MOTU Origins Cartoon Collection Wave 22 Official Images
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We got our hands on the MOTU Origins Cartoon Collection Wave 22 Official Images. This wave consists of Cartoon Collection versions Tri-Klops, Hordak and Man E Faces. Now the Cartoon Collection looks like it is going to 3 figure waves, as we saw on the card back reveals for example on the Ram Man reveal. So let’s take a look at the MOTU Origins Cartoon Collection Wave 22 Official Images!
Tri-klops Cartoon Collection
You’ll notice that his armor is a lighter green that what appears in the Filmation cartoon but he looks great with his hair hanging down. Looks like he’ll be packed with the Rock Softener featured in the The Royal Cousin Filmation Episode but we are unsure as we have not seen the entire accessory.
More official images of Cartoon Collection Tri-Klops
Tri-Klops, Skeletor’s Evil Warrior that sees everything is coming to the MOTU Origins Cartoon Collection! Tri-Klops was one of Skeletor’s bumbling idiot henchmen that appeared in 10 episodes of the Filmation cartoon. According to an anonymous source, Tri-Klops will be coming to the Cartoon Collection in 2024 and we will likely also see him revealed during MOTU March Madness 2024. While a source as revealed that he is coming to the line, we are speculating as to what episode they will be paying homage to and what Filmation accessory he will come packed with. Also, given that the Cartoon Collection is pairing a Heroic Warrior with an Evil Warrior in each wave, only time will tell which figure Tri-Klops will be paired with. So let’s take a look at Tri-Klops coming to the MOTU Origins Cartoon Collection, what he might look like and what his potential episode specific accessory might be!
Here we can see how they based Tri-Klops on He-Man’s body, just like the action figure!
You can preorder the figure by heading over to Small Tiny Toy Store:
Funky Toy Junkie also put up Tri-Klops for preorder!
Hordak Cartoon Collection
This version of Hordak is outstanding! As the Cartoon Collection is known for toning down the details, they really poured a lot of sculpting into the ruthless leader of the evil Horde! He features a cartoon accurate face sculpt and they even remembered to paint his eyes and his teeth red! What is also great about this version is that you can finally swap out just his head sculpt as his head is on a ball joint that is not attached to his collar.
This Masters of the Universe toy comes with a removable harness and a time-stop device accessory inspired by the Princess of Power episode “Loo-Kee Lends a Hand.”
More official images of Cartoon Collection Hordak.
Photos taken of the prototype figure at the Mattel booth at SDCC 2024.
Hordak was the ruthless leader of the Evil Horde and appeared in 72 episodes of the She-Ra, Princess of Power FIlmation cartoon series. He appeared with blue skin and did not resemble his vintage action figure, which had grey skin.
According to Hordak | Wiki Grayskull | Fandom:
Hordak was a Commander in the Horde Empire and was the brother of Horde Prime, the supreme ruler of the Horde. Hordak was trained in the art of sorcery by the Etherian magician, Noah, though as time went on, he would grow to detest magic and embrace technology and science, believing it far superior. Hordak’s preferred method of fighting was to transform his body parts into various weapons, usually favouring a cannon arm.
Hordak | Wiki Grayskull | Fandom
You can preorder the figure by heading over to The Whole Shebang:
Funky Toy Junkie also put up Hordak for preorder!
Man E Faces Cartoon Collection
Man-E-Faces looks like he has an oversized bucked on his head and he also looks unfinished as he is in the prototype phase in the booth. It looks like you might be able to twist the helmet at the top to change his faces as they only showed off his monster face across all of the days at SDCC 2024. In the Filmation cartoon, he has another pink hose that connects to his helmet, which appears to be missing. They nailed the skin tone and it looks like they did not complete his wrist armor on his left side.
This Man-E-Faces Masters of the Universe toy comes with his signature rotatable face looming out of a helmeted harness and is inspired by the episode “The Mystery of Man-E-Faces”.
Here are some close ups from SDCC 2024!
According to Man-E-Faces | Wiki Grayskull | Fandom:
In He-Man and the Masters of the Universe by Filmation, the portrayal of Man-E-Faces is somewhat changed. Rather than being cursed with a split personality, he is an actor who uses his alternate faces primarily for the purpose of playing roles on stage. He is also able to change to numerous other faces alongside his robot and monster faces. This change to his character is probably made in order to make his character less dark and therefore more suitable for the younger audience the show was aimed at.
He is given an origin episode early in the series, in the episode The Mystery of Man-E-Faces. This episode reveals that he was originally a villain who terrorized others with his faces, but not so much out of evil desires as personal insecurity and basic survival needs. He was an outcast feared by virtually everyone for his ability to change his face, which in turn made him “cold and cruel” and so he began to abuse others out of resentment for mistreating him and to compensate for his personal crisis. He was captured by Skeletor, who intended to recruit him as a henchman, but as he was not really evil he had no desire to join Skeletor and was forced into fighting He-Man against his will when his monster face was controlled by Beast Man’s power. He-Man believed that Man-E-Faces was not a villain, and the Sorceress agreed, so with urging from He-Man, the Sorceress used her magic to help Man-E-Faces overcome Skeletor’s influence. Grateful for their help, he returned the favor by helping to thwart Skeletor’s attack on Castle Grayskull and, after telling them his story, feeling he had at last found the friendship and kindness he needed, he joined the Royal court as an actor.
The cartoon’s version of the character seems to use his faces more for the purpose of acting rather than anything significant to battles. He is only used in one subsequent episode, The Shadow of Skeletor, in which he uses his acting abilities to impersonate Beast Man, going undercover in a “Beast Man” disguise to spy on the Evil Warriors. Although initially conceived as one of the main characters of the franchise, his appearances are sparse in all media given that he proved a difficult character to integrate into story-lines no matter what purposes his faces were used for.
The original script for the 1980s episode Into the Abyss was to feature a third appearance in the show by Man-E-Faces, rehearsing for a play in an scene in which Ram Man is made to read out the part of Man-E-Faces’ love interest. But this scene was cut from the script to avoid ruining the atmosphere of a generally dark episode.
Man-E-Faces | Wiki Grayskull | Fandom
You can preorder the figure by heading over to The Whole Shebang:
Funky Toy Junkie also put up Man-E-Faces for preorder!
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