He-Man & The Masters of the Universe Classics Subscription In Major Jeopardy! Four Horsemen Ask For Help
by PK on July 27, 2012

It was revealed by the Masters of the Universe team that the MOTUC Sub is in very real danger of being cancelled for 2013. While most have written this off as scare tactics from Mattel, the independently contracted Four Horseman (the sculptors for the MOTUC line) chimed in with their concerns.

MOTU CLASSICS CLUB ETERNIA SUBSCRIPTIONS!

Hey, all of you He-Fans and She-Ravers!

As we’re sure you’ve all heard by now, the number of subscribers to the 2013 Masters of the Universe Classics Club Eternia at Mattel (MattyCollector.com) has dropped drastically from last year to this year. This has put the future of the line in danger of being cancelled altogether.

We’ve seen a lot of the discussion on various message boards and blogs surrounding this issue, and many people have commented that this may be some sort of ruse by Mattel just to sell more subscriptions and that there’s no true danger of the line ending. Well, you should know by now that we’ve always tried to be as open, honest and transparent with the fans as we could possibly be, and we’re telling you now that the Masters of the Universe Classics action figure line IS currently in danger of ending sooner than expected because of a sudden and drastic drop in the number of subscriptions to the line.

Mattel has never reached out to us for our assistance about anything of this nature in the past. In this case they have, so we know this is serious and we’re 100% confident that everything you’ve heard described by them is absolutely true, but it also tells us that there are people at Mattel that are as passionate about this stuff as many of the fans are and don’t want to see it end prematurely again. They’re not trying to get subscriptions because they need the extra money. As beloved as Masters of the Universe Classics is, monetarily it’s barely a blip on Mattel’s enormous radar. MotU Classics is a sort of love letter to all of the fans of the property who’ve kept the Eternian fire alive for this line over the past thirty years, and hopefully will continue supporting the property in their usual rabid manor however they can for many years to come.

We’re not going to get into the speculation of why or how the number of subscriptions might have so drastically dropped between last year and this year. You’ve probably read all of that stuff over and over again at this point. But we will say that even with the hiccups that have taken place throughout the history of the MotU Classics line, we still feel that it’s still one of the coolest toy lines produced today (possibly ever – at the risk of sounding conceited), and it amazes us that a massive corporation like Mattel has such love for the toy line and the fans that they’d continue to make every effort to produce the figures even without any sort of media backing or any huge return on their dollars invested. What may seem like just a giant toy producing machine to many of you, is actually a large group of people that are just as excited and anticipatory as each of you are about each new MotU Classics figure’s release. When these “hiccups” within the line occur, you can bet that it upsets them just as much as, if not more than, it upsets you and us.

So what happens now? Well, at this point we’re going to beg you to subscribe if you haven’t already. And the only real reason we’re begging at this point is so we’ll all have a shot at getting all of those awesome characters that you’ve all wanted to see in 3D plastic form in the MotU Classics line since it’s inception. We want them too! Ninjor? Mermista? Dragstor? Octavia? Squeeeze? Hydron? Peekablue? Saurod? Rio Blast? Batros? Gwildor? (okay… maybe not Gwildor) Freakin TWO-BAD?!? C’mon. Cornboy WANTS his Two-Bad… Are you going to make Cornboy cry? Don’t make Cornboy cry. There are obviously many more characters we could list here, but you get the idea.

We’re not saying that any of the characters listed above are currently scheduled to be made, and we can’t guarantee that we’ll be able to get to every single character that’s been requested, but what we can guarantee is that if the subscription levels needed to keep this line alive are not met, there’s absolutely no way we’ll get to see all of the characters we’d like to see in MotU Classics.

So, the bottom line is – PLEASE subscribe, and please spread the word as much as possible to get others to subscribe as well. There’s only a little more than a week left to get your subscription rolling, so time is of the essence. You can go here http://www.clubs.mattycollector.com/store/mattycol/en_US/DisplayShopperDefinedBundlePage/OfferID.5373544308 to begin your 2013 subscription to the MotU Classics Club Eternia.

We’re not asking as a bunch of guys who’re working on the line. We’re asking as fans of Master of the Universe and this toy line. Please subscribe to the 2013 Masters of the Universe Classics Club Eternia.

Thanks!
-FOUR HORSEMEN-



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  • http://www.facebook.com/alexanderlucard Alexander Lucard

    I got my wife a 2012 subscription and she was pretty unhappy with the entire year save for Shadow Weaver, Thunder Punch He-Man and Catra. Between a terrible website, lackluster choices for figures, regular QC issues and horrible customer service, how is anyone surprised by this revelation?

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=682292586 Patrick Kitt

      The biggest issue is the price of the figures went up to $25. The price of plastic has skyrocketed due to the oil that is used to make it. These figures are not worth the $20 that they originally at, let alone the price hike.

      • http://www.facebook.com/alexanderlucard Alexander Lucard

        Oddly the price hike didn’t bother me. I mean the 3 3/4th inch guys we used to buy in the 80s for like 5 bucks are now 12, so paying 25 for figures twice as big that are better quality makes sense to me. I’ll happily pay $25 for a figure if it’s an awesome one, but not for something stupid like Dekkar. What they should do is reveal the whole lineup and let you just pick and choose pre-order. Like a create your own bundle. It would let them know exactly how many to make, ensure everyone who wants one gets one and prevent the one a month site crashing.

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