WooHoo! What started as a wish, became a rumor, and then endless speculation is HERE. He-Man is back! With all the Masters of the Universe line returning with him! In August The Cartoon network will show a cartoon MOVIE, then a whole ton of NEW episodes!(Not To mention a NEW TRANSFORMERS:ARMADA CARTOON!!!) and what's BEST is the new toyline! The first line is -OUT-(at least the Heros) and it consists of He-Man, Man-At-Arms, Stratos, Skeletor, MerMan, and BeastMan. Wayne and I stumbled upon these at a local Boscovs, and moments later were annoying the entire Mall with our new He-Man figures!
For toy nerds out there, these figures are all sculpted by the Four Horsemen, formerly McFarlene's top 4 guys...and it shows. While at first HeMan sorta looks like a boy-band member on steroids, he grows on you. The toys are beautifully sculpted, and although having no elbow or knee joints they're still fairly poseable(And now they stand on their own!). The accessories are big and well-made and Nice, and you even get a sticker! So long, old lump of pink plastic, there's a new guy in town!

Now, the shield doesn't quite stay in his hand well if you move the toy around a lot, and the axe doesn't really stay in it's sheath on his back too well either, but who cares? These accessories are big and cool enough that you actually WON'T LOSE them! The package is neat, with several things splattered in about 45 different languages...the beginning of the blurb is so lame it's funny: "A teenager with a nose for trouble..." but hey, the packaging didn't last long anyway. Another excellent feature...the classic waist-twisting Power Punch! Fear the Power Punch! It really packs a shot this time around, because Wayne managed to send a cup of Mountain Dew sailing across a room with just one shot from He-Man...the Dew splattered on my pants of course. In order to avenge the spilt Dew(A tremendous crime in Nerdcore, as Dew is harder and harder to come by) I quickly devised a way to make my new toy hurt someone! By loosely inserting his big Axe and his left hand and doing the power punch twist, He-Man throws the thing like a spinning death-blade!

I've also checked out what's to come and we're gonna see a bunch of vehicles, BattleCat and Panthor, and a Power-Sword toy. The second line of figures is to include: Whiplash, TrapJaw, Orko, Teela, Mekanek, Ram-Man, Jungle Attack He-Man, and Tri-Klops...as well as Delux versions of HeMan and Skeletor....and oh yes, in this line, Skeletor is KING BADASS.
Can HeMan succeed nowadays? Well, aside from every nerd in the world tuning in...maybe. This toy doesn't need us, this toy needs the young kid market that made it popular in the first place...can it snatch em? Well, judging from all the "Holy !(#$^ It's HeMan!" and "NICE DUDES! YOU GOT HEMAN!" We've heard when walking around with our Toys...Yes, yes it can.
Now, the questions...will He-Man still have a stupid alter-ego? YES! There will be a Prince Adam. But this time he won't be gay. Nor will he look exactly like HeMan. Will Skeletor still relentlessly make fun of his troops? YES! Will there still be a host of useless allies? Already answered this...the second toy wave will have Mekanek and Ram-Man, so take a guess!
So, all in all...HeMan is back, jack...Nerdcore recommends you buy all these toys, because you just HAVE TO DAMMIT.
Oh, and Teela is hot now.


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