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So fairly recently, word broke of McFarlane losing the rights to DC comics universe come 2026.
bleedingcool.com/collectibles/the-dc-multiverse-ends-as-dc-comics-debuts-new-mattel-partnership/
Personally, I was only a sporadic purchaser of McFarlane's Multiverse figs, to say the least. So I'm not too down in the dumps. lol (and some of the more recent Multiverse/McFarlane offerings have been a little bit lacking too but that's a different topic for a different thread.) I actually think of this new deal affects SpinMaster (and it most likely will) I will miss SpinMaster's DC output more than McFarlane's. (The Batman Forever figs from Spinmaster's "DC Retro Collection" were a MUST BUY for this girlie and I would love to see what else they could put out in that line.)
Anyway, what I am really here to talk about is MoTU and how the new Mattel deal affects it.
I'm guessing maybe something like two-pack sets of two 7-inch figures (Masterverse scale), say... He-Man x Superman or She-Ra x Wonder-Woman, Hordak x Darkseid etc
like that MoTU Classics two-pack of He-Man and Supes that Mattel put out in the third year of the Classics line. Maybe we could get some pack-in minicomics to go along with the figures.
Heck, maybe a whole comic series. Mattel have always had a good relationship with DC. DC themselves even had the MoTU comic license for the best part of a whole decade and during that comic's run, there were two crossover limited series and everything with DC Universe vs Masters of the Universe and the heroic warriors getting mixed up in DC Injustice event.
We could have our next 'MOTU X' line after Thundercats.
@chrisa That's right! 😆 I'm living for all the MoTU crossovers we've been seeing recently. MoTU pairing up with DC, being such a HUGE IP (and the new movie coming out next year too, of course) MoTU's mainstream popularity would surely sky-rocket in 2026.
A dream of mine has always been that DC Animation Studios produce a series of MOTU Animated movies.
Just as they have adapted many of their most popular books (Dark Knight Returns, Crisis, Man of Tomorrow, etc.), I would love to see an animated adaptation of He-Man vs. Superman, the Alcala mini-comics stories, and the New Adventures pack-in comics - all done by DC Animation.
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You guys are forgetting the Transformers x MOTU line that's coming next. Maybe after that DC x MOTU, which could be interesting...
What I would really like to see is Mattel produce some Motu figures from the memorable Eternity Wars comic book series before I even think about crossing paths with any of these DC characters: Horokoth Evil-lyn, War Wraith...
@ornclown that would actually be amazing!! omg 😭
i love those dc direct-to-video animations, especially the DCAMU - in my opinion, i have always preferred them to the synderverse and i like to think of them as the TRUE dc extended universe (but i guess we'll have to wait and see what james gunn has in store for us come summer, lol)
i really like the idea of an animated version of the original mini comics 😊 it's honestly such a rich canon and it's a version of he-man et al that often gets woefully overlooked. i suppose the closest thing we ever got to seeing the mini-comics world on screen was in that old animated commercial from '82.
but a he-man movie or series in the dcamu style would be metal as all hell! lol