Comments on: Buy the Power of Grayskull: The MOTUC Controversy http://www.poeghostal.com/2008/12/buy-the-power-of-grayskull-the-motuc-controversy.html A blog about action figures and the toy industry in general by writer and collector Poe Ghostal. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:24:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: b-man http://www.poeghostal.com/2008/12/buy-the-power-of-grayskull-the-motuc-controversy.html#comment-3258 b-man Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:27:54 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/?p=1646#comment-3258 actually megagear it is fairly simple for you aswell dont like it dont buy it wait it for the ones you want im sure you not buying a figure wont make or break the line. ill gladly chip out 20 for what i want as im sure you will chip out 20 for you want. and i didnt say i didnt like them, they just were not he-man to me.im sure they will get to the 2002 line when they can but as we all know those will need more specific casts for each individual character for them to attempt that they need to make money off the re-used parts original characters, so im pretty sure by supporting the classics youll be making sure what you want comes around eventually. with that much re-use i cant see how mattel cant profit outside of a new head and some new hands here and there they dont really need much more for anynew characters outside of armour. actually megagear it is fairly simple for you aswell dont like it dont buy it wait it for the ones you want im sure you not buying a figure wont make or break the line. ill gladly chip out 20 for what i want as im sure you will chip out 20 for you want. and i didnt say i didnt like them, they just were not he-man to me.im sure they will get to the 2002 line when they can but as we all know those will need more specific casts for each individual character for them to attempt that they need to make money off the re-used parts original characters, so im pretty sure by supporting the classics youll be making sure what you want comes around eventually. with that much re-use i cant see how mattel cant profit outside of a new head and some new hands here and there they dont really need much more for anynew characters outside of armour.

]]> By: MegaGearX http://www.poeghostal.com/2008/12/buy-the-power-of-grayskull-the-motuc-controversy.html#comment-3225 MegaGearX Mon, 08 Dec 2008 10:53:40 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/?p=1646#comment-3225 Easy for you to say, B-man. You supported 200X even though you didn't like them. The answer is obvious to you. But at $20+ shipping? People are going to be more picky at double the price this time. Easy for you to say, B-man. You supported 200X even though you didn't like them. The answer is obvious to you. But at $20+ shipping? People are going to be more picky at double the price this time.

]]> By: Mark http://www.poeghostal.com/2008/12/buy-the-power-of-grayskull-the-motuc-controversy.html#comment-3220 Mark Mon, 08 Dec 2008 05:39:25 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/?p=1646#comment-3220 Yes MegaGearX, and there is a few POP, NA and 200x characters I would like in the line but I just think the main classic figure are more important to be made first, then the other characters. Remember that it is one a month, maybe with good sales this will increase, but there is a lot more important characters to be made first. With them including NA figures they will have the same look and fit in with the rest of the figures in the series as the original NA figures did not fit in well with the original era MOTU figures. Yes MegaGearX, and there is a few POP, NA and 200x characters I would like in the line but I just think the main classic figure are more important to be made first, then the other characters. Remember that it is one a month, maybe with good sales this will increase, but there is a lot more important characters to be made first. With them including NA figures they will have the same look and fit in with the rest of the figures in the series as the original NA figures did not fit in well with the original era MOTU figures.

]]> By: b-man http://www.poeghostal.com/2008/12/buy-the-power-of-grayskull-the-motuc-controversy.html#comment-3209 b-man Mon, 08 Dec 2008 01:50:38 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/?p=1646#comment-3209 first off enough with the bickering i mean we should all be happy he-man is back and support the line in any way we can. all this negativity isnt gonna help the cause. first off there is only one he-man and that he-man was from the 80s, we can agree everything else was just an extension of the original concept. And thats why most of us fans never took to the other versions of he-man because it wasnt him, kinda like the blue and red energy superman thing they had going on it just wasnt him. the 2002 was again a reimagining of the he-man from the 80s kinda like the a modern twist the way marvel did the ultimates. i agfree the 2002 to figures were cool for what they were a re-imagining of the original even though it didnt sit right with me i still bought up whatever i could just to see it do well. the myp animation series on the on the other hand was just awesome outside of the over teched out vehicles and wepons it was done really well. i always wondered with all that tech in the myp cartoon here you had a hero with a sword kinda stupid. anyways who knows if we will see he-man again in our lifetime lets just enjoy the fact that we have our hero back and that we again can live out our childhood i mean we cant get any younger but getting to experience a bit of our youth is a wonderful thing. first off enough with the bickering i mean we should all be happy he-man is back and support the line in any way we can. all this negativity isnt gonna help the cause. first off there is only one he-man and that he-man was from the 80s, we can agree everything else was just an extension of the original concept. And thats why most of us fans never took to the other versions of he-man because it wasnt him, kinda like the blue and red energy superman thing they had going on it just wasnt him. the 2002 was again a reimagining of the he-man from the 80s kinda like the a modern twist the way marvel did the ultimates. i agfree the 2002 to figures were cool for what they were a re-imagining of the original even though it didnt sit right with me i still bought up whatever i could just to see it do well. the myp animation series on the on the other hand was just awesome outside of the over teched out vehicles and wepons it was done really well. i always wondered with all that tech in the myp cartoon here you had a hero with a sword kinda stupid. anyways who knows if we will see he-man again in our lifetime lets just enjoy the fact that we have our hero back and that we again can live out our childhood i mean we cant get any younger but getting to experience a bit of our youth is a wonderful thing.

]]> By: MegaGearX http://www.poeghostal.com/2008/12/buy-the-power-of-grayskull-the-motuc-controversy.html#comment-3202 MegaGearX Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:19:43 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/?p=1646#comment-3202 But Mark, Mattel has said the line WILL also incorporate POP and NA also from the beginning. We won't get them until 2010, though. That's Masters of the Universe CLASSICS for you. Classics meaning ALL of the eras, not just the original figures of the vintage line. But Mark, Mattel has said the line WILL also incorporate POP and NA also from the beginning. We won't get them until 2010, though. That's Masters of the Universe CLASSICS for you. Classics meaning ALL of the eras, not just the original figures of the vintage line.

]]> By: George http://www.poeghostal.com/2008/12/buy-the-power-of-grayskull-the-motuc-controversy.html#comment-3201 George Sun, 07 Dec 2008 23:35:15 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/?p=1646#comment-3201 I like how I wasn't even born in the 80's and I like MOTU better than 200X. They just seem in the same scale as DCUC. (not completely sure since haven't gotten mine yet)But the vintage look, fits. And like Mark said its "classics" not He-Man who visits Japan and loose 50 lbs. All I know is that the four horsemen are still the best in the business. And as long as they get their work that great people will still buy whatever they throw at us. I like how I wasn't even born in the 80's and I like MOTU better than 200X. They just seem in the same scale as DCUC. (not completely sure since haven't gotten mine yet)But the vintage look, fits. And like Mark said its "classics" not He-Man who visits Japan and loose 50 lbs. All I know is that the four horsemen are still the best in the business. And as long as they get their work that great people will still buy whatever they throw at us.

]]> By: Mark http://www.poeghostal.com/2008/12/buy-the-power-of-grayskull-the-motuc-controversy.html#comment-3180 Mark Sat, 06 Dec 2008 18:23:45 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/?p=1646#comment-3180 I liked the majority of the designs and the cartoon from 2002 but I guess we all have to remeber that it is Master of the Universe Classics...there for it is obvious it will based n the classic figures, not POP not NA not 200X....I love the original characters but would love batter articulated versions of the 2002 series...I would actually love a full new toyline but....as I said it is in the name...all of us bitching this and that does not change the fact. We are expecting to much wanting POP, NA and 200x, it is Master of the Universe Classics and thats that. I liked the majority of the designs and the cartoon from 2002 but I guess we all have to remeber that it is Master of the Universe Classics…there for it is obvious it will based n the classic figures, not POP not NA not 200X….I love the original characters but would love batter articulated versions of the 2002 series…I would actually love a full new toyline but….as I said it is in the name…all of us bitching this and that does not change the fact. We are expecting to much wanting POP, NA and 200x, it is Master of the Universe Classics and thats that.

]]> By: MegaGearX http://www.poeghostal.com/2008/12/buy-the-power-of-grayskull-the-motuc-controversy.html#comment-3165 MegaGearX Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:26:53 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/?p=1646#comment-3165 Your vintage fan tunnel vision makes you keep missing stuff. Remember waaaaaay back in the second sentence where I praised MOTUC He-Man, Beast Man and Mer-Man for actually being better updates than Skeletor and Faker were? Who is out of control? I made an organized petition on He-Man.org. This thread was pretty peaceful until a vintage fanboi like YOU arrived with all of your "200X failed/200X wasn't MOTU/200X caused polio" rhetoric. There were even differing opinions and no beef. Until you. You very first sentence is an insult. What did you think was going to happen? That we were going to take your BS? Relax...the vintage MOTUC isn't going anywhere. Your problem is that you can't handle the opinion that people actually liked 200X. You and your dozens of like minded friends you mentioned earlier despised it for not being MOTU enough or ignored it, so you come in trying to stir up trouble. If anything, it's the "Off the hook vintage fans" who whine and complain the second any lesser MOTU era is mentioned, as if it will somehow tarnish MOTUC. There wouldn't BE any controversy if the vintage fans would just accept that there are other eras and welcome the other MOTU era fans with open arms. Your vintage fan tunnel vision makes you keep missing stuff. Remember waaaaaay back in the second sentence where I praised MOTUC He-Man, Beast Man and Mer-Man for actually being better updates than Skeletor and Faker were?

Who is out of control? I made an organized petition on He-Man.org. This thread was pretty peaceful until a vintage fanboi like YOU arrived with all of your "200X failed/200X wasn't MOTU/200X caused polio" rhetoric. There were even differing opinions and no beef. Until you. You very first sentence is an insult. What did you think was going to happen? That we were going to take your BS? Relax…the vintage MOTUC isn't going anywhere.

Your problem is that you can't handle the opinion that people actually liked 200X. You and your dozens of like minded friends you mentioned earlier despised it for not being MOTU enough or ignored it, so you come in trying to stir up trouble. If anything, it's the "Off the hook vintage fans" who whine and complain the second any lesser MOTU era is mentioned, as if it will somehow tarnish MOTUC. There wouldn't BE any controversy if the vintage fans would just accept that there are other eras and welcome the other MOTU era fans with open arms.

]]> By: Toy Bender » Blog Archive » Weekend Round Up: Lots of Contest Talk http://www.poeghostal.com/2008/12/buy-the-power-of-grayskull-the-motuc-controversy.html#comment-3143 Toy Bender » Blog Archive » Weekend Round Up: Lots of Contest Talk Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:21:06 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/?p=1646#comment-3143 [...] Poe Ghostal wrote an incredibly awesome article about He-Man fans from the 2002 series are losing their shit over the new figures and how a few people actually like [...] [...] Poe Ghostal wrote an incredibly awesome article about He-Man fans from the 2002 series are losing their shit over the new figures and how a few people actually like [...]

]]> By: Newt http://www.poeghostal.com/2008/12/buy-the-power-of-grayskull-the-motuc-controversy.html#comment-3162 Newt Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:14:41 +0000 http://www.poeghostal.com/?p=1646#comment-3162 Must have been cause all I see are your huge petitions that you've posted on every toy forum on the planet and in some threads posted over and over again: "GET 200X UNIQUE SCULPTED FIGURES INTO MOTUC" Or perhaps it was how you complained that King Grayskull didn't count as a 200X character in MOTUC because he wasn't good enough for your standards. But look, doesn't take much research to see what side of the fence you stand on. Anyone can visit any of these forums and see your posts. It's all 200X fanboy nonsense. Poe was smart, he wrote a column about how out of control the 200X fanbabies are and he knew they'd show up. They did, they immediately started downing MOTUC (You said it was "slavish" to the 80's line in this thread here) and I decided to take you 200X fans to task about how critical you've been of the line. To which, I've been called everything in the book but not had a single levelheaded response to. And as far as my "popularity", I only see three people in this thread who disagree with me and they've all come out and proclaimed 200X as the greatest thing ever, which you guessed it, makes them fanboys. For what it's worth, I'll let you get the last word, feel free to cite Wikipedia or whatever else you deem as fact. I'm not going to give Poe the satisfaction of getting to write another He-Man controversy article just so we can argue. (I'm on to you Mr. Poe!) I'll continue to enjoy MOTUC, not because I'm a huge fan of the 80's MOTU, but because I think the figures are awesome. You can continue to like/dislike or whatever it is you do about MOTUC and keep making those petitions to get the perfect version of 200X characters you want. Peace. Must have been cause all I see are your huge petitions that you've posted on every toy forum on the planet and in some threads posted over and over again:

"GET 200X UNIQUE SCULPTED FIGURES INTO MOTUC"

Or perhaps it was how you complained that King Grayskull didn't count as a 200X character in MOTUC because he wasn't good enough for your standards.

But look, doesn't take much research to see what side of the fence you stand on. Anyone can visit any of these forums and see your posts. It's all 200X fanboy nonsense.

Poe was smart, he wrote a column about how out of control the 200X fanbabies are and he knew they'd show up. They did, they immediately started downing MOTUC (You said it was "slavish" to the 80's line in this thread here) and I decided to take you 200X fans to task about how critical you've been of the line. To which, I've been called everything in the book but not had a single levelheaded response to.

And as far as my "popularity", I only see three people in this thread who disagree with me and they've all come out and proclaimed 200X as the greatest thing ever, which you guessed it, makes them fanboys.

For what it's worth, I'll let you get the last word, feel free to cite Wikipedia or whatever else you deem as fact. I'm not going to give Poe the satisfaction of getting to write another He-Man controversy article just so we can argue. (I'm on to you Mr. Poe!)

I'll continue to enjoy MOTUC, not because I'm a huge fan of the 80's MOTU, but because I think the figures are awesome. You can continue to like/dislike or whatever it is you do about MOTUC and keep making those petitions to get the perfect version of 200X characters you want.

Peace.

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