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Post by duffism1981 on May 15, 2021 13:48:10 GMT
For anyone interested I do see a smattering of Smyths such as Glasgow, Edinburgh and the Liverpool stores are currently showing as having Castle Grayskull instock. Hopefully ober the next few days the rest will get it in.
It is not due instock until the 7th to 14th of June, so nice to see it is showing up early.
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Post by Llama God on May 16, 2021 8:23:45 GMT
Just in time for my birthday! Now I just have to hope that nothing happens that makes me more susceptible to red hazing, like, say, to pick a completely random example, having to cancel all my birthday plans because Glasgow's staying in a higher level of lockdown than the rest of the country. Something like that. Hope it doesn't happen...
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Post by The Doctor on May 16, 2021 9:48:45 GMT
The Rangers fans will keep it in lockdown a bit longer, alas!
-Ralph
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Post by duffism1981 on May 16, 2021 18:55:26 GMT
I have managed to get my grubby mits on one today. The artwork on the box is magnificent.
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Post by The Doctor on May 16, 2021 19:38:06 GMT
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Post by Llama God on May 17, 2021 7:16:27 GMT
Well, if those are true to the show designs then they are at least a step forward from the Revelations designs. Instead of looking like designs from the early 2000s, these look like designs from the early 2010s. So it's something of an improvement. I guess.
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Post by Hero on May 22, 2021 15:30:19 GMT
Just acquired Origins Battlecat from BargainMax. Down to £21.99 (also an extra 5% off with the code TOP5).
They also have Skeletor, HeMan and Panthor all marked down.
I love the look of the new stuff, especially the CGI figures.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 7, 2021 16:13:02 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 8, 2021 16:54:43 GMT
I was given Origins Panthor for my birthday from the future in-laws. Great fun making other figures ride him into battle.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jun 12, 2021 8:09:37 GMT
That mockup looks like they have just painted over Man-At-Arms face to give him the non-tache (CORRECT) look. A tad disappointing.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 12, 2021 15:10:19 GMT
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Post by The Huff on Jun 12, 2021 18:27:41 GMT
That mockup looks like they have just painted over Man-At-Arms face to give him the non-tache (CORRECT) look. A tad disappointing. What, Cesar Romero style?
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Post by Dezzeh on Jun 25, 2021 7:20:19 GMT
Got a Castle Grayskull from Bargainmax, big childhoodtrauma fixed.
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Post by duffism1981 on Jun 25, 2021 20:46:55 GMT
Awesome. Castle Grayskull is fun, but the stickers are very thin.
Wave 5 MOTU Origins are due to hit Smyths stores over the next few days. Lords of Power Mer-Man and 200x Evil-Lyn are showing as being available for home delivery that usually happens days before they show up instore. I did check the delivery notes for tomorrows delivery at work and I did see a listing for MOTU display stands, so it looks like stores will start to get them tomorrow.
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Post by Dezzeh on Jun 25, 2021 21:57:11 GMT
Stock usually gets put out midweek right?
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Post by duffism1981 on Jun 25, 2021 22:28:33 GMT
Nope. We also get a weekend delivery.
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Post by Dezzeh on Jun 26, 2021 3:48:42 GMT
Welp guess I’ll be going in once a day then!
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 26, 2021 8:20:47 GMT
What is LOP?
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jun 26, 2021 8:43:37 GMT
Lords of Power.
Early name for what would become He-Man and where the Mer-Man design first surfaced.
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Post by duffism1981 on Jun 26, 2021 11:50:38 GMT
All four have been found on a pallet and purchase.
Last year there was a Powercon exclusive boxset that were retools/pretools of Origins Skeletor, Beast-Man, Mer-Man, Man-At-Arms and He-Man. I can't remember is Zodak was in this set. These are figures made to look like the prototypes of the first 5 or 6 figures that were shown on media when the line was still known as Lords of Power, which was changed as feedback was that name sounded too religious.
LOP Mer-Man is a figure released from that Powercon set which I assume less paint apps. It does look superior to the standard Mer-Man. The LOP Beast-Man is due in the next wave or two with a mainly red colour scheme and looks a very different figure and a lot less paint than the convention set.
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Post by Dezzeh on Jun 29, 2021 12:37:16 GMT
the Rise of Evil 2 pack arrived today, looks pretty cool!
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Post by duffism1981 on Jun 29, 2021 16:09:06 GMT
Where did you order it from? Toysarama was the only place I saw it for a reasonable price in the UK, but I must have missed the pre-orders after the price dropped from £42+ to £34.
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Post by Dezzeh on Jun 29, 2021 17:01:54 GMT
Got it on ebay, prices are coming down a lot now as they're popping up all over the place
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Post by The Huff on Jun 29, 2021 22:25:43 GMT
I now have the new origins Evil Lyn purchased with a father's day gift card from my daughters.
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Post by duffism1981 on Jun 30, 2021 19:18:27 GMT
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Post by The Huff on Jun 30, 2021 19:49:30 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 30, 2021 20:05:38 GMT
Why is Skeletor army building blue he-men? I would say he's a scalper, but he doesn't have one.
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Post by blueshift on Jun 30, 2021 20:17:01 GMT
Oh yeah, it's bizarre. The non-US releases rather than being multilingual just have no dialogue at all
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 30, 2021 21:11:29 GMT
It's the only bad thing about the line.
-Ralph
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Post by duffism1981 on Jun 30, 2021 22:35:02 GMT
As said none of the mini comics I have, have dialogue as they are all the Euro versions. So you do get to appreciate the clear art, but have no idea what is going on. So many of them haven't even had a title on the front page, so the fact this wave's is called Sucker Punch is at least something.
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