awww you sound so happy and thrilled to have these figures aj, it's honestly so adorable 😭 and it's infectious ! seeing you get so excited about the figures makes me even more excited about getting mine 😊 and your positive energy is actually why you're specifically my number 1 MoTUBER, to quote mr. rogers "one of the greatest gifts you can give anybody is the gift of your honest self" you're always so genuine and we are all the better for it ♡ my favorite is NE battle armor skeletor (i agree that NE mer-man is an overall better figure but skeletor's my top pick because this girl has got to have her skeletors ! what more can i say ? lol) the open mouth/jaw with hinges is a such a fun little feature. i like the devious smile at 4:15 really gets me haha! but yeah, the weapons are a low point in this fig as they are simply recycled from NE barbarian skeletor, not that they are bad accessories, just this already fine figure could have been elevated to a great figure had he his own set of unique weapons. snake goddess teela is a beautiful concept but not so much in execution. the sculpt is fine and dandy and all. i really am happy with the snake spell thing (transparent green just makes my eyes happy) and iam wild for her snake dress, i've always thought long dresses are so beautiful, i love wearing them myself :3 so i love that look on teela. but i agree the paint is a tad smudgy and off kilter/not lined up with the mold and i do not like were the seam of the plastic is either. our newest addition of mer-man to the masterverse is a contender for top figure of 2024, for sure ! everything about this figure i like, the shiny finish of his paint, the way the yellow paint of the hands bleeds so effortlessly with the green paint of mer-man's arms and the armor. i LOVE the big, beautiful plastic eyes. reminds me of snout-spout's eyes and i always, ALWAYS appreciate mattel experimenting with new features for figures and giving each character something unique to their fig. i always enjoy having duncan included in a wave and with this duncan's color palette and helmet, he will stand out on my shelf against all of the other ducans. he just looks a little skinny, i think. like, it's in the neck and the shoulders, duncan has always had wider shoulders than that in cartoons. i'm not sure if mattel are using a different sclupt/mold for this figure or not but he just looks a little skinny to me. i do really dig the helmet tho, it reminds me of duncan from the CGI show. so that's a plus
Oh Adora Lovely you always honor me with your comments and your kindness. Thanks so much for the nice words. These keep me going as you know, and it is nice to be in a community where being yourself is so embraced (even when that self often can be a goofball and a knucklehead! 😄). Thanks P.S. I loved reading your figure opinions and don't blame you one bit for picking Skeletor as your favorite/favourite of the wave - he's awesome! And I appreciate the experimentation too in Mer-Man and hope Mattel continues to tread new ground with upcoming designs. (I just hope the blurry, scratchy, gluey eyes are an exception, not the rule!)
My Teela has no paint issues 😊 and the snake tale is actually accurate 😊 she's a bit revealing for a toy 🤔 😳 But sexy never the less 🥰 she's tough ta find around Michigan Target's being only one each per case 😮 she's the one that goes first!!! Ya know she was tempted and spellbound through the snakemen and became? And that history is the dark mystery of enchanted sorcery 😮 She is by far the dark queen in another reality!!! The stories always don't have to follow a pattern where these heroes are saved and brought back to there once reality 😅 She could very well be lost in the dark worlds of skeletor by his side to finally take down he-man and his band of do gooders!!! This would put a interesting twist into the story 🤔 But of course this isn't going to come to be 😢 But it's a thought of mine 🤔
Man, that Mer-man is the apex in the Masterverse line, I dare to say the face sculpt is perfect, the paint job is superb, the amalgamation of colors is simply beautiful, the eyes should have been transparent. Snake Sorceress Teela only needs a good custom paint job and she will be better, she's a babe here, Skeletor is excellent with the new buck, I will pass on Man of War, I love Man at arms and I have all the Mastervese and Revelation ones, this was only like 2 min on screen. So I will wait for the other figures.
Yeah. but the more budget the put towards the Merman figure the less they had for Teela and Duncan which is why they look so simplistic and shoddy. Ether that or he got some factory defects.
@@Fenris30 I think it was an isolate case, maybe... I saw another review here on TH-cam and the Mer-man eyes looked cloudy like the one presented here, I think Teela was just QC, I'm sorry to say this out loud; but Mastervese figures most of the time comes with QC issues, the paint and even feet. Most of my Mastervese are customized just for this issue. They are improving a lot but still you find quality issues from time to time. I have my Sorceress Teela (zoar) completely repainted and customized because the final product was nothing like the Teela from the show, the colors were dull and wrong.
Skeletor and mer man for me. They re fantastic. Can't wait for evil lyn and fisto new eternia figures. I hope also in a good teela new eternia because don't like too much all her previous figures.
Its funny at the start of your video an quick glance I thought Man at Arm look like Exstendor!🤣 Im only getting that Skeletor & Teela hopefully minus the paint issues!!🤞🤞
Is that a Masterverse Extendar??? Yep, I can definitely see that happening! 😄 Here's hoping I had extremely bad luck and those issues are not indicative of the wave! 🤞
Love the review as always! Thanks Simon for the great art!Sorry about your bad luck with the distribution and paint/glue issues. Hopefully my preorders come in soon already and these issues aren’t commonplace with the wave 😅
Thanks buddy, I appreciate it. Yeah, to save money I am going to try gluing the helmet to Man-Of-War's head and touch up Skeletor's face with some yellow paint... so I only have to re-buy two figures. And I hope the QC issues are not commonplace too. I need a version of that amazing Mer-Man with clear eyes! 😍
I admit I was a bit skeptical about the Mer-Man figure being a figure I'd like and would likely pass, but upon seeing this video and up close 👀 damn am I happy that my mind changed cause it looks better than how the promotional images showed the figure, love the glass eye effect and this is the part that had me skeptical at first, the colors, I didn't thought I'd like the yellow-lime coloring in the armor, but it makes sense and looks more lively.
I went to several targets looking for another Teela to have one sealed in package but no luck yet finding one 😢 As far as your figure with the unfortunate paint job and seam issues that's more a QC issue bad one out of the batch there's always a couple of those in every run😮😅
I've always had a soft spot for Mer-Man. Especially with the 200X series. But I've never cared for any of Mer-Man's figures. But THIS Mer-Man is amazing! I have to get one!
Hi AJ (Man-at-work here). Those New Eternia figures look terrific! However, I wonder why we have so many iterations of the same characters, even within the same sub-line of Masterverse. We already had a viking Skeletor, for example, we had a couple of Mer-Man (though they were for Revelation) and that seems to be the direction that Beast Man will take as well. Though each newer variation is better than the previous one, I would like some room for really new stuff. About this snake Teela, I saw the several QC issues, but I also see the original design was good, the face expression is beautiful, and I don't have a Classics version of the Green Goddess, so this is going to be it. About Man-O-War, hmmm, just "meh" for me, it seems like the chin is missing there, kind of the same impression I had with Revolution Trap Jaw.
Man-at-work! You definitely raise a good point (although I am so thrilled with this Mer-Man. I had no idea how bad I needed him until I saw him. Wow!) But, I would guess... especially at retail... the big characters sell the most (especially when it comes to impulse buyers.) So it probably keeps Mattel recycling the "hits" so to speak on retail lines. Thankfully we still have a stream (albeit small) of Masterverse releases through Mattel Creations that are less headline characters. (I simply adore Snout Soout and can't wait for the Horde Trooper!) And you are so right, Teela is such a beautifully constructed figure. Even with all those QC issues, I still love her! Man-Of-War, he's definitely cool looking, but I must admit he's my least favorite of the four.
So let's recap .... a Snake Sorceress Teela with really bad QC issues. A weird Battle Armor Skeletor. ANOTHER Merman. And a Man At Arms that had maybe 3 minutes of screentime. There were so many other characters Mattel could have done. This is the first wave I didn't pre order. Guess my intuition was right. See y'all at Ollie's. Maybe.
I do have Thunderpunch He-Man but missed doing a review on him (and Sy-Klone unfortunately!) I forget the reason why... but it may have been during the time I was awfully sick with covid.
Feel sorry for those QC issues... 😑 And I agree, NE Mer-Man is the star of the wave as well as one of the best Masterverse figures of 2024. BA Skeletor is great as well. Don't care too much about the other figures... 😉
Yeah, *sigh*, thanks. To save money I think I am going to try gluing Duncan's helmet to the side of his head (it sounds funny as I say that 😄) and touch up Skeletor's face with a tiny brush. But that Mer-Man, oh yeah, I need to buy another one because I agree... where he stands at this moment... he is my #1 Masterverse figure of 2024 (previously held by Snout Spout! 🐘)
Looks like the New Eternia Figures got the lions share of the Budget whilst the Revolution figures got the scraps cause I've seen knock offs with better quality then that Man of War Figure.
Yeah, it sometimes seems that way doesn't it, but I am not sure how that all works. Just something to consider: It may be as simple as... figures made to look like cartoon animation models will always have cheaper looking designs because their look is cartoonish to begin with.
Just pretend Merman has cataracts, he is getting pretty old! Sucks on those QC issues; I have been pretty lucky to date with my collection, which is most of the Masterverse figures, with just a handful of minor issues.
Cataracts? I shouldn't be laughing at that, but 😄. Yeah, this QC nightmare was a first for me. I never bought a wave before with so many issues. No fun!
@For Eternia Offical I agree with the same issues in terms of the names/titles of the characters it very confusingly infuriating especially Skeletor throughout all/most of the waves its just regular plain Skeletor no Legionnaire, Dark Horde, Skeletek, if they didn't state Battle Armour I'd definitely say Mattel's Ripping the P!$$.
Yes!!! Skeletor is perhaps the worst offender! Is there some sort of marketing analyst at Mattel concluding "if we call him Horde Skeletor instead of Skeletor sales will plummet"? Yet they call Keldor "King Keldor". ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@@foreterniaofficial They're good figures but they expect us to keep purchasing them at higher prices & they can't be bothered to sort out the QC issues, I also have "King Keldor" but My version has the alternate feet on the opposite leg. I hope Mattel's taking note, they're one of the big giant in this industry, just make the products match the prices.
The best mer-man yet. And def the best fig in the wave by far. But terrible qc as always. Unacceptable for an adult collectible at this price point. Immediate return.
I would say is the $22 price point is on the low end these days... which is terrific because it makes MOTU collecting more accessible to more people! 🙂
You make a great point. It would be terrific if Mattel set up a customer service channel as helpful as Mondo... but I will still give it a try before I attempt some of the fixes myself.
awww you sound so happy and thrilled to have these figures aj, it's honestly so adorable 😭
and it's infectious ! seeing you get so excited about the figures makes me even more excited about getting mine 😊
and your positive energy is actually why you're specifically my number 1 MoTUBER, to quote mr. rogers "one of the greatest gifts you can give anybody is the gift of your honest self" you're always so genuine and we are all the better for it ♡
my favorite is NE battle armor skeletor (i agree that NE mer-man is an overall better figure but skeletor's my top pick because this girl has got to have her skeletors ! what more can i say ? lol)
the open mouth/jaw with hinges is a such a fun little feature. i like the devious smile at 4:15
really gets me haha!
but yeah, the weapons are a low point in this fig as they are simply recycled from NE barbarian skeletor, not that they are bad accessories, just this already fine figure could have been elevated to a great figure had he his own set of unique weapons.
snake goddess teela is a beautiful concept but not so much in execution. the sculpt is fine and dandy and all. i really am happy with the snake spell thing (transparent green just makes my eyes happy) and iam wild for her snake dress, i've always thought long dresses are so beautiful, i love wearing them myself :3
so i love that look on teela.
but i agree the paint is a tad smudgy and off kilter/not lined up with the mold and i do not like were the seam of the plastic is either.
our newest addition of mer-man to the masterverse is a contender for top figure of 2024, for sure !
everything about this figure i like, the shiny finish of his paint, the way the yellow paint of the hands bleeds so effortlessly with the green paint of mer-man's arms and the armor. i LOVE the big, beautiful plastic eyes. reminds me of snout-spout's eyes and i always, ALWAYS appreciate mattel experimenting with new features for figures and giving each character something unique to their fig.
i always enjoy having duncan included in a wave and with this duncan's color palette and helmet, he will stand out on my shelf against all of the other ducans. he just looks a little skinny, i think. like, it's in the neck and the shoulders, duncan has always had wider shoulders than that in cartoons. i'm not sure if mattel are using a different sclupt/mold for this figure or not but he just looks a little skinny to me. i do really dig the helmet tho, it reminds me of duncan from the CGI show. so that's a plus
Oh Adora Lovely you always honor me with your comments and your kindness. Thanks so much for the nice words. These keep me going as you know, and it is nice to be in a community where being yourself is so embraced (even when that self often can be a goofball and a knucklehead! 😄). Thanks
P.S. I loved reading your figure opinions and don't blame you one bit for picking Skeletor as your favorite/favourite of the wave - he's awesome! And I appreciate the experimentation too in Mer-Man and hope Mattel continues to tread new ground with upcoming designs. (I just hope the blurry, scratchy, gluey eyes are an exception, not the rule!)
Okay love Dwight Jr 🌲🌲
Yes the green slime monster 👾 there is in all ways around by far a unique character in this verse!!!
My Teela has no paint issues 😊 and the snake tale is actually accurate 😊 she's a bit revealing for a toy 🤔 😳
But sexy never the less 🥰 she's tough ta find around Michigan Target's being only one each per case 😮 she's the one that goes first!!!
Ya know she was tempted and spellbound through the snakemen and became? And that history is the dark mystery of enchanted sorcery 😮 She is by far the dark queen in another reality!!!
The stories always don't have to follow a pattern where these heroes are saved and brought back to there once reality 😅 She could very well be lost in the dark worlds of skeletor by his side to finally take down he-man and his band of do gooders!!! This would put a interesting twist into the story 🤔
But of course this isn't going to come to be 😢
But it's a thought of mine 🤔
He look too okay love Dwight Jr 🌲🎄
Good review indeed 😊👍👍👍
I love that Man-of-War has a silver/grey underlayer. It reminds me of Man-at-Arms' '87 movie look.
Man, that Mer-man is the apex in the Masterverse line, I dare to say the face sculpt is perfect, the paint job is superb, the amalgamation of colors is simply beautiful, the eyes should have been transparent. Snake Sorceress Teela only needs a good custom paint job and she will be better, she's a babe here, Skeletor is excellent with the new buck, I will pass on Man of War, I love Man at arms and I have all the Mastervese and Revelation ones, this was only like 2 min on screen. So I will wait for the other figures.
"Mer-Man is the apex in the Masterverse line". We'll said! 👏 it is definitely a candidate for figure of the year!
Yeah. but the more budget the put towards the Merman figure the less they had for Teela and Duncan which is why they look so simplistic and shoddy. Ether that or he got some factory defects.
@@Fenris30 I think it was an isolate case, maybe... I saw another review here on TH-cam and the Mer-man eyes looked cloudy like the one presented here, I think Teela was just QC, I'm sorry to say this out loud; but Mastervese figures most of the time comes with QC issues, the paint and even feet. Most of my Mastervese are customized just for this issue. They are improving a lot but still you find quality issues from time to time. I have my Sorceress Teela (zoar) completely repainted and customized because the final product was nothing like the Teela from the show, the colors were dull and wrong.
Snake Teela looks great. Can't wait to get her.
Man at war look good okay love Dwight Jr 🌲🎄
Man At WOR mester of the Unitervee Revolution yes I got him today okay love Dwight Jr 🌲🎄
Skeletor and mer man for me. They re fantastic. Can't wait for evil lyn and fisto new eternia figures. I hope also in a good teela new eternia because don't like too much all her previous figures.
Thanks brother salud frome europe keep up the good work🎉🎉
I’ll be honest with you guys I ordered Man-Of-War but now that I watched this video I can’t wait for him! 🔥👍🏼
Especially with the visor on, he's very cool looking!
Its funny at the start of your video an quick glance I thought Man at Arm look like Exstendor!🤣 Im only getting that Skeletor & Teela hopefully minus the paint issues!!🤞🤞
Is that a Masterverse Extendar??? Yep, I can definitely see that happening! 😄
Here's hoping I had extremely bad luck and those issues are not indicative of the wave! 🤞
9:56 - *holds her arse to the screen* "No, there's no hair in there."
The tail on Teela seems like a shading skin of a snake 🐍
You're right! It does! Nice call! 👏
4 look good okay love Dwight Jr 👍👍👍
Awesome 😮 can't wait to have them all
Less the QC issues it is really an awesome wave!
Love the review as always! Thanks Simon for the great art!Sorry about your bad luck with the distribution and paint/glue issues. Hopefully my preorders come in soon already and these issues aren’t commonplace with the wave 😅
Thanks buddy, I appreciate it. Yeah, to save money I am going to try gluing the helmet to Man-Of-War's head and touch up Skeletor's face with some yellow paint... so I only have to re-buy two figures. And I hope the QC issues are not commonplace too. I need a version of that amazing Mer-Man with clear eyes! 😍
A very humble AJ , taking one for his MOTU fam 🙌🏽
This community is worth it! 😀
3:54 this is Skeletor as Jay Leno.
4 look good okay love Dwight Jr 🌲🌲
Wish i had these at my stores
I admit I was a bit skeptical about the Mer-Man figure being a figure I'd like and would likely pass, but upon seeing this video and up close 👀 damn am I happy that my mind changed cause it looks better than how the promotional images showed the figure, love the glass eye effect and this is the part that had me skeptical at first, the colors, I didn't thought I'd like the yellow-lime coloring in the armor, but it makes sense and looks more lively.
15:05 is your Mer-Man’s corn cob sword bendy? In Cob Web’s review, his sword was a softer plastic.
I went to several targets looking for another Teela to have one sealed in package but no luck yet finding one 😢
As far as your figure with the unfortunate paint job and seam issues that's more a QC issue bad one out of the batch there's always a couple of those in every run😮😅
You are get thunder punch He Man too he look good okay love Dwight Jr 👍👍👍
I wish I could get that Battle Armor Skeletor. Sold out everywhere, and $145 on eBay.
Love them all, MOW being the only slight miss.
I've always had a soft spot for Mer-Man. Especially with the 200X series. But I've never cared for any of Mer-Man's figures. But THIS Mer-Man is amazing! I have to get one!
He is amazing! I'm so impressed with him! Who knew we never needed another Mer-Man figure!
Man of WOR mester of the Unitervee Revolution I him and have fun with him okay love Dwight Jr 🌲🎄🎄
Mer man look good okay love Dwight Jr 🌲🎄
Thunder punch He Man vave. 13 okay love Dwight Jr 👍👍👍
I really wish mattel would start with the 2002 series, as some of the designs are cool
Hi AJ (Man-at-work here). Those New Eternia figures look terrific! However, I wonder why we have so many iterations of the same characters, even within the same sub-line of Masterverse. We already had a viking Skeletor, for example, we had a couple of Mer-Man (though they were for Revelation) and that seems to be the direction that Beast Man will take as well. Though each newer variation is better than the previous one, I would like some room for really new stuff. About this snake Teela, I saw the several QC issues, but I also see the original design was good, the face expression is beautiful, and I don't have a Classics version of the Green Goddess, so this is going to be it. About Man-O-War, hmmm, just "meh" for me, it seems like the chin is missing there, kind of the same impression I had with Revolution Trap Jaw.
Man-at-work! You definitely raise a good point (although I am so thrilled with this Mer-Man. I had no idea how bad I needed him until I saw him. Wow!) But, I would guess... especially at retail... the big characters sell the most (especially when it comes to impulse buyers.) So it probably keeps Mattel recycling the "hits" so to speak on retail lines.
Thankfully we still have a stream (albeit small) of Masterverse releases through Mattel Creations that are less headline characters. (I simply adore Snout Soout and can't wait for the Horde Trooper!)
And you are so right, Teela is such a beautifully constructed figure. Even with all those QC issues, I still love her!
Man-Of-War, he's definitely cool looking, but I must admit he's my least favorite of the four.
Skeletor cosplaying as Scott Steiner...nice
I am so glad I passed on this wave.
So let's recap .... a Snake Sorceress Teela with really bad QC issues. A weird Battle Armor Skeletor. ANOTHER Merman. And a Man At Arms that had maybe 3 minutes of screentime. There were so many other characters Mattel could have done. This is the first wave I didn't pre order. Guess my intuition was right. See y'all at Ollie's. Maybe.
@@carlswicegood4519 you serious? This is the best wave for me.
Finally!!!!
I wander What is the next HeMan going. to Be or Surprise Fans will see
Hoping Mondo does this figure justice with a 1/6 scale version
Which one?
Thunder punch He Man is wave 13 like tell you about ok love Dwight Jr 👍👍
I do have Thunderpunch He-Man but missed doing a review on him (and Sy-Klone unfortunately!) I forget the reason why... but it may have been during the time I was awfully sick with covid.
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Feel sorry for those QC issues... 😑
And I agree, NE Mer-Man is the star of the wave as well as one of the best Masterverse figures of 2024.
BA Skeletor is great as well.
Don't care too much about the other figures... 😉
Yeah, *sigh*, thanks. To save money I think I am going to try gluing Duncan's helmet to the side of his head (it sounds funny as I say that 😄) and touch up Skeletor's face with a tiny brush. But that Mer-Man, oh yeah, I need to buy another one because I agree... where he stands at this moment... he is my #1 Masterverse figure of 2024 (previously held by Snout Spout! 🐘)
Nothing new about the armour moving on Duncan !
It was like this on the vintage, with the bits always falling off😂
Great point! 😄
Looks like the New Eternia Figures got the lions share of the Budget whilst the Revolution figures got the scraps cause I've seen knock offs with better quality then that Man of War Figure.
Yeah, it sometimes seems that way doesn't it, but I am not sure how that all works. Just something to consider: It may be as simple as... figures made to look like cartoon animation models will always have cheaper looking designs because their look is cartoonish to begin with.
Just pretend Merman has cataracts, he is getting pretty old! Sucks on those QC issues; I have been pretty lucky to date with my collection, which is most of the Masterverse figures, with just a handful of minor issues.
Cataracts? I shouldn't be laughing at that, but 😄. Yeah, this QC nightmare was a first for me. I never bought a wave before with so many issues. No fun!
@For Eternia Offical I agree with the same issues in terms of the names/titles of the characters it very confusingly infuriating especially Skeletor throughout all/most of the waves
its just regular plain Skeletor no Legionnaire, Dark Horde, Skeletek, if they didn't state Battle Armour I'd definitely say Mattel's Ripping the P!$$.
Yes!!! Skeletor is perhaps the worst offender! Is there some sort of marketing analyst at Mattel concluding "if we call him Horde Skeletor instead of Skeletor sales will plummet"? Yet they call Keldor "King Keldor".
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@@foreterniaofficial They're good figures but they expect us to keep purchasing them at higher prices & they can't be bothered to sort out the QC issues, I also have "King Keldor" but My version has the alternate feet on the opposite leg. I hope Mattel's taking note, they're one of the big giant in this industry, just make the products match the prices.
O no Onnonono. Mattel. 🤦🏽♂️
I'm sorry but, that chin on Skeletor is looking a little Jay Leno-ish. Merman defiantly is the best.
Jay Leno! 😄
3:26 Skeletor seen in profile is ridiculous. That chin is too prominent. The dental arches should also be less prominent.
Now that you pointed it out, the chin especially, is very prominent. I still like it but it is an interesting design choice for sure.
The best mer-man yet. And def the best fig in the wave by far. But terrible qc as always. Unacceptable for an adult collectible at this price point. Immediate return.
I would say is the $22 price point is on the low end these days... which is terrific because it makes MOTU collecting more accessible to more people! 🙂
I'm sorry. But you should return all the broken figures. Mattell shouldn't send figures like those one out.
You make a great point. It would be terrific if Mattel set up a customer service channel as helpful as Mondo... but I will still give it a try before I attempt some of the fixes myself.