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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Sept 10, 2023 4:04:43 GMT -5
I love this show and figures... but it is a rough watch now.
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Post by thechase on Sept 10, 2023 4:34:10 GMT -5
I love this show and figures... but it is a rough watch now. I can rewatch it no bother.
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Post by dablueboy on Sept 10, 2023 5:24:42 GMT -5
That retrospective from James Eatock/Cereal Geek posted earlier was a wonderful watch, the only other person who could have done a justifiable tribute to MOTU would have been Pixel Dan but that would mostly be from a toy collecting perspective
From my own standing, the show was nearing the end of its run when I was born (same year Secret of the Sword and She Ra came out) so I didn’t get into it until it was on its later re run loop when I was 3/4 years old, didn’t take me long to get obsessed though I don’t recall having any of the figures until the New Adventures series came out, I still had the NA He Man up until around 10 years ago
I remember the day the 2002 reboot came out over here, I eagerly turned in to Cartoon Network for it, even though at 17 I was probably a bit old for it, and was enthralled by the gorgeous animation and updated looks for the characters I’d grew up on, though I did then and do still hate the design of the Sword of Power. CNs scheduling meant I never got round to finishing the series, tailing off at some point during the Snakemen series
I was skeptical when it got announced that Netflix was doing not one but two MOTU series, one being a somewhat follow up to the OG series and the other, like the She Ra reboot, a more kid friendly CG series but both shows have been fantastic additions to the franchise, I’m very much looking forward to the next chapter of Kevin Smith’s series but disappointed that Netflix dropped the younger series as that had so much potential for the future
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schma
El Dandy
Who are you to doubt me?
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Post by schma on Sept 10, 2023 19:15:19 GMT -5
I don't know if I ever managed to get the figures apart from cringer. I had friends who had the figures. I saw it in syndication since I'm 40 myself. The reboot in 2002 was excellent. I had a vhs of two episodes of the original and watched the crap out of them. That said, that animation was rough. My roomate in first year university had never seen He-man, he was more of a Thundercats guy so I showed him a clip. He immediately hated it due to the visuals.
Edit: however, when I showed him the first episode of the reboot, he was highly interested and much more into things.
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Post by thechase on Sept 16, 2023 10:19:10 GMT -5
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Magnus the Magnificent
King Koopa
didn't want one.
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Post by Magnus the Magnificent on Sept 16, 2023 12:44:32 GMT -5
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