Man! That's a lot of stuff to rant about Like I said in
Pt.I:Let's start with
Icarius: That's Flipshot's Euro-Name... Used cause NERF has a TM on Flipshot... (Mattel tends to lose their TMs... See Battle Fist back in 2002...)
ICARIUS - Daring Space Ace
Real Name: TC Icarius Kaz
A great pilot from the cloud city of Leviton on Planet Primus, Icarius is equipped and ready to ‘flip’ into battle at a moment’s notice. After his 18th birthday, he left home to join the Galactic Protectors. Rising to the rank of Lieutenant, Icarius travelled with Captain Hydron on his quest to find the legendary twin warriors prophesied to defeat the Evil Horde Empire. Arriving on the distant planet Eternia shortly after the end of the Second Ultimate Battleground, they recruited not only He-Man and She-Ra but several other members of the Masters of the Universe who were eager to pursue Skeletor to the stars. Nicknamed “Flipshot” Icarius utilizes a battle helmet, back-mounted jet pack and concussion grenade wrist rockets in battle against Skeletor and his new Space Mutant army.
OK, let me get this straight: He-Man, She-Ra AND OTHER HEROIC WARRIORS Leave Eternia to fight in The Tri Solar Galaxy!? Kinda sounds cool, but it defeats the whole purpose of He-Man going alone to a new world to fight... Especially since the old Toyline only had He-Man and Skeletor as returning characters... Unless this is NA Third Strike... Wonder how many Evil Warriors Followed him to "The Stars"... I'm sure Evil Lyn did not... (More on that later.)
Vissually Flipshot looks awesome! Can't see that many reused parts (which is good) It looks like his helmet has a flippable visor.
Snout Spout: I hate this guy! I think I haven't stressed this enough! I *Expletive deleted* HATE! Snout Spout!! He has the dopey Sad elephant face from the Vintage figure, but slightly less dopey... That's good. Looks like his trunk may be bendy... That's kinda good... He has his Axe and Backpack... That's good...
SNOUT SPOUT - Heroic Water Blasting Firefighter
REAL NAME: Jaxton
A peasant from Etheria, Jaxton was one of three athletes abducted by Hordak and cast into his experimentation matrix. There, like the others, Jaxton was grafted with cybernetic parts giving him both amazing powers and a bizarre form. After crossing through a Lasergate to Eternia with the Evil Horde, Snout Spout escaped and joined with the renegade Masters of the Universe. Self-conscious about his appearance, and called "Snout Spout" for his abilities to blast water from his cybernetic trunk, Jaxton often feels that everyone is always laughing at him. But when the Snake Men slither out and enemies attack, Snout Spout blasts them back with a super jetspray!
Looks like Extendar and Dragstor (a drag racing car inspired character... not the other type of Dragstor) are the other 2 athletes. Snout Spout has self hating issues! LOL
Him and Mekaneck will form my Loser Squad... not sure which one I should add to that team: Stratos or Buzz-Off...
Bubble Power She-Ra: This is the famous She-Ra 2.0 with Horse Riding Abilities... OMG!!!
BUBBLE POWER SHE-RA - Most Powerful Woman in the Universe
REAL NAME: Adora of the House of Randor
After crossing over from Etheria to Eternia with the help of Light Hope, She-Ra joined forces with her brother and the Masters of the Universe, who were caught in a four-way war with the Snake Men, Skeletor, and Hordak. She used her cloned sword to harmonize with and channel the Power of Grayskull to form new arms and armor in the midst of battle. Her Bubble Power Armor greatly enhances She-Ra's stamina and allows her to funnel great fumes of energy at her foes. She remained on Eternia to fight off evil until both she and He-Man were called to the stars to fulfill their destiny, traveling to the Tri-Solar System to end the oppression of the Horde Empire.
Not too fond of having BOTH Twins fighting on Primus while leaving Eternia unguarded... but figurewise She's SMOKING!! Horse riding powers and the capability to make my Ultimate She-Ra is as Charlie Sheen would say: Bi-Winning! Sadly I will have to gut y She-Ra 1.0 so my 2.0 will have horse riding powers!! (I'll make 1.0 BP while 2.0 is my default She-Ra...)
Swift Wind: Mattel lied... That ain't Royal Swift Wind... (kiss my dreams of Original toy Swift Wind good bye!) That's Filmation/Proto Swift Wind!! Still confused on the leg Articulation... looks a tad odd. Sadly he looks like there is no Spirit Mode... (Probably I'll have to buy him on Matteh on another day)
SWIFTWIND - Beautiful Horse, Spirit, Becomes Magical Flying Unicorn
REAL NAME: Spirit
A magical steed from Etheria, Spirit served Adora during her time as Force Captain of the Horde Army. Loyal to Adora, not the Horde, Spirit stayed with her after Adora learned of her true heritage and joined the Great Rebellion. Enhanced by Adora's newly acquired Sword of Protection, Spirit was transformed into She-Ra's flying mount, Swiftwind, heroically carrying the Princess of Power into battle. Swiftwind remained with She-Ra, traveling with her from Etheria to Eternia to join with the renegade Masters of the Universe in the continued fight against Hordak and his armies.
Bio is pretty Vanilla... Nothing to discuss here...
Battleground Evil Lyn: Really Matty, Really?
What happened to her being More than just a repaint? Extra head that she should have had since her first release in April 2010? A Crappy Catra Left hand? A Cape? That's just a half-assed attempt at spicing up a repaint... Dear Mattel: The whole point of requesting a 200X Evil Lyn in MOTUC was the COMPLETELY DIFFERENT LOOK THAT SHE HAS COMPARED TO HER VINTAGE FIGURE!! Had Her armor looked more like the one from The Faceless One, I would be extremely excited about her... Right now I am SO disappointed in her.
BATTLEGROUND EVIL-LYN - Evil Witch of Eternia
REAL NAME: Evelyn Morgan Powers
Cast aside by her secret husband after his transformation, Evil-Lyn sent their infant son into the future and plotted to overthrow Skeletor by releasing his enemies from their dimensional prisons. In a series of miscalculations, she helped free the Snake Men, Hordak, and Gygor, increasing her adversaries threefold! After Randor and Miro returned from Despondos, the Three Towers rose and Evil-Lyn found herself again allied with Skeletor during the Second Ultimate Battleground. At the end, defeated and stripped of her powers by the new Sorceress of Grayskull, Evil-Lyn used the Cosmic Keyy and the power of the Central Tower to return to the future to find a new life with her long lost child the son of Skeletor!
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaat? Evil Lyn married Keldor and had a CHILD!? Then she sent him to the Future? Is this a theme in the Powers Family? The not so Faceless one did the same thing with Evelyn... Now she does that with her kid!?
I want a Son of Skeletor figure...
Demo-Man: To be honest, I'm not THAT impressed with him. I thought he'd be more furry or something... I'm more excited about the Alcala Skeletor head than anything Else...
Here we go, the last bio of 2011:
DEMO-MAN - Evil Spirit of Despondos
Real name: Uqquz Zekul-Mshqx
Realising his pupil Keldor had no intention of releasing him from Despondos, Hordak merged him with an extra-dimensional being called Demo-Man. While this saved Keldor's life, it also drove him temporarily insane and convinced him to open a portal to Despondos and lead what he thought were "his people" into Eternia. Hordak intended to use this ruse as a means to escape once the portal was opened, but the new merged being "Skeletor" was quickly defeated by Oo-Larr, the Jungle He-Man, and Hordak remained trapped. Soon after, with the help of Evil-Lyn, Skeletor gained control of the powerful spirit inside him, increasing his abilities ten-fold. He was now the true Overlord of Evil and one of the most dangerous men on Eternia!
My few complaints about this bio:
WTF is that name? Also it suffers from Bow's Bio Syndrome... First Sentence is about Demo-Man, the rest is Skeletor Bio 2.0... I must add Demo-Man is NOT GAY!
Now unto the 2012 figures:
Star Sisters 3 pack: Incredibly stoked about them... Love some concept characters and Princess of Power... So this combines two things I like... It's gonna hurt the wallet a bit (Sorceress is coming that month) Sadly they lost the action features... Hey Look! Glory Bird has a new stand!!
Sorceress: The Chicken Lady Finally arrives in MOTUC!! I'm so excited I'm so excited! I'm gonna have a ball then! Confused why the blue is on the inside of her wings and the lack of shading in her white feathers... Other than that THIS is the second MOTS Exciting figure in the line for me!
Fearless Photog: Mr. Bitner's childhood dream is finally a reality: Fearless Photog is here...
I'm kind of OK with him, but at the same time I don't feel him... I think it's the black halves that make him seem odd... Bare calves... no boots or anything Probably will be reused on Oo-Larr!
Fisto: The Man with the big Right Hand shows up in MOTUC... HE brings GREAT NEWS!! The 200X Headban seems to be OVER! He has a 200X Head, 200X extra belt with pouch, his 200X BUSTER SWORD! (and a vintage head and vintage Tri-Klops sword...)
Kobra Khan: He brings 2 heads!! One with Opened hood, one with Closed hood... (Who's going to display him with his closed hood?) He has his Lizard friend from 200X his gun is no longer Zodac's gun. New Torso, new Loincloth, new abs, and new shin armor (The shin Armor could be used for a true Vintage Skeletor...)
Thunder Punch He-Man: HOLY CRAP! That Figure is so freaking SWEET!! His sword reminds me of a Jolly Rancher, He's got a Blast Cap RING!! HOLY CRAP!! This is the most bonerriffic announcement of ALL SDCC... Crew Sorceress, Shadow Weaver, etc... TP He-Man is where the excitement lies!!
Draego Man: Looks cool, but un-MOTU-like... Yes I know he reuses Whiplash's tail, King Hssss's Arms, Legs, He-Ro shin Armor and Hordak Feet, His Armor looks BA-ish, He has a Preternian Loincloth, but he looks un-MOTU-like... Love his Sword!!
Shadow Weaver: OK, Ignoring the fact that Mattel made her a Sub Exclusive, she's an OK Fig... She Obviously loses Articulation cause of her Dress. (also she looks grossly underdetailed, due to being Filmation)
