Posted by: @dave-o

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Evil-Lyn, Flying Fists He-Man, and Fisto are available on Target's site this morning.

I wish I waited 48 hours to ship Flying Fists and Fisto so I'd get them the same time as Evil-Lyn, but she's on her way and got the other two today. 

It is so weird - I'm never disappointed in this line but I feel like I like each new He-Man sculpt just a little better. My favorite is still the bearded armored one, but I really, really like Flying fists. 

I wish we got a third Fisto head, the graying, braided beard without the headgear. I love the gray and auburn look but prefer him without head armor. 

Posted by: @supercamel-1982

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@dave-o 

Where did you get Vintage Masterverse Skeletor from?

I have mine pre ordered at Wal-Mart, where it's exclusive to here in the US (for now).  But it's still scheduled to ship in March.

The figure looks great by the way.  Thanks for sharing the pics.

Techinn; these seem to be landing in mainland Europe (I'm in the UK, but Techinn have a UK website). It seems a bit random which sites have got the figure, mostly speclialist stores.

Skelcon hit the Pile. Still gonna wait for Copper Kidd to hit shipppp

I opened an Evil-Lyn and got one with a little nick in the plastic. Personally, I would've rather had no thigh cut over no bicep cut.

Just cracked open Flying Fists and Fisto. I was complaining in another thread that I wish these companies would stop using the little plastic loops to hold the figures in place; Fisto was kinda trashed by them, ripped the paint off a boot and stripped it from his sword. But honestly, I don't love the figure enough to return him or try to replace him. The mecha-arm is kind of unexpressive and he's just kinda meh. Possibly the only dud from the New Eternia line for me. I mean I don't even hate him, he's like a B-minus. 

Flying fists - the armor is weirdly restrictive which I don't love, but the head sculpt is cool and the gauntlets, boots, and loincloth are really interesting design choices. I think I might just display him without his gear because I like the golden closed fist hands he came with. 

Evil-Lyn's on the way, probably my most anticipated figure in this line in a while. 

Yeah -  I was surprised how disappointed I was with that Fisto, as he is one of my favorite characters in MOTU.   I was never in love with the entirely metal arm as a choice and the entire figure just kind of falls flat for me.

Flying Fists He-Man has always been one of my least favorite He-Man variants for some reason, so this one wasn't particularly exciting for me.   That said -  I actually do really like the change up to the loin cloth.  It is interesting.   I sort of don't love the shoulder - are they epaulettes or pauldrons there?   They are decorative so I would lean Epaulette, but they're pretty big and would offer some protection I suppose... I guess it doesn't matter.   Anyway, I think the eagle head shoulder adornments are interesting -   I'm just not sure I like them for He-Man.    Maybe I'll repurpose them for someone else.   

All in all it's a decent figure -  but if it had a different head and chest plate to be an all new character I'd probably like it even better.

Lyn is in the Pile of Loot as she arrived later.  Which is dumb.   She'll have to wait a minute to get shipped.

It appears that “vintage” Skeletor and Zodac are in-stock on Walmart. My preorders have no movement at all, but I placed new orders and they are already processing. 

I agree, @panthercult, that Flying Fists was never a favorite. I don't think I was even aware of the original figure when I was collecting them as a kid. But it seems so unnecessary for "the most powerful man in the universe" to use such a flimsy unwieldy weapon. However, I really like this new version. The armor additions give him a regal look, and I saw someone pop a bearded He-Man head on him and it made him look like a king. I'm leaving my figure as is, but would consider picking up a second just for swaps.

I also agree about NE Fisto. I want to like it. I like many parts of it. But that full metal arm was an unnecessary and unwelcome change. I pulled the parts I like off and swapped them onto a Revelations Fisto I got on clearance for $6. I'd swap the fists if I could, but they seem incompatible.

If they had gone so far as to do a double-elbow hinge on Fisto's arm I might like it better, but it is weirdly immobile for this line. I do wish I liked him better. I dig the gray streak in his beard, but that actually makes how flat his hair and beard look otherwise even more obvious. 

I want more bearded He-Man figures. That New Eternia one is going to be my favorite for a long time I think. He feels JUST a little gritty but still He-Man. 

I never liked flying fists as a kid because of the gimmicky weapon and the flavor text of it being "an ancient,  powerful weapon" is hilarious because it's like a Rube Goldberg weapon. But that's MOTU lore in a nutshell, everything in Eternia is goofy AF and that's okay. 

I got lucky in my lack of luck with Evil-Lyn. She hit my POL one day after I shipped these two goofballs, but she also hit with three other preorders I didn't know were arriving so it wasn't wasteful to ship a second box. Actually broke up the opening and breaking down of boxes a bit for me. Of course I shipped them then some Origins stuff showed up and more the fool am I. 

@aceofknaves 

Thanks for the heads up.  I did the same as you.  I ordered 2 Skeletors and 1 Zodac and they are already processing.  My pre orders hadn't moved at all, so I just cancelled them.

I really hate playing the "cancel preorder and reorder in stock" game, but Walmart has historically been so untrustworthy. I did just accidentally buy the same figure twice from BBTS and Walmart because Walmart is so slow about shipping and forgot they even offered him (I just scooped the figure on BBTS when he went up thinking he was a new offering!). 

Yes, thanks to @aceofknaves heads up, I too reordered Skeletor and made a first order of Zodac. Gonna let the PO Skeletor ride because I want an extra.

Evil Lyn I ordered from Target arrived today. She is gorgeous. Almost too pretty for someone so eeeevil. No jarring yellow skin tone, really nice face print. The only flaw is the switch to ball hinge elbows instead of double jointed elbows. The range of motion is really limited.