Masters of the Universe Eternia’s Choice Fan Vote Crowdfund

The wait is over and Mattel has posted Eternia’s choices Fan Vote for the next large scale Crowdfund project! Last week Mattel posted a very intriguing instagram post, put up an image of “Eternia’s Choice” which is giving fans the power to shape the next MOTU Crowdfund project! And we speculated on all sorts of options, some of which, we hit the mail right on the head! It’s very exciting that Mattel is giving the fans the power to shape the next project! You get to vote on the top 2 choices, so let’s take a look at the Masters of the Universe Eternia’s Choice Fan Vote Crowdfund project options! Now Mattel has not specified if these are for Masterverse or Origins, but perhaps the scale will work for both figures?

UPDATE: 09/19/23: Eternia has spoken. Next Crowdfund project announcement

Posted on Masters Of The Universe (@masters) • Instagram photos and videos today, the next MOTU Crowdfund project will be announced at a special Mattel Creations Youtube channel event on October 12th. Come back to this article for further updates, as we will continue to bring you more information as it becomes available. With over 3300 people voting in our unofficial poll below, we have the Snake Lair leading the way at 33%, followed by the Attak Trak at 25%, Doom Tower at 17%, Fright Zone at 14% and lastly the Horde Tank at 11%. If you want to participate in our unofficial poll, scroll below and cast your vote, then the current tally will display.

Eternia has spoken! Find out the next MOTU Crowdfund project in a special announcement on the @MattelCreations Youtube channel October 12th. #MOTU #MattelCreations

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By the power of Grayskull, it’s Eternia’s Choice!  Throughout this week, you have the chance to vote for your top TWO (2) choices for our next made-to-order, large-scale item. The voting window closes on Sunday, September 10th, at 11:59 PM PT, so make sure to weigh in now. Head to the link in our bio to cast your vote! What are you voting for? #MOTU
     
Fright Zone Playset
Snake Lair Playset
Doom Tower Playset
Attack Trak Vehicle
Horde Command Crawler

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VOTE HERE NOW on the image below for your top 2 choices and voting closes on Sunday, September 10th, at 11:59 PM PT:

VOTE HERE NOW

Be sure to also Tune in tonight at 8pm PST when we go LIVE on You Tube to discuss! 

Snake Lair Playset

First up is the Snake Lair Playset or Lady’s Slither’s Lair as we like to call it. Recently teased on Fang-Or’s card art below, we discussed this one recently as a distinct possibility as it made the most sense as a new playset to be released since Mattel was going heavy on the Rise of the Snakemen this year!

Lady Slither’s Lair was teased recently on Fang-Or’s card back art. Along with the announcement of the Fang-Or, Mattel provide some very juicy details for us to chew and stew on. As Mattel (we think this might be Roy Juarez speaking) was describing the packaging and art direction for for Fang-Or, and said “When it’s revealed, you will see a direct connection to Preternia. We’ll focus on a lush swamp background, and in the middle of it you’ll be able to see Lady Slither’s Snake Lair…The artwork teases potential upcoming figure reveals and a very cool easter-egg I had to include in the card back artwork.” Fans will notice that the Snake Lair is surrounded by a moat and a creature. The moat pays homage to The Castle Moat playmate that Mark Taylor originally envisioned, and the sea creature is one of the creatures illustrated in The Castle Moat. This concept was held over from the MOTU Classics line but would make an amazing MOTU Origins playset!

So of course when we did get Fang-Or’s card art, the back of the card featured an amazing scene with Fang-Or pouncing on an unsuspecting He-Ro with Lady Slither (and her Lair) in the background! It’s amazing to think we could get a He-Ro figure for MOTU Origins and a scaled down Lady Slither’s Lair, which are teased quite prominently by the card art.

Looking at the art close up, Roy brings out so much emotion and action in this illustration! The fiery oranges and greens play nicely off each to create an epic scene.

Below is a close up of Lady Slither’s Lair on the card back and a concept that was done for the MOTU Classics line.

History of Lady Slither

Lady Slither, Slytheena of the Serpent House is a lady Snake Men in female form, from the Masters of the Universe Classics canon. She said to be the leader of the Snake Men, and has the ability to transform the lower half of her body into a snake tail, which is very unusual. This will be very interesting to see how they treat this in Origins form! She also had a raid on Eternia, then led a Revenge Squad on Trolla, and finally returned to Eternia again to wreak havoc throughout the land.

Thanks to Allison Troy for her insight on Lady Slither. According to Allison: There aren’t many ladies (none) so far in the Snake Men faction. And Lady Slither is one that a lot of fans have responded to. While she’s a lot of new tooling – at this point the only re-use for her is the Origins She-Ra arms. Her torso could facilitate a more generic female torso buck which would lead to many more figures. In her human form she wears fur shorts and the typical furry boots. So that piece would give us Battleground Teela’s waist piece – and if they designed the torso generic enough it would also give us Battleground Teela’s torso. Plus again– a more generic female torso that allowed for clip-on and snap-on armor would lead to more opportunities for female figures in Origins. Plus her crown could be re-used for Zilora from the Filmation cartoon.

According to Lady Slither | Wiki Grayskull | Fandom:

Lady Slither is a vicious leader of the Snake Men, filling a similar role to the one held by King Hiss. She seemed to have attacked Eternia during He-Man’s time on Primus, but was later sent by the Unnamed One to form a villainous Revenge Squad which laid siege to Trolla in an attempt to take the Trollan Temple of Power. Upon her defeat, she returned to Eternia where she and the remaining Snake Men became a dangerous threat to the planet. Later, she joined forces with the resurrected King Hiss and his own revived Snake Men.

Lady Slither | Wiki Grayskull | Fandom

Doom Tower Playset

This Filmation style Fright Zone that the Mattel team is calling a Doom Tower playset is a really cool design that comes right out of the She-Ra Princess of Power Filmation cartoon series of the 1980’s. Known for being the main headquarters for the Evil Horde, the Fright Zone was the prominent location featured for Hordak and his evil minions on the Filmation She-Ra Princess of Power Cartoon. Ah, the Fright Zone, where Hordak sat in his throne room, many a time sending poor Grizzlor thru the famous trap door, ruling over the Evil Horde!

The Fright Zone, although one of the smaller playsets in the MOTU vintage line, is a great contender for a crowd funding project! There was also an unproduced Fright Zone concept that never made it tot he MOTU Classics line! What is cool about the MOTU Classics concept is that it is large and it looks like the Fright Zone from the Filmation cartoon!

Here we can see how the Fright Zone appeared in the She-Ra Princess of Power Filmation Cartoon, and of course Mattel’s design comes straight from this cartoon!

Fright Zone

A vintage style Fright Zone is a really cool choice in my opinion, as it brings us the Fright Zone we all know and loved as kids, but embellishes it to another level. Complete with Snake puppet coming out of the cave, dead tree with the crows and cave jail cell, this set pulls at those nostalgic heartstrings!

The Fright Zone playset was released by Mattel in 1985. More of a diorama piece, the Fright Zone was a simple looking playset that consisted of that famous green colored craggily stone, a rustic dungeon door, a tunnel for a puppet snake to come thru and a scary looking tree complete with scarecrows. This playset was a huge departure for the vast environments that Castle Grayskull and Snake Mountain brought, but I think it holds a special place in the hearts of Evil Horde fans. It didn’t resemble the techno-future location depicted in the Filmation cartoon at all, but it was still cool!

First illustrated on the 2020 Power Con exclusive She-Ra figure card back artwork, the Fright zone was featured on both the front and rear of the card back art. Shown below, you can see Hordak attacking Adora at the fright zone. It is also pictured on the front of the fold out artwork in stunning color showing Hordak’s minions Mantenna, Grizzlor and Catra atop Clawdeen her evil pink lion at the steps of the Fright Zone near the evil tree.

The Fright Zone shown for a second time on the Origins Hordak card back artwork. Again with a bevy of his minions by his side. This time a pair of Horde Trooper, Grizzlor, Leech, Mantenna and Modulock join him.

We see the Fright Zone for the third time featured center stage in all its 1980’s style glory on the 2021 Masters of the Universe Origins Power Con Exclusive Horde 4 Pack – lamp shade box, as I like to call it. This time depicted in stunning wrap around artwork by the great Axel Gimenez. In all 3 cases, your will notice that the Fright Zone is depicted as it was in 1985 Mattel playset release and not what the Filmation cartoon location looked like. Again, giving us a hint that perhaps Mattel in classic Origins style has its sights set for a Fright Zone Origins release?! Only time will tell…..

Attak Trak

This option for me a huge contender because we have never had a Filmation style Attak Trak before! I know o’ve joked around about this before and called it Eternia’s version of the Scooby Doo Van, but this design Mattel came up with looks incredible! There is even a regular sized vintage Attak Trak being driven out of the rear compartment by Man at Arms! So you get a vintage style Attak Trak, plus the Filmation version! The front windshield looks to lift up to place your figures inside as well! These are wonderful designs and a super exciting choice!

The Attak Trak has been featured in the Masters of the Universe cartoons many times. Although it looked different that it’s toy version in the Filmation cartoon, that Attak Trak was a character all it’s own as it spoke and respond to He-Man and the gang in it’s robotic voice! Released in 1983, Mattel’s battery powered motorized version of the Attak Trak did not resemble the one in the cartoon. This version of the Attak Trak featured similar motorized tank treads to that of the cartoon, but that is where the similarities ended. It held only 1 figure that was strapped down with it’s rubber band like seat belt and was a bright red color and beautifu blue accented stickers! Featured in many famous Masters of the Universe Art posters, that Attak Trak is was beautiful illustrated making it a very popular vehicle! It is one of my personal favorites, (pictured below) as I still own a fully functional working version! I just love watching those treads spin around and making that thing run across the room with He-Man strapped in the seat!

Horde Command Crawler

In a whole new concept, Mattel has released as it’s final option the Horde Command Crawler! It looks like a mix between a Cobra HISS Tank and a Horde vehicle from the Filmation cartoon! This one for me personally might be at the bottom of my list as we are already getting an incredible HISS Tank from the latest GI Joe Haslab campaign, and I would just really prefer some of the other options. They did a cool job in designing it with the giant Hordak head on the front and giant gun turret. Then the cool set of stairs leading to the rear compartment to where you can store an army of Horde Troopers!

Be Sure to check our fun Masters of the Universe Eternia’s Choice Next Crowdfund speculation post to see how close we came to guessing these Eternia’s Choice options!