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More exciting action figure news is coming from San Diego International Comic-Con and this time it's from Mondo! Mondo has just announced a brand new 6 inch, 1:12 scale action figure line and they also just announced a new figure from that line: It's a He-Man from the 2002 popular reboot series "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe"! Wow! Check out this concept art Mondo showed today for the 6 inch He-Man, courtesy of awesome friend to For Eternia... John from Emerald Knight Photos on Instagram! So will Mondo be releasing a whole line of "He-Man and the Masters…
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This is VERY exciting news! I didn't realize the scale at first, then realized it was 6 inches ... CLASSICS scale!!!!
As someone that was a MOTUC completist, this is fantastic news.
WANTED IN MASTERVERSE:
Masks of Power Demons, Prince Dakon, Kobolds, Demons (The Terror of Tri-Klops!), Lodar, New Eternia Ninjor, New Eternia Dragon Blaster Skeletor, Lizorr, Hoove, '87 Movie Man-At-Arms, '87 Movie Skeletor Trooper.
Happy for those who like the classic size. Ill pick and chose , depends on price. Ive never been a fan of 200x. If they can stay away from hunchbacks/small waist, and give vintage weapons ( always hated the oversized crap), some might be good.
That buck definitely looks a lot like Classics. I'm confused by this however. Why has Mattel refused to allow Super7 to continue making MOTUC for the last 5 years out of "fear of competition", yet now suddenly allows Mondo to do essentially exactly that?
Well this is problematic for me… I grew up watching the 200x series. A big part of why I love the Mondo 1/6 scale line is because many of the designs are heavily inspired by 200x (mostly due to the fact that Emiliano designs many of the concept art for the figures).
I’m deep on the 1/6 line, pretty much all in on it. If the new line is all 200x and the slides indicate that it will be I’m not sure what I’m going to do. If the prices are reasonable I might need to do both. I have a feeling we’re looking at $120-150 a figure IMO.
Also @admin here is a link showing the slide before the He-Man 1/12 reveal. It seems to insinuate that the whole line will be 200x only. Go to image 20/28 to see what I’m talking about
@durendal The difference might be the price… And f these figures go for $120 (about half of what the 1/6 figures go for), they will not compete with Masterverse. Like, I won’t buy them, too much for me.
If Super7 would continue, even for $50, I may buy one or another.
It is a different market.
Also, last commenter mentioned, this could be strictly a 200x line only. Again, somehow that Masterverse is not doing at this point. Would compete even less, due to that.
Also @admin here is a link showing the slide before the He-Man 1/12 reveal. It seems to insinuate that the whole line will be 200x only. Go to image 20/28 to see what I’m talking about
Thanks for this! And I see what you mean. It might be strictly a higher tier 200X line. I'll add this to the article. 🙂
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Classics was 7-inch scale so it would be slightly bigger than the 6,inch figures (like the 5.5-inch vintage MOTU were bigger than the 3.75-inch figures). Masterverse is probably the same, though I've never measured.
Looking at the picture, while it's 200x, it looks like you can swap parts to make him look more "classic". There's an original Power Sword,and cross chest symbol there.
WTF is going on with all these different toy companies being allowed to make figures of the same IP at the same time? This crap was unheard of years ago. Even if the scale is different it was unheard of.
Is Mattel really hurting for money that badly? I also saw on Youtube that Hasbro might be trying to buy Mattel but it's only a rumor so far.
Because I’m still curious about this line, I went ahead and measured my Classics Horde Trooper, which is 6.5 inches, and my Masterverse Clamp Champ, which is exactly 7 inches, measuring head to toe while they were lying on my table.
I believe some Classics with fur boots are a bit shorter, around 6 1/3, while I think some Masterverse may be taller than Champ. There are always exceptions like Ram Man etc
Regardless, when they say 6 inch figures, there’s room for interpretation, since He-Man might be taller than Teela. They can say “6 inches would be a normal Eternian, but He-Man is 6.5 inches tall”.
Irregardless, these could work with both Classics *and* Masterverse, but probably a bit better with Classics. But only for collectors with deep pockets I’m sure.
I *might* be interested if it's comparable to MOTUC/Ultimates. $100 for a 6-ish inch figure is too rich for my blood.
WTF is going on with all these different toy companies being allowed to make figures of the same IP at the same time? This crap was unheard of years ago. Even if the scale is different it was unheard of.
Is Mattel really hurting for money that badly? I also saw on Youtube that Hasbro might be trying to buy Mattel but it's only a rumor so far.
I think ALL the toy companies are hurting for money. Toys R' Us is gone, and kids these days are more interested in cell phones and other electronics than figures. I remember a news report from a few months ago that stated the collector market (i.e. us) are actually posting significant numbers now. They have to make their money somehow!
@chrisa Yeah it’s true, adult collectors are a big part of the business now.
There was a bit of a boom during the lockdowns, people had nothing else to do. Of course that decreased when people could go out for fun again, spend there money on activities etc
Nevertheless the companies are trying to keep that momentum alive. Everybody saw there’s money to be made. Others are getting in on it. Producing more and more stuff. 50 different Turtles lines. “Let’s see how far we can push it!”
Hooboy. I didn't see this coming (ever, really). I think this might mean I'm out of the 1/6 game from here on out... because 6" scale is definitely way more up my alley (and more agreeable with my action figure real estate in my toy room) and if I can get me a 200X Zodak, Tri-Klops, Evil-Lyn, Teela, and maybe even Scareglow (he DID appear in a 200X era Dream Halloween one-off comic!), that's way more satisfying to me than getting the ginormous ones, where I struggle to find room to display them whenever I reset my room. Not that I'm unhappy with the 1/6 scale stuff, but I definitely cherry pick 'em and see myself passing on the newly revealed Buzz-Off and Man-E-Faces... whereas if they were 6" scale I'd be more inclined to get them. I wonder how deep they'll go? And if they'll go beyond 200X at some point? Will we see the likes of Count Marzo? Evilseed? Will they do their own "if they'd appeared in 200X" interpretations of... She-Ra, for example? Can't wait to see where this all goes.
Super stoked for these! I assume they just got the license for the 200X versions. My personal favorite designs. I'm gonna be all over these.🤘🤘