Mattel dropped a lot of news yesterday, some good, some bad. (Text after the jump.) (more…)

Just a reminder, the second sale of Skeletor reissues begins at 12pm ET tomorrow. Click here for the order page.

I’ve got a question for you, Poesters. I’ve been reviewing a lot of Masters of the Universe Classics lately, and of course you get to see MOTUC weeks before my own review thanks to the samples sent out to Fwoosh, AFI, Pixel Dan etc.

Do you find that these previews dampen your interest or enthusiasm in my own reviews? I’ve noticed the number of comments in those reviews has been going down, and I’m trying whether that’s due to lack of interest in the figures, this preview sample issue, or a general waning of PGPoA’s popularity itself in my post-DCUC-collecting era.

Via Facebook:

Real Name: Evelyn Morgan Powers
Raised by her father in the ruins of Zalesia™, Evelyn left her home in a fit of teenage rebellion. Taking the name Evil-lyn®, she traveled Eternia® learning from many of its great masters the ways of magic and the dark arts. While searching for new ways to increase her power, she met and met and fell in love with an ambitious alchemist named Keldor™ and agreed to join his cause. After Keldor™ was transformed into Skeletor®, he lost all emotional attachments to Evil-lyn® and she began to scheme against him. In a series of miscalculations, she helped release both King Hssss™ and Hordak™ from their inter-dimensional prisons. Evil-lyn® uses her crystal ball to foresee the evil future!

Fans over on He-Man.org are already deep in debate over this bio. The target of most of the ridicule is her name; for what it’s worth, it is derived from the original He-Man Bible, though that’s hardly a good source for names–if it were, Skeletor’s #1 punching bag would have been “Biff Beastman,” which makes Raqquill Rqazz sound like Horatio Alger.

As for the rest of the bio, there’s some complaints here and there, particularly because Evil-lyn is responsible for unleashing both King Hssss and Hordak due to “a series of miscalculations” (making her look like a bit incompetent), though I think that was actually what happened in the 2002 cartoon.

There are also some complaints about how the figure looks too toy-ish, which is entirely due to the Bright Molded Plastic Factor (BMPF) (see also).

What the title said: Evil-lyn pics

Still unhappy about the Teela feathers/leaves on lower part of the outfit, but pleased with the yellow skin, head sculpt, Screeech, and wand/staff option.