Masters of the Universe Origins artwork official discussion thread

[Bear]

Well if you want to treat them as a team then Fang-Or can just tinker with Evil Warrior machines like Fright Fighter or Land Shark.

[dzathamza]

Lady Slither, Vypor, Quick Flick, Strettch Nekk, Reptilax and Golden Rod?

Bring all these on along with terroar and lord grasp we would have quite the snake army ready for the conquest of Eternia

[zodak74]

I would buy that action figure!

Let's see them make THAT action feature!

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You may jest, but that is a brilliant idea.

And you know, I guess it echoes what King Hiss is/does in the first place... his whole toy gimmick is like "oh hey don't I look like a new friend, He-Man? GAH!!! I'm a writhing mass of snakes!!!" Blast Attak could be this weird ticking android thing and once he crosses battle lines... BAM!!! Snakes in your face for everyone around! More gross, less violent?

[Dylamug]

Just for a fun bit of discussion:
You know how Castle Grayskull box had a big battle scene with all the 1982 and 83 heroes and villains plus Fisto, the Sorceress and the Skeleton Warriors?

If you got to pick for Snake Mountain's box characters for a similar battle scene, who would you like to see? For arguments sake, let's cap it at a maximum of 10 for each faction (but choose less if you want, and no obligation to have each team get an equal number either if you want one team outnumbered)

[Durendal]

Lady Slither, Vypor, Quick Flick, Strettch Nekk, Reptilax and Golden Rod?

And Toxoid! Plus the other ones shown on Kol-Darr's art that we don't have an ID for yet. I actually want all of those characters even more than the vintage ones because they're fresh and new(ish). The vintage Snake Men faction was always thin in terms of numbers, so it looks like they're fully committed to expanding it to proper proportions, even creating new characters like Slithor. Very exciting stuff.

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Dragon Blaster packaging is up now confirming (as we all suspected from the official photos) that the dragon includes the action feature.

Cardback art includes Bashasaurus and Two-Bad.

Haha, how many times have they teased Two Bad now? I hope he gets revealed by SDCC at the latest.

Also, this is at least the second time the Bashasaurus has shown up in art, so I think it's safe to say it'll be coming. I'm personally ecstatic about that, because as a kid it was one of my top requests for Christmas the year it came out, but I never got it. Time to finally correct my decades-long disapponitment!

And Battle Bones - I know that excites a lot of people, but for some reason I never was interested in it as a kid. Still not crazy about it, but who am I kidding? I'll definitely buy it if they put it out

[Smitty.81]

Just for a fun bit of discussion:
You know how Castle Grayskull box had a big battle scene with all the 1982 and 83 heroes and villains plus Fisto, the Sorceress and the Skeleton Warriors?

If you got to pick for Snake Mountain's box characters for a similar battle scene, who would you like to see? For arguments sake, let's cap it at a maximum of 10 for each faction (but choose less if you want, and no obligation to have each team get an equal number either if you want one team outnumbered)

I think a big three way battle would be cool.

1. He-Man, Thunder Punch
2. Teela
3. Man-At-Arms
4. Buzz-Off
5. Fisto
6. Mekaneck
7. Orko

1. Skeletor, Dragon Blaster
2. Clawful
3. Jitsu
4. Beastman
5. Whiplash
6. Skeleton Warriors
7. Evil-Lynn

1. King Hiss
2. Kobra Kahn
3. Rattlor
4. Sssqueeze
5. Snake Face
6. Tongue Lashor
7. Terroar

[Despondor]

I usually tend to avoid getting the vehicles for Origins, but I don't think I'd be able to resist Bashasaurus. That was one of my favorite vehicles in the vintage line, and it had the one of the most reliable and sturdy action features.

As for Snake Mountain box art, I think you'd probably need a few of the main characters for each faction. Maybe He-Man and Skeletor variants could be used, like the Battle Armor versions, or Dragon Blaster Skeletor and Thunder Punch He-Man. If Mattel really wants to lean into the current Snake Men theme of the line, the Snake Armor versions could be featured. For the other heroes, I would pick Teela, Man-At-Arms, Ram-Man, Stratos, Clamp-Champ, Fisto, Buzz-Off, Roboto, and (just to be a little silly) Wundar. For the other villains, I would pick Red Beast Man, Trap-Jaw, Clawful, Jitsu, Scare-Glow, Tri-Klops, 200X-color Evil-Lyn, Faker, and Webstor. If the scene was busy enough with enough characters and chaos in the art, Wundar could be cleverly hidden like in a "Where's Waldo?" scene, and the question, "Can you find Wundar on the box art?" could be printed in the manual or on the back of the box under the product photos.

[Sketchy Skeletor]

Just for a fun bit of discussion:
You know how Castle Grayskull box had a big battle scene with all the 1982 and 83 heroes and villains plus Fisto, the Sorceress and the Skeleton Warriors?

If you got to pick for Snake Mountain's box characters for a similar battle scene, who would you like to see? For arguments sake, let's cap it at a maximum of 10 for each faction (but choose less if you want, and no obligation to have each team get an equal number either if you want one team outnumbered)

I'll actually be doing a mix of Horde, Evil Warriors, Snakemen and the Heroic Warriors, I'd name names but I won't really know until I get Snake Mountain raised up then see how that looks with some vehicles first...

[zodak74]

Just for a fun bit of discussion:
You know how Castle Grayskull box had a big battle scene with all the 1982 and 83 heroes and villains plus Fisto, the Sorceress and the Skeleton Warriors?

If you got to pick for Snake Mountain's box characters for a similar battle scene, who would you like to see? For arguments sake, let's cap it at a maximum of 10 for each faction (but choose less if you want, and no obligation to have each team get an equal number either if you want one team outnumbered)

Oooh, let's see: Evil-Lyn on Panthor, Dragon Blaster Skeletor up by the wolf gate, Tri-Klops manning the Land Shark, Two Bad on the bridge, Scare Glow coming out of the tunnel, Batros flying overhead, a bunch of Skeleton Warriors and some Hover Bots... and King Hiss in snake form standing on the protruding demon head...

vs.

...Thunder Punch He-Man arriving to the scene on Laser Bolt, Teela in chains, Sy-Klone spinning towards battle with Batros, Man-At-Arms on Stilt Stalkers riding over the Skeleton Warriors, Lizard Man scaling a part of the playset, and Rio Blast squaring off against Tri-Klops in the Land Shark.

[Orko's Magic Hat]

Just for a fun bit of discussion:
You know how Castle Grayskull box had a big battle scene with all the 1982 and 83 heroes and villains plus Fisto, the Sorceress and the Skeleton Warriors?

If you got to pick for Snake Mountain's box characters for a similar battle scene, who would you like to see? For arguments sake, let's cap it at a maximum of 10 for each faction (but choose less if you want, and no obligation to have each team get an equal number either if you want one team outnumbered)

I think for the Evil-Warriors -

Dragon Blaster Skeletor
Spikor
Evil-Lyn (in far distance on Roton)
Whiplash (in far distance on Roton)
Beast Man
Two Bad

Heroic Warriors:

Snake Armor He-Man
Snake Armor Man-At-Arms
Man-E-Faces (chained on Snake Mountain)
Slamurai
Buzz-Off

Snakemen (Watching from a corner)
King Hisss
Tung Lashor
Kobra Khan
Snake Face

[MCX-Eternia]

Just for a fun bit of discussion:
You know how Castle Grayskull box had a big battle scene with all the 1982 and 83 heroes and villains plus Fisto, the Sorceress and the Skeleton Warriors?

If you got to pick for Snake Mountain's box characters for a similar battle scene, who would you like to see? For arguments sake, let's cap it at a maximum of 10 for each faction (but choose less if you want, and no obligation to have each team get an equal number either if you want one team outnumbered)

Heroic Warriors:
He-Man, Buzz Off, Roboto, Sy-Klone, Snout Spout, Extendar, Rio Blast, Clamp Champ, Orko & Gwildor
Evil Warriors:
Skeletor, Webstor, Clawful, Whiplash, Two Bad, Stinkor, Spikor, Blast Attack, Saurod, Blade
Snake Men:
King Hiss, Rattlor, Tung Lashor, Kobra Khan, Sssqueeze, Snake Face, General Slithor, Fang-Or
Horde:
Hordak, Mantenna, Modulok, Multi-Bot, Mosquitor, Shadow Weaver, Catra, Entrapta, Octavia, and Dreamworks-style Scorpia for sheer WTH factor.

[Dylamug]

I think for myself I'd go heavy on Evil Warriors, light on Heroic Warriors to make Snake Mountain more daunting to them and leave the other factions out completely.

Probably something like:
Battle Armor He-Man vs Battle Armor Skeletor up at the gate.
Buzz-Off in shackles
Roboto, Mekaneck and Clamp Champ trying to mount a rescue
Met by Lord Faker, Duplicat and the witch from the Powercon box to reference that
Clawful, Webstor, Kobra Khan, Spikor, and Scare Glow sprinkled throughout
And maybe an Easter egg for Goat Man rolling up in a Land Shark or Roton in the background

[Smitty.81]

Looks like the Origins Dragon Blaster Skeletor took some inspiration from this vintage art.

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[anytimepally]

Skeletor and Screeech packaging art: https://www.instagram.com/p/CqV6Ua0PVbm

[Dice]

Skeletor and Screeech packaging art: https://www.instagram.com/p/CqV6Ua0PVbm

Man, that makes me want to order a second just to display in the package!

[hadley]

Looks like the Origins Dragon Blaster Skeletor took some inspiration from this vintage art.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...2f0f6317f3.jpg

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My favorite part of this art is that while Spikor is making his stand against three heroes, Stinkor evidently said “forget that, I’m out!” and turned that Land Shark around.

[Smitty.81]

My favorite part of this art is that while Spikor is making his stand against three heroes, Stinkor evidently said “forget that, I’m out!” and turned that Land Shark around.

I like that He-Man has no hands on the steering for the Bashasaurus. He just gassed it over that hill like "Zoar take the wheel!"

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