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Haven't been able to find this one online. Had it for a couple of years. It's from 1983, does anybody know something about it?
Masters Of The Universe: "The Power Of He-Man" Video Game Cartridge (Atari 2600/Intellivision) Mattel Electronics 1984
*Appeared in: Archie's Pals 'n Gals: Comic Book Issue No. 169, May 1984 (Archie Series)
Masters of the Universe / Hörspiel-Reihe
Sternenstaub
Studio EUROPA Produktion (Deutschland)
Copyright: MATTEL, Inc. (USA; 1984)
Masters of the Universe Classics(MOTUC) She-Ra Princess of Power Frosta, Double Trouble(Mischief), & Jewelstar(of the Star Sisters) with Ice Phoenix(Papo figurine), Glory Bird, & Dragon Bones(Halloween decoration) in Disney's Frozen Elsa's Ice Palace playset/dollhouse. Some of my fave figs in one of my absolute fave playsets.
Masters of the Universe Classics Geldor
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Mattel MOTU Filmation Club Grayskull He-Man / Mattel MOTU Classics Battle Cat / Super7 MOTU Classics Snake Mountain
Mattel MOTU Classics Battle Cat / Mattel MOTU Filmation Club Grayskull Beast Man & Clawful / Super7 MOTU Filmation Club Grayskull Mer-Man
try, try again....and again.......and again......and ag$@%#!!!!
Two consistant problems really. First, the color. The resin is clear when you have to add the dye, making it difficult to anticipate what the end result will be. Second, bubbles, but I'm looking into a vacum chamber to prevent this in the future.
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Masters of the Universe / Hörspiel-Reihe
Das Todestor
Studio EUROPA Produktion (Deutschland)
Copyright: MATTEL, Inc. (USA; 1984)
After my little accident involving a broken wrist joint out the gate, I restored some functionality to the figure and did a photoshoot. Still waiting for a response from Mondo, though I don't think it should be an issues getting things restored from their end.
So taking away the various Teela specific QC issues, what do we have? A pretty typical Mondo product - I like the overall sculpting job better than She Ran, which to be fair was their first female MOTU release. Definitely a much better shelf presence, and unlike She Ra, Teela actually attended Arm day. Of the three sculpts, the 200X is probably the best, though arguably speaking the only one that's not so great is the angry expression, which still works f you have the right conditions.
Great work out the outfit itself. It's no more or less complicated than She Ra, I'd say, but I think it's probably more accurate to say the complication is all focused on the chest and arms. It's unfortunate that it appears that Teela does, for pretty much all her incarnations she really does wear boots that stop short of the knee, which is unfortunate as a higher boot could have really blocked those knees from view.
Similarly, some beautiful sculpting work was applied to the accessories.
Articulation wise, well, it's not a Hot Toy True Type body. By American figure standards, it's not too bad. Butterfly joints would probably too much of an ask, so I'd settle for at least better than a simple 90 degree elbow bend - this isn't the 1980's anymore. Between the choice of materials and built in articulation, at least I was able to get Teela to sit in a chair.
Paint work is an area that I feel was improved over She Ra. Ever so slightly. For starters, I didn't have any issues with lip stick on the wrong side of her face. Everything sees to be in place, relatively clean work and all. Skin tone matching is still an issue, though. There's the body and the unpainted joints, which is tolerable if you don't stare too hard. But there's a disrepency between the faces and the body, and on the non 200X heads, the red around the eyes is too strong. But again, all things considered and the source, it's not too bad.
Build Quality wise... I'm not even going to start. Widely documented all around. I will just add that the heads are a pain in the ass to get back on the ball joint, and pretty much all her accessories are warped, with the exception of the Sword/Sheath and the Shield - I'll even give credit to the Snake staff, as it's warped by nature and I can't actually tell. The Snake helmet thing is warped to one side, and you see very easily that the Spear is warped.
I was one of those unusual 80's kids. Most of my peers loved (and still do) every property from that era, whereas my love was generally singular - Transformers. So it goes without saying that Heman and the whole MOTU world wasn't really my thing, but I did have working knowledge of the property through reading and of course, the obsession of friends.
I think right around the time COVID hit the fan, Mattel released a line of vintage styled figures for sale at retail, which in Canada meant Walmart. Without too many gory details, COVID plus poor distribution meant hunting these in person was next to impossible.
It was only in March 2021 that I actually saw actual figures on store pegs, with one lonely She-Ra in the mix, which makes me think she might be the shortpacked figure in this wave.
I don't think I've ever had this much trouble finding a toy with an MSRP of $14.99 CAD.
As mentioned above, these figures are vintage styled, as opposed to being straight up reissues of the 80s toys. Or, in the case of She-Ra here, she's pretty much a newly designed figure, though she does retain the accessories she had as well as the addition of a fabric outfit.
The original items, however, looked much, much nicer, especially since they had chrome as opposed to chromed stickers. I'm also thinking they probably fit on the figure a bit more snug too.
So the contents of the package are the figure, her Power Sword, her shield, and a comic that is so bare bones that it doesn't even have any actual words in it.
The actual toy itself actually isn't half bad for the asking price., and that seems to be the overall vibe from the line on the whole. Detailing is about what I'd expect, as my expectations were tempered from my childhood. You get the major details on the outfit. Body definition isn't bad either, and is shared amongst the other ladies in the line (Teela and Evil-Lyn). The head itself is functional. It's not the doll face of the original toy, but it's a passable attempt at the original 80's Filmation look.
Articulation wise, you get ankles that can rotate and pivot, though nothing that is meant to display the legs splayed. You also get single jointed knees, ball jointed hips, waist, standard shoulders, single jointed elbows with forearm pivot, rotating and pivoting wrists, and a ball jointed head.
Given the price point, the number of joints isn't a letdown at all. I just wish the range of motion was greater, as opposed to generally being capped at 90 degrees. Furthermore, as you can imagine the sculpted hair gets in the way of head movement, though fortunately the plastic is soft enough you can just move it out of the way.
Paint and build quality wise, honestly, I'm pretty happy with. There's no subtlety to the paint work or anything, but the paint apps are smooth and consistent. Decal work is acceptable, and the figure itself doesn't really cause me to have any concerns about it falling apart due to rough handling.
Overall, I'm satisfied with this figure. It doesn't blow my mind, nor was it ever meant toy - it's just a solid, average figure, and there's nothing wrong with that. There is, however, something wrong when companies like Funko make these horrible figures with no articulation that have an MSRP of double these.
Now if I could only find the other ladies...
Mattel MOTU Club Grayskull Skeletor / Mattel MOTU Classics Hover Robots / Hasbro Marvel Legends Motorcycle