Lil' Masters of the Universe

This week, the popular toy brand, Pop Vinyl (by Funko), released a Masters of the Universe series and I was waiting for 'em!  The series includes He-Man, She-Ra, Skeletor, Hordak, and Spikor.  Being that I am (apparently) not made of money, I settled for just bringing home the first three.  Maybe I'll pick up the other 2 when they go on sale.

The packaging for these cute figures is really nice and features illustrated likenesses of the toys, both on front, and showcasing the entire series on the back.

Now enjoy some closeups of each figure.  This company does a great job of matching each characters likeness with a very simple character style.  I've checked out their work on the Rocky movie figures and it really looks like Stallone and Mr. T!  This toy line has a very fun look and I'm going to try not to keep buying them...we'll see.

Thanks for checking out my fun, new Pop Vinyls!

MOTU Classics She-Ra!

FOR THE HONOR OF GRAYSKULL!!!

He-Man's sister, She-Ra, has long been on my to-buy list, but at $27/each for figures in the MOTU Classics line these days, I just had a hard time biting the bullet.  Luckily I found her in great condition for only $15 today at the Gulf Coast Toy Show in Deer Park, Tx! 

Mattel once again does the impossible, creating a female figure who is both strong-looking and feminine.  Few toy companies can pull this off!  

She comes with 2 head choices, her power sword, shield, & axe/hair brush.  The brush and extra head were pretty dorky, so I didn't even bother taking pics of them.  

After finding her at such a bargain, I was happy to finally reunite the "power twins".

Ram Man Review - MOTU Classics

At long last, a core member of the Masters of the Universe has gotten his turn at being re-imagined by the folks at Mattel.  Ram Man makes his triumphant debut with an all-new, much larger than average sculpt.  While no taller than the other MOTU Classics figures, he's almost twice as wide and twice as heavy.  This is one beefy figure!

While not the smartest member of He-Man entourage, Rammy was a mainstay of the original show and no MOTU collection is complete without him.  He comes with an update of his classic versions' axe and a kind of weird alternate head.  I'm assuming it's inspired by the 2001 updated cartoon.  It's just an ugly head sporting a metal yarmulke.  Needless to say that extra head is going straight in the accessories box.

Ram Man is so large that Mattel had to create a special, larger packaging just to hold him!  I don't have a previous figure's packaging handy to compare, but you can see what it looks like by itself.

While I love the updated version of his axe, I always picture Ram Man fighting with just his head.  Luckily, Mattel sculpted a handy axe holder right on his back!

As you can see below, Mattel's attention to detail continues with this excellent figure.  The sculpt is great and the paint apps are equal in quality.  The glossy paint really sells the metal look of his helmet.  His face guards really limit the head motion, but who cares?  He looks awesome!

Here's that weird extra head I mentioned earlier.  Well-sculpted, but weird.

Here are a few shots of Ram Man with his friends to show you a size comparison.

Here is my new Ram Man standing next to my vintage Ram Man.  I'd say they've made a few improvements.

Now it comes down to it...Ram Man vs Juggernaut. Who stops who?  Tell me your thoughts in the comment section!

I'm really excited to finally add Ram Man to my MOTU Collection.  I now have almost every character that I really wanted for this collection, but it literally wouldn't have been complete without this figure.  It took them several years to get around to him, but it was worth the wait.  Nice job Mattel!

Instagram invades Eternia!!!

Just a few fun Instagram pics featuring a few figures from my Masters of the Universe Classics collection.  Enjoy!

The Prince and The Magician

I wasn't able to get him the first time he came out, but the 2nd time's the charm...introducing Prince Adam & Orko!  As a fun twist Mattel sold this as the Orko toy and included Adam as an accessory in the bottom of the packaging.  After I missed their first release I got impatient and  bought an Orko on ebay.  I was never happy on having missed Adam though.  Once I got Cringer with Queen Marlena, I knew I would HAVE to get Adam.

Adam comes with his sword, a half sword, and 2 heads to choose from.  Orko comes with a cool floating base, a wand, and a spell book.  It must really be magic because I can't for the life of me figure out how Orko is holding onto that book!  His thumb is NOT holding it in place.  I tried to wedge it in there and it stuck. I'm not asking questions.

Adam comes with your choice of 2 heads.  I'll be sticking with the "concerned" look myself.  See the options below.

Not much to say about Orko except they did a great job on his sculpt.  He looks like he floated right out of my tv!

Last, but not least, I decided to try something I've never done before...an animated .gif!  Without further ado...

Thanks for stopping by.  Check back soon for pics of the very awesome Marvel Legends Future Foundation Spider-Man!

The Guardian of Grayskull

February was a great month for MOTU Classics fans. Here is the 2nd figure I was lucky enough to add to my collection...The Sorceress!

The Sorceress comes with her staff and Zoar, her Falcon form (She has to transform into a falcon to leave Castle Grayskull). Mattel did a great job on the details here. What could have been a plain, boring dress gets accentuated by etched and meticulously painted feathers on the ends of the skirt and headdress. Another nice touch is that when you raise her arms, her wings automatically spread out. You can choose to have the wings up or down, but it's cool that they do that automatically. Enough talking about it, check out the pix!

BTW, you can see a close-up view of the pix by clicking on them...just so you know.

She came from OUTER SPACE!

I missed this figure when she was release online, but luckily I found her at my local comic shop. It's Captain Glenn (a.k.a. Queen Marlena)!

In case you weren't aware, Prince Adam's mother is NOT from Eternia. She's from Earth! Before she was a queen, she was Captain Marlena Glenn, courageous space explorer. One of her experimental flights took her through a wormhole or something and she crash landed on Eternia. A handsome, young Captain of the Guard, Randor, discovered her and nursed her back to health...then married her!

This figure came with the ability to change back and forth from Captain Glenn to Queen Marlena, but I like her astronaut version so well that I honestly haven't even put together the Queen version. Check out her Sci-Fi awesomeness!

She came with a cool accessory...Cringer! He doesn't have any moving parts, but he's a great addition to the collection. He's much smaller than Battle Cat, which makes sense. I only wish I had Prince Adam to stand by him!

Return to Eternia

This month saw the release of 2 incredible new figures in the Masters of the Universe Classics series, The Sorceress and Fisto. I'm presenting Fisto in this post.

Fisto is one of the best figures in the series so far. The detail on this guy is amazing!



He also came with some sweet accessories. He has an extra head, belt, and sword to turn him into the 200X version from the more recent cartoon. I'm choosing to display his classic version, but the 200X version is pretty awesome. Check him out below!


Stay tuned for pics of the Sorceress...COMING SOON!