Mattel Creations Masters of the Universe Chronicles King Hiss Action Figure Coming September 2nd

Did anybody ordered yet? I have in my cart with another figure..

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I really don't think that the lack of profitablity in the box officer for MOTU movie has anything to do with the constant profitablity of the Toy line, I'm not sure why I keep seeing people talk about how Bad MOTU did in theatres and equating it to a failure for the brand as a whole, Nobody went to see the movie, why would they it wasn't going to reach much more then a niche audience in the first place, The Toys line is and always will be completely removed from anything in the visual media department, the lack of popularity for the Live action film or any of the recent TV shows, never hindered any of the classic lore based toy lines, it's basically a different market. Sure we will see the Movie figures phased out as the movie stops generating interest, but the figures based on art/book/toys are never going away.

Anyways with that being said, the MOTU movie is doing very well on streaming, It just wasn't ment for a theatre, you need a lot of people to go spend my in the theatre to make a profit and hit targets, MOTU wasn't going to do that, but being free technically of sorts and available on streaming always generates views..just nobody but the diehards were going to watch that movie in the threate, Hey I am a massive MOTU fan and I didn't, but I certainly watched in on Prime.

Yeah, it seems that He-Man may have a slight reprieve but whatever it ends up leading to whether a sequel and/or series, they really ought to get rid of the incompetent bumbling dude-bro schtick, which is what grated on my nerves more than anything. And don't just try to move on with She-Ra before addressing it!

32 minutes ago, Cxb452 said:

I don't think Amazon uses the box office to determine a film's profitability the same way traditional studios like Warner Brothers or DIsney does. Amazon has never wanted to release their films in theaters and preferred to release them through Prime, and have only acquiesced to the traditional model as a means to make more money. To them, it would appear, the money made in theaters is gravy while their streaming platform is where they determine success. This is not simply conjecture on my part either. I've heard interviews with executives, beyond the fiscal performance of Masters of the Universe, where they bemoan the box office=success model and instead prefer to gauge the success on their own platform.

Exactly. The big thing when it comes to streamers is that nobody knows anything other than what they choose to say themselves about their objectives, number, etc. A theatrical flop could potentially be good for them since it generates word of mouth (there's no such thing as bad publicity, remember) which can translate into eyeballs on the product once it reaches their core platform. Look at how much money Amazon has sunk into LOTR: Rings of Power for another example of that, or Red Notice for Netflix (which cost even more and had no theatrical release revenue stream at all). Amazon could well be happy for MOTU to be a loss leader for them. Personally, I hope they're happy with its performance since now we have the 'discovering the world' story out of the way there's a lot of potential for more adventures there that would be fun.

I don't think Amazon uses the box office to determine a film's profitability the same way traditional studios like Warner Brothers or DIsney does. Amazon has never wanted to release their films in theaters and preferred to release them through Prime, and have only acquiesced to the traditional model as a means to make more money. To them, it would appear, the money made in theaters is gravy while their streaming platform is where they determine success. This is not simply conjecture on my part either. I've heard interviews with executives, beyond the fiscal performance of Masters of the Universe, where they bemoan the box office=success model and instead prefer to gauge the success on their own platform.

For some reason I can't put my finger on, this design isn't resonating with me. It's odd, since pretty much every other reinterpretation they've done through Masterverse and Chronicles has been pretty great. Snake form seems a little bit of a copout, though I do like the coils sculpted into the back of the figure so it looks like even his humanoid form is a mass of writhing snakes anyway.

On the larger issue of the movie's performance and its effect on the toy lines, I think we only need to look at what happened with G.I. Joe Classified Series, which was launched with a view to supporting the Snake Eyes movie. That pivoted and is still going strong now, so the same is possible for MOTU Chronicles. Plus, you never know about the impact of the movie streaming on potential toy purchasers - getting it in front of eyeballs and building the recognizability of the brand given that people can watch it 'for free' could have some positive dividends that a theatrical release doesn't. People will watch a lot on tv for 'free' that they wouldn't pay money to go see in a cinema and if that ends up being their gateway, then it's worked.

Snake Form is really very awesome, not sure how I feel about some of the composition going on in human form, the head is too big, he's too scrawny, but i mean this is certainly to be displayed in Snake Form, they put the major effort into that.

One thing I think is weird about the Rollout of Chronicles so far, other then the movie figures, the story figures/whatever you want to call it have been very limited...like what Scareglow and King Grayskull, and now this guy, kinda strange they wouldn't have started with He-Man. The chracter choices are very odd for a brand new line.

Anyways I certainly like the direction that Mattel is going in as of late with their collector figures, so much more attention to detail in the construction department, with Articulation and paint applications, it makes me feel hopeful for future lines, and this one.

there was a not so long ago time, when if you said Mattel was doing a line of figures people ran for the hills..

Never have I ever seen such an egregious case of a figure skipping leg day! Did he shave his scales off?

Absolute win from the waist up though... I might have to have him strategically stand behind something lol.

32 minutes ago, Roadpigmaster said:

I think your statement about the movie is very exaggerated... Please go and check how the movie is doing on Amazon streaming in the past weeks!?

Given that Amazon's streaming service is bundled with its free shipping, this isn't all that meaningful of a stat. This is why Amazon tends to cancel "successful" stuff pretty quickly.

I don't want to argue with people that liked the movie. If you liked it, that's great. But it did unbelievably badly in the theater. That isn't a good sign for any future for it.

23 hours ago, Jscott991 said:

They were never going to fold up He-Man and MOTU because the movie failed.

What they are going to drop, in my opinion, are movie tie-in products very quickly.

The movie was a total bomb. Everyone knows it. It's not coming back, probably in any form.

I think your statement about the movie is very exaggerated... Please go and check how the movie is doing on Amazon streaming in the past weeks!?