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Outside of the vintage line, Classics is my favorite, but it always bugged me that Scott and Mattel seemed to have so little faith in MOTU at retail. They seemed to think its only chance for success was in a "movie year". Even if winding down, Origins and Masterverse proved successful at retail and have lasted longer than a lot of lines. The cartoon and TMNT figures are spinoffs of the Origins figures as well.
I do not think it was Mattel that did not have faith in Classics, but retailers who were burned by the 2002 toyline.
The misstep of 2002 He-Man design. That He-Man was such a visually unattractive figure and looked nothing like the attractive He-Man in the cartoon. It even drove some fans of the show from collecting it. Astonishing.
If you set your goals ridiculously high and it's a failure, you will fail above everyone else's success. -James Cameron
"The misstep of 2002 He-Man design. That He-Man was such a visually unattractive figure and looked nothing like the attractive He-Man in the cartoon. It even drove some fans of the show from collecting it. Astonishing."
I was one of them. While I was initially excited to see MOTU finally make a comeback at retail after a decade of dormancy, that excitement wore off pretty quickly once I saw the figures. I simply couldn't understand the body thinness, blocky (ugly) muscle sculpts, hunched over stances, strange proportions, and fussy details. They were over-designed and too busy looking, especially in contrast to the beautiful simplicity of the vintage. They looked like they were trying way too hard to be "cool" in an early 2000's kind of way. While I did half-entertain the notion of collecting them, ultimately 200X just strayed way too far from the wonderful 80's originals. He-Man should not look emaciated compared with the totally badass looking vintage (they made the same mistake with NA 10 years earlier). Thankfully Classics restored the true look and vibe of MOTU, and both Origins and Masterverse have continued it.
@elder @durendal I thought this was worthy of it's own topic so I split it off 😁
"The misstep of 2002 He-Man design. That He-Man was such a visually unattractive figure and looked nothing like the attractive He-Man in the cartoon. It even drove some fans of the show from collecting it. Astonishing."
I was one of them. While I was initially excited to see MOTU finally make a comeback at retail after a decade of dormancy, that excitement wore off pretty quickly once I saw the figures. I simply couldn't understand the body thinness, blocky (ugly) muscle sculpts, hunched over stances, strange proportions, and fussy details. They were over-designed and too busy looking, especially in contrast to the beautiful simplicity of the vintage. They looked like they were trying way too hard to be "cool" in an early 2000's kind of way. While I did half-entertain the notion of collecting them, ultimately 200X just strayed way too far from the wonderful 80's originals. He-Man should not look emaciated compared with the totally badass looking vintage (they made the same mistake with NA 10 years earlier). Thankfully Classics restored the true look and vibe of MOTU, and both Origins and Masterverse have continued it.
I know a couple people who were fans of the show so much that even though they hated the figures they had to get them all. As the OP said this was a BIG misstep by the Four Horseman because the Heman in the 200x cartoon was really cool looking and the He-Man and Skeletor figures were soooooooooo buttugly. It's good that the Four Horseman redeemed themselves with the Classics cuz otherwise
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The neca stactions were decent tho
The misstep of 2002 He-Man design. That He-Man was such a visually unattractive figure and looked nothing like the attractive He-Man in the cartoon. It even drove some fans of the show from collecting it. Astonishing.
It was less the design, and more the case ratios. Smash Blade He-Man and Spin Blade Skeletor were over-packed, and Orko and Teela were shorted. Once people purchased the secondary characters, the He-Man and Skeletor variants sat on pegs. Retailers did not order new assortments, because they could not move the previous one. That was the beginning of the end.
"The misstep of 2002 He-Man design. That He-Man was such a visually unattractive figure and looked nothing like the attractive He-Man in the cartoon. It even drove some fans of the show from collecting it. Astonishing."
I was one of them. While I was initially excited to see MOTU finally make a comeback at retail after a decade of dormancy, that excitement wore off pretty quickly once I saw the figures. I simply couldn't understand the body thinness, blocky (ugly) muscle sculpts, hunched over stances, strange proportions, and fussy details. They were over-designed and too busy looking, especially in contrast to the beautiful simplicity of the vintage. They looked like they were trying way too hard to be "cool" in an early 2000's kind of way. While I did half-entertain the notion of collecting them, ultimately 200X just strayed way too far from the wonderful 80's originals. He-Man should not look emaciated compared with the totally badass looking vintage (they made the same mistake with NA 10 years earlier). Thankfully Classics restored the true look and vibe of MOTU, and both Origins and Masterverse have continued it.
Emaciated is a perfect way to describe it mate. He-Man looks like we are checking in on a champion bodybuilder that was deserted on an island with no food.
If you set your goals ridiculously high and it's a failure, you will fail above everyone else's success. -James Cameron
