September 6

Toyguru has sent answers to your questions from WTFWTK 2.4!

1. Will we see advertisements for mattycollector.com & MOTUC in magazines, on TV, etc? Or does this line depend heavily on word-of-mouth?
Yes. You will see print ads for many of the MattyCollector items.

2. Will there be a regular King Grayskull on a blister card (or whatever the regular packaging is) that can be shipped internationally?
Not at this time. We want to keep King Grayskull special for SDCC. It is possible we would re-release him on a standard blister or in a different package but at the very earliest it would be late 2010 and we would make sure he looked different (i.e. different deco) and came with different accessories to keep the SDCC version special.

3. It has never been stated if Mattel can produce movie characters that were never toys such as Karg, Lubic, Skeletor's grards, etc.
Does Mattel have rights to those figures or do they belong to the studio that made the movie?
They belong to the studio. We will only do figures from the 1987 movie if they had toys made in the original line (i.e. Blade or Gwildor)

4. A full-sized power sword was on display of one of the walls inside the Mattel SDCC booth. Do you have any plans to produce a full-sized metal sword like that for sale?
This is something we are looking into but can not confirm anything quite yet.

5. Many people received King Grayskull figures that appeared to have been opened then retaped shut. What was the reason for this?
No Grayskulls were opened and reshut. This is just how they were produced in the factory. We will mention this to our vendors to avoid packaging looking like this in the future.

6. Will there be an option for international collectors to get next year's NYCC and SDCC exclusive figures?
They will be offered in limited quantities on MattyCollector.com after the show and the exclusives for 2009 will not have electronics so they will be available internationally.

7. Many fans received King Grayskull figures that were damaged, or that became damaged when they tried to pose the figures. Mattel has no replacements for these figures. Will Mattel eventually offer replacements for King Grayskull, and will Mattel produce enough of upcoming MOTUC figures to insure replacements if this happens again?
If fans received a damaged product they can return it for a replacement through MattyCollector.com. The website has full instructions for this.

8. King Grayskull's cape, hair, and loincloth are sculpted in a hard plastic which eliminates a lot of the figure's mobility. Will Mattel start using softer plastic for similar accessories to correct this?
This is something we are looking into. Grayskull’s loincloth is longer then the standard figures so this shouldn’t be a problem for He-Man or Skeletor.

9. Is the MOTUC Skeletor shown in ToyFare the final sculpt & paint application? Many fans would love to see a longer Roman belt & apron as well as some tweaks to his head sculpt & paint.
This is the final sculpt and for Skeletor’s initial release, his final paint ops. We may change the paint ops for a repaint down the line.

10. What ratio of POP and NA figures to MOTU figures can fans expect in the MOTUC line each year?
We are not at liberty to say at this time. More details for figure releases will be available on MattyCollector.com in the future.

11. Will the AFX Exclusive Faker/Kobra Khan mini-statue 2-Pack actually be released?
This is not a Mattel produced product. You will have to contact NECA or AFX in regard to this. Mattel only licensed out the Staction figures.

12. Is there a reason other than cost for why action-features will not be included? Action-features are the main feature for characters like Stonedar, Rokkon, and The Meteorbs.
For characters that need action features to exist, we will look into snap on parts like an extra neck piece for Meckanek. The action features were eliminated to make the figures more collector friendly.

13. Does each character name get its own logo on the card (like the King Grayskull logo) or will you use the same font (like in the 80's) for the character names on the card?
They will all have the same font. King Grayskull got his own logo because he was a SDCC exclusive in a unique package. All of the standard MOTUC figures will be on a standard blister card with heavy MOTU influence in shape and form. We will reveal the packaging soon on Mattycollector.com.

14. Is there a chance of us getting a variant of the Spirit of Grayskull give-away figure?
Not at this time. Although a small handful of The Spirit of Grayskull figures were made for Mattel toymakers who helped create the line, only two will be made for the public. One was raffled off at SDCC, the second will be auctioned to help raise money for children affected by AIDS through the Dream Halloween event. If we produced this figure as a variant at mass it would take away from the uniqueness of the figure and its chance of raising money for this fantastic charity. You can find out more about the auction at CAAF 4 Kids.

15. What are the chances we get a new video game?
We do not have anything to announce at this time.

Check out what fans have to say about the answers to the WTFWTK 2.4!

August 29

The Volume 3 SDCC Exclusive DVD is now available in a 2nd chance offer for those of you who couldn't attend the con.

Don't pay big bucks on eBay for this rare collectible.
Get it right from us here at He-Man.org at the same cost at the con, thanks to the awesome folks at BCI!
Quantites are very limited!
The DVD will only be available for about a week
We're pretty sure all orders can be filled, but we'll post a notice if they sell out.
So get your order in now!

Each DVD is 25.00
With shipping, packaging and handling costs, the total cost is as follows:
USA domestic uninsured = 8.00 --- Total cost due = 33.00
USA domestic insured (recommended) = 10.00 --- Total cost due = 35.00
Canada & Mexico uninsured = 8.00 --- Total cost due = 33.00
Canada & Mexico insured (recommended) = 21.00 --- Total cost due = 46.00
All other international destinations, uninsured = 14.00 --- Total cost due = 39.00
All other international destinations, insured (recommended) = 28.00 --- Total cost due = 53.00

This is an initial preorder. Preorder will end on September 5th if we do not sell out before then. We expect to have the DVDs in-hand around September 19th. Pending receipt of DVDs by the 19th, we hope to have all DVDs shipped by October 3rd. Delivery transit times thereafter will vary based on your location.
We are not responsible for uninsured items!
There are no tracking options for orders to destinations outside the USA.
International orders are responsible for all custom and extra duty fees.

If you want to order more than 1, please contact webmaster @ he-man.org (remove the spaces).
There is no limit on how many you can order.

Payment must be made via PayPal to the PayPal account address jvs3 @ he-man.org (remove the spaces).
You must include the following info In the memo/note section of the payment (As always, we will not share your info with anyone!):
name
complete shipping address
phone number (for an emergency contact)
primary e-mail address

Please get those payments in right away so you don't miss out on this limited opportunity.
Thanks!

August 28

The 2008 Canadian Action Figure Expo has been announced.
It will be Sunday, September 28th at the Holiday Inn Burlington Hotel and Conference Centre.
The show features 2 halls filled with dealers selling tons of other action-figures and collectibles including Masters of the Universe!
Located at South Service Road the location is directly off the QEW with free parking for everyone. For more details go to the Canadian Action Figure Expo website. You can also RSVP via Facebook for the event.

August 23

The new site is nearing completion. Emiliano is going through and fine-tuning things now, with the help of a Adora and MossMan710179. That will be followed by a few weeks of beta testing with some awesome fan volunteers. When it's all said and done, the new site will be ready to roll this fall. We had hoped for this summer, but the site is so massive that it's taking a bit longer. And with the site almost done, the fundraiser is nearing its end. Thanks to you, we've pushed the meter over the 75% mark. We're hoping everyone out there who hasn't donated thus far will consider making a small contribution towards out goal. We're almost there! If you haven't donated, we really hope you will consider doing so to help with the costs of the new site overhaul. Any amount helps. And of course the more you donate, the more cool things you can get. Please click here for more info about our Tier Donation options, and find out how to donate! And we have even more ways that you can donate! Thanks to graphic designer Michael B Ryan (aka SUPERHEMANMIKE) and Emiliano, there are also the He-Man.org symbol shirts. After Printfection expenses, every shirt sale results in a 5.00 donation to He-Man.org's 2008 fund raiser. Click here to check out these cool designs!

Plus, based on requests, we have added a Tier 8 for you extremely generous fans out there who must have discovered some long lost buried treasure and want to share the wealth.

Tier 8:
Every 500.00 donation makes you an Ancient,
with the following badge shown under your username on the forums:

You get all the benefits of Tiers 1 thru 7, along with:

• a PM message limit of 500 messages
• a photo album with a limit of 500 photos
• ...and whatever else we can think of in the future!

We're also implementing a Priority First-Come-First-Serve system for Tiers 4 and above.
Any time we have limited items for sale or free (not random) give-aways, we will offer them first to Ancients, then Grayskull Warriors, then Gold, Silver and finally Bronze Warriors. After that, they will be made available to forum members first and then everyone else (unless the quantity is in the thousands). Just another small way to thank those of you who dug deep to help support this site.

With things in this fund drive nearing an end, it's time for some overdue thanks. (And if anyone has been forgotten, just smack JVS3 and remind him)
Special thanks to Adora who has spent a lot of time helping organize things for us in this fundraiser. Not to mention when she and her husband took time out of their schedule to help pack up items from SDCC for the fans.
Special thanks to SUPERHEMANMIKE for his generous design work on the symbol shirts.
Also, special thanks to Jukka for his creation of the sword meter for this fund drive.
And of course, there's Emiliano. An ultimate He-Fan who's also the giant cog wheel behind everything that happens at He-man.org.
And most importantly, thanks again to everyone who has so generously donated! We couldn't do this without your help!

August 22

La La Land Records just recently put out an awesome new version of the score from the 1987 live-action MOTU movie, which was limited to 3000 copies.
We were all geared up to tell you about it, while we did a little free-give-away promotion with them.
But they sold out in less than a month!
There are still a few copies available on Amazon, and you can probably find it on eBay.

But, La-La Land has expressed interest in doing a CD release of the classic score from the Filmation MOTU cartoon.
The only thing is they aren't sure there is enough interest to justify the pursuit.
Come on He-Fans and She-Ravers... surely if La-La Land can sell 3000 copies of the live-action movie score, we all know they can sell far more of the classic cartoon score that many of us have wanted for years.
So tell them!
Click here to visit their Info section, and send and e-mail to their management contact letting them know you want to see the classic cartoon score released on CD!

As far as our original free-give-away goes, congratulations to the following 4 members of He-Man.org who won a free copy of the live-action movie score!
A. Chandler (AKA: Machinitess)
J. Scotti (AKA: J-Sun)
D. Spezz (AKA: evenflow)
D. Linari (AKA: danny)

August 19

Fellow He-Fan Pixel Dan (AKA: Mandalorian30 on the forums) has whipped up another awesome video review! This time he compares King Grayskull to other MOTU toys.
Check it out!