@durendal Damn you're describing one helluva elaborate scheme. I don't think I can give Mattel that much credit.

@durendal Damn. Guess I'll keep dreaming ... 😭

Well, well, well ... it's the Classics mold for the Hover Bot that comes with the Origins Horde Trooper Prime figure! Classics is BACK, baby (kinda, not really)! 🤣 🤣 Screenshot taken from this youtube vid:

I figured it was. Why bother paying for a new mold when the Classics one is already there?

I wonder how long they actually hold on to those things...it's been years since Mattel made MOTUC. And they stopped making it, gave up on the brand, and Super7 took over! Yet they still exist??

I wonder if the Origins cartoon collection will bring down the aftermarket prices on some of the Super7 CG Filmation figures.

I remember when Super7 made their Ultimates re-releases, they mentioned that there was deterioration in the molds and they had to have a few new parts made. I'm honestly not sure what the procedure is for keeping old molds around. 

Well Mattel just re-used the Classics mold for the Hover Robots in Origins, and that's 10 years old now. I'm very surprised that they still have any of those molds still lying around somewhere...

They could have re-done the hover bots based on the existing figures, not the molds. Made new molds, but at least they didn’t have to design them 🤷‍♂️ And they fit in perfectly with the Classics bots.

As there were no news about NA in Masterverse during SDCC ‘24, I’ve been itching to get something NA in other ways.

Got a Classics Optikk for just over $30! I bid on it just for kicks, didn’t think my starting bid would remain the only one. Got lucky! I love his color, this metallic brownish/ dark-bronze.

His legs are kind of loose, but otherwise he’s in great condition and complete.

(Also got a vintage Spinwit with all accessories for $50, which is a steal. Still waiting for a 6” remastered Spinwit… Hey perhaps that new 1:12 Mondo line will do NA at some point, if Mattel doesn’t want to!)

Optikk was a real winner for Classics. Not finishing NA was one of my few gripes about that line, I'm still holding out hope for Masterverse. 

I still don't have Optikk but he is cool. I remember when the NA Classics would sell for 15$ cuz nobody really wanted them. Randor too!

@disneyboy Nothing has changed with Crita. You can buy a NRFB Crita for $35. She's nostalgia proof and inflation proof.

@mighty-thanos It's odd because that's the only figure of Crita ever released.

“… Demo-Man has been made as a figure before, but not by Mattel – until now. Our version pays tribute to comics and concept art for the character. …”

Interesting side note on the Mattel Creations Demo Man order page !

https://creations.mattel.com/en-de/products/motu-origins-mc-exclusive-core-demo-man-htm95

@cosmic Hmmm - it was Super7 that made his Classics figure?

@durendal Oh was it? Ok then it’s simple enough why they would say this.

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@cosmic Hmmm - it was Super7 that made his Classics figure?

No, it was Mattel. Demo-Man was part of the MattyCollector sub from back in the day. And even if Super7 did the figure, it would have been with Mattel's input anyway. I suspect whoever wrote this blurb just doesn't know their MOTU figure history.

@chrisa ok that explains it. I have the Classics figure so I was confused by that statement

@chrisa It's still weird though because they acknowledge in the statement that a Demo-Man figure was made previously, so whoever wrote that blurb knows that figure exists, so who do they think made it if not Mattel?? 🤣

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@cosmic Hmmm - it was Super7 that made his Classics figure?

No, it was Mattel. Demo-Man was part of the MattyCollector sub from back in the day. And even if Super7 did the figure, it would have been with Mattel's input anyway. I suspect whoever wrote this blurb just doesn't know their MOTU figure history.