Action Figure Woes #3 SDCC Exclusive.

Con exclusives are a way that Toy companies promote new product at certain conventions like San Diego Comic Con. Remember the Twilight article? (Twilight Ruined Comic Con picture?) well that Comic Con. This year will probably be full with twihards because of either Eclipse or Breaking fail Vol 1. That is not why I'm ranting. Mattel's Comic Con MOTUC exclusive this year is:


You know that scene in 40-year old virgin? The one in which Steve Carell gets his chest waxed? Yes the one in which he spills out a bunch of expletives. Well I did that without the body wax. Why?
Prince Adam is a Comic Con exclusive Figure... Well a Comic Con Exclusive Accessory to be precise...

I personally don't mind Comic Con exclusives When they are NOT KEY characters to one's collection. Previous MOTU SDCC Exclusives like He-Ro or King Grayskull, while cool they are not exactly KEY characters... Prince Adam on the other hand...


Ok, Who is the very first character that appears on this video? After you press play...
If you said Adam, Prince of Eternia and Defender of the Secrets of Castle Grayskull, then you get a no-prize!!
That's as Key charcater as you can get, Adam is freaking He-Man!! Thanks Mattel for punishing us fans that can't grab a flight to San Diego + Hotel stay + SDCC attendance fee + long lines for exclusives just to have A CHANCE to get the figure. Hopefully they will be made available through Mattycollector. (Orko losing his color changing ability and eliminating the SDCC spellbook and maybe Adam is still available with Orko.)

Having Key characters as hard to get (without paying ludicrous scalper prices)exclusives sucks a lot...

The toys look fantastic, I just wish for a bit of more availability in this Key Character... Had it been Gygor, Eldor, Horde Supreme, Handsome, or a 200X He-Man I wouln't be this annoyed... (Ok if 200X He-man was the SDCC I would've been a bit annoyed.) Here's hoping that Adam, even if he is Orko-less. (still Orko is a key character, but Adam is more important, just by a little bit.)


Even when He-Man went to Space the intro has Adam first...


Even in 2002 Adam is still the first character from the intro...

So remember kids, don't feed the scalpers.