New Eternia Vykron Masterverse Mattel Creations Exclusive Preorder

New Eternia Vykron has gone up for preorder on Mattel Creations! This figure pays homage to the origins of He-Man in the MOTU line!

Mattel Creations put the Masterverse New Eternia Masterverse Vykron up for preorder! Back on May 11, 2023, we reported that Mattel had renewed the trademark for Vykron and he was officially announced as a Mattel Creations Exclusive on May 19, 2023. Flash forward to today and the official images have gone up on Mattel Creations with a preorder date of June 6, 2023.

This new version of Vykron looks spectacular! They went with a new take on the Miliary helmet and space helmet this time around. Instead of Tank Head, they went with more of a mechanical bird like helmet with laser canons on either side. Then for the Space Ace instead of the very Mando looking space helmet, they went with a design that is much more MOTU inspired and resembles a Zodak/ Stratos inspired design. Mattel nailed the Barbarian look complete with furry shoulder accents and his classic Vykron helmet!

Official Product Description

From Eternia’s past comes a legendary champion from the gladiator arena – Vykron. He took on all challenges, no matter the foe or terrain. After each victory, Vykron would claim the armor and weapons of his opponents. He would then take the time to master each weapon and their battle techniques, becoming a one-man arsenal in the ring.

• Masters of the Universe® Masterverse Vykron™ Action Figure
• 7 inches tall with 30+ points of articulation
• Comes with multiple swappable body parts, weapons, and accessories
• 3 different armor types: Barbarian, Spaceman, and Eagle Tank helmet
• Premium packaging

Colors and decorations may vary.

Official Images

Let’s take a look at the Official images for Vykron below!

Packaging

The art of the packaging is spectacular, with incredible illustrations of the 3 different versions of Vykron, Barbarian, Spaceman and Military Man. It’s a rectangular plastic free package with art work on both sides, and on the interior. There is incredible illustrations of Vykron going to battle in all 3 of his modes!

The packaging opens up to reveal Vykron in his Barbarian outfit, standing on a folded display pedestal in the cardboard package. You can pull that out and use it to display your figure! I think this was a very creative way of packaging him and displaying him.

Barbarian

The Barbarian outfit harkens right back to Mark Taylor’s original concept sketches, complete with the viking helmet, furry shoulder pads, brown chest armor, silver wrist bracers, matching shin guards, oversized boots and a huge axe!

Military Man

The Military Man is a new take on this design, as he no longer has the “Tank Head” design, but rather a more robotic bird of beak like design with larger laser turrets on either side. He has green chest armor, and matching green wrist bracers and shin guards. He comes with a large laser canon weapon that has a creature face on the end.

The concept for Tank Top comes from the vintage MOTU sketches so it is great to see the homage paid to the classic design!

Space Ace

The Space man has a new design, rather than the Mando style helmet, it seems to be a Zodak/Stratos inspired design with a breathing device on the front! He has a jet pack with wings that he wears on his back. He also includes red chest armor that connect to a white belt, white and red wrist bracers. He also includes a space age looking red rifle.

Masterverse New Eternia Vykron Announced

As reported by Adultcullector.org on Facebook, Vykron is set to be coming to the Masterverse line, with a presale date of June 6, 2023, and release date of September of this year. In paying homage to the legacy and Origins of He-Man, this new Vykron Masterverse figure will come with 3 sets of swappable armor to create the 3 classic looks: the Barbarian, the Eagle Tank and the Spaceman.

Per Adultcullector.org on Facebook:

NEW ETERNIA VYKRON
Availability: Mattel Creations Exclusive
Page Go-Live Date: 5/31/23
Pre-Sale Date: 6/6/23
This Masterverse™ New Eternia Vykron™ is a deluxe action figure at 7-inch scale with 30 points of articulation and classic design details MOTU™ fans and collectors will love. Bringing the legendary gladiator home, this Vykron™ figure comes with three separate armor and weapons looks for storytelling – the Barbarian, the Eagle Tank and the Spaceman. The New Eternia champion, Vykron, is a collector must-have, with 3 different armor and weaponry looks with metallic details.

This master of combat can strike virtually any pose for action play or display. The Barbarian look includes a detachable fur-style softgoods cape, an armored chest harness, removable head with spiked helmet and removable leg armor. His axe accessory is ready for action poses. The Spaceman look features a space helmet head and chest and belt armor piece. A flexible, removable air hose connects them.

Swappable wrist armor, orange blaster and rocket-tipped winged jetpack complete the look. The third look features a unique tank-style helmet with posable turrets that fits over the Barbarian Vykron™ head. This Eagle Tank look for Vykron™ comes with chest, wrist and leg armor pieces and a battle ram accessory.

Notes from the Team: Before the original He-Man toy was fully realized, he started as a figure concept where you could change his outfit and turn him into different characters. The original prototype model called the ‘He-Man Trio’ had 3 outfits; a barbarian, a spaceman, and a tank-headed soldier. In the end, we know the barbarian won out and became He-man.

***BREAKING NEWS: MATTEL ANNOUNCES… – Adultcollector.org | Facebook
By producing this Vykron figure, our aim was to pay homage to this early concept. We have reinterpreted the 3 outfits of the “He-Man Trio” and have made the armor and accessories removable and interchangeable so you have the power to decide what your figure looks like. Careful attention was paid on the sculpt and deco details as we do on all our Masterverse figures. We hope you are as excited as we are on the release of this Deluxe Masterverse Vykron who celebrates an important part of MOTU history!

Adultcollector.org | Facebook

History of Vykron

Vykron is a character from the Masters of the Universe toy line and media franchise. The character was originally released as a convention exclusive figure in 2012 by Mattel. In terms of his backstory, Vykron is described as a shape-shifting warrior who can take on various forms and appearances. In the original release of the toy, he came with three interchangeable outfits, allowing him to transform into a barbarian, a spaceman, or a military soldier.

Mark Taylor is a former toy designer who worked for Mattel in the 1980s, during the development of the Masters of the Universe toy line. Taylor is known for his contributions to the early development of the franchise, including the creation of many iconic characters such as He-Man, Skeletor, and Battle Cat. The drawing depicts a character with a similar design to the 2012 convention exclusive Vykron figure, with three interchangeable outfits representing different eras of human history (prehistoric, medieval, and modern).

As the Battle Ram Blog states: “As Taylor tells the story, Mattel was looking for a new boy’s action figure line that could be produced without paying licensing fees to a third party. The company had passed on making Star Wars toys, and of course Star Wars had become enormously successful in the meantime. Mattel’s existing boy’s lines (Clash of the Titans, Battlestar Galactica and Flash Gordon) could not compete with Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader. As part of the initiative to create a new male action figure line, Roger Sweet (a designer at Mattel), used some of Mark Taylor’s drawings to assist in developing a pitch for a new line of action figures. For a presentation to Mattel CEO Ray Wagner, Sweet created three rudimentary action figures, which were really Big Jim figures packed with extra clay muscles. In Roger’s concept, the character could be a generic hero, outfitted with science fiction, barbarian or military costumes, and would have access to science fiction vehicles.”

MOTU Classics Vykron Figure

Vykron is definitely an interesting piece of history and in 2012, he was released as part of the Masters of the Universe Classics line.

His bio reads: “His Fifty years before Prince Adam was born, Vykron the Warrior fought in the gladiatorial arena of Lord Choloh, ruler of the Vine Jungle. Learning from each defeated opponent, he became a master of many combat techniques and weapons. As much a champion as a showman, he would often dress in outlandish garb to rouse the crowd and show off his skills. In his final match, he fought against the great Gygor. Before a cheering crowd, the evil fighting gorilla ripped Vykron’s body in half – at long last defeating the arena champion. Following this match, Gygor claimed not only the arena championship but rule of the Jungle itself, forcing Choloh to abdicate his throne. In life, Vykron™ was the greatest of Choloh’s gladiatorial warriors, fighting in any environment at any time.”

This figure paid homage to Roger Sweet’s designs and it essentially was a standard He-Man figure that came with a ton of interchangeable armor and accessories to recreate the three different looks. The top of He-Man’s head was notched out so you can replace it with the barbarian style helmet or the space the helmet and the buck was stripped down so you can interchange the armor with ease.

Barbarian

The majority of this figure is the same as He-Man and the forearms and hands were a new design. He was also designed with unique gauntlets (even though they’re only ever visible on the barbarian version of the figure. He had armor that resembled the vintage figure armor with a gray furry back to it.

Space Man

The space armor and suit looks more like he belongs in the Star Wars Universe as the He-Mandalorian although he would be been cast out of the clan because his helmet did not cover his face – “this is the way.” His helmet slips over his head and seats where it’s notched out, similar to his barbarian look. He does have a very large piece of “family jewel” armor that connects to his open chested armor. He looks like he belongs with the New Adventures series but it’s an interesting concept.

Military Soldier

The military sentry or soldier look is the kookiest one of all! His turret head looks more like a face and he has tracks that run around the top of his shoulder armor. They really leaned into the tank look with the long turret and oversized leg armor.

Where to Buy

Vykron launches on June 6, 2023 9am PST on Mattel Creations, and will sell for $35 with a limit of 3 per person.