So, I'm confused: They made sure they gained the rights to use Shadow Beasts in 200X, but never did it cross their minds that fans would love to see updated characters like Shadow Weaver, Scorpia, etc.? They can't say, "Well we were getting to them but the show was cancelled" because the Horde characters introduced at the end of the series, and we never even saw Catra (a character they obviously had the rights to.) I give up on trying to figure this mess out...
I think it's because (for some reason) the She-Ra Filmation cartoon rights are somehow way more of a headache than the He-Man Filmation cartoon rights.Originally Posted by mk476
Shadow Beasts, Count Marzo, Evil Seed were all Filmation characters from the He-Man series that they brought back in MYP while rather than Shadow Weaver they had "Horde Wraiths"?
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I've been wondering about this same thing for a while now, too.
When MYP came to an end they had just introduced the character of Hordak. The following season was supposed to be centered on the Horde. I'm guessing that at the time they didn't buy the rights because they didn't need them yet and then during the following season they'd have gotten the rights for whatever characters they wanted to use.
Exactly this, in the old canon Catra and Shadow Weaver were actually from Etheria, so wouldn't have been in the Horde in The Power Of Grayskull. It's a shame that the cartoon ended when it did as I'm sure more updated Filmation characters would have appeared, and we'd be getting figures of them. I heard a rumour Shokoti was the next one they were trying to get rights to.
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Bunch of new questions/answers are up. Many of them are answered with "We can't comment past King Hsss right now."
So according to Toyguru, during the quest to recover the two halves of the power sword Prince Adam looked exactly like He-Man.
His appearance didn't change at all after using the Sword of He to "transform".
That's lame. I guess I was getting my hopes up thinking they might eventually do a younger looking Prince Adam in this line. Doesn't sound like there is any place for him in the storyline now.
They did say that young Adam's bio wouldn't really have much new info in one of the WTFWTK.So according to Toyguru, during the quest to recover the two halves of the power sword Prince Adam looked exactly like He-Man.
His appearance didn't change at all after using the Sword of He to "transform".
That's lame. I guess I was getting my hopes up thinking they might eventually do a younger looking Prince Adam in this line. Doesn't sound like there is any place for him in the storyline now.
If anything, this answer points out the ridiculousness of Classic Adam and He-Man looking exactly alike and STILL remaining a secret.
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EDIT: Actually, it isn't big news at all. Thanks to Sandman and Uncle Montork for setting me straight!
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Nice lil piece about the Guards head sculpt, I wonder if TG will change his avatar to Spectors head!...That would be funny!
Also nice news about Battle Lion, I fully expect BL to be the same head sculpt as Clawdeen which is fine by me cos 'he' deserves a great unique sculpt. (I just hope they retcon her to be a Him! Clawdeen is one character that I feel needs gender definition)
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I may just be a Gay Pop fan...but I am also the one who wants ALL of the Figures, who wants this line to continue and who is putting my money where my mouth is....are you doing the same?
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ANYONE care to comment on the validity of this statement??
Yes, maybe he pitched it to management.. but it wasn't HIS original idea.
I'm sure management doesn't know that though.
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Rokkon, Stonedar, Nepthu, Plundor, Sea Hawk, Strong-Arm, Dactys, Horde Troopers, Storm, Geldor, Modulok, Battle Ram, Kowl, Loo-Kee, Hydron, Glimmer, Eldor, Two Bad, Ninjor, Rio Blast, Mermista, Entrapta, Sweet Bee, Peekablue, Flutterina, Gorpo, Flogg, Crimson Fury, Songster, Lodar, Kex Queen, Goat Man, Darius, Uncle Montork, Dree-Elle
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ANYONE care to comment on the validity of this statement??
Yes, maybe he pitched it to management.. but it wasn't HIS original idea.
I'm sure management doesn't know that though.
Originally, TG's pitch was to bring back the 200X style, but Mattel didn't want to return to 200X, so he pitched the Classic line. The 4H just so happened to create a Classic He-Man prototype for SDCC 2007, and the stars aligned.
So this confirms to me that they dont have to purchase all the rights to Filmation characters. In the past they only purchased the ones they wanted to use again. So maybe the "logistics" have changed and they need to buy all or nothing? I dont know.
It may be different because the rights have changed hands over the years. According to Wikipedia, in 2004 the rights were sold from Hallmark to Entertainment Rights and then from ER to Boomerang Media. Given the changes in ownership the options available to Mattel may have changed as well.
From what little they have let on, when the 200X series was in production, Mattel went into negotiations with the then-holders of the Filmation rights. They then made a deal which allowed Mattel to use certain characters from the Filmation series in the MYP series, under certain restrictions (they couldn't use the same models, for one).
That's why Count Marzo, Evilseed, Hawke and the Shadowbeasts are all in MYP.
That "window of opportunity" is long since past.
I dont recall ever seeing Hordak in the MYP toons, at least not at the end of the series? I was looking at the series outlines on this site, but I dont see an introduction to Hordak and the Horde. Were they in the actual cartoon or just the comics? Which episodes are they in? Thanks in advance for your help!
I don't know if this question has been answered. why are we not getting two style heads for Buzz Off?
This figure really needs one. So he can be displayed either vintage or 200x. I thought a extra head would be good if you wanted an army of bee warriors.
Hordak appears many times, but the best appearance is The Power of Grayskull.
His first appearance is in the Sorceress' flashback in Separation. He appears again in The Price of Deceit where in flashback, it's revealed that Evil-Lyn invokes him from Despondos to save Keldor from his mortal acid wounds. It is Hordak who names Keldor "Skeletor". His next appearance is The Power of Grayskull, again in flashback form, where the Sorceress reveals the story of Hordak's banishment to Adam. The last time he appears is in History where Evil-Lyn and Marzo try to bring him back to Eternia.
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Am I the only one who thinks the Horde rock guy there who dies right after appearing is pretty boring looking and shouldn't be high on the Classics-to-be-made list? Just sayin. Maybe if they turn him into something more like Rokkon and Stonedar I guess he might look a little cooler.
And I've never really focused on screen captures of Hordak's big 3. . .I'm not a big fan of their MYP look but LOVE their stactions.
I don't know if it's just the screen grabs used, but the MYP pictures look worse than I remember. This isn't some Filmation bias of mine either since I feel the NA screen grabs look better as well. I'm almost tempted to try and watch an MYP MOTU episode again just to see what's up. A lot of the ones I've seen on this board either look like amateur animation or cutscenes from a 16-bit video game.
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Who are the Horde guys in hoods?
Might have better luck with these answers if we start asking about 'modern' heads as opposed to 200x heads.• Roboto 200X head
I'm afraid you won't see a 200X head for Roboto. It's the same design, just in a different 'style'. If you put the roboto character into the 'style generator' and turned the dial right to 200X - you'd get the hyper anime roboto look. If you turned the machine's dial to the left to 'classics' it would come out looking like the MOTUC Roboto. There will be no 200X heads.
I hope that answers your questions Macx!
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