MOTU 2016 rebranding thoughts on Variants of A-Listers.

Yes, I've ranted about this already. I suspect DC Comics, 200X and Filmation designs seeping through as a way to refresh the A-Listers we already have.

I know I said that simple repaints are a VERY LAZY way to do refreshes. Now that does not mean that they CANNOT MAKE SOME VARIANTS with parts they ALREADY Have in their parts library.

Seriously, Mattel Pretty much has EVERYTHING to make a Filmation He-Man with very little new tooling...
Seems like a Perfect Chase Figure For Mattel.
The only new pieces would be head and harness (and they COULD get away with reusing Oo-Larr's Hair on the normal He-Man head, as seen here.)
A slight repaint and some different parts can make vanilla He-Man pop.

If Mattel plays it smart with some of the "Refreshes" and do some Creative Parts reuse from their Parts Library, they CAN get away with some figures that use VERY LITTLE NEW TOOLING to compensate for the figures that need LOTS of new tooling. Believe me, we'll NEED to see some figures that didn't make the cut in MOTUC with LOTS of New tooling to make some of the doubters (myself included) bite.

In other cases, like say 200X or DC versions of some characters, reusing Vintage Bracers/Armor with a Preternia loincloth won't cut it, thanks to Club 200X AND the Amazing Snake Armor He-Man. Or Teela's dress in Evil Lyn's case. With SDCC less than a month away, the anticipation is growing stronger. Right now, I'm afraid... VERY Afraid, because 2016 is a whole new world. With the end of Vintage in 2015, the cushion to fall back is now gone. The inevitable A-Listers that will return NEED to wow people... If the 2016 line doesn't make it, then Classics is a nice way to celebrate MOTU...

And a Company I HATE (Ubisoft) has a brand new game that Features MOTUC He-Man...
I honestly have no idea how to feel about this... It looks like a Tower Defense game, so it's not a "TRUE He-Man game" and it's UBISOFT... Known for quality games...

But it's promoting MOTUC, maybe that can help for 2016... Who knows if some of the stuff in the game (like the Dragon Walker) is something that may come in the Theoretical 2016 line... We'll know at SDCC...