Feb 21, 2014

NA Mini Sub is the one most needed sub for 2015

The POP sub is going strong... but needs to go a bit stronger in order to make it through and kick the Filmation sub. If PoP Fails, 2015 might fare even worse... (Dammit Neitlich! I hate your head games!!)

Of course People have begun Speculating 2015... Another Filmation Sub, a 200X Sub, but the least mentioned one is the New Adventures sub. I kinda ranted a while back about getting some NA slots and make a decent NA Roster... Now, this time I'm looking at a hypothetical New Adventures Sub for 2015...

Why a New Adventures sub? It's the most underrepresented branch of MOTU in Classics and it could use a little love.  It's either that or allowing a Skeleteen and Pals sub... We know Mara is coming on the Main Sub for 2015. Like Club Etheria, this sub would be a Combination of Cartoon and Toy Characters.

Here's my Theoretical List for a Club Tri-Solar Galaxy mini sub:

Kayo: 
New Heads and weapons
Normal He-Man Body with Hordak abs. The Wifebeater would be painted on a la King He-Man.
Robot Shoulders and Biceps
New Forearms (Worst Case Scenario Snout Spout's)
New Hands
New Armor
Flipshot Loincloth
He-Man thighs
New Shins
Geldor Boots
Snout Spout feet

Why Kayo? See the Title Sequence. He is there (alongside Nocturna and Vizar), also he's a Wave 2 Hero and we lack those. (I welcome an Ahnuld head for him)

Crita: (warrior version to match Mara who is very likely to get the warrior version)

New Head
BGTeela torso
Shield Maiden Armor (with a new Plug)
New Forearms (Worst Case Scenario use Adora's)
New Hands
Glimmer's Loincloth
Entrapta Thighs
Frosta shins
Adora Boots
New Weapon(s)

Why Crita? If Mara won the Poll and she's the "Teela" of the group, then why not have the "Evil Lyn"?

Darius: (Sub Exclusive)

New Heads
Normal He-Man Buck
Man-e-Faces Shoulders.
Bow Forearms
NA He-Man hands
New Loincloth (Will update when we see Eldor and if his loincloth works.)
Trap Jaw Thighs (Most overused Character specific pieces, but they work on him)
Geldor Shins, boots and feet
New Weapon
New Armor
Keldor Cape
(Extra Accessory: Bare Hydron Head without breathing apparatus and diver suit cap)


Why Darius? Simple: He's like the NA He-Ro, Eldor or the Star Sisters... A figure teased with a prototype that never came as a toy. Also, he's pretty cool. Can be cooler if he looked like Jonathan Frakes in his prime. Lastly, he is more toyetic than Master Sebrian, whom I'd love to have. (But let's face it an old man in a robe whose role is a talking head and doesn't do much is a tougher sell. I had Sebrian on the original list but had to ax him.)

Lizorr:

New Head
Clawful Torso
Hssss Shoulders
He-Man Biceps
Demo-Man forearms (new bracers)
Mer Man hands
New Armor
New Loincloth
Blast Attack thighs (Assuming he's made before Lizorr)
He-Man Shins
Two-Bad's Left Boot (with a new Right One)
Skeletor Duckfeet
New Weapon and Back Pack thing

Why Lizorr? Little amount of new pieces needed compared to other guys like Staghorn or Butt-head...

Vizar:
New Heads
He-Man Torso, Shoulders, Biceps
New Forearms
He-Man Right Hand Snout Spout Left hand
Rio Blast Loincloth
New Thighs
He-Man shins
New Boots
Trap Jaw feet
New Armor and Weapons.

Why Vizar? He's on the NA Intro (Wave 2 fellow). Also, Am I the only one who sees a clean shaven Alfonso Ribeiro on the vintage toy? And no, you can't pose the MOTUC figures doing the Carlton Dance especially one whose "Stealth Hook" could be used as a false mic to pose him doing the Carlton Dance...

Hoove:

New Head
NA Skeletor Shoulders
Horde Trooper Torso
New Armor
Roboto Biceps
NA Skeletor Forearms
New Hands
New Loincloth
New Thighs Shins and Feet
New Gun

Why Hoove? He's the final wave 2 Mutant and was seen a few times with Karatti.

Nocturna:

New Heads
He-Man Buck with Hordak Abs
New Bandolier
New Forearms
MAA Hands
New Loincloth
He-Man's right thigh, Blade's left thigh
Geldor Shins
New Boots
Keldor Feet
New Laser Bow (It makes no sense but whatever)

Why Nocturna? Various reasons. Heroic Asian (The last 2 Asians in MOTU are evil.) Completes Wave 2 for the Galactic Protectors... Also a Jackie Chan head would be nice... Bruce Lee would be a too obvious choice.


Now This list is pretty much Wave 2 + Darius and Crita. I know that Drissi and Sebrian, who I want would not sit too well with everyone. Wave 3 is ignored due to the ridiculous amount of New Tooling needed with each character. I could have put Spinwit in, but seeing that Wave 2 was missing one figure, I went with Nocturna. I really want Sagitar, but he's a large beast, so I had to skip him. So yeah, the main reason why I stuck to wave 2 was the higher amount of shared tooling.
This theoretical mini sub boosts the ranks of the New Adventures rosters AND Evens out the teams.

right now we have:
He-Man vs Skeletor
Hydron vs Flogg
Flipshot vs Slush Head and Optikk
Mara vs Karatti
This theoretical Sub gives you a few more heroes and villains to even things out.
He-Man               Skeletor
Hydron               Flogg
Flipshot             Slush Head
Mara                 Karatti
*Kayo                Optikk
*Darius              *Crita
*Vizar               *Lizorr
*Nocturna            *Hoove

I know this has no chance in Hell of happening due to NA's lack of popularity... (I'd be surprised if we even get Crita after Mara) but that's what a theoretical NA Sub would look like if we had some budget limitations. Sure, we could just get 1 more heroic character and even things out, but it's nto as fun.


2 comments:

  1. I really hope Mattel tries something like this, but considering NA's popularity I'm a bit worried about it, too. I really love the figures and the character designs and would love to see the guys you mentioned. The only one I'm not terribly pining for is Darius. I guess other than knowing he was a prototype character, I know nothing else about him.

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  2. What Little I know of Darius is that he was pretty much in the same role as Sebrian. Or at least he was in some European NA Literature. I really don't care much about Darius. I just added him because he has a following with Euro fans and trying to have a balanced roster.

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