Was a 40th Anniversary Masterverse Skeletor teased today? Mattel gave an obscure look at 40th Anniversary He-Man standard version!

August 16, 2022 MOTUesday News Roundup

40th Anniversary Masterverse He-Man Standard Release Stop Motion

As we know, the 40th Anniversary He-Man and Skeletor two pack was released as an SDCC 2022 Exclusive but we have yet to see a produced image of the standard 40th Anniversary He-Man release up until now! This morning we got teased with a short video of 40th Anniversary He-Man battling Skeletor and then they both went into a dimensional portal. What did this mean? Mattel left us with a cliffhanger:

Really, Skeletor?? (More of this adventure to come!) Shoutout to Stuntpuppets for the animation

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Since we’ve only seen official images of the standard release of the 40th Anniversary He-Man figure, it is great to see a produced version so we can take a closer look at the details. Our best guess is the standard release is the same as the version that came in the 40th Anniversary He-Man and Skeletor two pack with some differences. For example, the standard release will have plastic weapons (vs. diecast) and plastic loin cloth and boots.

Possible 40th Skeletor Tease Theory

We at Toy Habits are always thinking and we’ve to the conclusion that today was all a 40th Anniversary Skeletor tease. We I think we are going to see what happens on the on the side of that portal and Skeletor knew he wasn’t going to do anything to He-man with his wimpy punch and he was baiting him to follow back through the portal. He’s going to transform from his Revelation version into his classic 40th Anniversary version (we have yet to see) and kick that living daylights out of He-Man. We they used the Revelation Skeletor in this video because it would have been too confusing if they used the 40th Anniversary SDCC version and it would have looked like a promo for that set so they had to do something different. You can clearly see that this was the standard retail release of Anniversary He-Man, but Skeletor is Revelation version with some armor changes and he lost his cape.

You can also see that the intense brown washing has been removed, like in the version that came in the 40th Anniversary He-Man and Skeletor two pack. You can also get a better look at the boots as they have some nice detail to them.

Another He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Netflix Animated Trailer

Season 3 for the He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Netflix animated series is coming August 18, 2022 so get ready! Mattel dropped another trailer today so check it out below!