MOTU Origins Cartoon Collection Wave 1 Speculation

Masters of the Universe Origins Cartoon Collection figures were revealed at SDCC 2023, which includes He-Man, Teela, Man-At-Arms, Skeletor, Trap Jaw, and Beast Man were revealed as the inaugural MOTU characters for this brand new subline. The figures are using an updated MOTU Origins buck for this new Cartoon Collection line and the figures that were shown looked amazing!

September 28, 2023 UPDATE: Wave 15 Assortment Details

According to our inside source, Cartoon Collection He-Man and Beast Man will be paired with Fan Favorite reissues She-Ra and Mer-Man. Like we always say, Mattel reserves the right o change figure assortments but this is the most up to date information we have right now.

MOTU Origins Cartoon Collection and Fan Favorite Reissues Wave 15

MOTU Origins Cartoon Collection Wave 1 Speculation

We are speculating that the MOTU Origins Wave 1 will consist of the Filmation version He-Man, Skeletor, Man-At-Arms, and Beast Man! If you recall, the “Filmation” versions were referred in the MOTU Origins News article had He-Man and Beast Man in Wave 15 and Skeletor and Man-At-Arms in Wave 16 but it looks like they are restarting the wave designations as the Cartoon Collection is a new subline! Also, instead of spreading the figure out across two waves, it looks like, according to our source, that Wave 1 will all for figure together to kick things off!

Vintage Masters of the Universe Origins

With this new subline, Mattel had to differentiate it from the new MOTU Origins Cartoon Collection and the fate of the Origins line is out of retailers hands and solely in the hands of its maker, Mattel! Mattel did confirm that the are committed to finishing out the MOTU Origins line but they will be exclusively offered on Mattel Creations. Although the new Cartoon Collection of Filmation Origins figures were reported to go on sale at retail starting in Spring 2024, our source tells us that the figures would be avaiable in Q1 of 2024. As an added bonus, Mattel plans to explore the entire line so we could likely see Filmation vehicles and playsets coming to the line!

MOTU Origins Cartoon Collection

The Cartoon Collection will feature 6 figures in it’s inaugural line up! We’ve seen the cartoon versions of He-Man, Man-At-Arms, Trap Jaw, Skeletor and Teela and the loan hold out was Beast Man! The Cartoon collection are still compatible with swappable parts like the rest of the figures. New card back art with the He Man and the Masters of the Universe logo and the blue sky with Castle Grayskull from the opening of the Filmation cartoon. The back of the character description will say what episode the figure was inspired by. The first ones, are focusing on the “Masks of Power” episode.

There is a difference in the bucks between the MOTU Origins and the Cartoon Collection. The legs are more upright that the more squat previous Origins figures. The torso’s have been updated as well to be more proportional to the cartoon as well. The Cartoon collection are still compatible with swappable parts like the rest of the figures.

Here is the line up for the first run of the figures:

The new MOTU Origins Cartoon Collection is a spectacular homage to the 1980’s He Man and the Masters of the Universe Filmation cartoon series! This first wave of figures includes Cartoon Collection He-Man, Skeletor, Man At Arms, Teela, Trap Jaw and one more mystery figure (shown as a black silhouette) which will be unveiled Friday at 1:30pm.

The new figures have incredible new packaging with a Filmation inspired card back! You can see the classic animated Castle Grayskull on the cardback. It also has a new “Cartoon Collection” sticker in the Filmation rainbow logo style. This new sculpt of He-Man looks fabulous! You can see that they gave him an all new head sculpt from the previous release from the He-Man Anniversary 4 pack.

Trap Jaw and Skeletor looks really great as well! The simple designs on their chest armor and wrist bracers help to give that Filmation cartoon look to them! 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!

Cartoon Beast Man

Beast Man was the loan hold out from the Cartoon Collection reveals! They also display the card art for the figure as well!

He comes with a hover ray that was featured in the episode Dragon Invasion. He comes with his whip as well. He has all new chest and shoulder armor. He stands more upright and is a little more slender than the v1 Beast Man.

Here is the card art for the Cartoon Beast Man:

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