King Randor MOTU Origins Fan Favorite Confirmed
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Have it your way with the Burger King himself, none other than our fan favorite King Randor! The MOTU Origins King Randor was always a hard figure to get as he sold out quickly and distribution on him was sparse. But fans can rejoice because we have confirmed that the MOTU Origins King Randor is returning as a Fan Favorite figure, so you can have it your way! Huge thanks to MOTU in the Wild for the heads up that King Randor MOTU Origins Fan Favorite has been confirmed with the image below showing him on the new Fan Favorite Card Back! There is an unnamed 4th figure as part of Wave 16, could it possibly be King Randor?
Have it your way with Fan Favorite King Randor!! Ok we just had to do this because the Burger King jokes just don’t stop with this guy! Photo by none other than your very own Toy Sorceress!
Not only that, but we have a photo of an upcoming Walmart Planogram that clearly shows 2 pegs with King Randor on it, thanks to Matthew Dotter! This is yet another example of King Randor perhaps being the 4th unnamed figure of Wave 16!
We also know that King Randor is part of a Reissue Specialty Assortment that is available on Entertainment Earth!
Entertainment Earth has put a MOTU Origins reissue specialty assortment preorder that contains King Randor, Mini Comic Trap Jaw, and Webstor. It looks like Entertainment Earth has put up a chance for collectors to get some characters from previous waves so this is great news! Could these all be Fan Favorite branded reissues? The assortment will contain:
- 1x King Randor (UPC: 194735244133)
- 1x Ninjor (UPC: 194735244188)
- 1x Webstor (UPC: 194735244256)
- 1x Mini Comic Trap Jaw (UPC: 194735244317)
We wanted to thank @cowabunga_toyz for the heads up! You can preorder these figures on Entertainment Earth right now!
King Randor
This version of King Randor is a complete homage to the 1980’s version, with his red and gold shinny armor, gold arm bracers, crown, orange pants, and blue boots. Where Mattel diverged from the Vintage was that they decided to go with a plastic cape, rather than the soft goods cape of the original.
From the rear image, you can tell the cape looks similar to that of the Origins Scare Glow and Keldor. King Randor may look like the Burger King, but I think he looks absolutely amazing.
Wave 16 Assortment
Hot off the heals of our Wave 15 Assortment news, our anonymous Toy Habits source does it again with the next wave of MOTU Origins assortments! The 2024 waves will be made up of figures from the newly announced Cartoon Collection and Fan Favorite reissue figures. Since the reveal of the Cartoon Collection at SDCC 2023 and with the Fan Favorite Mer-Man showing up in the display case along side of the Collection, we were wondering how Mattel would handle the assortments for each wave of figures. For the Cartoon Collection, which will be available at retail, the inaugural figures included He-Man, Man-At-Arms, Teela, Beast Man, Skeletor, and Trap Jaw. Furthermore, piecing together preorders for the Fan Favorite MOTU Origins characters, there are figures that could be contenders to fill those coveted slots. We know that two of these figures, She-Ra and Mer-Man, are slotted to appear in the Wave 15 MOTU Origins assortment, which leaves Tri-Klops, Zoda, mini comic Trap Jaw, Ninjor, King Randor, and Webstor. Given that the Cartoon Collection is a new sub-line, we could see Cartoon Collection figures paired with Fan Favorite reissue figures for the next few waves as their are only 6 characters so far in the Cartoon Collection. Also, keep in mind, the remaining “Vintage MOTU Origins” line will be moving to Mattel Creations but it looks like the Fan Favorite reissues might be retail releases. With 3 main MOTU Origins sub-lines, it might be a little difficult to follow as the Cartoon Collection, the Vintage MOTU Origins, and Fan Favorite figures make their way into collector’s hands.
Wave 16 Assortment
According to our anonymous source, Cartoon Collection Skeletor and Man at Arms will be paired with Fan Favorite reissues of Tri-Klops and a figure to be named at a later date.. Like we always say, Mattel reserves the right to change figure assortments, but this is the most up to date information we have right now. For fans that missed out on Tri-Klops, this is a welcome relief, as right now a MOTU Origins Tri-Klops fetches a pretty penny on the after market!
Cartoon Collection Skeletor
Cartoon Collection Skeletor looks really great! The simple designs on his chest armor and loin cloth help to give him that Filmation cartoon look! The look of Trap Jaw really looks like his cartoon counterpart! Teela and Man At Arms round off the rest of the Cartoon Collection Wave and look like they stepped right out of your CRT TV!
Here we can see what Skeletor looked like in the 1980’s He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Filmation cartoon series, and Mattel did an incredible job capturing his cartoon look!
We also got another look at the Cartoon Collection He-Man for the upcoming Mattel Creations Skeletor x VeeFriends Skilled Skeleton 2-Pack. This new set launches Oct 6th, 2023 at 9am PST and will retail for $45.00.
Cartoon Collection Man At Arms
Cartoon Collection Man At Arms looks like he stepped right out of your CRT TV! Complete with his Tom Selleck mustache, this Filmation inspired Man At Arms really captures that animated look!
Here we can see what Man At Arms looked like in the 1980’s He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Filmation cartoon series, and Mattel did an incredible job capturing his cartoon look as well!
Tri-Klops
MOTU Origins Tri-Klops was released in 2021 as part of Wave 4 along with Hordak, Stratos and Ninjor. Now Tri-Klops was very hard to find when he was originally released, which has made his value on the aftermarket skyrocket! He is hard to find on eBay, and is selling for upwards of $100! He is a classic homage to the original 1983 vintage Tri-Klops figure that was part of the original Wave 3 of vintage Masters of the Universe action figures!
The vintage Tri-Klops was released in Wave 3 in 1983 and included the signature spinning tri sided eye visor with the 3 different colored eyes. Tri-Klops was also released in his Mini Comic colors as a Mattel Creations exclusive back in 2021!
Tri-Klops on Walmart
Building on the reissues of Wave 2 released at Target stores and Wave 3 through BBTS, we thought Wave 4 be next as a helpful viewer “Rob” sent us a photo of a Walmart price tag for MOTU Origins Tri-Klops! Tri-Klops was a Wave 4 release that is getting increasingly hard to find and going for almost $100 on the aftermarket and some collectors are yet to have him in their collection. Could we be getting Tri-Klops and a potential Walmart MOTU Origins figure
If you recall, end cap displays with 40th Anniversary logos of Wave 2 which includes Scare Glow, Orko, Man E Faces and Trap Jaw, started showing up in Target stores several months ago. Then shortly after, Wave 3 which included She-Ra, Roboto, Zodac and Mer-Man popped up on BBTS. This could be an absolute possibility because the price tag was dated April 6th, 2023. Also when we scanned the tag it does indeed bring up this listing on Walmart.com.
Tri-Klops Walmart listing is below:
Unnamed ReIssue
The fourth figure in this wave right now is an unnamed figure, not because it is a new character, but because I don’t think Mattel has decided which ReIssue character to go with. Right now, based on what we know about the reissues in Waves 15 & 16, we can narrow down the choices. Thanks to our inside source, we know that the Fan Favorite reissue figures include Zodac, Mer-Man, She-Ra, Tri-Klops, mini comic Trap Jaw, Ninjor, King Randor, and Webstor. Since Mer-Man and She-Ra are in the Wave 15 assortment, and Tri-Klops is named to be in Wave 16, that leaves mini comic Trap Jaw, Ninjor, King Randor, and Webstor as potential candidates for the fourth figure in the Wave 16 slot.
Fan Favorite Reissues
Back on July 29, 2023, an online retailer put up half of the MOTU Origins Wave 3 and Wave 4 assortment up for preorder! We saw, in Mattel’s booth ad SDCC 2023, an image of Mer-Man with the “fan favorite” callout in the upper right of the front of the card. We can assume that the entire Wave 3 assortment could come with the callout but Mer-Man is the only figure we have seen with the added info on the card. We reported, back in April 2023 that Tri-Klops had a new listing on Walarmart so we could see other figures getting the Fan Favorite branding to differentiate them from their first release.
Preorder Dates
Right now, TheWholeShebang has the following preorder dates listed on their website:
She-Ra and Mer-Man are set to arrive in February 2023
Tri-Klops and Zodac are due to arrive in April 2024
MOTU Origins Specialty Wave
Entertainment Earth has put a MOTU Origins reissue specialty assortment preorder that contains King Randor, Mini Comic Trap Jaw, and Webstor. It looks like Entertainment Earth has put up a chance for collectors to get some characters from previous waves so this is great news! The assortment will contain:
- 1x King Randor (UPC: 194735244133)
- 1x Ninjor (UPC: 194735244188)
- 1x Webstor (UPC: 194735244256)
- 1x Mini Comic Trap Jaw (UPC: 194735244317)
We wanted to thank @cowabunga_toyz for the heads up! You can preorder these figures on Entertainment Earth right now!
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