a PoP Mini Sub is a TERRIBLE Idea!!

Yeah! You read correctly! I'm completely against a PoP Mini Sub in 2014! I'm going to explain it in a possibly long winded rant, of course!! By POP I'm referring to the TOYLINE Characters from Princess of Power. Characters like Madame Razz, Red Knight, General Sunder are Filmation characters.

Let me show ya how many POP Figures (sans variants) are left: We know that Glimmer, Flutterina and Loo-Kee are coming in 2014!

-Double Trouble
-Queen Angella
-Entrapta
-Mermista
-Peekablue
-Sweet Bee
-Perfuma
-Spinnerella

That's 8 Figures left. A PoP Mini Sub could slash down that list to Two. That's a good thing, right?


OK, let's stop the over the top reactions and look at it from both sides of the fence: The POP Mini Sub would help us complete a LOT of PoP and possibly scratch off six out of 8. On the other hand' that WOULD Leave 2015 with only 2 POP Figures. With the Possibility of 2015 having LESS Vintage folks subbing to get their remaining vintage dudes; the last thing we need is a massive exodus of POP Fans as well.

I know that "What if 2015 doesn't make it?" and "Wouldn't t be better to have all of POP minus 2" than  All of POP minus 8?" That is the big conundrum... Risking getting almost all of POP now and possibly missing out on 2 figures or spreading them a little bit and risking missing out on more characters...
Also, with a POP Mini Sub, the Vintage Purists win... and I don't want them to win... POP is an important part of MOTU even if they don't like it.

Now, IF a Mini sub MUST BE MADE, I think it should be a CARTOON Character Sub.
Note how I did NOT SAY a FILMATION SUB... I mean a Cartoon sub covering Filmation, Jetlag and MYP.

Basically 6 Figures with moderate part reuse (as seen with last Year's Club Filmation) so no Madame Razz on this sub... or Huntara since she's coming in 2014 or 2015...

-Lord Masque: This one is Ridiculously Easy He only needs a new Head and Harness.
Normal He-Man body with Hordak Gloves. Kobra Khan Loincloth, Goatman Thighs normal lower legs with Dekker's boots. Add Keldor or Carnivus' cape.

-General Sunder: All we need is head(s) armor and Cape. He'd reuse most of the Horde Trooper body.

-Crita: Would be the Warrior version of her. It's my least favorite form, but we have a few parts to make her work. She needs a new head, of course. We start with the BG Teela body. The Shield Maiden Torso Armor with a new chest piece takes care of her top. The Bottom could use Glimmer's Codpiece. New Thighs, Frosta Shins and She-Ra Boots complete her legs. Adora's shoulders, biceps and forearms and new hands would complete the look.


-Callix: He's easier to make than I expected. Normal body with Hordak abs. We toss in Whiplash's shoulders, He-Man's biceps, Castle Grayskullman's hands and new Forearms. Head and Armor are obviously new. A new Bare loincloth piece and He-Man thighs make the crotch and upper legs. New Boots on the He-Man shins and Castle Grayskullman feet complete the Lower legs. The paintjob would help sell the rock-like body.


-Prahvus: Obviously he needs a new head. Normal He-Man Torso shoulders and biceps. Demo-Man forearms with new Bracers. Skeletor left hand and a new Right Gauntlet complete the upper body.
Purple King Grayskull Loincloth, He-Man thighs and Geldor Lower Legs and He-Man feet complete the lower half of his body. He'd need a new Bicep Armor for his right arm. Sadly, the Classicizer machine turns the halfcloak into a full cape (Keldor or Carnivus)

-???

I kept the Sixth slot blank because there are multiple choices from the animation companies to fill that slot. So, here are the choices one from each company. Personally I'd choose the Jetlag choice so it's 2-2-2, but Mattel may choose to make this a bit more lopsided by choosing 3-1-2. (since NA is the least popular branch of MOTU)

From Filmation: ELMORA!! New Heads for her (Good and Evil). Shadow Weaver's upper Torso with a new piece to cover where the Weaver cape is plugged into. New Waist to replace the Horde Belt piece from Weaver and Weaver's lower body. For the arms we use Adora's. toss in BG Evil Lyn Cape and we are done.

From Jetlag: DRISSI!! She's a New Head, New Top and New Forearms similar To Teela's. the Skirt could be reused from BP She-Ra's the Forearms from Adora the Teela 1.0 Legs with Adora's boots and we're done!

From MYP: HAWKE!! 
Start with the BG Teela buck and new head. New Torso Armor/Bra, Shield Maiden Loincloth. Adora Shoulders and Biceps, new Forearms and wings. Catra hands. For the lower body, Teela 1.0 Thighs, New Lower Legs (Reuse with 200X Sorceress), new Feet (Reuse with Veena)

BUT, I know this Toon Sub will not happen. Then again, I'm not sure if any mini sub would happen.
Now, let's humor the idea that a POP Sub DOES Happen: Who will they choose? Who will be pushed to 2015?
Now if we apply the Partial "Shared tooling" and "reduced new pieces" we'd get:

-Peekablue: Half her body has been made with Nettossa. New Head, Feathered back, Torso armor and Belt are all we need. Everything else is pure Nettossa.

-Spinnerella: Her top is similar to Flutterina's. The Spinning Tassels from her arms could use the BG Evil Lyn Forearm (with new Bracers). The Skirt would be new. The Legs would be the same as Flutterina.

-Double Trouble: She can share her Skirt with BP She-Ra and MOTUC Glimmer boots. the Head(s) is/are new as well as the top. New Forearms and cape would complete her.

-Sweet Bee: She'd need new head, Wings and dress (top and skirt). The rest can be reused. I guess the Flutterina Torso (not her top) is going to see some reuse. Glimmer's forearms and She-Ra 1.0 Boots. The Toy Boots are Double Trouble's and since I used Glimmer's boots for DT (based on a Filmation style image of DT) then I went full Filmation on her footwear.

-Perfuma: This one will not be accurate to Filmation for parts reuse sake and become a hybrid of Filmation and Vintage toy. Forearms and Boots come from Nettossa. Taking the Toon Dress but adding the vine on her chest from the vintage toy seems like the best option for Perfuma. HER SKIRT WILL NEED TO HAVE INDEPENDENT PETALS or else we'd need a Perfuma 2.0 which will never happen at this stage in the game.

-Angella: I know, she's excellent 2015 sub bait. Now you may have guessed have become 2015 items. the main reason is tooling. Modulok, Unnamed one (if rumors are true) Extendar, NA Skeletor, Blade, Hydron use a LOT of new Tooling, hence the mini sub relying on characters who use less new tooling.
I guess Flutterina's torso strikes back yet again. Creating the need for a new Top similar but not identical to Glimmer's. Glimmer's loincloth can be reused here. Basic Female buck except foreamrs and boots that should be new for her. Obvious new head and wings.

Mermista and Entrapta have been held back due to budget and tooling. Entrapta for an obvious reason: Tackling her hair!! She's pretty much a repainted Castaspella if we go with the toy. Using Filmation well, we need a new Top, She-Ra's skirt, new Thighs and Frosta's shins/boots. Adora's forearms complete her body. The Hair is the big issue with her.
Mermista on the other hand could be pushed as a Large Scale Beast due to her Mermaid action and to do her justice. Not to mention all the new tooling needed on her.

I've been wanting a Mermista for a long time... No matter how I slice it, she seems to be 2015 Material. If it wasn't for Entrapta's hair issues, I'd have bumped Angella off to 2015 as a sub lure. I don't like it, but it makes "Matty sense"... So, if 2015 doesn't make it and we get this POP sub mentioned above, we lose Mermista... (and Angella too if Mattel does push her to 2015)

The other question we must ask "By putting POP in a separate sub to WHOM are these Extra slots that were freed by the second sub going to?" I'm certain that NA is not getting those slots and the Vintage guys are very limited (10, no variants)...