Masters of the Universe Masterverse Review: New Eternia Man-at-Arms
Released towards the end of 2023/early 2024, let’s take a close look at this version of the key Masters of the Universe character.
Released towards the end of 2023/early 2024, let’s take a close look at this version of the key Masters of the Universe character.
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.
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!
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
Having gotten a taste for the over sized Masterverse figures the next obvious figure to get was Snout Spout!
A lot of the parts for the Masterverse even Origins figures use the same joints. Perfect for parts swapping.
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.
This first version of Skeletor in the New Eternia line introduces a new look for the evil Lord of Destruction – a beard!
Well, I’ve got a standard New Eternia figure in Viking He-Man and a deluxe in Beast Man. So it’s time to look at a figure that’s exclusive to Mattel Creations.
He’s a big lad!
I bought this version of Beast Man at the same time as New Eternia Viking He-Man, which I’ve already reviewed here.
In that review I gave a quick and dirty overview of the Masterverse line and the New Eternia sub-line within that. I won’t repeat all of that here but suffice to say the New Eternia sub-line contains different takes on the classic Masters of the Universe characters, all at that 17cm/7 inch scale.
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