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Power-Con Prince Adam (Super7, 2017) The Masters of the Universe Classics line started in 2008 and it's one of my favorite modern action figure lines.  Although there were a few quality issues throughout the line, the figures were overall well made and certainly had much better articulation than the vintage figures.  Just as importantly, the figures look so ridiculously cool!  A friend of mine told me that the Masters of the Universe Classics figures look in reality just like what the vintage figures looked through the filter of his imagination.  We weren't alone in thinking they were cool figures.  The line was very successful! Maybe THIS Prince Adam is good with a sword? In fact, the Classics line was so successful that it included new versions of all of the vintage Masters of the Universe figures as well as the Princess of Power line, many variant figures, and characters from the cartoon and mini-comics that were never released before.  One example that ...

Masters of the Universe Classics: Count Marzo Count Marzo is a powerful wizard from the original 1980s Masters of the Universe cartoon who appeared again (with a much cooler look and story line) in the 2002 cartoon. Although the character was in several episodes of both the 80s cartoon and again (as a more prominent villain) in the 2002 reboot, a figure wasn't made for the character in either the vintage line or the 200x line.  However, Mattel's Masters of the Universe Classics line was so successful that they released figures for many characters from the mini comics and the cartoons who had never been made into figures before.  Count Marzo was one of them. Masters of the Universe Classics: Count Marzo This figure was (thankfully) modeled very accurately from the 2002 cartoon version rather than the original series version.  They did an excellent job of making the figure look like his cartoon counterpart. From his two-toned black and gray hair that was alw...

Masters of the Universe Classics Blue Mer-Man In the early years of the Masters of the Universe Classics line by Mattel, many of figures weren't available in stores and could only be purchased online through Mattycollector.com.  This made it much less likely that the figures would sell to casual fans or kids simply because they weren't aware of the series' existence.  However, around 2010, a series of 2-packs featuring one DC Universe character paired with a similar Masters of the Universe character started to hit the shelves in Toys R Us stores.  The first two were He-Man / Superman and Skeletor / Lex Luthor for around $30 per 2-pack. The original Masters of the Universe Classics Mer-Man and the later "Blue" or "Mini-Comic" 2-pack Mer-Man In late 2010 / early 2011, the second wave became available.  This wave included Stratos / Hawkman and Mer-Man / Aquaman.  I think some people were able to get these new 2-packs online from Toys R Us direct...