Crystal Castle vs Snake Mountain?

[Stickfa]

I've been watching She-Ra recently, and it occurs to me that the Crystal Castle was never done properly. IE To filmation standards, much like Snake mountain didnt look like it did in the toon.

With the success of Grayskull, and the filmation rights now owned by Mattel, if another playset gets made it's most likely going to be either snake mountain or the Crystal Castle. Which would you prefer?

I know there are plenty of other playsets we want *cough*Eternia*cough* but I just think it is more likely that either She-Ra or Skeletor would be next. So which would you want?

[MrRoboto]

I'd buy either no worries but Snake Mountain is what i really want ~ more than Castle Grayskull.

[uaxuctum]

I voted for the Crystal Castle (Filmation version, please). Why? Because Castle Grayskull is the centerpiece (the most iconic and essential playset) of the Eternia display (you can place both the Heroic and the Evil warriors around it), while the Crystal Castle is the analogous iconic centerpiece of the Etheria display. So, in a fair and unbiased world, if only two playsets were ever released in MotUC, those should definitely be Castle Grayskull and the Crystal Castle.



Snake Mountain, for its part, is for the Evil Warriors what the Eternos Palace is for the Heroic ones, or what the Fright Zone is for the Horde and Whispering Woods for the Great Rebellion, even though Snake Mountain is admittedly the most iconic and requested of all these. In any case, even though I see all these others as essential playsets (i.e., MotUC would be painfully incomplete without them), I place them in a second tier with respect to the main Eternian and Etherian centerpieces.

But we all know if a second playset is ever released it will be Snake Mountain without the slightest doubt. If fact, I wouldn't be surprised if Matty prioritized the Three Towers or even the Slime Pit before the Crystal Castle.

[Vikor]

Easily Snake Mountain for me.

[Replikor]

... HANDS DOWN easy choice for me. I would immediately choose a Filmation/MYP Snake Mountain MOTUC playset.

[iron_pride]

Snake Mountain for me. SM was the first MOTU playset I had as a youth, and in my opinion, more iconic than the Crystal Castle. Though after SNake Mountain, I would vote the Crystal Castle next.....then the Fright Zone.

[Ivan]

...Castle Grayskull is the centerpiece (the most iconic and essential playset) of the Eternia display (you can place both the Heroic and the Evil warriors around it)...

This is a very good point, and I agree completely. The only caveat is that Crystal Castle is hidden, so you can't really display many (actually hardly any) characters around it without creating a major shift in the canon. But still, it is more important than Snake Mountain

[Stickfa]

This is a very good point, and I agree completely. The only caveat is that Crystal Castle is hidden, so you can't really display many (actually hardly any) characters around it without creating a major shift in the canon. But still, it is more important than Snake Mountain

oooh, I think this is a VERY good point I never thought of. I love the crystal castles filmation design, it's so intricate, beautiful, and much more she-ra-esque than the toy from the 80's. BUT you couldnt display it with anyone around it ... that wouldnt make sense.

Since there seems to be a toss up between filmation design and vintage for both the crystal castle and snake mountain, it would be a hard thing to tackle ..... more so than I realized when I started this thread.... Im learning! and I love it! = )

[darksword]

Why not both? Why does it have to be one or the other? There should be a new Eternia and Horde's Lair as well!

[baronterror]

obvious answer is obvious

[Uki]

While I'd love both, SM wins my vote.

[Benedict Judas Hel]

Snake Mountain obviously...

[PrinceAdam101]

I want BOTH...

[cbomb23]

Easiest choice ever, Snake Mountain for the win!

[dedset13]

Snake Mountain, no doubt about it.

[Stickfa]

I want BOTH...

we all do ... that's why there is no both option ... to get fence sitters like you to decide! :P

[bcrduke]

I Want both...

But I voted for the Crystal Castle.

They could probably go crazy and give us something edgy and mystical... instead of the pink palace that we got in the 80s.

This is Scott's line though... we will never get a Crystal Castle. I'll be lucky to get Sweet Bee...