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Post by punksnotdead on Feb 5, 2016 10:02:11 GMT -5
I only want Lion-O, will I be able to just buy him? Or is the only way to buy these through the sub? Hopefully someone has an idea. Goes on-sale 9/16 at noon ET I believe. He'll be $30 plus shipping and, so plan on $40ish for him. Don't be late on the time though. They will sell out quickly. Assume it's like a concert you really want to go to and you have to be ready to buy tickets right when they go on-sale. The MattyCollector format absolutely sucks. I know plenty of people on the Matty boards buy figures exclusively on the secondary market so they don't have to deal with the headache of the process, which is unfortunate. I'll be trying to get a second Lion-O in addition to my sub since I want an extra one of him to keep MOC. I'll do the same for my other big wants like Tygra, Mumm Ra EL, and Bengali when those come out.
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Post by LostHawk05 on Feb 5, 2016 13:22:06 GMT -5
I only want Lion-O, will I be able to just buy him? Or is the only way to buy these through the sub? Hopefully someone has an idea. Goes on-sale 9/16 at noon ET I believe. He'll be $30 plus shipping and, so plan on $40ish for him. Don't be late on the time though. They will sell out quickly. Assume it's like a concert you really want to go to and you have to be ready to buy tickets right when they go on-sale. The MattyCollector format absolutely sucks. I know plenty of people on the Matty boards buy figures exclusively on the secondary market so they don't have to deal with the headache of the process, which is unfortunate. I'll be trying to get a second Lion-O in addition to my sub since I want an extra one of him to keep MOC. I'll do the same for my other big wants like Tygra, Mumm Ra EL, and Bengali when those come out. Got it. So similar to the Ghostbuster line. I remember being in Vegas and having to set my alarm to grab a few figures before they sold out. Thanks for the info.
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Post by LostHawk05 on Feb 5, 2016 13:35:06 GMT -5
I only want Lion-O, will I be able to just buy him? Or is the only way to buy these through the sub? Hopefully someone has an idea. You will be able to buy Lion-O on day of sale but it can be tricky, the scalpers come in and buy loads and they usually sell out in a minute or two. Especially it being Lion-O and the first release. Good luck. You should always sub though to support the line and it will encourage Mattel to make more. I'm not a big enough fan to warrant the subscription. But as a kid I remember Lion-O was one of my favorite figures so would like to add an updated versions to my collection.
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Post by mrassbillygunn on Feb 7, 2016 20:03:08 GMT -5
I only want Lion-O, will I be able to just buy him? Or is the only way to buy these through the sub? Hopefully someone has an idea. Goes on-sale 9/16 at noon ET I believe. He'll be $30 plus shipping and, so plan on $40ish for him. Don't be late on the time though. They will sell out quickly. Assume it's like a concert you really want to go to and you have to be ready to buy tickets right when they go on-sale. The MattyCollector format absolutely sucks. I know plenty of people on the Matty boards buy figures exclusively on the secondary market so they don't have to deal with the headache of the process, which is unfortunate. I'll be trying to get a second Lion-O in addition to my sub since I want an extra one of him to keep MOC. I'll do the same for my other big wants like Tygra, Mumm Ra EL, and Bengali when those come out. Bengali would look amazing. I remember my old moc collection and never did manage to get my hands on a bengali, prices were always insane and even though I could have afforded it, i still hold some principles when it comes to price, when you pay too much it takes the fun out of collecting.
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Post by punksnotdead on Feb 9, 2016 9:54:42 GMT -5
now i am confused. 2 figures were canceled from the sub due to delays in being ready, yet the 1st figure of the sub doesnt go on sale for another 7 months. that means those figures wouldnt even ship for about a year. that makes no sense. Everything was pushed back. The original release date for Lion-O was going to be July and then we were getting one each month for a total of six. Now, Lion-O is pushed to September. So the figures that were going to be released in July, August, September, October are now coming in September, October, November, December. So Jaga and Grune, who were to be released in November and December originally, got dropped off since they won't be released in the 2016 calendar year. Seems like Mattel just needed more lead time to get the entire line out period. Maybe they needed to make changes to any of the first four figures, thus pushing them back. We know for sure they did a re-design on Lion-O. So maybe he had as much to do with the delay as anything. The line is brand new, so who knows what kind of production delays they are facing in terms of carding approvals and figure approvals and setting up fulfillment. I would rather wait two more months for them to get their act together than have them rush it.
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Post by wachito79 on Feb 20, 2016 20:20:26 GMT -5
Has anyone ordered the Thundercats shipping monthly and one lump sum? I want to order 2 subs but I want to know if it's worth the extra cash to split them- 1 every month and 1 all at once in December? Thanks
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Post by punksnotdead on Feb 22, 2016 15:45:13 GMT -5
Has anyone ordered the Thundercats shipping monthly and one lump sum? I want to order 2 subs but I want to know if it's worth the extra cash to split them- 1 every month and 1 all at once in December? Thanks I haven't done the math, but my guess is that you'll probably pay like $25-35 more for the monthly ship option. You have to assume like $10 a figure for shipping, and more for the month of the sub exclusive where you'll be getting two figures at one time. The only really big argument I've heard in favor of the monthly ship versus the batch ship, aside from getting them quicker, is that if you have a quality control issue, you can get a replacement right away. If you wait until the end, you might only be able to get a refund if the product is defective because the item could be sold out. That's not something I'm worried about, but that was a big sway point for quite a few people on the MattyCollector forums who have had issues with MOTU. I'm using the money I "saved" on the bulk shipping and buying an extra Lion-O. So they're getting my money either way haha.
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Post by PJ on May 29, 2016 14:13:49 GMT -5
With Mattel Thundercats line coming out soon I combined the Thundercats thread into the MotU Thread to make one official thread. Feel free to talk about anything MotU or Thundercats...including the past Bandai Thundercats line.
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Post by FBtagteamsrule on Jun 10, 2016 7:55:37 GMT -5
well glad i didnt sub for the thundercats line, as i would be irate at the sdcc exclusive right now. wily kit and kat. mattel really hates their customers.
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Post by PJ on Jun 10, 2016 10:56:13 GMT -5
I was hoping the exclusive would have been some sort of special Lion-O figure. Sort of like the BVS exclusive last year were variant attires of the mass released figures.
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Post by punksnotdead on Jun 11, 2016 15:03:21 GMT -5
well glad i didnt sub for the thundercats line, as i would be irate at the sdcc exclusive right now. wily kit and kat. mattel really hates their customers. I'm ing furious. Not to mention, they're $60. Tack on $10 for shipping and it's $70ish for the set, that is an absolute must for a Thundercats collection. So damn ridiculous. I'm only paying $144 total for the first 5 figures and now they want to charge me close to half that amount for this set? Crazy sh*t. I was hoping the exclusive would have been some sort of special Lion-O figure. Sort of like the BVS exclusive last year were variant attires of the mass released figures. I thought we were getting a variant Lion-O or a Spirit Jaga. You know, something that was cool, but not an absolute must have for those trying to collect the core group of Cats. This is why I'm totally fine with Shockmaster being the WWE Exclusive even though I think it's the easiest legends related pass for the line to-date for me. It's not like they had Goldberg be the exclusive. Which is kind of the equivalent of what they did for Kit and Kat. I'm complaining like crazy but I'll buy it. That's the sad part. I'm a huge fan and thrilled we're getting these just in general. So I'm going to be apart of the problem and just bite the bullet. I can't not have them in my collection. I just feel like I'm being taken advantage of here.
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Post by JokerFC on Jun 30, 2016 20:19:43 GMT -5
Wilykit & Wilykat being exclusives pissed me off too I gotta say.....they are 100% essential to the lineup as CORE members. Now? I doubt I will friggin own them. Bah.
Thundercats HAS to yield the following 10 Characters for me......
Lion-O Tygra Cheetarah Panthro Jaga Grune Ben Gali Pumy Ra Lynx-O
the rest? I can take or leave.....although I do like Jackalman. So I will get the mutants.
I have also started down the road to catching up on MOTUC.
Evil Seed Queen Greyskull King Chooblah Darius Mara Prahvus Vultak Saurod
are all en route to the "staging area" in the U.S......LOL
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Post by mrassbillygunn on Jul 4, 2016 15:35:01 GMT -5
Totally pissed that WilyKit and Kat are both exclusives. What a joke, two core thundercats memebers! What on earth were Mattel thinking?
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Post by PJ on Jul 4, 2016 17:00:51 GMT -5
Wilykit & Wilykat being exclusives pissed me off too I gotta say.....they are 100% essential to the lineup as CORE members. Now? I doubt I will friggin own them. Bah. Thundercats HAS to yield the following 10 Characters for me...... Lion-O Tygra Cheetarah Panthro Jaga Grune Ben Gali Pumy Ra Lynx-O the rest? I can take or leave.....although I do like Jackalman. So I will get the mutants. I have also started down the road to catching up on MOTUC. Evil Seed Queen Greyskull King Chooblah Darius Mara Prahvus Vultak Saurod are all en route to the "staging area" in the U.S......LOL I am sure they'll be on Matty after the Con you can order them and ship them to me if you want. But with Elizabeth starting collage there's no way I am going to be able to start collecting another line...so with the Thundercats I will be happy and lucky if I just get Lion-O, Tygra, Panthro, Cheetarah. But it might just be Lion-O and Tygra.
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Post by JokerFC on Jul 5, 2016 10:22:30 GMT -5
man ya have to get Panthro!!! he's the man!!!
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Post by mrassbillygunn on Jul 8, 2016 14:33:28 GMT -5
man ya have to get Panthro!!! he's the man!!! "Those blasted mutants!". My fave Panthro line.
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Post by The other Rougeau brother on Jul 9, 2016 23:22:47 GMT -5
There's no Matty panel at sdcc, for a while on the he-man.org forums there has been a rumor that matty is closing up shop and the thundercats and motuc are done. I'll be really pissed because I subbed for the thundercats and new filmation line hoping it would go the distance
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Post by PJ on Jul 10, 2016 5:35:44 GMT -5
I am quite sure that isn't the case. They aren't going to make a SDCC Thundercats exclusive and then not go forward with the line.
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Post by The other Rougeau brother on Jul 10, 2016 9:06:32 GMT -5
I am quite sure that isn't the case. They aren't going to make a SDCC Thundercats exclusive and then not go forward with the line. I hope you are right, the lack of Mattel presence at power con and radio silence from them on the subject has me thinking the rumors are true but we'll al know in a couple weeks.
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Post by punksnotdead on Jul 11, 2016 10:03:05 GMT -5
I'm leaning on the pessimistic side. No Mattypalooza panel is a very bad sign. MAYBE they just didn't want to dedicate an entire panel to Thundercats because this year is a smaller wave, but I'm not sure where they would be addressing those figures at SDCC. MOTU is definitely going to be done from what I understand. So Thundercats will be MattyC's only sub heading into 2017.
We'll find out here shortly. You have to remember that the release date on Thundercats was pushed back. So all of these figures have been planned and in production for a year now, the SDCC exclusive included. So if some kind of decision was made in the last quarter then Thundercats could just end up as collateral damage.
That would likely ruin my SDCC honestly. I'm incredibly excited for this line and I want to see us get the main cast and mutants before we start having to deal with this bullsh*t.
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