Modern Masters of the Universe

[Brian]

Action Figure Insider has a few pics up of a MOTU Classics display case that was shown at an event called "Gallery1988" including the upcoming Evil Lyn and a new character, Optikk.

[ruiner]

And it looks like She-Ra, Thunder Punch He-Man, and Keldor are coming sometime in the future (based upon some accessories that were shown).

[Ben]

If I was going to pick one NA character to get the MOTUC treatment, it would be Optikk. Glad to see that figure is on the way. 

[John C]

The thing I like most about Optikk is that it looks like most of him could be used on Man E Faces. 

[John C]

Here we go again.   It's always an interesting day when Matty puts stuff on sale.

[Brian]

I'm trying to complete an order for the Battle Armor He-Man right now (even though I'll have to pay shipping twice), and I can't believe that after over a year of this line they still can't get the servers/upgrades/etc. to keep up with the orders.  I've had pretty good luck personally, but I dread any time I'm going to have to place an order that isn't a subscription figure.  Battle Cat could be ugly next month.

[Ben]

I had the RSOD for a couple minutes, but I just completed my order for BA He-Man. I agree, it's going to be a bloodbath next month with all that stuff going on sale. You'd think they'd just get better servers, but no.

[John C]

Really, they should put some money into that.  Month after month, it's still the same old crap.  I had the RSOD for about ten minutes before my order went through. 

[ruiner]

I'm sick of paying 2X shipping every month.

[Brian]

I'm sick of paying 2X shipping every month.

Yeah, this is the first month I've ordered the bonus figure I think, but that really does sting...and just seems stupid.  You would think they could work out a way to combine these orders for subscribers.

[JohnH]

I have had really good luck so far, but thought my luck had run out.  It opened up at 10:58, I got my three pieces added to the shopping cart, went to check out...then spent 13 minutes waiting for the final checkout screen.  That's a lot of automatic refreshes.  I was afraid I'd miss something, but it was all still available when I finalized (which is good, because Adora is now sold out).

It's mind-boggling that this is still an issue.  They've got a pretty good thing going here.  They make it clear where and when it's available, there's a pretty decent production run for the products, everyone knows that it'll be the 15th each month...to me it's perfect from a collector's standpoint.  But they're certainly not taking the steps to avoid further frustation by fixing what is a major problem for many.

John

[spiderpumpkin]

I wasn't going to buy BA HM today but when I just saw the almost sold out post on he-man.org I caved.  Hopefully, they don't screw up the subscription order.  Battle Cat is going to go quick unless they made a lot of them. 

I think they need to have a limit of 2 on these on the first day so they don't sell out so quickly.  A lot of people say a limit of 10 is fair because they are buying them for other people and saving money on shipping.

[JACKOFTRADZE]

Like ruiner I am sick of paying shipping twice so I hooked up with a Buddy of mine. I have a special technique for ordering off their atrocious site so far it has worked but man I had to put off a meeting for 10 minutes to get this through. I think they need to up the figure production by another 3000k each at least. They could have easily sold another 5k of Adora. But I have a feeling they will reissue her in 6 months.

I love this line so I accept the Mattel bull**** as part of the deal to collect them. I worked their for 5 years they never improve anything so all of those hoping Mattel gets their **** together will be waiting a long time....

[JACKOFTRADZE]

I also agree that Battle Cat is going to be tough to order.

I hope March is a light month, this line is starting to get too heavy each month.

[Ben]

Hi-res pics of Evil-Lyn and Screeech

Looks pretty good. Not my favorite figure or character, but an essential one, IMO.

Also, I got my shipment confirmation from Matty about my BA He-Man that will be here on Friday. At least there wasn't any trouble with that this time.