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As delighted as I am that Masters is continuing into 2016, the "Club Filmation" line doesn't thrill me. I really don't think there's enough of a difference between these figures and their original Classic editions to warrant doing them, and I'm stunned at the excitement over them. That said, I'm glad there is excitement over them, since it might make for a future for the line beyond 2016.
As for the "Collectors' Choice" group -- who chose these? I barely recognize any of the names. That said, some of the figures do look pretty cool. I can't see subscribing this time around, but there's a few figures I might be interested in as they come out.
That Snake Mountain is an incredible set. I didn't get Castle Grayskull, but if I had, I'd definitely be interested in this, and I have to give Mattel a lot of credit for being willing to take the chance on even producing something like that.
ThunderCats has me VERY enthused. Back in 2011, when that reboot animated series came out, I was hoping that Mattel would get the toy line, and do Classics. Well, Bandai got the toy license, and they did Classics, and those Classics were darn nice figures. But, since the entire ThunderCats toy line was dependent on the success of the reboot animated series which -- uh -- didn't happen, there weren't a lot of them.
But even back then, I was thinking, "Can you imagine what would happen if Mattel got the license and gave it to the Four Horsemen, and they did with the 'Cats what they did for Masters and DC?" Well -- looks like we get to find out! And I hope this line has a good long run, because I want all the 'Cats! I want all the heroes! I want a two-pack with Wilykit and Wilykat. I want Ben-Gali, Lynx-O, and Pumyra!
As for the 6" DC Multiverse line, I like those TV-based Flash and Arrow figures. And while I couldn't care less about that New 52 Earth-2 Superman figure, it's sort of nice to know that the basic body molds for DC Universe Classics still exist... Now if they'd just put them to better use.
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