There is nothing wrong with Liking Nepthu, but if the line ends and we don't have Madame Razz (whose importance is cemented in every She-Ra Episode) Scorpia, Masque etc. and we have Nepthu, then Something's REALLY messed up here. So, There's nothing meaner than kicking someone when he's down and Nepthu is a fictional character... This means I am not THAT mean!! Here's a list of characters that would have been better than Nepthu (and require very little new Tooling)
Garn:
I know he's a Mini-Comic Character as well, but the mini Comic version looks very Native American.All we need is a Harness, Head, Left Bicep, Boots.
Unless they use the Skeletor shins and Stratos Sock feet, which reduces the amount of new parts.
Masque:
Seriously, all he needs is a Harness, a Faceplate for any of the hooded heads we have, and two leg straps that could be repainted in red and tossed inside a weapons pack...
Melaktha:
He was the Top 25th in the He-Man.org poll... the one where Nepthu didn't show up at all...
We have almost all the pieces for a "Classicized" Melaktha. We only need Head, Shirt, and belt.
The boots are a repaint of Dekker's the "loincloth" could be Flipshot's, Bow's, Mosquitor's, or Kobra Khan's. The biceps are from Mosquitor to simulate sleeves.
Ileena:
This blonde is real easy to make. We only need a head and Bra. Everything else is a combination of pieces from Adora, She-Ra and Battleground Teela. (BGTeela body, 1.0 Thighs, Adora boot with She-Ra feet, Adora forearms on the Teela arms. The Skirt comes from Bubble Power She-Ra...) Boom! Less new pieces than Nepthu...
Strongarm:
This popular character (who is not my cup of tea )is Ridiculously easy to make:
New Bicep, New Forearm, New Hand (these 3 on the Right Side), New Head and Harness. We have the body, the left forearm is Hordak's, the boots are Flipshot and Bada-bing! Strongarm!
Hawke and Delora:
While Hawke has a cool 200X Look, this is a Filmation list and we can kill two birds with one stone.
All we need for them is: Head(s), Upper Torso dress, The wings, new thighs.
She'd use the normal Female 2.0 buck, her "loincloth" can be Octavia's, her Shins would be Frosta's.
General Sunder:
Assuming that the Horsemen already made the Horde Troopers, this guy is easy. It's all in a new plate for the Dawg-O-Tor armor, new head and cape. (Reuse Dawg's Horde insignia to show a Sunder before defecting to the Rebellion)
Kittrina:
Furry buck would be unlikely... See Batros for precedent. Kittrina is real easy to make then. All she needs is head, Dress (upper and lower) Feet and tail.
Scorpia:
She requires a lot of new Tooling (IF we go for a 100% Filmation accurate look) but A Classicized Scorpia could be made while reusing some parts.
The head and dress would be new, so would the tail. I'm leaning towards using the 1.0 Body here because the way her tail works. The hands would be tha last new piece on her. They could get away with reusing Octavia's forearms and Catra's boots on her... IF Logistics doesn't allow for her new boots and forearms.
Trollan Pack:
A Montork and Dree-Elle Pack . (add in various accessories and Orko's Pyramid to reach the price of a full figure.) Montork: New head (with glasses) new Scarf with beard. Dree-Elle: New head
Aside Ileena, pretty much all of these folks are more desired than Nepthu... AND they do not require that much new Tooling (OK Scropia and Kittrina may require a lot of new tooling, but I wouldn't be surprised if Mattel would cut corners cause Logistics.)
It's not so much that I don't want Nepthu, but that Somebody at Mattel is pushing for a Totally Un-Requested Dude, because s/he thinks that Nepthu is the best character ever. I want Etherian Rebel Josh
in MOTUC more than a lot of these guys on the list. If I was the one in charge of choosing which figures will show up I would not push for Josh until all 3 main eras had their core characters... I separated 200X since it's a reboot of the original MOTU and their core characters are pretty much the same as Vintage... Right now we can't be making the characters that Somebody at Mattel wants. We need to round up as many of the rosters as possible.
