eek:
My sub Trap Jaw arrived today. Hopefull that means Battle Cat and the Battle Stands are here before the end of the week
Oh! My! God!!!!!!
Moss Man SOLD OUT in 2-3 minutes!! :eek::eek:
This is nuts!
Thankfully I got my order in! I actually managed to get on before 12pm US time! Unbelievable!
I had someone get an extra Moss Man for me because I couldn't be on this morning
And I finally got my Battle Cats and Battle Stands today, and before Robzy. It seems like your postie is crap buddy :)
Actually... my BC, stands and MAA arrived early this morning too! :D I've been "playing" with BC for the last 2 hours - he's amazing!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Raider
Maybe we got the same postie now! :p
It's strange what is happening with this line.
I look at my shelf and see reissue He-Man and Battlecat and it looks so perfect. I look around and see the original 3 heroes (MAA, Teela and Stratos) and a good selection of bad guys... it's pretty much fiinshed.
Yeah Trap Jaw would have been nice to get, and I doubt Evil Lyn will be obtainable as a first issue... but there seems to be a hype that is beyond reason now.
I would happily miss Mossman, Optikk, She-Ra, Marzo, Keldor etc etc and just cannot understand why people are getting so worked up about these toys.
Because this is the end of the line for MOTU. Once MOTUC is said and done it will be the end of the franchise, barring an animated series or movie to breath new life into it. But even then, I think this is the best it will ever be ever again for MOTU/PoP
Is it worth getting all riled up like some people do? No, because they are just toys, but people will always have the bad taste in their mouth from the 200x distribution debacle and Mattel can drop the ball at any time, moreso than they already have :)
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Originally Posted by Raider
I understand your point to some extent.
But there is a movie in the works, as far as I know. Mattel has always claimed that once they have a movie ready, then they will bring a new line of MOTU back to retail in a more standard release. The comic 2 packs are just a taste of what is to come with this franchise.
I know that I'm in a fairly specific "nostalgia" element of the market for these toys. And I guess that explains my lack of enthusiasm for third tier MOTU and toys from other off shoots. It just amazed me that people were buying Mossman from ebay for $60-100 on ebay 6 hours after he had gone onsale.
I dunno, it took me a while to take to these toys in the first place, seemed like an aweful lot of hoops to jump through to get a toyline. I guess it would have been nice to have Mossman if it was a hassle free, normal purchase... But I keep looking at re-issue He-Man and BC and know that nothing can top that. So unless there is a more normal way to order things, I'm stepping back for a while.
Sourced my first Masters of the Universe gear! Lol. I was at the Cristies Beach Markets on Sunday and i manage to find an original Battle Cat, Teela, Man-e-faces and Trap Jaw. All in various condition and a couple of accessories. Gotta start somewhere eh? Lol. Ill post pics when i get a chance.
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/2949/p3070277.jpg
"Hmm... this looked easier in the instructions."
"Here, let me give you... a hand!"
PICS AS PROMISED! LOL
That's... weird. Your Trap Jaw has Webstor arms. So he's like an original series Kronis. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Vector Sigma 13
Im only new to collecting these- these were just the arms that were on him- there was another at the market that had the detachble arm thingy but when i went back to get him he was gone. I paid a dollar each for them, lol- so i wint complain! he he.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sky Shadow
It's always good to see a new MOTU collector emerge! :)
Orko is the SDCC exclusive with prince adam pack in :D Glad they went with dark magenta for the power sword colour and not bright. Check the vid out for look C
http://toynewsi.com/news.php?catid=241&itemid=15716
awesome, now i just have to get oneQuote:
Originally Posted by twincobra
Wow, Orko and accessories are very very cool, as is the Robot Chicken homage. If I earnt an extra $150 a week I'd spend some to collect this line, the figures are so top notch! I wish they would release the far majority of MOTU 'universe' figures because they haven't missed the mark yet and I'm happy enough just seeing their work.
Could someone please purchase a Hordak for me when he is available? I will not have access to a computer when he is released and really want him.
I will be on getting the weapons pack.i'll c what i can do for ya.Quote:
Originally Posted by sideswipes brother
My Moss Man arrived today - he's already taken over the place with his Pine Fresh Scent :eek::eek:
Man i love the re-issue Skeletor that Raider got for me its absolutely superb almost makes me wanna get more
Got my (non subscriber) Evil-Lyn today. Always get the cheap shipping and this is the quickest figure by far.
Me too - plus Wun-Dar and a fairly lame and uninformative map of Eternia.Quote:
Originally Posted by d*r*j*
P.S. Moss Man is awesome - best MOTUC toy yet. And did anyone else get Mossy's Battle Bunny before it sold out?
http://img691.yfrog.com/img691/67/p4120324.jpg
;)
What the hell ? what on earth is that flocked bunny? i cant wait to get he-bread:)
That's Battle Bunny. 100% flocking, 0% articulation, just the way it should be. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by twincobra
(I got home the other day to discover that my wife had bought the bunny for me as a present. I have no idea what it's supposed to do, just that it's awesome and that Moss Man and Battle Bunny have been an inseparable duo ever since.)
Moss mans long lost love, who would of thought it would of been a furry green bunny.:pQuote:
Originally Posted by Sky Shadow
My Evil-Lyn, Hordak and Venkman arrived today. WOW - that was fast!! :eek: :cool:
Evil-Lyn is actually a really, really good figure. I thought she looked great anyway, but she's even better in person! I definitely prefer the wand over the staff, and the dagger is a bit meh. Laserbeak - er Screeeeech is awesome too!
PS: Love Battle Bunny! :p
Got my Hordak recently also. He = LOVE.
My intention was to only get any Horde members but Trap Jaw and Webster look sooooooo cool im almost tempted to pay the inflated ebay prices for them!!
webstor should be pretty cheap... was one on aussie ebay for 35 including postage, pretty close to retail. Not sure if it's still there... my computer is a bit slow atm.
Isn't this typical - I bid on 11 MOTU auctions, fairly cheaply because of BotCon registration soon, so was expecting a few to be lost.
10 were items I didn't have, and one was to replace a broken toy I have in my collection. I lost all but one - can you guess which one I won... :(
If I'm not gonna save anything on combined shipping, it would have been nice for it to at least be a toy I DON'T already have.
On a happy note, I did get in the mail today the DVD of the 2002 MOTU cartoon, and watched half a dozen episodes already. I like seeing all those toy characters being used early on (original series took 50 episodes before seeing more than the initial dozen), and more realistic violence (it's war after all). It's just a pity that it was axed after 39 episodes. If only Mattel had marketted the toys better (from what I read, they short-packed characters to such an extreme, kids and collectors were too frustrated to keep looking for any of the toys). Not to mention the body proportions on the toys being really weird, making them ugly toys IMO.
I successfully ordered Tytus, Optikk, Mer-Man and Walter Peck :)
Big day today. Not only finding a whole new wave of TFs, but picked up these from the post office today as well...
http://www.toycollectors.com.au/motu2010a.jpg
From left, Snake Mountain, Fright Zone, Point Dread, Castle Grayskull, plus Original Skeletor and Webstor.
Most of it's complete, and there are a few broken bits. But considering the age and fragile nature of these toys, I'm really surprised these things were even designed for young kids.
The Fright Zone is a lot bigger than I was expecting, but a bit lame, and doesn't appear to be anything from the cartoon, so probably wasn't popular at the time. Actually, even Snake Mountain wasn't designed to look like the version on the cartoon, which is really odd (and not very clever). Then again, this was still in the early years of toyline-cartoon cross-selling, so accuracy probably wasn't yet necessary to sell the toys.
I got the Sorceress coming soon, and she now has a home (Grayskull) when she arrives.
That should keep me going, until after BotCon.
Awesome griffin! Does your Snake Mountain microphone still work?