Scott Toyguru Neitlich talks about the behind the scenes info on how toys are made and the Tri Klops figure from the Masters of the Universe Classics line from Mattel
When I was a kid and got sick my grandma would bring over a new motu figure for me to help me feel better! My mom and I still laugh to this day she would carry a list with who I had and didn't have. The only grandma who knew all the motu characters!
Scott, thanks for what you did for MOTUC. I completely understood you did what you could with what you had to work with. And you worked on YOUR free time. Again, thank you.
Nifty video! Thank you! I love that MOTUC "tweaked" the original designs a bit, added extra details and so forth. All those "Vintage Purists" complaining about added details and MOTUC not being 100% slavish copies of the originals got really irritating after a while. Demanding the Four Horsemen Studio to cut back on creativity and detail is just madness.
Aha, many epic battles! How i learned to go for the eyes, the playground was a tough place in the 80s, then there was walking home. Really cool development over time. I really like the mystic-science stuff.
I used to get sick on almost every birthday. I usually had to wait until the following weekend for my party. But my grandmother would always give me my present on my actual birthday. This was how I got the 200X Castle Grayskull, He-Man, Skeletor, Tri-Klops, Man-At-Arms. Great 5th birthday. My little brother was born not too long after and had a tendency to break my stuff, including my MOTU stuff.
Great Video :) I enjoy your videos, and was really nice and defiantly a huge cheer up getting castle Grayskull and lots of MOTU action figures when you were sick for your 4th birthday :)
I love the Doomseeker with this guy. I know it's painted to match Tri-Klops but it also kind of looks like Wind Raider colors. Maybe Tri-Klops used a Wind Raider "model" as a base for his Doomseeker?
I remember travelling all across town with my dad to find a Tri-Klops toy. It was out of stock everywhere. This was in the 90s, and it took about 6 months to finally get one just in time for Christmas.
The first handful of figures (Tri-Klops, Beast-Man, Hordak, Man-At-Arms) are IMO examples of Classics at it's BEST. Not only because they were core characters but just really awesome figures. My friend Jason would order mine along with his order to save on shipping so I always looked forward to seeing him because I got to hang out w/ my buddy but also because he would often have a new toy for me! =)
Always preferred Tri-Klops as a barbarian, sword for hire. Never did take to the samurai motif on the 200X nor the inventor aspect. I think the hidden eyes on the classic figure was a such a cool if a little creepy surprise!
I just remember Triklops in the original mini comic was this super strong hunter that punched out battle cat. Then in the TV show, he was a bumbling idiot..... I always imagined him as the former.
Any chance we can get a video explaining the breakdown on how the He-Man rights are split? I’m always confused on how Mattel didn’t have all the rights on what was an in-house property. Also, what rights ended up with DreamWorks. I know you weren’t there, but I’m still confused on wether or not Mattel was involved with the new She-Ra.
Tri klops was probably my favorite heman figure as a kid. The classics figure looks great but would of been better with removable daggers and no seeker.
Tri-Clops here came out real nice, I always wondered why he came with the extra accessory since I was not all that familiar with the 200x version. A question I would like to know is what was the production run of the an average Classics figure?
@@spectorcreative1872 You are prevented from even saying how many of a figure were made? That seems like a weird thing Mattel would want to keep secret.
I loved Triklops as a child - simply for the sword holster on his armour! I was always surprised that there wasn’t a 200X doomseeker repaint in one of the weapons paks - was it ever considered?
Tri-Klops was a decent classic figure. The added details under the mask, the EXTRA 200X knives sculpted onto his back and the 200X Triklops spy bot went a long way toward making him a fun figure.
My wife very nearly said "Yes" to a GITD Grayskull ring from this figure. I couldn't let her do it, so I pulled the REAL ring from its hiding place in the SDCC King Grayskull box.
When will I find the Origins version? Definitely a must-have. The Origins figure has the Classics Ring by the way. It still says “Masters Of The Universe Classics” imprinted on it!
My birthday is in December, and frequently fell during Hanukkah, seeing how you Castle Grayskull, did your parents sneak a Chanuk-nuk present into your birthday to cheer you up??
*Question:* What does "buck" actually mean? I've seen the word tossed around in the Marvel Legends collecting community and have _always_ wondered why people say buck instead of mo(u)ld.
I'm a little confused about the helmet on tri-klops coming off. Are the details that were sculpted by The Four Horsemen meant to be viewed or would you be breaking the helmet permanently if you were to remove it from the unit totally? Those details look insane but I don't think I would want to sacrifice destroying the figure.
@@spectorcreative1872 bro, dont get me wrong. I love your work. You have converted dreams into reality for fans but when comes to explaining things, at least in a texting format, I don't understand what you are trying to say.
@@spectorcreative1872 XD Wo thanks... i did not menty literaly i allready see a therapist. i was tring to make a joke (the part that you say trauma). But thanks :D you channel is assome Salutations from latino america
When I was a kid and got sick my grandma would bring over a new motu figure for me to help me feel better! My mom and I still laugh to this day she would carry a list with who I had and didn't have. The only grandma who knew all the motu characters!
Best Grandma ever~!
I hope to be that kinda grandparent… and I hope that my (hypothetical) grandkids play with action figures!
Tri-Klops was always one of my favorites as a kid and was also a favorite in MOTUC.
Glad we got to him quickly!
Scott, thanks for what you did for MOTUC. I completely understood you did what you could with what you had to work with.
And you worked on YOUR free time. Again, thank you.
Always appreciate the kind words. And thanks for watching/sub'ing!
Still catching up with every video. It’s addictive!
Nifty video! Thank you!
I love that MOTUC "tweaked" the original designs a bit, added extra details and so forth. All those "Vintage Purists" complaining about added details and MOTUC not being 100% slavish copies of the originals got really irritating after a while. Demanding the Four Horsemen Studio to cut back on creativity and detail is just madness.
Hey more story means more fun
Love these videos, and the little teasers at the end are so much fun :-)
Glad you like em! Thanks for watching and sharing videos.
I really enjoy these videos. I've always been curious about behind the scenes of how these figures get made.
Well glad they can help shed a light. Many more to come
Aha, many epic battles! How i learned to go for the eyes, the playground was a tough place in the 80s, then there was walking home. Really cool development over time. I really like the mystic-science stuff.
Me too
2:42 Slave Teela? Hell yes!
oh dear...
I used to get sick on almost every birthday. I usually had to wait until the following weekend for my party. But my grandmother would always give me my present on my actual birthday. This was how I got the 200X Castle Grayskull, He-Man, Skeletor, Tri-Klops, Man-At-Arms. Great 5th birthday. My little brother was born not too long after and had a tendency to break my stuff, including my MOTU stuff.
Little brothers have a way of doing that.
Scott, I love these incredible Teela shots you keep giving us, well done sir!
I take no credit for the art! ;-P
@@spectorcreative1872 Nonetheless, your artistic eye is appreciated! 😉👍🏻
Great Video :) I enjoy your videos, and was really nice and defiantly a huge cheer up getting castle Grayskull and lots of MOTU action figures when you were sick for your 4th birthday :)
Really brought a ray of happiness!
I love the Doomseeker with this guy. I know it's painted to match Tri-Klops but it also kind of looks like Wind Raider colors. Maybe Tri-Klops used a Wind Raider "model" as a base for his Doomseeker?
In a way yes. But those colors do work well for almost any toy
I remember travelling all across town with my dad to find a Tri-Klops toy. It was out of stock everywhere. This was in the 90s, and it took about 6 months to finally get one just in time for Christmas.
He is one bad @$$ character! Glad you have fond memories
I always liked Tri-Klops. He is just such a badass.
3 times the bad ass
I love how they went to the trouble to have a full face sculpt underneath the visor on this figure.
That is why the 4HM are so amazing!
For some reason CZcams keeps recommending THIS _specific_ video to me over and over. I think I’ve seen it before. But I guess I’ll watch it again…
Maybe they know something we don't...
@@spectorcreative1872 and I watched another 5 after this one…
I always thought the vintage figure looked like a Ray Harryhausen creation
I can so see that!
I played with Tri Klops back in the day. He is still one of my faves. The Classics version is dope.
All Tri Klops figures are dope!
The first handful of figures (Tri-Klops, Beast-Man, Hordak, Man-At-Arms) are IMO examples of Classics at it's BEST. Not only because they were core characters but just really awesome figures. My friend Jason would order mine along with his order to save on shipping so I always looked forward to seeing him because I got to hang out w/ my buddy but also because he would often have a new toy for me! =)
And a lot of that is because they are also all core characters with more fans!
Always preferred Tri-Klops as a barbarian, sword for hire. Never did take to the samurai motif on the 200X nor the inventor aspect. I think the hidden eyes on the classic figure was a such a cool if a little creepy surprise!
That is exactly what I thought too. Creepy but cool!
I just remember Triklops in the original mini comic was this super strong hunter that punched out battle cat. Then in the TV show, he was a bumbling idiot..... I always imagined him as the former.
And in 200X he as an inventor. Pick a personality already!
Any chance we can get a video explaining the breakdown on how the He-Man rights are split? I’m always confused on how Mattel didn’t have all the rights on what was an in-house property. Also, what rights ended up with DreamWorks. I know you weren’t there, but I’m still confused on wether or not Mattel was involved with the new She-Ra.
Sure! I'll add that to the list.
I'm going to second this. I'm curious too, as it all seems really, really strange!
Tricopters when my all-time favorite He-Man villains
Hope the Classics fig lived up to your expectations.
Any mom that did that with their kids figures was a genius!!
I'll let her know! ;-)
Tri klops was probably my favorite heman figure as a kid. The classics figure looks great but would of been better with removable daggers and no seeker.
While I don't disagree, it would have been more tooling costs.
Tri-Clops here came out real nice, I always wondered why he came with the extra accessory since I was not all that familiar with the 200x version. A question I would like to know is what was the production run of the an average Classics figure?
Alas, production runs are one thing I am not allowed to talk about as it is proprietary to Mattel
@@spectorcreative1872 You are prevented from even saying how many of a figure were made? That seems like a weird thing Mattel would want to keep secret.
I loved Triklops as a child - simply for the sword holster on his armour! I was always surprised that there wasn’t a 200X doomseeker repaint in one of the weapons paks - was it ever considered?
You know, I don't recall! It would have been a great item to include
Tri-Klops was a decent classic figure. The added details under the mask, the EXTRA 200X knives sculpted onto his back and the 200X Triklops spy bot went a long way toward making him a fun figure.
Yeah, the Horsemen did an amazing job on him.
Any idea why Mattel decided to give him the pouty lips in the original figure? I do enjoy the Classics version, btw, and love these videos
Oh man I wish I knew. If I ever find out I will be sure to follow up.
My wife very nearly said "Yes" to a GITD Grayskull ring from this figure. I couldn't let her do it, so I pulled the REAL ring from its hiding place in the SDCC King Grayskull box.
That is awesome!
When will I find the Origins version? Definitely a must-have. The Origins figure has the Classics Ring by the way. It still says “Masters Of The Universe Classics” imprinted on it!
Good luck with that
@@spectorcreative1872 damn right. My luck might’ve been good last week but that’s only because I was 2 hours away!
And here hands down the best Minion of Skeletor. What you guys this for the lore in Clasics for triclops perfect.
He is a favorite
@@spectorcreative1872 he is my favorite too xD such cool design and story
The Doomseekers look like the Wind Raider had babies.
There's a cool idea, what if Tri-Klops designed the Wind Raider?
I thought that too (that the Wind Raider had little babies) when I saw it.
My birthday is in December, and frequently fell during Hanukkah, seeing how you Castle Grayskull, did your parents sneak a Chanuk-nuk present into your birthday to cheer you up??
My birthday is in Nov so they were usually far enough apart
He was already a scientist from Michael Halperin’s Bible. T.E.Scope along with Evelyn Powers and Biff Beastman
Ah yes. Biff Beastman. So wanted to find a way to use that name.
*Question:* What does "buck" actually mean?
I've seen the word tossed around in the Marvel Legends collecting community and have _always_ wondered why people say buck instead of mo(u)ld.
Here is a video on bucks: czcams.com/video/X6BWJ3reP2s/video.html
Looked a few of these figures up on ebay to see if they were any where near approachable.
RIP.
So I hear
I'm a little confused about the helmet on tri-klops coming off. Are the details that were sculpted by The Four Horsemen meant to be viewed or would you be breaking the helmet permanently if you were to remove it from the unit totally? Those details look insane but I don't think I would want to sacrifice destroying the figure.
No, they intended for the helmet to come off, but they did assume it would be peered under
@@spectorcreative1872 bro, dont get me wrong. I love your work. You have converted dreams into reality for fans but when comes to explaining things, at least in a texting format, I don't understand what you are trying to say.
“Helmet was movable?” I don’t understand that either. What they meant was “spinning”. Whoever wrote that clearly didn’t know what a synonym is.
Yeah…
Yeah classic did a good tri clops loved the figure still got it original .shame couldnt get classic figure .the visor was stuck I remember the videos
At least it turned!
@@spectorcreative1872 yeah book pop remove paint pixel dan got it moving one of my fave characters original bio
4 year old me would have taken Castle Greyskull over a birthday party any day.
It made the day better!
I marked mine with X's on their feet with Sharpies
Nice.
7:09 My mom totally did that to mine too!!!!!
Ha!
(I don't remember the Bonnie Tyler figure...)
hahahaha!
tri-klops: evil peeping tom? stalker? voyeur? no... evil & sees everything... ok... ¬¬
Well, in a way...
Can we exange Child hood trauma?
Yes. Go to childhood issues.com
@@spectorcreative1872 XD Wo thanks... i did not menty literaly i allready see a therapist. i was tring to make a joke (the part that you say trauma). But thanks :D you channel is assome Salutations from latino america