Mantenna MOTU Origins Cartoon Collection In Hand Images
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Mantenna is a nervous stuttering imbecile and is mainly used for comic relief, with a running gag that Hordak frequently sends him down a trap door in front of his throne for any number of reasons. When the Horde appear in the She-Ra: Princess of Power series, Mantenna retains his “spy sight” from the minicomics, and can fire energy beams of different varieties from his eyes, such as stun beams, gravity distortion beams, and freeze rays. It was just a few months ago that we saw Mantenna on display at SDCC 2024. Thanks to a friend of Toy Habits, we have Mantenna MOTU Origins Cartoon Collection in hand images and he looks amazing!
Mantenna’s illustration shows off, in detail, the creature features that were lost in the Filmation series. You can imagine that Mantenna is standing over the trap door, where Mantenna’s comic relief comes in the She-Ra and the Princess of Power series.
Mantenna’s looks glorious out of his packaging! His colors are so bright and colorful!
Here we get a front view of Mantenna and you can see how closely he looks to the animated Filmation cartoon version. You can see the button on the back of his head that activates his pop out eyes action feature.
Here you can see Mantenna’s multiple legs. It’s funny how he only has boots on his front feet and not rear, just like in the cartoon! And we get a view of Mantenna’s undercarriage!
Here we get a great view of Mantenna’s pop out eyes action feature!
Official Images and Package Reveal
The new package design is gorgeous with Hordak looming above the fiery Castle Grayskull is perfect for the Horde figures and like Ram Man, Mantenna fills out the entire bubble.
We also get a very cool look at Mantenna’s pop out eye action feature and how you can pose some of his legs.
We also get a shot of the lever from the side as Mantenna makes an exit stage left and his legs look super poseable, which is great for the shelf!
Hi Res Art by the talented @manuel_eduardo_caritas and @fetch.franciscoetchart has been revealed for the upcoming Mantenna Cartoon Collection figure and we can see all the incredible detail on it, so enjoy!
According to Roy Juarez | Instagram:
📺 As Seen On “A Loss for Words”
The usual suspects for Origins:
Graphic Design & Art Direction @manuel_eduardo_caritas
Artwork @fetch.franciscoetchart
Toy Design @katanarama333
Packaging Engineer @lpukhrambam
Copywriter @yesreallyrob
Story @joshuaskywriter
A closer look at the beautiful card back at for Mantenna.
Up close, you can see the muscle detail and he does not look as scrawny as he did in the Filmation series and we just love how Fetch illustrated these!
They did an amazing job translating Mantenna into a Cartoon Collection figure with their use of the 4 legged waist piece. They captured his face sculpt and his large eyes quite well, which gives him some different looks at various angles. He has a black collar piece around his neck and he is painted in a two toned blue color just like he appeared in the Filmation series. Mantenna does appear to have a set of slimmed down cartoon legs that feature an insane set of muscles.
Mantenna as seen in the Filmation She -Ra cartoon series.
According to: Mantenna | Wiki Grayskull | Fandom
Mantenna was a member of Force Captain Adora’s, and later, Catra’s, force squad. In his youth, he attended the Horde academy on Horde World and Hordak was implied that he, like other members of the force squad, was a product of Horde science.
Mantenna had the ability to fire energy beams of different varieties from his eyes, such as stun beams, gravity distortion beams, and freeze rays. Mantenna often acted very nervous, stuttering and stumbling over his words. He could also see over large distances and act as a spy for Hordak.
Despite his useful abilities, Mantenna’s bumbling often earned him Hordak’s ire, with the Horde leader frequently amusing himself by sending Mantenna down the trap door in his throne room. On one occasion, however, Mantenna did manage to have his revenge and sent Hordak himself down the trap door.
Mantenna | Wiki Grayskull | Fandom
Where to Buy
Here are what we think are the Waves 23 and 24 Cartoon Collection figures we’ve found on Amazon so far (minus the Invisible Skeletor figure). Check stock status after the jump to view them on Amazon. You can preorder the Wave 21 She-Ra, Ram Man, and Mantenna from the following online retailers below:
Complete Your MOTU Collection
Be sure to check out our Masters of the Universe shop pages where we’ve curated figures from MOTU Origins, Masterverse, Classics, Vintage and more so you can find the figures you need easier!
