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Atlas Era Venus

Courtesy of the Marvel Masterworks line I finally checked out an example from the romance genre of comics from the Golden Age.

By Collected Wonders, 2 weeks ago 29th September 2025

Photo of the two current versions of the Masters of the Universe character Stratos from the Masterverse line. On the left is the older New Eternia version while on the right is the new Vintage Collection version. In both cases the figures have grey bodies with moulded details to look like they are hairy. They both have wing accessories on their arms, chest harnesses with jet packs and red helmets with blue detailing around their large black eyes. The figures are posed as though they are shaking hands.

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First Impressions: Vintage Collection Stratos

Stratos is the latest addition to the fairly new Masterverse Vintage Collection line. Let’s take a quick look at how it compares to the earlier New Eternia version.

By Collected Wonders, 4 weeks ago 16th September 2025

Battle Armor He-Man holding is Sword of Power aloft in his right hand.

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Masters of the Universe Masterverse Review: New Eternia Battle Armor He-Man

The first He-Man variant in the New Eternia sub-line has some interesting takes on the design of the Battle Armor. Oh, and He-Man has a beard!

By Collected Wonders, 1 month ago 24th September 2025

A photo of the Moss Man figure, pointing a tree-like hand at the camera as though it is going to grab the viewer.

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First Impressions: New Eternia Moss Man

A quick look at the latest release from Mattel Creations in the Masterverse line – Moss Man!

By Collected Wonders, 1 month ago 4th September 2025

The front cover to the mini comic that came with Clamp Champ. It shows Battle Armour He-Man hitting Skeletor with his sword. Luckily for Skeletor he has his Battle Armor on too.

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Just a quick news post that will act as a note to self more than anything. The folks behind the excellent Battle Ram Blog are re-launching He-Man.Org. Yep, the beloved online home for all things Masters of the Universe is coming back in a new form. I started collecting Masterverse Read more

By Collected Wonders, 2 months ago 27th August 2025

A front view of Snout Spout's trunk, bending off to the right of the viewer.

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Masters of the Universe Masterverse Review: New Eternia Snout Spout

Having gotten a taste for the over sized Masterverse figures the next obvious figure to get was Snout Spout!

By Collected Wonders, 2 months ago 16th August 2025

The Skelegod action figure has had its hands replaced by the smaller, light blue hands from the Barbarian Skeletor figure. In this photo, Skelegod's left arm is up with the palm of the hand facing the camera.

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Skeletor – Skelegod Parts Swapping

A lot of the parts for the Masterverse even Origins figures use the same joints. Perfect for parts swapping.

By Collected Wonders, 3 months ago 10th July 2025

The front cover to the paperback edition of Marvel Masterworks Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 5. This is the famous cover, originally for The Amazing Spider-Man #50 by artist John Romita Snr. This depicts a bowed Peter Parker walking towards the viewer with a large figure of Spider-Man in the background, looking over it's shoulder to Peter.

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Marvel Masterworks To End?

I’ve been sitting on this post for a bit in the hope that a ray of light would shine through and I could write something more along the lines of “phew, that was a near miss!”.

Alas, I haven’t spotted anything to that affect so I’m assuming that the news is correct and as of the end of this year the Masterworks line will be cancelled by Marvel.

By Collected Wonders, 4 months ago 1st July 2025

A close up photo of the head and face of Skelegod. Skelegod has a skull for a face which is here painted a bone white with the teeth painted a bit brighter. Each eye socket is painted black with a dot of light paint for the eyes. The helmet Skelegod is wearing has large, curved purple horns. The helmet itself is black with a dark grey "U"-shaped design on the front.

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Masters of the Universe Masterverse Review: Revelation Deluxe Skelegod

Two Skeletors in a row, but they couldn’t be more different! I got this Skelegod figure straight after the Barbarian Skeletor figure by luck more than anything. Pleased it worked out that way as they are very interesting to compare because they look so different.

By Collected Wonders, 4 months ago 24th June 2025

A close up photo of the ram's skull on the top of Skeletor's Havoc Staff. The skull and staff are both moulded in a purple plastic. The skull itself is very detailed with the eye sockets and teeth all visible. The horns curl back and behind the skull. Skeletor is in the background of the photo, out of focus.

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Masters of the Universe Review: New Eternia Barbarian Skeletor

This first version of Skeletor in the New Eternia line introduces a new look for the evil Lord of Destruction – a beard!

By Collected Wonders, 4 months ago 5th June 2025