“While there are still Masterverse action figures in the pipeline for 2026, we will be transitioning our core offering to Chronicles later this year. We will, however, also have a number of special releases planned within the Masterverse Vintage Collection.”.
Too bad they ditched ankle articulation. That is really reducing my excitement for this line.
But, the Chronicles line looks great, so I guess that makes up for these shortcomings of the First Ones.
It would be great if they had presented this in the Origins line proper. Origins has great articulation and the price point is not an issue.
Liking the Skele-Knight as a trooper design. As soft a spot as I have for the 80's movie troopers, this does look more in keeping with Skeletor's design aesthetic. Will pick up a Chronicles version for sure.
These look great, and for $11 I'm glad to see actually toy priced toys. These will be great for kids & as an added bonus I think some will look good with Origins displays - these Skele-Knights especially look awesome.
Hey that's a cool Skeletor trooper dude, I find that a very neat design, I'd buy that if they made an Origins version,
Interesting Skeletor troop builder. I much prefer the '87 shock trooper look (it's less over the top skeleton), but this isn't bad.
They should have done the Skelcon, with their plague doctor type head.
Shown below are official images and details from Mattel for the upcoming Masters of the Universe Movie Core Skele-Knight 5.5" Figure which is slated to hit shelves on April 25.
Nice to see more MOTU movie coming up. Righ now I'm in with chronicles...???
upcoming 5.5" Masters of the Universe movie core figures, vehicles and role-play items.The figures which have 14 points of articulation will cost $10.79 each. Shown are the He-Man, Skeletor, Teela, Beast-Man and Skel-Knight figures.
Also look for the Power Sword Slash He-Man and Havoc Staff Attack Skeletor which will cost $16.19 each.Besides those you can expect Battle Cat which will cost $21.59 and Roton Assault Vehicle for $37.79.Finally for role-play look for the Skeletor Talking Mask for $21.59 and the Power Sword replica for $43.19.These are slated to hit shelves on April 25.
On 2/3/2026 at 6:30 PM, TheOtakuX said:Not quite, since it's a different scale. It does sound like it'll be a Masterverse replacement in the sense of drawing from various parts of the franchise, but the figures won't match with Masterverse stuff.
Until we actually have them in hand, I'm holding off on any judgments as to scale since 1:12 gets thrown around a lot without much accuracy and Mattel like having their 'heroic' proportions to scale on MOTU products. It could well still be Masterverse scale despite what they're saying - we really need to see an actual comparison. I have my fingers crossed!
The sculpt work on battlecat is motuc level and maybe a bit more.
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