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Review – Sorceress – Masters of the Universe Classics, Mattel

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Mattel He-Man Masters of the Universe Classics Sorceress of Grayskull 6" Action Figure

SORCERESS
Heroic Guardian of Castle Grayskull™

REAL NAME: Teela’na

Growing up in a small Eternian village, Teela’na helped defend her people from a Horde Scout ship that had discovered her planet on a magic locating mission. Recognized for her loyalty, courage and wisdom, the current aging Sorceress® chose Teela’na to take up her title and defend Castle Grayskull’s secrets for the next generation. During her reign as Sorceress®, Teela’na not only cast the spell to clone the Sword of He, she was also cloned herself by Skeletor® who desired a magic-wielding bride to pass on his legacy. With the help of Man-At-Arms®, Teela’na saved the cloned child. And it was through her undying love and devotion to this baby girl that Teela’na gave her up to Man-At-Arms®, awaiting the day when her daughter would become the new Sorceress® and Guardian of Castle Grayskull’s secrets.

 

The Sorceress is arguably one of the most important characters in Masters of the Universe history. As her bio states, she is the guardian to Castle Grayskull. She was featured in just about every episode of the cartoon, and had a huge role in the MYP 2002 series as well. Fans have been waiting a long time for her, and now that she’s here has she been worth the wait? Keep reading to find out!

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Review – Fisto – Masters of the Universe Classics, Mattel

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Mattel He-Man Masters of the Universe Classics Fisto 6" Action Figure

FISTO
Heroic Hand-to-Hand Fighter

REAL NAME: Malcom

The older brother of Duncan™, Randor’s first Man-At-Arms®, Malcom served under King Miro™ during the Great Unrest but was wounded in battle and stricken with magical amnesia. Wandering through Eternia®, he settled in the Mystic Mountains in a mining settlement, unable to piece together how he lost his battalion. His life changed when the Snake Men™ attacked his town and he helped save the Masters of the Universe® from their trap. But in doing so, Malcom shattered his right hand. In gratitude, Duncan™ replaced it with a robotic strong arm. Now known as Fisto™, he has made up with his brother and fights as a heroic member of the Masters of the Universe® smashing evil with his giant knuckles!

 

First of all, let me say that I hope I don’t attract the wrong kind of traffic to my site just by having the word “Fisto” on my main page ha ha. With that said, Fisto was one of my most anticipated figures in the line. I don’t know why, I’ve just always loved his design. It’s fairly basic as far as Masters of the Universe characters go, but I just always really dug the body armor and the stern expression, the rugged beard, and of course the giant mechanical fist. Not to mention that thanks to the 2002 MYP cartoon, it’s in canon that Fisto is Man-At-Arms’ brother. Why not, right? They certainly look like they could be brothers. I’m glad the MOTUC bio took the 2002 cartoon’s Fisto storyline as inspiration.

The figure itself also took a lot of inspiration from the 2002 cartoon, but I’ll talk more about that in the actual review. Keep reading to find out my thoughts on Fisto.

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Review – Snake Man-At-Arms – Masters of the Universe Classics, Mattel (16 Pictures!)

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Snake Man-At-Arms Masters of the Universe Classics Mattel 6" Action Figure He-Man Heroic Warriors King Hssss

SNAKE MAN-AT-ARMS
Transformed Master of Weapons

REAL NAME: Duncan of the Viper Clan

Duncan heroically served King Randor throughout their battles with Skeletor and the Snake Men as Eternia’s chief war strategist and weapons maker. Exposed to the Serpent’s Ring, Duncan was magically transformed by King Hssss into a Snake Man permanently. Under this evil spell, he used his genius to create great and horrific machines of war for the Snake Men as they battled for control of eternia. Eventually, Duncan was forced to battle against Clamp Champ who had since replaced hima s Royal Man-At-Arms. In their epic final duel during the Second Ultimate Battleground, Duncan was mortally wounded, but not before momentarily recovering his humanity thanks to a spell cast by his daughter Teela, the new Sorceress of Grayskull.

 

Welcome to my very first Masters of the Universe Classics review. I hope to get to many more in the future, even past ones (mostly as an excuse to give you guys some pictures to look at). The figure starting off this trend is of course Snake Man-At-Arms. Duncan’s tranformation happened in the MYP (Mike Young Productions) 2002 animated series, towards its end. Mattel used this fan requested variant as an excuse to go all out, giving us a true Masters of the Universe Classics 200X Man-At-Arms, down to the armored detailing on his suit, and the muted paint scheme. To sweeten the pot with collectors, they made Snake Man-At-Arms one of the 3 figures this year to include a new mini-comic. Smart move on their part.

Join me after the jump to find out if this is just another variant, or a well deserved figure in the line. And don’t forget to scroll all the way down to the bottom for a short photo series by me, showing how Duncan met his unfortunate fate as a Snake Man!

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News – DC Comics Launches New ‘Masters of The Universe’ Comic Book!

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He-Man Masters of the Universe Comic Book DC Comics James RobinsonYou heard that right, apparently DC Comics is launching a brand new 6 issue Masters of the Universe comic book this July! It will be written by James Robinson, with pencils by Phillip Tan and inks from Ruy Jose. For He-Man fans, this is very exciting news. DC Comics was the comic book company that published the original ongoing series in the 80’s and it seems they are ready to bring He-Man back!

Courtesy of MTV Geek we get a sneak peek at the new series as well as an interview with writer James Robinson.

The full story and the interview, as well as a full sized version of the teaser image after the jump!

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News – MOTUC Thunder Punch He-Man & Stinkor Packaged Photos

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Mattel Masters of the Universe Classics MOTUC StinkorYesterday Mattel updated their Mattycollector Facebook page with images of Stinkor and Thunder Punch He-Man in package, along with their bios. We’ve already seen Thunder Punch He-Man’s bio, but this is the first time seeing Stinkor’s.

Continue after the jump to see the photos and read the new bios!

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