Jan 27, 2018

2018 Power-Con exclusive rumors

So, There's a rumor going down the grapevine that Power-Con will have 3 items as the exclusives for 2018. Club Grayskull will get an exclusive... Sorry a pair of exclusives and Collector's Choice will only get one...
You know, the possibility that the polls on the .org were skewed on purpose would gain traction with this rumor. Now, I don't want to believe that they are being skewed on purpose, but it still is a possibility.

I'm also worried about the tight deadline, once again. We're near February and Power-Con is in August. We haven't seen a prototype of the exclusives, so we don't know how far along they are... Which gives us nearly 7 months for these three Exclusive items (some could be multi-packs) or maybe all of them.

So without further Ado, here's my list of potential candidates for the PC Exclusive spots:

Collector's Choice:
Slamurai:
He's a safe choice. White Ninja, enemy of Ninjor... And he was on the card back of the Snake set.

Mini Comics Tri-Klops:
Just like Slamurai, he was teased in card art, so that makes him a high contender.

Snake Troopers:
They're pretty easy to make, assuming Super7 has access to the recent molds. And seriously. Make a two pack of those with different colored Snake heads and people may buy a few.

So, there aren't that many Vintage Characters that they would do. New Adventures characters would be an interesting choice, but the .org has a certain disdain towards New Adventures... And if they can't move Vintage figures like Red Beastman, or Greenamyr, I doubt they'd do NA.

Now let's do Filmation:
Right out of the bat I'll say Adam is coming.
I know that you'll say something like:
"Yo, Nefty! Last year they made an Adam! Why would they make another?"
The answer is simple...
FILMATION  and it's not the same. Yes it would mean flip-flopping on the whole lines are the same thing, but I never bought that Excuse. Also, Both Adams that have been released in MOTUC have been exclusives, so in order to "keep the tradition" Adam III could be used as an exclusive.

FAKER:
THIS ONE is a hard one: Which Faker? True blue Filmation Faker, which is Literally He-Man with glowy eyes, or The Return of Faker official spliced new episode? Where Faker looks like his toy version...
Personally, I lean towards Return of Faker, because Literally He-Man with a new name tag is a bit of a dick move.

Stratos:
Captain Vanilla himself. We ARE getting Hawke this year, so it KINDA MAKES SENSE to release him. Synergy and all that.

She-Ra:
I know that the Boy's Club segment of the .org would hate it, but she's a key Character AND since we are getting a true blue Filmation Hordak, a true blue Filmation She-Ra makes sense.

Count Marzo:
He's not A-list. With existing parts he's almost complete. It fits with the whole variants rule. Also, it's less punitive to those who choose to slip him.

Fisto:
He's popular and doesn't require too much new tooling... A common theme in most of these exclusives.

2 comments:

  1. cartoon faker would probably be fine for a lot of people, because that he-man is almost 200 on ebay

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    1. True, but I'm afraid they'll simply do He-Man with GITD eyes and call it a day. He needs an extra head or two.

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