Time for a catch up set for some recently released MOTU themed items from Mattel. This isn’t everything that’s just released, just a little sample. The main thing I was excited to get a hold of and run for some photos was the new MOTU Origins Castle Grayskull. On first glance to a casual fan – it’s Castle Grayskull. But really it’s an all new mold, everything inside is redone. It’s completely in scale with vintage and Origins.  Key point being that when closed and on display, the front is remolded to be more in tune with the Classics version. Gone is the deformed looking face with black marks, hello crispy clean skull face.
In addition to Grayskull we also took a look at the Land Shark vehicle, Tri-Klops, Deluxe Clamp Champ, and MOTWWEU Wave 5. That included Roddy Piper, Ricky The Dragon Steamboat, Macho Man, and Becky Lynch. All in the MOTU Orgins body style with MOTU style armor. That line just continues to work!
So, read on to check out our shots which come courtesy of Mattel. These are all out now or will be soon, hit your online and local retailers to grab your copies as you can!
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Full Gallery: MOTU Origins Gallery – He-Man, Skeletor, Battle Cat and Sky Sled
The Lords Of Power set has the better headsculpt of He-Man.
Yeah, prefer that one. BUT, that one wasn't quite right in mimicking the vintage head either. A new sculpt attempt is needed.
These look pretty good. Of all the various products trying to improve on vintage designs I think these are the best bang for the buck. He-man and Battlecat just look great together. Can’t wait to see these on store shelves. Hopefully Walmart and Mattel don’t screw this up. It’s been far too long since we’ve had a retail MOTU line (TRU DC vs MOTU doesn’t count).
Great shots! These are looking better to me each time I see them. (your pics have a tendency to make me spend money I hadn't planned on) They look like they'd be a lot of fun to actually play with. Skeletor and Battle Cat in particular look especially awesome.
They are cool for what they are. I don't think it's a replacement for Classics, but it's a fun trip down memory lane, and then bonus articulation so you can do some new stuff.
Would have loved to be able to buy something new.
Sweet shots! Looks like real product photos. I've been eyeing these recently and I'm more compelled than ever to get a beast man. Looks like they aren't available anymore. eBay prices are wild.
Do they have plans to release more of these?
I like the looks on these but being Walmart exclusive means I won't be buying unless I can order them online. My local Walmart's are cesspools that I don't visit often and certainly won't for these with the virus going around. I wish toy companies would realize that 2020 is not the year to have us running to stores for action figures. I know they will be widespread at a later date so that's at least a positive.
Great figures, but holy shit I never realized how horrible the proportions were on these figures when I played with them as a kid. Their legs are SO TINY in comparison to their upper bodies, lol.
I went from "maybe I'll just get a He-Man and Skeletor" to "I need a Battle Cat too" and "why not get the Masters of the WWE Verse Macho Man figure as well" surprisingly fast.
I found He-Man, Skeletor, Battle Cat, and the Sky Sled last Saturday at Walmart. Are these the only ones hitting so far, or are the rest of the figures pictured on the cardbacks also supposed to be hitting Walmart (Teela, Man at Arms, Beast Man, Evil Lyn) and did I just miss those?
I Wish walmart would get on with putting them out.
Round 2!
MOTU Origins – New Castle Grayskull, Land Shark, Tri-Klops and MOTUWWE Wave 5
Hmm. Clamp Champ's head sculpts are a little weird...
I'm just loving this line. I really didn't have a lot of them when I was kid. But having these in hand just take me back to that time. They just feel like "toys" if that makes sense.
I am curious about the future of the line though. It seemed like they were announcing waves one right after another there for a bit. And with the other lines coming soon, I wonder if they're going to slow up or stop these.
Even though I really like these, I'm not getting started on MOTU as I already buy way too many lines. But I might make an exception for that Becky Lynch/Teela figure.
Man, they are absolutely killing it with this line! This was the smartest thing they have ever done with this property. Affordable figures that look great, feel great, cool weapons, and killer articulation! Only flaw is the billions of Skeletors and He-Mans warming shelves nationwide lol.
I’m loving the Origins line. And I wasn’t on onboard in the beginning. All it took was to hold one in hand. These are fun toys, plain and simple.
Really Nice Pic's =^)
That Castle Grayskull does look really nice but considering I have two vintage (one just the castle and one complete), the MotU 200x castle, and the MotUC castle, I really can't justify another one.
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