With Mattel’s “leaking” of the MOTUC list through March 2011, there are some fans–mostly on the He-Man.org forums–who are harping on the fact that “changes were made” to “the list.” This also happened last month when everyone was so sure the September figure was going to be Roboto and/or Man-E-Faces, and then were shocked–SHOCKED!–when it was Carnivus. Now some of them are getting mad about the fact that the figures they were expecting weren’t announced (specifically Catra, believe it or not).

People really need to disregard any “lists” they’ve heard of. From what I can gather, there was apparently a list of MOTUC monthly figures bandied about sometime late last year or earlier this year, and those who heard about it have been relying on that list like it was gospel, making confident pronouncements or dropping tantalizing hints…before being smacked down (repeatedly) by the actual announcements.

I’ve occasionally been privy to some early information (not necessarily talking about MOTUC here), but I’ve always kept it tightly under wraps, for three reasons:

• Loyalty to the person who told it to me,
• The risk of looking the fool when a prediction turns out to be wrong, and
• People who taunt others with their secret knowledge are very, very annoying.

Mattel is not beholden to any schedule until they officially release it. Yes, there’s probably a tentative list of figures through 2015 out there, but it’s already changed several times and will no doubt change many times in the future. To quote Pirates of the Caribbean, it’s more of a guideline. No matter how good your source for such a list is–and that includes ToyGuru himself–everything is so subject to change that any list out there should be viewed as suspect.