New Eternia Whiplash Coming to Masterverse

During early production work of the Filmation cartoon series , Mattel sent Filmation concept artwork by Colin Bailey called “lizard man” but he didn’t look like the Whiplash we know today. He was green with purple armor and yellow legs. He was known as “lizard man” in this concept art. He was also name checked in to the Masters of the Universe bible by Michael Halperin. Filmation however wanted to work him into the series.

The vintage whiplash figure came with the mini comic “Clash of Arms” but he was colored differently then the action figure. His mini comic color way resembled that first early sketch that Mattel had send Filmation early on with the green torso, purple armor and yellow legs. That character rendition almost made it to “She Demon of Phantos” but alast we didn’t get Whiplash into the cartoon until much later.

The colors and design Mattel supplied to Filmation were a bit garish and so Filmation redesigned him into the cute and friendly Lizard Man we all know that appeared in the series. Lizard man appeared in
“She Demon of Phantos” and appeared another 2 “song of Celice” times one of which in a different color scheme. In “the rarest gift of all”

And of course the green version with the dark green torso and blue boots is the version of Whiplash that eventually made into the cartoon series and resembled the vintage figure much more closely.

Finally, Whiplash was totally transformed into a new style in the 200x Mike Young Productions Masters of the Universe animated series. He was a huge wide character that was brought into the modern age and the edgy style of this new series.

Whiplash was introduced into the Masters of the Universe toy line in 1984. The gimmick of his action figure is to thrash its tail when the spring-action waist is turned. Whiplash was introduced into the toy line’s accompanying cartoon series by Filmation at the same time his action figure was released. Whereas most characters from his wave of toys appear rather sparsely in the cartoon, Whiplash proves an instant favorite with the show’s writers and seems to become a series regular at once after his introduction.

The Masters of the Universe 200x Whiplash came out in 2003, and was a huge departure from his previous vintage version. Based on the Mike Young Masters of the Universe animated series, this modern version of Whiplash was a big boy! He was very hefty and with a wide body. He wore a longer loin cloth and had a long tail with a spiked ball like end to it. He came with a double sided futuristic looking staff.

The next action figure form for Whiplash came in 2010 from the Masters of the Universe Classics line. Whiplash came back to his vintage style in that MOTUC buck we all love! He sported that goofy smile with the teeth and bushy eyebrows. He was a nice big figure, with a full tail this time around and a new accessory which was a futuristic 200x inspired two sided staff.

Finally, the latest version of Whiplash to be made was the MOTU Origins version in 2021. In a complete tribute to the vintage Whiplash, this new Origins figure was an amazing upgrade to the vintage figure we all know and love! The skin tone was a bright green, and the chest armor is a deeper color green. The head sculpt looks like a cross between the MOTU Classics and the vintage head sculpts. The new MOTU Origins Whiplash’s neck looked more proportional to the body and shared the same legs with Clawful and Buzz Off. He also included a removeable tail.