Secrets of the Goddess from the MOTUC line from Mattel - how toys are made

[@bobastu]

The more I watch these, the more depressed I get. I never bought into the idea of a squat, limited poa figure in 82. My mind was full of space and camo, lol. I came across Matty Collector too late to jump in also. Prices on secondary market to high to fill in the gaps. But I have to tell you, this type of foresight, and vision, would have done the Joe line very well. I am now a huge MotU Mega Construx fan. I have almost everything (except con exclusives) and I absolutely love it. To me, including the armor set, even though fans may have had it already, shows your commitment not only to the line, but to each individual figure. As always, thumbs up. Thank you!!!!

[@spectorcreative1872]

And thank you for that and the support of the channel

[@mjbeezer]

Tool-ah! Heroic Goddess of Tooling, I think you got something there....

[@spectorcreative1872]

Get on it Mattel!

[@AntiDecepticonCampaign]

CONAN: ITS NOT A TOOLAH!

[@Despondencymusic]

@@AntiDecepticonCampaign 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Despondencymusic]

@@spectorcreative1872 🤣🤣 YES PLEASE!

[@Erebus_the_Raven]

@@AntiDecepticonCampaign Don't you mean Vikor?

[@cualquiercosaenserio]

I have this figure, it got the leg problem but nevertheless is one of my favourite figures.Also she accomplished her mission and gave the magical armor to my vintage heman!

[@spectorcreative1872]

Nice! And the long term plan was to do a 2.0 of her in 2016, but the new team dropped that concept.

[@mangamegs]

I swear, i enjoyed the bios and how you guys built a mature story. You made sense of every figure and how they fit into it the universe. They could flesh out the fiction setup in classics and tell a huge story, complete with a rich history like game of thrones.

[@spectorcreative1872]

Thank you, this was done with so much love!

[@devastated_studios]

This is actually one of the two figures that I never took out of the package. I heard about the leg issues and i was too afraid to risk it so she remains hermetically sealed for all eternity.

[@spectorcreative1872]

Yeah I have a packaged back up myself!

[@juliusmaloney]

Those first mini-comics are for me the blueprint MOTU legends. There was something about the Filmation cartoon that just never captured the magic of those original stories. ⚔️

[@spectorcreative1872]

Basically yes!

[@The_Cosmic_Yog-Sothoth]

*Scott gets his facts totally borked in this video.* "The Goddess" was originally called "The Sorceress" and was meant by Mark Taylor to be an evil character, who would pretend to be good. In the first mini-comic she was shown as green skinned and called "The Sorceress", but she has role of a purely good character. The first character called "The Goddess" was originally Teela, (spelt Tee-la at first). She was referred to as "The Warrior Goddess" in the original mini-comic. When the actual toy line was decided on, "The Sorceress" and Teela (The Goddess) were merged into one action figure, which was meant to represent both characters (Sorceress with the snake mask on, and Teela with it off). The Mini-comics began to (mostly) follow suit with this idea, but they changed the name of "The Sorceress" to "The Goddess", who was now shown with Teela's white human skin. The original idea of a Sorceress was resurrected for the Filmation cartoon, in the new character of The Sorceress of Castle Grayskull. Also the idea of there being en evil Sorceress (as originally intended, in the drawings of Mark Taylor), was resurrected in the character of Evil-Lyn. So the original Sorceress character of Mark Taylor, gave birth to 3 new characters - *1) The Sorceress/Goddess* (toy shared with Teela), *2) The Sorceress of Castle Grayskull* (from the Filmation cartoon), *3) Evil-Lyn* (an evil female sorceress).

[@spectorcreative1872]

Well anything anyone intended is usually just that. An intention

[@culeroconnor1686]

I love the way you guys gave us so many obscured character s. And different accessories to complete some figures we already had. You guys. Did a magnificent job and. The classics line make me be interested again in to a franchise that I long forgotten and did not care much about And until today I am still. Hunting for the figures to complete my collection. Unfortunately for me this figures are super expensive now days. I started way too late 😭😭😭😭😭

[@spectorcreative1872]

It is nice to have a definitive collection IMHO. And hey, chasing down figures can be fun in the long run!

[@tobyricardo1442]

instablaster.

[@StergiosMekras]

I gotta admit, I like what the comics did with the Goddess. Plenty of figures that could be made from that too... Spoilers ahead: the Goddess AKA Starseed, ends up having three high-priestesses/avatars/vessels, depending on the aspect * as Zoar: Teela Na AKA The Sorceress * as Serpos: Teela (complete with green skin, cobra outfit, and staff) * as Horokoth: Evelyn Morgan Powers AKA Evil-Lyn

[@spectorcreative1872]

Hear that Mattel, make it happen!

[@jonathanemerling1071]

Will you make a video about the original long-term MOTUC road map? I wish the line had continued long enough for me to get Tuvar and Baddrah. Hell, I just wish the line was still going.

[@Beedo_Sookcool]

I heartily second this request! I'd love to see what you originally had in mind, especially since there's still something like 100+ unproduced items on my personal MOTUC Wish List that I'd like to see made, eventually. Perhaps someday. Preferably, when I've got some money saved up. ;)

[@spectorcreative1872]

Does this count: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fai6m2SFaMh0l8k

[@Fnordathoth]

Gotta say I love bio for Oo-lar... nice way of explaining how Prince Adam ended up being He-man.

[@spectorcreative1872]

Well thank you. Much work did go into this!

[@carn9507]

That was a neat vid. I collect the Mega Construx MotU and the Goddess figure that came with Castle Grayskull (where most of the figures were repaints to reflect the original mini-comics, bar the Filmation Sorceress) is one of my faves even just for the cool colours so I enjoyed this video explaining a bit more about her and her resurgence of popularity in figures. :)

[@spectorcreative1872]

I love that Classics brought this character back into the mainstream and many MOTU lines now include her!

[@carn9507]

@@spectorcreative1872 Oh yeah, I haven't got any Classics figures but I have been enjoying learning about them and reading all the character bios and how you merged several things together (like having mini-comic jungle barbarian He-Man become his own character predating the era of the more well known incarnation He-Man) and how other MotU lines take inspiration from your work on Classics (like the MC Castle Grayskull has the blue orb that was in Classics, not in the vintage toy). That must be neat to see your work on Classics live on in subsequent incarnations. You've made your own contribution to the lore. :)

[@Darthpelphreious]

I love her, and my figure broke. But, at the time, you could buy a replacement hip and it worked beautifully!!

[@spectorcreative1872]

Still kills me...

[@Tim85-y2q]

This was a figure I wanted (along with Oo-Larr) since that first mini-comic.

[@spectorcreative1872]

And ow you can have both!

[@shaolin1derpalm]

I got beast man in 1983 and was fascinated by the green skinned character. In many ways I prefer the pulp sword and sorcery versions.

[@spectorcreative1872]

You are not alone! Many feel the same way. Maybe Mattel will embrace this in the Origins line.

[@Beedo_Sookcool]

Great video! Thank you! Yeah, my first Goddess suffered from the Exploding Hips Syndrome, when all I tried to do was move her leg a little so I could stand her on a shelf better. The SECOND Goddess I got, I stood her on the shelf and just left her there. I try not to even LOOK at her very hard. ;) A Goddess 2.0 would have been very welcome. Shame about the line ending; I would've loved to have seen it continue further.

[@spectorcreative1872]

Yeah, and I wish we could have gotten to Goddess 2.0. She deserved better!

[@gregg9672]

So the Sorceress was always my favorite character of all time. As a child I had Zoar but I wanted a Sorceress figure there wasn't one released at that time my poor mother wrote Mattel trying to see if the figure existed. Finally realizing it didn't at that time she bought another Teela and being the crafty person she was she literally made a tiny outfit by hand to put on Teela to make her the Sorceress.

[@spectorcreative1872]

That is the way

[@360whiplash]

I actually got that figure. I remember finding it at a flea market real cheap. I'm only missing the staff and the shield. The figure complete is pretty expensive on ebay.

[@spectorcreative1872]

Yes she be

[@360whiplash]

@@spectorcreative1872 I was hoping they at least had the staff and shield to sell to complete the figure, but sadly they didn't.

[@brushstroke3733]

The Goddess would be a wacky hero or villain for an Indiana Jones adventure. I love her cobra hood armor and snake staff! Ramses, let my people go!

[@spectorcreative1872]

She totally would!

[@cinnamonbun1379]

Have you read the Masters of the Mutiverse comics? One of the issues was a really cool return to the early minicomics version of Eternia. Also, any chance you can talk about the MOTU minis? With the revival on the horizon, I'm interested to know if the new sculpts are based on concept art or what.

[@spectorcreative1872]

And Spector even made an appearance! Crazy!!!!

[@Fenris30]

I wonder why they didn't make Teela Transform into the Snake Armor as a mysterious Magical Ally to He-man later in the Show. The Sorceress kept saying she had her own destiny and that would have been cool to have Teela as the Tuxedo Mask/Green Ranger for a change.

[@spectorcreative1872]

Well maybe she was busy dressing up as a bird instead

[@chrisdavidson6507]

I'm not sure if you have answered this in another video or not. But why do so many companies get away with QC issues? A recent example being the new release of Galvatron and his shoulders. Why don't toy companies arrange replacements for their customers or recall their defective figures?

[@spectorcreative1872]

I'll add that to the list of videos!

[@chrisdavidson6507]

@@spectorcreative1872 Thank you so much. :)

[@nwobw]

Her plastic is crap too. I have an intact Green Goddess. And after hearing and seeing images of her broken hips I decided to check mine out. I attempted a head swap. I removed her head just fine, and when I attempted to replace the head, the plastic of her neck just caved in. Luckily I could reinforce it with some super glue. I think I have like 2 more of her still in package. I'm afraid to take them out. None of my other classics figures have had this problem. Such a shame. Something about the green, ethereal, spectral look of the figure really appeals to me.

[@spectorcreative1872]

It wasn't the plastic, it was the sonic welding that caused the cracking

[@nwobw]

@@spectorcreative1872 Fair enough.

[@jeevesosiris]

My Goddess has yet to show any cracks or anything

[@spectorcreative1872]

Yeah, not 100% of them malfunctioned.

[@woolicane]

I really want a Tuh-La figure now, maybe Ooo-La's sister who helped him and Duncan stop Prince Keldor's rebellion

[@spectorcreative1872]

Hey Mattel are you listening!

[@emptycanvas79]

She can’t be named after an elephant. I agree Scott, Toolah is much more compatible for a male collectible toy line.☺️

[@spectorcreative1872]

But she is! So is Snout Spout

[@benflay6038]

Will you do dc v masters 2 pack video? And with oolar finally a vintage head The done a staff came to life in the ladybird books

[@spectorcreative1872]

Yes, I will get to the TRU two packs soon.

[@clintfrederici3928]

I prefer the old mini comic storyline over what Filmation did. The old mini comics felt more like Conan the Barbarian style which would have been more fun.

[@spectorcreative1872]

Yes it was way less cartoony

[@changmark]

In the 2000x series, Serpos is depicted as an evil snake that devoured civilizations. In the DC Eternity wars, Teela, who's now the new Sorceress, is actually empowered with the spirit of Serpos. There are a few pages where she converts into Serpos to fight Horokoth. Why did DC do this ??? It's clearly contrary to the 2000x series.

[@spectorcreative1872]

DC ignored all of the MOTUC and 200X continuity and created their own version of He-Man's world

[@ValkyrieMagnus]

Lol I caught the Miracle Max comment before you said it.

[@spectorcreative1872]

he he he

[@ScareglowSkull]

Mine cracked. I love her though.

[@spectorcreative1872]

I had both scenarios. Wish we got to the 2016 redo

[@Phantasia_Workshop]

This might have been asked already, but exactly how did Sharella become the Goddess?

[@spectorcreative1872]

Blood transfusion from Moss Man. See mini comic #8

[@Phantasia_Workshop]

@@spectorcreative1872 So she's kinda like the She-Hulk of MOTU. Cool, thanks 👍

[@LanceHirdler]

Sonic welder what a name

[@spectorcreative1872]

Sounds like we should have named a figure that!

[@pierresosa6988]

I'm sad that this video did not address the sticker/name-rewrite issue.

[@spectorcreative1872]

Oh I can address that. The copywriter Paul made a mistake on the real name and we had to use a sticker to correct it.

[@Despondencymusic]

I want a Toola character. Teela's cousin from Jersey Shore. 🤣

[@spectorcreative1872]

Make it happen Snooky.

[@Despondencymusic]

@@spectorcreative1872 🤣🤣🤣 Snooki will play her in the movie.

[@masterscollectoro.5369]

i never played with my figures but the Goddess have loose her legs now.. only Displaying in my shelf.. Sad leg less Figure :(

[@culeroconnor1686]

That's unfortunately my friend I. Do play and take pictures of all my figures and I have had no issue at all I do enjoy my figures

[@spectorcreative1872]

Maybe you can use a Prof X Wheelchair?

[@masterscollectoro.5369]

@@spectorcreative1872 a intact Figuren is much better i think.. And that x-men Crossover didnt work in my motu Universe. XD

[@salamitommy9939]

Did the Goddess ever have a connection to the Snake Men? Seems like wasted potential, even though Teela became a snake person for a minute.

[@spectorcreative1872]

She sure did

[@babsbrit6300]

Tula!

[@spectorcreative1872]

Sure!

[@babsbrit6300]

@@spectorcreative1872 dear Scott, just wanted to say Thank you so much for being involved in giving us fans what we wanted, with the Classics. Lt Spector is the only Eternian Guard I kept, your face. Cheers

[@freakshowfilmfestival3591]

I had Teela. 😏🤤

[@spectorcreative1872]

A figure worth having!

[@ultramaximusreviews]

I will disagree with clear plastic. As a collector of figures since the early 80s - clear plastic tends to get brittle over time and breaks. I have had several Marvel toys and Transformers do this. One Transformer did it on the shelf by itself not being touched. Same issue as Gold Plastic Syndrome. We call it CPS Clear Plastic Syndrome.

[@spectorcreative1872]

My Clear Man Bat also had a crack, but it may just be from getting old. Toys are really not designed to last.

[@milansikidjo]

You explain to long and complicated, but everything else is great...

[@spectorcreative1872]

I'll keep that in mind for upcoming videos. Thank you for the feedback!

[@JeffreyPiatt]

Then the MMPR toy line in 1992 proved that wrong and had a doll line for. Girls for the same show for the pink and Yellow rangers. Then Bandai forgot by the 2000's and shafted the 2 female rangers figures to only get basic figures and no special molds.

[@spectorcreative1872]

I am not doubting it. My knowledge though is limited.