New Characters created due to MOTUC

[facet]

I have been watching this list grow as this line has expanded, and I am surprised as to how many have popped up. Heres the list I have so far.
Gladiator
Beast Lord
Bandwidth
Red Shadow
Beast Lord (Final Design).jpg

http://forums.mattycollector.com/eve...7/m/2841008167
June 21st over at the Matty forums in response to a question posted by vertigoink
"Gladiator, Bandwidth, Red Shadow and Beast Lord were new characters introduced as part of Grayskull's group of Preternia warriors along with Spector and Sir Laser Lot. Terry's character appears in issue 3.

I've noted a few times that management wanted to use the 30th program to move the brand forward and introduce new worlds and characters. The mini comics are part of this."

Spinwhiz
Telkan 2 asks: Can you tell us more about the Horde robot (who looks suspiciously like one of Hordak's transformed bodies from the Filmation series) that is fighting alongside the heroic factions in the third Ultimate Battleground comic?

Matty: Sure. His name is Spin Whiz and he is a Horde hunter robot that was captured and reprogrammed by the Masters.
spinwhiz1.jpg

Sept 20,2012 Quote Originally Posted by wundarwarrior View Post
Who was the guy who looks like Skeletor but has horns on his helmet on the Horde side? I really wish we got to see more of the little battles up close like CC and MAA.
That's The Great Black Wizard



Answers to WTFWTK 2.94!
4. facet: Who is this Horde Character from the new third mini comic?
Snarrrlll,

3/15/13 That is supposed to be Keldor and Evil-Lyn's son with the mohawk correct? I'm assuming his name is Skeleteen based on the box art vote. I think he needs a figure asap because he is the Eternian version of a Dreadnok! I hope that's a mask and not his actual face though. Overall the comic was amazing compared to the previous issues.
TG "It's a Skull mask. Like in Karate Kid. (Look close you will see the string). Incidentally, that design (and name) came from the vintage He-Ro SOHM bible. Too cool not to use!"
And Now we have Skeleteen
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Answers to WTFWTK 2.98!
4. facet: I have racked my brains over these three characters from the list provided by Mattel for the Castle Grayskull box art but could not find them anywhere. Who are these characters: Fang-or, Golden rod, Snow thief?

They are all on page 2-3 of the third 2012 mini comic. Fang-or is behind Sqqueeze, Golden Rod is in front of Gygor and Snow Thief is behind Mosquitor.
Fang-or

Snowthief, Golden Rod, Strettch Nek and Vypor

5. facet: Scott, will you please tell us all of the new characters on pages 2 and 3 of the third new mini comic? By this I mean any character that was created by you and your staff, that didn't have an action figure or previously existing media associated with it. Then, also show us exactly where they are in that 2 page spread by either circling them in a JPG and attaching their name or something similar. Thanks!

He-Man.org were kind enough to also send over a visual to assist with this question. Based on this visual, the character labeled "Golden Rod" are generic members of the Viper Squadron, the character labeled "Snow Thief" is actually Goldenrod (Snarrrlll the Snow Thief is above Mosquitor). The two characters behind BlastAttak are Strettch Nek and Vypor.
Facet
"Since we won be seeing any art of this character, can you tell us what faction he is a member of."
Toyguru
"A Snake Men robot."






Answers to WTFWTK 2.101!
2. Niki: The original two vintage Comet Warriors who were chosen to be the SDCC 2013 MOTUC exclusive have opened up another new fraction with in MOTUC. In the mini-comic "Escape From The Slime Pit" two others were featured. A yellow/orange/pink female and a green/silver/blue male. What are their names?

Quartzara ( formerly Pebblass) and Bould-or


Tufos
Is there a new Lord of Avion Stratos after 'death? who is it?

Yes. Tufos took over after Stratos heroically died during the Second Ultimate Battleground.

Axel concluded that Tufos would look similar to a 200x Stratos



Lord Choloh- from Vykrons bio-Lord of the Vine Jungle






As well as all the 30th anniversary figures

Draego Man
The Mighty Spector
Sir Laser Lot
Cy-Chop
Castle Grayskullman

The Defenders of Trolla- Eye Beam, Netta, Compactor, Brainwave, Jet Pack, Man Crystal, Robowomen, Hans Hammer Holder
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The Revenge Squad- Led by Lady Slither, Ra-jar, Three Beast, Bubblor, Major Header and Muckman and I guess to a lessor extent Gangstor
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Karsack and Levitha are the two new Cosmic Enforcers, Karsack coming from Equinos, the same species as Sagitar, and Levitha being a female from the same Species as Saurod.
http://forums.mattycollector.com/eve...7/m/4291054668

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Counsler Adi, Sayrn, Gorto, and Mendor are all new characters from the DC52 comics
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sayrn.jpg
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Apokiriefa is a new Cosmic Enforcer from the DC Multiverse comics, she has blue armor.
The He-force -He-Sol, Valiant Tina, Plantino, Zak the Cat , He-wo, Hi-ra, He-Skeletor also stem from the dc multiverse comis, although no references come from the classics canon

Despera is kinda of a new character, but not really, just Force Captain Adora

Mo-Larr is new character fighting on the side of evil in the third ubg

Tug o war is now an official character
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Quick Flick is a new snake man


Vikor, Wun-dar, Oo-Lar, Vykron, Green Goddess, Zodak, Demo man, The Fighting Foe men, Red Beast, Joya
and The Unnamed One are all technically new characters which somewhat existed before hand, so i guess i would include them as well.

He-ra, Wrap Trap, and Ka are similar to the characters above, unused concept ideas that have been reworked into new characters within the MOTUC Mythos. All we know of Ka is that his face is" hewn on the side of Snake Mtn", so essentially the face of the toy version of snake mtn is Ka head, the rest is unknown. All this information comes from the the dark horse Encyclopedia. Now we do have this awesome custom drawing of snake mtn man( which is essentially Ka)



The Crimson Countess - an ancient vampire who once plagued eterina
Waspus- Evil wasp like warrior
Sultra- Hordaks original witch which came with him on his first Eternian invasion, now is considered the green concept witch

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Atmoss, son of delora and stratos
Vulkar-father of vikor and creator of of the sword of gaz
Queen Tyrantula- Queen of the Archana and Killer of Vikor, Tay-lar and Salaria
Custar-Lord of the Rhinotaurs
The Supreme Arbitor and the Elite Eleven- Leader of Cosmic Enforcers and his handpicked enforcers of vengence
Battlebeard- Galactic Protector
King Malkor-Leader of the Surviving Gars on Eternia
Standor- ancient
Hope and Honor- twin daughters of Shera and Seahawk
Tay-Larr and Salaria-son of He-ro and Sharella and Daughter of Grayskull and Veena- parents of He-ra
Anti eternia beastman- the man at arms of that dimension
Anti eternia keldor- hero of anti eternia
Queen maligna- mother of evilyn
Blubbor- executioner of the age of sorrow. created the crucia of agony to murder a sorcerer of grayskull. Can store kinetic energy in his fat
Reptilax - drawn by Axel based on a background Snake Man from the 'King of the Snake Men' minicomic and played a role in the Snake Troopers bio from 2019's Power-Con exclusive set.
Princess Naka-Ra- from Wrap Trap's bio. She-Ra bears a striking resemblance to her.
Asklepia-the good Snake Goddess(based on the DC52 Goddess of Serpos) (as opposed to her evil twin from the Italian comics)
Kaytara - the Silaxian warrior who married Fisto and became the mother of Kay-La.
Hordeous - batlike god-beast. We used the giant bat in DC comics as inspiration, but kind of reimagined it a bit and I named it as Hordeous to distinguish the beast from the more humanoid god, Horokoth.
Sabe-Or - An Ancient based directly on the "Battle Cat Man" concept art from the Dark Horse Art Book.
Saz - named in the Filmation cartoon, but never explored and elaborated upon until Classics. Cat god on par with Serpos and Hordeous, likeness to the cat of Central tower.
Mask-ra-old god, on par with Standor, created the masks of power.
Terrordon-winged evoled preternian cybernetic dinosaur
Sting-or Scorpiani/archana hybrid, honor guard of Queen Tyrantula.
Skullkor-diminutive spy by combining remains of the unnamed one and skeletor blood.
Bash-or-Ram Headed god beast, on par with Serpos, Saz, Zoar, and Horredous
General Vul-Khan- traitor of geolon, conspired with horde prime, creator of the Blasteroids
King Gravator - King of Geolon, creator of the Meteororbs
Ingott "golden boy" brother of Facet
Queen Ophilia Mother of Lady Slither
Queen Quintessa Mother of Hordak, Horde Prime, and Horde-Or youngest brother
Picklok Friend of Skeleteen
Hi-Ra former cosmic warrior, before He-Ro, from masters of the multiverse DC comic sereis, white hair with thunder punch heman armor
B’steel older brother of Red Shadow and his younger brother Beast Lord
Witches of Fire - Burnadette, Vesuvia, Screamatoria
Overlords of the timeless Dimension
Astrelle- the Star Seeker (orange), Bildo- The Architect (Green), Zi-Ra- the Healer (Blue), Lee-ah- the Hope Bringer (pink)
Prince Valor and Emil- Belonged to Secret order of knights called the guardians of Grayskull and used to shield and swords of Grayskull 700 years before Adam to banishing the wizard Anghast to the to the realm of darkness.
King Marin-or the Wise, Created Mermans Trident
Jawsome- Fighting Foe Man driver of the Landshark
Princess Ember and Prince Umber- Children of Glimmer and ? (Bow or Volcano Magnus)
Drake-Gate- Fighting Foe Man driver of the Dragon Walker
Tamadge-laser breathing sorceress dragon
Viperida-Apprentice to Ka, turned into Vypor's wand
Tricera-Herioc Saurian defender and driver of the Bashasaurus
Draegon Lady-Henchwomen of the Demon Nakaras Oni-who merged with the warlord Commodo Long to become Ninjor
What other characters that I'm missing?

[Delthaindia]

Lord Cholo

[Uki]

First I've heard of Tufos; cool!

They're not mentioned by name, but the scientists who rebuild Cy-Chop are "new." (Unless they're the 4 morons from NA...)

[Ornclown]

First I've heard of Tufos; cool!

They're not mentioned by name, but the scientists who rebuild Cy-Chop are "new." (Unless they're the 4 morons from NA...)

Hey! I resent that.....

[Tallstar]

Choloh was originally mentioned in one of the vintage DC/MOTU comics.

[midor]

Choloh was originally mentioned in one of the vintage DC/MOTU comics.

And mentioned in the bio's some where right? I can't remember off hand.


I'm all for introducing brand new and original characters. If you want to call it "expanded" (like Star Wars) I'm fine with that.

[Delthaindia]

Choloh was originally mentioned in one of the vintage DC/MOTU comics.

it was mentioned by beastman as a normal exclamation "for the beard of cholo". the vykrons bio put him in the actual new characters context.

[Kobra Khan]

They're not mentioned by name, but the scientists who rebuild Cy-Chop are "new." (Unless they're the 4 morons from NA...)

I bet my masculinity his creation was their fault.

[Clawful Ofit]

I smell a mini sub. These seem a little too well thought out.

Plenty of parts reuse. Most only require a head, armor, maybe 1 other piece & accessories. Of note I love the use of Batros, Vikor, Trooper, Nepthu & Icarius pieces as they fresh & haven't been used for anyone else. Blast Attak thighs too. See? It just seems like more thought & time was put into this than would be just to show their looks. If true, I salute you, Toy Guru. Ingenuous.

GBW- shins, thighs, armor, head - done
Fang-or- head(s), armor, loin - done
Bandwidth- head, armor - done
Red Shadow- head - done
Gladiator- head(s), armor - done

Throw in 1 more & we are good. I would be on this like immediately.

[Berserker79]

As long as these designs are cool, I would support ne characters. But they have to have the old MOTU vibe.

[facet]

updated op post

[Snake_Man]

If references to new characters from Scott "ToyGuru" Neitlich's messages are not to be consideed canon (like the names "Pebblass", Deon, etc.), then "Spin Whiz" is out, too.

[facet]

If references to new characters from Scott "ToyGuru" Neitlich's messages are not to be consideed canon (like the names "Pebblass", Deon, etc.), then "Spin Whiz" is out, too.

Well i think its along the lines that although TG spelled some things out in his Q and A sessions, Penny and Eric, who are now writing the bios, have the ability to change it up, as they did with the new rock warriors and their names. Thing about most the other ones, Axel did the designs for Mattel, at their request, so i think its safe to say they are official. For instance Spinwhiz

[Penny Dreadful]

Well i think its along the lines that although TG spelled some things out in his Q and A sessions, Penny and Eric, who are now writing the bios, have the ability to change it up, as they did with the new rock warriors and their names. Thing about most the other ones, Axel did the designs for Mattel, at their request, so i think its safe to say they are official. For instance Spinwhiz

Just a few things, to help clarify...

1.) Anything mentioned in the Org's 'What the Fans Want to Know' q&a's or in MattyCollector's message board answers is not considered canon by Mattel/Universal, which is why we were expressly asked NOT to include any of that information in the Dark Horse 'MOTU Character Guide & World Compendium.' We were also told that those q&a answers were not to be considered official canon when writing the Classics bios. Eric and I did use a couple of things from the q&a's - such as She-Ra and Sea Hawk having two daughters, and the name "Tufos" for the character who took over Avion (for a time). After that, however, we avoided the q&a stuff because we were reminded a couple of times that those answers were not to be considered canon unless the info was released via Classics bios, minicomics, or Mattel's official ad copy.

2.) Spin Whiz started as a practical joke involving the insertion of Hordak's drill/top form into MOTUC minicomic #3, as JVS3 explained HERE.
When fans spotted this in the minicomic and asked who it was in the Mattel Q&A's, the answer "Spin Whiz" was given, and probably pulled out of thin air as a way of explaining why the random Hordak top form was there at all. Years later, after people started accepting this as an actual character, the secret was revealed about the practical joke. I believe it was Val (not Mattel) who then asked Axel to draw Spin Whiz for his art thread here, but that was in 2017, long after the minicomic had been released.

3.) All this said, definitely leave it in there! There's absolutely no reason not to include the q&a things like Spin Whiz in this cool thread since it would probably just be a matter of Mattel legal giving that name a thumbs up if they ever wanted to make a figure of it. Maybe it'd be worth just have a little aside denoting "q&a name" for those types of characters?

[facet]

Added
Queen Quintessa Mother of Hordak, Horde Prime, and Horde-Or youngest brother

[JimPansen]

First i want all characters from the vintage Minicomics! With them you can evolve the line further and use them for New directions. But i honestly don't think its already Time to move the line further.

[baronterror]

great list. And as a Fan, I fully support the line growing into the future of eternia and expanding the characters. Bring on He-Ro, Son of He-Man!

[facet]

The great Black wizard is amazing. I love that he has the Shaping Staff and Bone Sword from Filmation. I Like Bandwitdh and Gladiator, both look like they could brawl, Red Shadow's face seems kinda strange, Not really liking it but he has Oo-Lars spear. Fangor looks cool, but with his fangs out, he kinda looks like a walrus, not a snakemen. Alot of cool accessories. Wouldnt mind seeing some of these guys come out in 2016 and beyond.

[Dragonblaster]

OMG a new official Snakeman! I love his design and ability!
Oh please make Fang-or a figure, Mattel! At least after the "big wrap-up".
The same goes for the Great Black Wizard. And those are definately Blast Attack parts in his design!

[Jeevesosiris]

I really want them to make these guys. They all look amazing.

[nanoFatato]

... Fangor looks cool, but with his fangs out, he kinda looks like a walrus, not a snakemen. ...

Exactly my thoughts, I had to look closely to the sculpt to see that he was a snakeman, maybe shortening his teeth to jaw level or make the gingiva more prominent would help the snake look.

The Great Black Wizard is kinda boring, I mean, he's almost the same as the Warlock from Hero Quest, and he hasn't nothing to my eyes that makes him pop.

Bandwidth concept screams MOTU out loud so thumbs up for me, except for those TJ legs, really they are everywhere, please STAHP!

Red Shadow looks OK, but he's wearing some sort of mask? If true it would be cool and interesting, is an animal-like character so some gear made of bones and skin for him would be sweet.

Gladiator looks OK, another robotic character wouldn't hurt, he could reach some levels of amazingness with a clever paint scheme .

Spectormobile, ooookayyy..

[facet]

added tug o war

[Megalodon]

added tug o war

God no......

[Snake Hunter]

Mo-Larr and Stand-ar are new characters but are not really part of the myths

PLEASE, they are part of the myth. Is like saying Plundor is not part of the myth because he is ridiculous or saying Howard the Duck is not part of Marvel Universe.

Is spelled STANDOR


The title says characters created DUE to MOTUC, so some must be excluded:
-Red Beast is not a new MOTUC character, he is a concept from the vintage line.
-Despara was created due the DC comics, not MOTUC

You can add Top Tank and Space Ace with Vykron.

I havent seen King He-Man. He is a completly new character.

[facet]

PLEASE, they are part of the myth. Is like saying Plundor is not part of the myth because he is ridiculous or saying Howard the Duck is not part of Marvel Universe.

Is spelled STANDOR
http://wac.450f.edgecastcdn.net/8045...e-Classics.png

The title says characters created DUE to MOTUC, so some must be excluded:
-Red Beast is not a new MOTUC character, he is a concept from the vintage line.
-Despara was created due the DC comics, not MOTUC

You can add Top Tank and Space Ace with Vykron.

I havent seen King He-Man. He is a completly new character.

You are correct about Standor, corrected it in the first thread thanks for that! Tank top and Space Ace are not different characters, they are fan made names for the other 2 costumes that Vykron has. People that want to create more characters use those parts to make 2 new characters but this is not official recognized or referred to by Mattel as new characters. In terms of Red Beast, he falls into the same category as Vikor and Demo-man, they all were concepts ( in his case for Beastman) but he never had a name, just like Vikor, he never had a name till MOTUC, thats when he really became a character. Despara, yes, she emerged from the DC comics, but that comics series would have never happened had Motuc never happened, and then the same could be said for Gorto, Counselor Adi and Sayrn, so technically yes you are correct, but these emerged cause we had this toyline. King He-man was in the SOH Series bible.