Masters Of The Universe Classics
Blew up like gangbusters this year, thanks largely in part, by the exclusivity of the line on website Matty Collector. The figure selection was safe this year. They didn't waver away from the top favorites and expected characters. 2009 contained releases of Skeletor in January, February saw Stratos, March saw Faker, April saw two releases for Merman, May we recieved the 1st of two Zodac's, this first one the cacausion version. June saw the relase of Hordak. July saw the release of two figures, Man at Arms, and He-Ro, who was the San Diego Comic Con Exclusive. He-Ro was also released on mattycollector.com in August, along with TriClops, September saw Webstor released, October we finally recieved Teela, complete with Zoar, as well as a bonus figure of Zodak, the african american character from the 2002 Cartoon. November saw fan favorite Scareglow released, along with a rerelease of He-Man ! December saw King Randor, along with two other figures. Green Godess and a rerelease of Skeletor. While not all of these characters were what I would call "Essential", I for one, thought they were pretty safe bets.
I officially started collecting in April, with Merman, so I missed Stratos and Faker.
2008 figure Beast Man was rereleased this past January. 2008 Comic Con exclusive King Grayskull is also going to be re-released on a traditional card back with minor redeco by year end 2010.
What really got me excited, is the line up so far announced for 2010. Mattel has officially opened the flood gates and is staying true to there promise of incorperating all of the past Masters of the Universe mythos, including the vintage Masters of the Universe line, Princess Of Power, New Adventures of He-Man, and unreleased prototypes of the Powers of Greyskull into the Classics line.
January saw this, with the first Princess Of Power figure, Adora.
This was not only the first POP figure for the Classic's line, but also the first time a figure of Adora has been produced ! February will see the release of the first deluxe beast in the line, Battle Cat. He is one of the most beautifully sculpted figures I have ever seen ! And he only retails $10 more than a regular figure. At a mere $30, he's a steel ! Also in February, we shall recieve Trap Jaw. Trap Jaw is also speacial because he contains not only a second, interchangeable head, but a second arm to transform him into Kronis. March will see the release of Moss Man, with a second head, that looks more Ape influenced.
April will see Evil Lynn, in her vintage yellow skinned goodness. She includes Screech, along with his perch and armor.
May will see the release of the first "New Adventures Of He-Man" figure. The 1989 line will make it's return with Optikk. Also announced for release sometime in 2010 are She-Ra and Orko.
At least four more figures are set to be unveiled at New York Toy Fare on February 14th. We'll see then just where this line is going to take us. We also know a new SKU to the line is debuting. Many believe this to be the army builder two packs that were announced at last years Comic Con. It was stated one would be good, one would be bad. Also announced at Comic Con was a weapons pack to be released seasonally. Though no information on that has come forward. I'm hoping the giants,Tytus and Megator are released soon,and that is the new Sku. As everything else was previously announced. I'll be reporting back shortly after the announcements to keep you posted.
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