"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."

So......MOTU Classics wasn't made by Mattel, I guess?

@chrisa I think this is the reason why Mattel doesn’t feature Classics prominently in promo materials, or in the book by DK…

This makes the Classics arrangement seem unclear and unusual. If the brand manager… manages his own new line…while working at Mattel… why it’s not counted as Mattel product is strange. 

But yeah, gives a hint of why Mattel wanted to start fresh with MOTU, do it 100% themselves, have new molds and designs they own 100%, no conflicts with prior arrangements, go big, into retail,… but of course with very different cost structures, hence less high-end.

That side note really caught my eye, too.

That's the thing, Classics was 100% Mattel. They made and own the molds and distributed them through their own service. It's like whoever wrote this forgot Classics even existed.

This guy beautifully captures that savage MOTU aesthetic of the early days from the minds of Mark Taylor and Alfredo Alcala before Filmation made everything silly. 

I wish Mattel would promote Demo-Man into another Big Bad of MOTU on the same level as Skeletor, Hordak and King Hiss. Grow the brand!!

Hm this figures looks a little bare and, dare I say, cheap? Something off about this one, anyway. Need to think about whether I need this for the collection

I find it difficult to accept Scott's Demo-Man in the lore after real writers successfully cracked Skeletor's origin in Revolution.

@elder I'm curious how his new mini-comic will explain his origin - I'm sure the story will change again 🤣