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Man e looks great, but if they put all the stuff with him that they showed in the “drawing” stage, thats just too much crap to be paying for and never using.
Mondo would rule if they made a legit stripped down version with one head and one weapon affordable to everyone.
I like the extra faces but, If an extra face cradle (yeah I don’t know what to call that) is included that seems unnecessary. HUGE fan of the pre-face-spinner-operation head and plug. I like when they expand the lore. Especially on a character like Manny. And it’s something I would actually use.
I don’t think we’re ever going to get these figures any cheaper even if they chopped accessories. 100% unique sculpt results in 100% new tooling. Add in the multiple paint hits and that equates to a more expensive product.
I like the extra faces but, If an extra face cradle (yeah I don’t know what to call that) is included that seems unnecessary. HUGE fan of the pre-face-spinner-operation head and plug. I like when they expand the lore. Especially on a character like Manny. And it’s something I would actually use.
I don’t think we’re ever going to get these figures any cheaper even if they chopped accessories. 100% unique sculpt results in 100% new tooling. Add in the multiple paint hits and that equates to a more expensive product.
Agreed. The best that we can hope for is that the prices stay consistent at this point (which I'd argue they have been). The 200x line will be a bit cheaper so that's a nice price point for folks that want to get involved with that (nicer for my wallet too since my costs will be going up). But on top of everything you mentioned production runs and licensing from Mattel need to be considered as well.
I know a lot of folks compare the Mondo prices to those of Hot Toys, but I don't think that's a good comparison. Hot Toys produces Marvel, Star Wars, etc. and the fan bases for those products are leaps are bounds bigger than those of MOTU. Its the same reason why the MOTU Tweeterhead maquettes only have runs of a few hundred VS the few thousand that their DC stuff gets. Mondo is probably over charging a bit for their products, but I don't think they're overcharging by over a $100.
@smokinya Apparently, they've somehow reworked their approach to bundles, which should now include a hero and a villain (He-Man comes with Clawful as the first wave). Hopefully they will find a way to offer these characters individually as well. After all, some other companies already do. Having planned to cherry pick on this line regardless of the high appeal that seems to fuel this brand, I don't want to feel stuck in any way. Having said that, their sales model makes me hopeful in a sense that this cautious impulse could very well pave the way for more obscure references that could be more difficult to sell individually (Marzo, Ceratus, Carnivus, Prahvus, Kulatak, etc.).
@onlyoneskeletor Okay that is news to me. If you don't mind me asking, where did you hear that from? Is the intention to still release 6 figures this year? Regarding the bundles I was also under the impression that the figures would be sold individually as well, but they'll also be coming out as a bundled option? For RGB I think that the bundles ended up being cheaper than buying the figures individually?
Its funny that you bring up Marzo and the others. Personally, I'd much rather have all the main cast characters released with their 200x designs and proper articulation over getting some of the more obscure, 200x only characters. Marzo would be an exception to that though, he's pretty rad. Evil Seed too. Getting the Snake Men and Evil Horde 200x designs in full articulated figures would be an absolute dream.
@smokinya Oh ... I ignored the fact that RGBs were also available as single figures? I remember focusing exclusively on Samhain, but the manufacturer didn't seem to be selling him as a single item at the time. Did I not pay attention to that? Anyway, here is the link to the recent panel hosted by Mondo (Wondercon), they start talking about the 1/12 Motu figures at 29:58 minutes. Enjoy it ! PS: The Motuc Marzo is screaming for a bit of a breeze, technically speaking (lol). WonderCon 2025 Mondo Panel - YouTube
@onlyoneskeletor I just checked Mondo's website and it seems like it wasn't a bundle. But there was a "Collector's Edition" that came with the larger ghosts and cheaper versions that only come with the figure plus the smaller accessories. Almost like the Deluxe releases for 1/6 MOTU other than the fact that the price difference between the regular and Collectors Edition of the RGB figures is actually really substantial 🤣
Thanks for the panel link, I wasn't able to find anything over the weekend. Going to give it a watch now.
EDIT: Not a single MOTU question asked. I need to get down to a Con and grill these guys lol. A couple interesting things that I picked up on:
- When speaking about the 1/12 line they mentioned supporting it with lots of other characters (hard to say what lots means but hopefully it is actually a lot). But its nice that they're confident enough in the line to start it off with a tertiary villain to be paired with He-Man instead of a "heavy" hitter and already have 4 characters being released right off the hop before sales data comes in
- The comment on Clawful was also interesting "We love Clawful, we've been wanting to do him for a long time and doing it in this scale seemed the most responsible for now even though we just announced we're doing a giant horse". Not sure how I feel about this comment. It honestly might mean nothing at all, but it does seem to indicate that these larger characters like Whiplash and Clawful are harder to get permission to make since they might not sell as well. Lets be honest a lot of the fan base isn't as attached to Clawful as they are Beast Man. That being said I didn't think Scaremare or AE Battle-Cat would do well either, but AE Battle-Cat sold out in less than an hour and Scaremare sales seems to be pretty good. It might come down to only being able to do one larger figure per year and they figured that reusing the Scaremare sculpt was the better way to go (and also something I predicted too). I just really hope we can start getting into some other cool characters like Tri-Klops and Stinkor and Meka-Neck now that we're through most of the original characters.
@smokinya You know, I thought I could be more brave in my own ability to resist the call of temptation, but after seeing this He-Man prototype, I've pretty much thrown in the towel. Same with these incredible designs shown at the panel, except maybe for Skeletor who seems a bit too bulky to me, I was expecting a more emaciated sculpt. But again, I'm really worried about my ability to be as selective as I had planned; some accessories appear very well thought out, like the diorama pieces for each of them. Finally, and as we say in France: "Aïe, aïe, aïe ...!"
@onlyoneskeletor Thank you for posting this! Good panel... lots of stuff coming down the pipeline.
I suppose I'm fortunate to not like MYP MOTU... this will save me a bundle of money on the 1/12 line.
I am a huge ThunderCats fan but, again, the Mondo design team completely missed the mark on Lion-O, so money saved again on the upcoming Mumm-Ra and Cheetara.
However, I'm a pretty big Superman fan, so I'm intrigued to see what they have planned for that line!
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@admin I'm not a fan of the disgracious proportions that Mondo has given to this character, which has always been my favourite of Skeletor's henchmen – double disappointment!
Agreed.
I do not like the look of this Beast Man at all... there is something very off about him.
His proportions are all wonky, and the furry collar looks like gushing blood rather than fur.
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Unfortunately, I do think this new Beast Man figure was a blunder. In the past all of the numbered exclusive variants of the Mondo MOTU product sold out within the first few hours. Here we are 24 (48?) hours later and he isn't even listed as "Almost Gone". Tariffs and collectors being pickier don't exactly help either. As opposed to other new characters like Faker, The Goddess and Anti-Eternia He-Man and Battle-Cat, Vintage Beast Man isn't high on peoples lists.
Despite the fact that I love this bulkier version of Beast Man (mostly due to 200x design) I don't think the Filmation head, chest piece and boots fit in with the rest of the sculpt. Not like they did with the Deluxe version. If anything some of these extra accessories should've came with the Deluxe version previously.
I'm very curious/nervous about how the She-Ra Deluxe and Swift Wind are going to be received. By the time Scare Mare got to me it ended up costing me as much as a Tweeterhead maquette. As opposed to Battle-Cat and Panthor, Scare Mare was not needed in my collection, but he was too rad to pass up on. I'm sure other collectors are feeling the pennies being pinched a bit too. I'm wondering if they'll delay the release on those two figures.
After Swifty I think that Mondo should stop with the 1/6 mounts and vehicles (even though I'd die for a Wind Raider or Battle-Lion) and focus on just producing character figures. Get us 1/6 Whiplash and Clawful. They're more space efficient and better for peoples wallets. Move the mount and vehicle design over to the 200x line and get us a 200x Caste Grayskull and Snake Mountain while they're at it (it's been hinted that these playsets could come to the 200x line if it does well). Costs will be lower there and space will become less of an issue. Additionally, there's more folks willing to spend money at lower price points. I really, really hope the 200x line ends up going the distance in the long run. Starting with Clawful is already a huge win in my book.
@smokinya There aren't many Evil Warriors on my list for the new line, but Clawful is definitely my favorite. Second is Webstor, that horrendous arachnid whose body was modified after he ate the Ambrosia.
With the tariff fee and suddenly no free shipping, these Mondo figures price themselves out.
They were already at the top of my price threshold.
Did they ever address why free shipping went away? And it went away at the same time as a tariff fee was added… that’s bad timing.
Mondo has been on thin ice with me ever since the introduction of She-Ra...
They instantly doubled the price of these figures when she came out and blamed it on a "lot of new tooling."
Then, they completely lost me when the RGB line was introduced... a $120 6" figure?!? Um, no thank you.
After The Goddess, I'm done.
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What upsets me is that we can expect them to make this new 6-7 inch line absolutely remarkable. Their first figure, He-Man, can definitely attest to that.
However, the price range, be it for them or Super7 (R.I.P.?), hits my spending limit like thunder on the tip of my sword. 😱
Yeah... Mondo has already turned me away.
I love the work that they are doing with some of my favorite childhood properties... but, I'm not a millionaire - and even if I was, I don't like the idea of a toy company preying on my nostalgia and gouging the fans of these properties.
And these aren't even niche properties either... I mean, it's HE-MAN and GHOSTBUSTERS for goodness sake!
Mondo needs to hop off of their high horse and remember who put them there in the first place. It's no wonder that they are suffering financially right now... $100+ for a 6 inch toy is beyond stupid. If they don't shape up, there won't be another Funko to come to their rescue a second time.
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@ornclown Those He-Man figures will surely be a hundred or more each now. Mattel should have never handed 200x over to Mondo and just made them in Masterverse.
@onlyoneskeletor I'll definitely be scooping all of the 200x figures without hesitation. Especially ones like Webstor, Evil Seed, Marzo, etc. The Snake Men and Evil Horde designs are absolute peak as well so I hope they end up getting there. I do think that MAA and Skeletor won't be coming until early 2026 now though.
@ornclown its not really Mondo that's suffering financially. Its their parent company Funko. To my understanding Mondo was a private company that was sold to Funko by the owners. I don't think they needed to be bought up by Funko to save the company or anything like that (I could very well be wrong though). If that was the case then I don't think Funko would allow them to keep expanding into other properties. The new Beast Man is almost sold out now and Mondo has been spreading out to a lot of new licenses recently. Up until February almost everything Mondo was making sold out immediately. Their biggest cost sink seemed to be their obsession with creating 4 soft vinyl variants of every soft vinyl they made. Usually the first 2-3 sold out and then the last color wave never does. Overall, even with their slightly inflated prices I think Mondo is/was doing very well for themselves.
On a side note regarding Ghostbusters. If Peter and Hector are to be believed they stated that it was very hard to obtain the Ghostbusters license and the cost of that license was quite high. Which could explain why the RGB figures are costing so much more than they should. They did mention before that the MOTU 1/12th would be less than RGB, but with all the tariff's now who knows.
@mighty-thanos I honesty wish Mattel licensed out the production of all MOTU figures. I know Origins has been successful and those figures look good for those that want the Vintage look, but 90% of the Masterverse sculpts have been terrible and nearly all the paint apps on those figures are also god awful. Classics was the last time that Mattel had me truly invested in something that they were making. Prices were pretty good and the paint apps/sculpts were also solid all around for the most part. At this point I would gladly pay a premium price per figure to ensure that it comes with a great sculpt and paint job instead of using the same money to get 3-5 mediocre ones.
Yes... Mondo was a subsidiary of Alamo Drafthouse until they were acquired by Funko. This took place in 2022 - the same year that She-Ra was revealed / released, and subsequently the same time that Mondo decided to double their prices.
I can't help but feel that if Mondo stayed at reasonable price points, the company as a whole wouldn't be in financial straights. If push comes to shove, Funko may decide to cut their losses and dissolve the Mondo team... I mean, their products have to cost a heckuva lot more to plan, create, paint, package, and ship than something like a Funko POP.
Either way, if you look at it from an outsiders point of view, the Mondo figures are abnormally overpriced for what they are: big, plastic toys. (Hot Toys have infinitely better sculpts, full cloth goods outfits, 100% unique sculpts, and ridiculous amounts of accessories - and they are on the same pricing scale.)
Now, don't get me wrong... I have almost every Mondo MOTU made to this point (missing a few like the new Scare Glow, Trap Jaw, Beast man, and Revelation Skeletor) with Evil-Lyn and Goddesss on order, but that just makes me a part of the problem.
I heard the RGB excuse when the figures were revealed at SDCC and it still doesn't sit well with me. I can't imagine that Hasbro had to pay the same amount to license the characters from Columbia / Sony... so why Mondo? And if Mondo had to acquire the license through Hasbro, it still doesn't jive because Hasbro is allowing Super 7 to use their TF and G.I. Joe IPs and I'd bet they didn't ask for huge amounts of money to do so.
Admittedly, I am no expert on licensing... but, it sounds like Mondo was looking for a quick excuse to charge $120 for a 6 inch action figure (and, in doing so, set a new standard for the industry that hurts the consumer.)
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@ornclown Those He-Man figures will surely be a hundred or more each now. Mattel should have never handed 200x over to Mondo and just made them in Masterverse.
I completely agree with this.
My hope was that Mattel would add the 200X characters as a sub-theme in MV and then move to a New Adventures sub-theme...
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@ornclown It would make sense to answer that question with perfect confidence, but there seems to be excessive caution when approaching the Masterverse brand. It's like pushing the fern slowly so you can avoid venturing too far into the forest and getting lost. In summary, regarding the selection of 200X figures, I'd vote for a few A-listers and a vertiginous amount of their variants (which we're craving, right? LOL). As for new adventures, I wish they could, at the very least, reproduce Flogg, Hydron, and Flipshot, the characters not to be missed in this franchise.
@mighty-thanos I honesty wish Mattel licensed out the production of all MOTU figures. I know Origins has been successful and those figures look good for those that want the Vintage look, but 90% of the Masterverse sculpts have been terrible and nearly all the paint apps on those figures are also god awful. Classics was the last time that Mattel had me truly invested in something that they were making. Prices were pretty good and the paint apps/sculpts were also solid all around for the most part. At this point I would gladly pay a premium price per figure to ensure that it comes with a great sculpt and paint job instead of using the same money to get 3-5 mediocre ones.
You have to revisit New Eternia. That is truly not the case anymore except for the He-Man head sculpts. You got me with those. 🤪