So, This rant will be a long winded post showing how NA's roster could have EASILY fit in Classics and we could have easily completed ALL 3 Vintage Eras of MOTU by December 2015.
Let's look at the Actual MOTUC Rosters from 2008-2015
2008:
(SDCC) King Grayskull (Continental US only)
He-Man
Beastman
2009:
Skeletor
Stratos
Merman
Faker
Zodac
Hordak
MAA
(SDCC) He-Ro
Tri-Klops
Webstor
Teela
Scareglow
Randor
(extra)Zodak
(extra)Goddess
OK, so 2008-2009 was a VERY Vintage year and the odd figures out were pretty much repaints of other characters made NEW Characters.
2010:
Adora
Trap Jaw
Mossman
Evil Lyn
(Sub) Wun-Dar
Optikk
She-Ra
Count Marzo
(SDCC) Mo-Larr vs Skeletor
(SDCC) Orko and Prince Adam
Whiplash
Carnivus
Roboto
Grizzlor
Buzz Off
(Beast) Battle Cat
(Beast)Gygor
(Beast) Tytus
(Variant)BA He-Man
(Variant) Keldor
(Extra) Santa KG
(extra)WP#1
(Extra)WP#2
We got our First NA Figure in Optikk. (Made me a New Adventures convert) and so far no real figures that could have been culled for a New Adventures slot... Except Maybe Gygor for Sagitar, but Gygor's reuse for 2011's Shadow Beast kinda makes up for his existence. Santa KG I allowed because he allows customers outside Continental US to get a KG figure.
2011:
Vikor
Bow
(Sub) Preternia Disguise He-Man
King Hsss
Sy-Klone
Catra
Faceless One
Clawful
(SDCC) Queen Marlena and Cringer
Man-E-Faces
Leech
Icarius
Snout Spout
Demo Man
(Variant)BA Skeletor
(Variant)BG Teela
(Variant)Hurricane Hordak
(Variant) BG Evil Lyn
(Beast)Shadow Beast
(Beast)Panthor
(Beast)Megator
(Beast)Swift Wind
(extra)Palace Guards
(extra)CG Weapons Rack
(extra)BP She-Ra
(extra) Wind Raider
Lookee here! 4 Slots that could have been used for other figures AND ALLOW some slots for New Adventures characters. Vikor, Demo-Man, BP She-Ra and BG Evil Lyn slots could have gotten better usage and allowed for a few NA Slots in order to complete that era on 2015. Let's face it: BGEL was a Blunder, plain and simple. To make matters more insulting, this led to the creation of an EXTRA Slot for She-Ra with Horse riding abilities that should have been a normal variant slot.
2012:
Sorceress
Fisto
(sub) Shadow Weaver
Kobra Khan
Stinkor
Slushhead
Horde Prime
Spikor
(SDCC) Vykron
Mekaneck
Rattlor
Frosta
Dekker
Mosquitor
(Beast)Star Sister 3 Pack
(Beast) Griffin
(Beast)Snakemen 2 pack
(Beast)Procrustus
(Variant)TP He-Man
(variant)SM MAA
(Variant)DB Skeletor
(Variant)Filmation Randor
(extra)Granamyr
(extra)WP#3
(extra)Temple of Darkness Sorceress
This year we have 3 slots that could have been better used to allow us to complete NA in 2015.
I'm talking about Vykron, SM MAA(Who I enjoy) and Temple of Darkness Sorceress.
As you can see I'm not counting the 2012 "Club 30th" because that Themed sub was a failure as a celebration of 30 years of He-Man. That sub could have been used to promote prototypes or concepts of figures from past eras. (MOTU, POP, NA, 200X)
2013:
Nettossa
Jitsu
Fang Man
(Sub)King He-Man
Karatti
Octavia
Clamp Champ
(SDCC) Comet Warriors Stonedar and Rokkon
Castaspella
Mantenna
Dactus
Geldor
Plundor
(Beast/Variant)RamMan
(Beast/Variant)Fighting Foe Men 3 Pack
(Beast/Variant) NA He-Man
(Beast/Variant)Horde Troopers
(Extra)Sky Sled and Sky High
(Extra)Weapons Pak #4 (with Kowl)
(Extra)Castle Grayskull
(Extra)Spirit of Hordak
(extra)Standor
Here we have FIVE slots that could have been used to help New Adventures have a complete roster by 2015. the Questionable slots are:
Spirit of Hordak, Fighting Foemen 3 pack, Geldor, Plundor, and King He-Man. The craziest thing is that one of those slots is a 3 Pack slot... So that's like getting 7 slots in one year!
I guess you noticed that I didn't mention Standor. Same reason I didn't mention Mo-Larr on 2010. The budget for Standor and Mo-Larr came from another company.
I'm not touching Club Filmation because Filmation had NOTHING to do with NA.
2014:
Two-Bad
Glimmer
Hydron
(Sub)UNO
Blade
Scorpia
Extendar
Flogg
(SDCC)Filmation Hordak
Flutterina
Rio Blast
Eldor
Tunglashor
Mermista
(Beast/Variant)Modulok
(Beast/Variant)Battle Lion
(Beast/Variant) NA Skeletor
(Beast/Variant)Arrow
(extra)Gwildor
(extra)Kowl and Loo-Kee
(extra)Goatman
(extra)Battle Ram
Here we have two to three slots that could have been used better to help complete NA in 2015. UNO and Filmation Hordak are the two main "iffy slots" the third would be Goatman.
Like past Mini subs, I'm not touching Club Etheria, because it's needed to complete PoP. (which is a load of crap, but that's not the topic of this rant)
Now for 2015. I will name the characters we know so far but we don't have a set in stone date for ALL of them.
Lizardman
Ninjor
Huntara
(sub)Oo-Larr
Angella
Blast Attak
Sssqueeeze
Mara
Peekablue
Dragstor
Saurod
Perfuma
(Rumored) Dare
(Beast/Variant)SA He-Man vs 200X Hsss
(Beast/Variant)Multibot
(Beast/Variant)FFHe-Man vs TCSkeletor)
(Beast/Variant)BS Hordak
(extra/SDCC)Laser Power He-Man vs Laser Light Skeletor
(extra/SDCC)Rotar vs Twistoid
(extra) Point Dread with Filmation Teela
(extra)Skeletor Hover Robots
(extra)Spirit of King Grayskull
Here we have 5 slots that could have been used to complete NA. The slots are:
Lizardman, Dare, Oo-Larr, BS Hordak, and Spirit of King Grayskull. Before you say:
But Nefty, BS Hordak is needed to complete the complete vintage MOTU roster for normal figures...
Let me remind you that we have gotten 2 additional Hordak variants that were kind of unneeded. You could have taken Buzz Saw Hordak and combined it with Filmation Hordak and call it a day, then use the slot from Spirit of Hordak for something else!
Let's count the number of mismanaged slots:
3-4 in 2011
3 in 2012
5 in 2013
2-3 in 2014
5 in 2015
Taking the smallest number of slots on each year the result is: (3+3+5+2+5)=18
Now let's see how many New Adventures characters are missing:
Mutants: (5 to 6)
Hoove
Lizorr
Butthead
Quakke
Staghorn
Crita
Galactic Protectors: (7 to 9)
Kayo
Vizar
Nocturna
Artilla
Spinwit
Sagitar
Tuskador
Darius
Sebrian
Wait... Going with NA characters who had a Toy in the vintage NA line we have 12 slots... Leaving 6 slots open... That means that we could have completed ALL 3 MAIN TOYLINES IN 2015 WITHOUT a Mini sub for POP!! Notice that I still counted the FFM as ONE Slot, which means that completing NA would have been a lot easier,,,
But, since we have Cartoon characters involved, like Mara, then we must use the larger numbers that take Crita, Sebrian and Prototype Darius in consideration. That gives us 15 slots. Still well under the 18 slots that we theoretically have. Most of the Galactic Protectors could be made with creative part reuse. (Artilla and Sagitar being the exceptions) Hell, some mutants could benefit from parts reuse if it means getting them!
I bet some of you could complain about "Axing mini comic characters"... which I only killed a NON-Variant figure, Geldor. Going with the Toy Only NA roster, the PoP sub would have been unnecessary and would have given us a mini sub slot for mini comics folks like Geldor, or the much cooler character, Lodar.
The saddest part of having 15 New Adventures Characters MIA is that we won't see half of them making it to the 2016 rebranded line.
i really like some of the people you call "wasted" so these would be my replacements:
ReplyDelete2011 replace BGEL with Nocturna
2012 replace smaa with Lizorr, & replace todsorceress with Spinwit
2013 replace SOHordak with Staghorn, & replace KHe-Man with Kayo
2014 replace UNO with quakke & replace ponytail MAA with vizar
2015 replace SoKing Grayskull with Tuskador, & replace Dare with Crita, & replace BSHordak with Hoove
that would leave artilla, butthead & sagitar for 2016.
ugh, this makes me sad.
I like SOME of the "wasted" slots. I stated on the rant that I like SMAA (due to my preference of 200X over vintage looks) Vikor is badass, Demo-Man is creepy, 2 out of 3 foemen are cool, but they took slots that could have been used for some NA folks.
DeleteIt sucks that NA is being left out and seeing that we could have gotten ALL Main Eras of MOTUC covered by the end of 2015 (give or take a few variants) is a bit infuriating.