Huh? Club Etheria has brought some converts?

I love this!! Throughout the He-Man forums and fan pages there have been a couple of posts regarding people discovering the Awesomeness of the She-Ra: Princess of Power branch of MOTU. That is pretty cool. Former Vintage Purists opening up their universe and discovering POP beyond what Mattel's 80s Marketing showed.


Some were converted by the MOTUC Figures. (Like it happened to me with New Adventures.) Seems like Light Hope is gaining people into his cult...
Others gave this a chance:


Yeah, that Light Hope figure that I dislike has made many POP Converts.
All jokes aside. It's actually pretty awesome that people who didn't care about POP are appreciating it more. At the same time, it's a shame that Mattel hasn't bothered to explore the POP and New Adventures branches, but instead they're bothering promoting rejected concepts as the next step for the canon. And adding a Mary-Sue that I have a love-hate relationship with will not make it cooler. Neither is taking Klacky the Goat Man and making him Beastman's bitch...

We have a world controlled by a Dark Intergalactic Empire. Where its peoples are enslaved by this Empire. The women had to step up and try to push away the evil invaders. While the horrible NU52 vaguely touched this with the whole Despara thing. Yeah, Who'd waste time learning the adventures of a rebellion fighting an evil inetergalactic empire...

That's what Mattel should be exploiting... Sadly, their vision for MOTU is limited... Not to Mention their lack of faith in the brand. Instead of showcasing the cool factor of the POP Characters, we get dumbass things like:

"He's 100% Pure Hetero... There is nothing Homo about Bow. Really, he is not gay... He loves WOMEN!! You look for the word Heterosexual and you'll see a picture of Bow. DAMMIT! STOP SAYING HE IS GAY!! HE IS NOT!!"
"Castaspella has DIPLOMATIC MÉNAGE À TROIS with Frosta and Angella"
"Nettossa is into Fashion and speaks with a funny accent."
"Glimmer is a princess and she lets everyone know it."

The only Great rebellion Character who has a somewhat useful bio is Double Trouble.

I just wish that Mattel would actually DO SOMETHING WITH THE POP and NEW ADVENTURES Branches of MOTU. They can be appealing to people who knew nothing about them aside their past stigma. (Girl toyline origins or wimpy spacemen) Of course there are a few asshats who will be staunch defenders of MOTUV Superiority and perpetuate Stagnation. Y'know... Those folks who believe MOTU only had Waves 1-2, waves 3 and beyond never happened and they need to establish their masculinity by making fun of POP (because Pink toys makes people gay or something.)

Thing is: It's OK to prefer the Original MOTU as your favorite branch. It's Ludicrous to believe that POP, New Adventures, 200X and the last few Vintage waves will magically vanish if you stick your fingers in your ears while yelling LaLALALALALALALALA CAN'T HEAR YOU!!
(Which is a lesson that Mattel needs to learn well.)

PoP and NA have Potential... It just needs to be nurtured for it to bear fruit.