More Mattel Moss Man madness
Mattel updated their Facebook page again yesterday. Here are the highlights:
Mossy is already in production. If (and that is an ‘if”) we can effect a change it means some fans will get flocked ears, some no flock. And it will be random. Are you okay with that?
Ugh. Get ready for $100 no-flocked-ears Moss Men on eBay. Still, I have to say that in this instance, I am OK with it–basically because I don’t care enough about Moss Man for it to matter to me whether mine has flocked ears or not, so why deprive others if they really want it? (more…)
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Meet MOTUC Moss Man
On their Facebook page, Mattel has posted pics of the post-clusterflock Moss-Man:
He has much more flocking than I think any of us thought he would after Mattel first revealed the problem and solicited fan advice. I mean, as far as I’m concerned, that figure is fully flocked.
Thing is, he’s really more like Fur Man, am I right? But I guess there is moss that looks like that. As someone who doesn’t really have much invested in Moss Man as a character, I’m fine with this figure, but there seem to be some fans unhappy with this compromise and the amount of flocking, especially on the head(s). I love the monkey-head, though–and the wooden club. But what’s the deal with the (moss) man-purse? What’s in there? I can’t see from the angles of the photos and I’m too lazy to search for the prototype images.
Oh, the update also mentions this (emphasis mine):
Also, for those in the LA area, be sure to head over to Gallery 1988 this Friday night for the Art of MOTU show opening. Not only will this free event feature some of the hottest artists interpreting the world of MOTU, but we will be revealing one of our SDCC MOTUC items at the show! Full details for the show are in the news section on Mattycollector.com!
DCUC and MOTUC first looks
Our apartment was flooded last week, which is make the updates pretty sporadic for a bit. I won’t be able to review Winston Zeddemore or DCUC Man-Bat until next week at the earliest, along with the Spongebob Squarepants figures I found on clearance at Target that no one ever even told me existed. Thanks, everyone. BTW, I still need most of them, so if you see any aside from Karate Spongebob or Sandy Cheeks, pick ’em up for me and I’ll happily reimburse you for your trouble.
Anyway, to give you something to yak about today, here are some Fwoosh first looks of DCUC 12 and Battle Armor He-Man, as well as a video review of Battle Cat by He-Man.org’s Pixel Dan.
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Joes For Tots > Sponsorship Spotlight: Luke’s Toy Store
Well the time frame for entering Joes for Tots is now over, but that doesn’t mean that we’re all done with checking out what the sponsors are up to. Today we’re checking out Luke’s Toy Store, the awesome sponsor that donated 9 Mini-Mates gift sets from 24, Back to the Future, and The Spirit. Let’s check ’em out!
Poe Plays Favorites 2009 (The Awards Post)
Has it been a whole year already? I feel like I wrote last year’s PPF just yesterday. Anyway, welcome to the second annual awards post here at PGPoA. As you may recall, the way this works is I select my awards solely from figures I reviewed. So while there were obvious eye-popping examples of action figure design this year–the deluxe Hot Toys Joker comes to mind–you won’t see them here, because I didn’t buy them.
On to the awards! (more…)
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Paul’s Peg > New Joe Card Art?
How’s this for total speculation? Here’s some possible new G.I. Joe card art that surfaced on 4chan.
Now the only reason I’m posting this here is that I would totally dig this art. I’m guessing that it’s probably a fake, but who knows? I really would love to see the return of a more classic card out, since I’ve never liked the Rise of Cobra stuff. I don’t expect a return to the look of the 25th anniversary style, but dang it all, I miss it. This is a nice middle ground that might catch my eye a bit more as I’m looking for toys I can’t afford. What do kids think?
Thanks to: The Terrordrome