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01-17-2009, 03:54 AM
NeoMikomi
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Not anytime soon. Mattel said that if the line was really successful they'd look into maybe trying to bring it to retailers (don't hold your breath, though and I wouldn't expect this to happen until maybe at the end of this year or early 2010). I'm thinking that they will re-release more He-Mans and Beast Mans at some point. Obviously the line is popular since the first two figures sold out in only about 5 weeks. I actually prefer the line stay online only. It makes it easy to find and is more affordable since only 1 figure is out per month. Yeah, the figure's are $20 each, but they are totally worth it and even if you bought every figure in a year it only adds up to about $300. Try buying every Star Wars or every Gi Joe figure in a year and you're looking at easily spending thousands.
I disagree with this post. One figure per month at $28 per figure including shipping is nearly $360 for 12 figures. That is three times the price of a DC 6" figure as well as 6" Marvel Legends. In a typical year there are roughly 36-60 Star Wars figures released on single cards, $300 would get you 40 of them including tax.
For these reasons I was very against the price point and distribution of the new Masters of the Universe toy line. I was starting to consider picking up just He-Man and Skeletor but then He-Man became unavailable just a few days before Skeletor went on sale. I like to stretch out my toy budget as far as I can and seeing what else I can get for the same amount of money as the MotU figures makes it really hard for me to make that purchase.
I also don't see how they can bring them to retail. Clearly I'm an annoyed MotU fan on the side of the fence that won't cave in and buy at that price. They're going to piss off a lot of fans who did pay $20 + shipping per figure if they release them at retail cheaper. And if they release them at retail for $20 and people are willing to pay that then who's not to say that other brands would follow suit and raise their prices.
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