More Masters of the Universe Classics updates from Mattel – they’ve posted pictures of the October figures, previously announced at San Diego Comic-Con.
Teela, Captain of the Eternian Guard, will be the first female figure in the line, and is the “regular” figure that will be included in the fall subscription, if you have one. Mattel had hinted previously that Teela would come with a special accessory – as many guessed, it’s Zoar the falcon.
Zodak features the 200X redesign of Zodac, and is the bonus figure for the month – he is not part of the subscription. I really liked the Zodak redesign, so I’m stoked he’s getting his day in MOTU Classics.
October MOTU Classic figures revealed!
MOTU Classics Teela – front
MOTU Classics Teela – back
MOTU Classics Zodak – front
MOTU Classics Zodak – back
Teela and Zodak will hit on Oct 15th! Get em while you can. If you have a 2009 Subscription you are guaranteed Teela!
Teela comes with sword, shield, staff of Ka, alt. head with snake armor and Zoar the falcon in orginal deco. (not to worry, Zoar in blue and red deco is coming too, but not for a little while…)
Check out Teela’s bio!
Zodak will be a “bonus” figure for October and is not included in the subscription.
Zodak comes with cosmic armor and an all new Power Staff!
Yes, we know there is a small type-o in Zodak’s bio and are working to fix that before it ships out!
For those of you with your magnifying glasses out, Tyler Pearce did us a solid and posted the bios on Mattel’s Facebook page. Enjoy!
Teela
Real Name: Teela
The adoptive daughter of Duncan, the current Man-At-Arms, Teela grew up in the palace of King Randor. Trained from an early age in the ways of battle, at 18 she became Captain of the Guard, leading Randor’s troops and acting as a defacto member of the Masters of the Universe. She has yet to become aware of her true heritage as the magically cloned daughter, and heir to, the Sorceress of Castle Grayskull. She carries the staff of Ka which was once used by the Snake Men in their epic battles against the Horde and King Grayskull during the Great Wars. Teela uses her magical staff to track her foes every move.
Zodak
Real Name: Kar-Tor
An ancient and powerful enforcer for the Council of Elders, Kar-Tor studied the teachings and mystic fighting techniques of the Cosmic Enforcers and knows how to instantly identify an opponent’s weakness. After his mentor, the original Zodac, left Eternia to fulfill the Eldor’s bargain with Tolla*. Kar-Tor took his place on the Council and helped lead them in battle against the Snake Men, eventually trapping King Hssss in the void with the power of his staff. Although he prefers a solitary life of meditation in the mystic mountains, when he is called to battle Zodak attacks his enemies using all the power at his command.
*Mattel mentioned a typo on this bio and I’m guessing this should read Trolla.
Mattel has posted new pictures of the Masters of the Universe Classics He-Man and Skeletor that will be reissued in November and December, respectively. There doesn’t look to be any changes to the figures themselves, but the packaging will feature a minor change – a small new graphic that says “The Original” – I think this is a nice compromise that will suit new and old collectors alike.
New releases of He-Man and Skeletor coming this Winter!
MOTU Classics reissue – He-Man
MOTU Classics reissue – Skeletor
MOTU Classics reissue – cardback
Hey He-Fans!
As promised, we are going to kick off the re-releases of MOTUC figures starting with He-Man in November and Skeletor in December. Here is a sneak preview of the new package (with minimal changes). More info will be up on MattyCollector.com in a week or so!
NECA has blogged about their San Diego Comic-Con experience. I’ve included an excerpt of the toy-related stuff, but be sure to follow the link to the entire post, where they cover some of the movie activity (they hosted a signing with the cast and crew of “9”) and even poke a little fun at Randy Falk, their Director of Product Development.
Well friends, we’ve somehow managed to do it again. NECA has made it through another SDCC. Things on the left coast couldn’t have gone better, to be quite honest. All our exclusives sold well, especially the surprise addition of the Heroclix Thor’s Mighty Chariot (limited quantities are still available on the cheap from us at our Amazon.com Store), we world debuted new figures from BioShock, and unveiled the latest from Gears of War, Army of Two, Twilight: New Moon, Dante’s Inferno, 9, and Boondock Saints — and even showed off our brand new BATSU line of specially designed stylized figures, showing off the likes of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Insane Clown Posse, Gears of War and Street Fighter!
It’s time for us to announce the winners of the Marvel Universe Covers Contest, brought to you by the Hasbro Marvel team and the guys who run ActionFigurePics.com and TheFwoosh.com. We had a very tough time picking just three winners, because all the covers entered this year were really great. So we’ll be adding three more prize winners for honorable mentions – but don’t get your hopes up guys, because your prizes will be coming from AFP’s Free Stuff stash.
Without further ado, here are your winners!
First Prize: Calbretto - Irredeemable Ant-Man #1
Calbretto blew us away with his composition of Robert Kirkman’s first issue of The Irredeemable Ant-Man. Ant-Man is known for his exaggerations, so while we can’t find 23 villains in the cover, we really enjoyed seeing so many Marvel baddies from Hasbro, Toy Biz, and Diamond Select being crushed by Calbretto’s custom Eric O’Grady Ant-Man.
Mattel has updated its Facebook page with its San Diego Comic-Con presentations – DC Power Partnership Panel – SDCC 09 and Mattypalooza Fan Panel – SDCC 2009. I’ve included some excerpts for DC Universe Classics, Masters of the Universe Classics, and Ghostbusters. The panels were great – folks were pretty excited about all the reveals.
), we world debuted new figures from BioShock, and unveiled the latest from Gears of War, Army of Two, Twilight: New Moon, Dante’s Inferno, 9, and Boondock Saints — and even showed off our brand new BATSU line of specially designed stylized figures, showing off the likes of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Insane Clown Posse, Gears of War and Street Fighter!
