Back in August during
Power-Con it was announced by Mattel that they would be launching a new collector oriented
Classics like line of
7" Masters of the Universe figures called
Masterverse. During the virtual convention we didn't actually get to see any of the figures in this line, just some blacked out teaser images giving us hints of what characters would be coming.
Well last month an image was discovered on a distributor site originally by
akaandrewj which may have given us our first look at one of the figures in
Mattel's new line.
The listing was actual for
Origins figures, but it would appear someone goofed and include an image of the
Moss-Man Masterverse figure instead. The other figures in the original image are definitely
Origins figures, but the
Moss-Man is not. Of course we can't 100% confirm this image of
Moss-Man is a figure from the upcoming
Masterverse line, but it's not an image of any previous figure, and the silhouette matches up nicely with one of the figures shown in Mattel's original image.
It was originally assumed this
Masterverse line would focus primarily on designs from the new
Netflix series, but this figure looks more like it is based on the
200x version of the character. With a name like
Masterverse, this line may definitely feature characters all across the Masters of the Universe board.
If this image is legit, it may not yet be the final version of the figure we see released. The figure pictured here does not appear to be flocked, so hopefully that is something that can still be added, again if this is a legit first look at the
Moss-Man Masterverse figure.
In other rumors, new retail listings have begun showing up from various
distributors as we approach the end of Walmart's exclusive grip on the Masters of the Universe Origins line. Most of the listings show figures we already no are confirmed for the line. The two that popped out to me that are new are a
Origins Hordak,
Stinkor and
Tri-Klops. The Tri-Klops may just be the
Fan-Poll winner
1st appearance Tri-Klops figure that was announced during Power-Con, though we hope it's for a regular version that we assume Mattel will release sooner or later.
Thanks to
Mr. Scary92 for the heads up on these.