About 5 years(?) ago, toy designers
The Four Horsemen unleashed a kickass Masters of the Universe toyline, based on the then-new animated relaunch of
He-Man. The designs were a nice blend of anime-influence and more-"realistic" approach in comparison to their original early 80's counterparts. For the most part, every single figure they designed were frickin' awesome.
Well, the Horsemen are about to unleash another line of MOTU figures, called
CLASSICS LINE. The designs for the Classic Line are a return to the original, stocky-steroid look but tweaked with more "accurate" proportions. Also, remember the killer artwork on the back of the old packaging and mini-comics? Well the Horsemen do too and are incoroporationg some of those visuals into the new sculpts. When I was a kid playing with the old stock versions I always wished their proportions were different and more "action hero". These new sculpts do just that.
This line is for the "collector" (ie 30-something dorks like myself who grew up on the original toys) and will not be sold in stores. Instead, they will be sold online with
ONE figure released each month at mattycollector.com. Each figure is
$20. The first figure will be
He-Man in October, followed by
Beast-Man in November and
SKELETOR in December!
Well, the Horsemen are about to unleash another line of MOTU figures, called CLASSICS LINE. The designs for the Classic Line are a return to the original, stocky-steroid look but tweaked with more "accurate" proportions. Also, remember the killer artwork on the back of the old packaging and mini-comics? Well the Horsemen do too and are incoroporationg some of those visuals into the new sculpts. When I was a kid playing with the old stock versions I always wished their proportions were different and more "action hero". These new sculpts do just that.
This line is for the "collector" (ie 30-something dorks like myself who grew up on the original toys) and will not be sold in stores. Instead, they will be sold online with ONE figure released each month at mattycollector.com. Each figure is $20. The first figure will be He-Man in October, followed by Beast-Man in November and SKELETOR in December!
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