Night Stalker MOTU Origins Mattel Creations Exclusive Preorder

Night Stalker, the evil armored steed, is finally galloping into our collections! We have been waiting since last year’s reveal at SDCC 2023, but finally the MOTU Origins Night Stalker is coming to Mattel Creations as an exclusive and will go up for preorder on June 18th at 9am PST! Mattel launched official images and the preorder page for Night Stalker!

June 11, 2024: Night Stalker Official Images

This evil armored battle steed might be He-Man’s nightmare, but our Night Stalker is a collector’s dream come true. Combining vintage looks with 18 points of articulation and numerous battle accessories, our evil equine is ready to storm Castle Grayskull, strike terrifying poses, and take Origins figures along for the ride.

The windowless packaging looks outstanding and the MOTU creative team did a bang up job!

Skeletor also looks amazing riding this stead and the blast effects look amazing!

He comes with a figure stand that is akin to what the MOTU team did with Stridor and making this a Snake Mountain companion piece.

The colors are also stunning as the purple and golds play really well together!

Night Stalker SDCC 2023 reveal

Night Stalkers coloring in this photo fives the appearance of a mustard yellow paint app versus the gold color we are used to seeing on the vintage figure. He comes with a similar set of accessories like Stridor and, as we suspected, Mattel was waiting for Snake Mountain to release before revealing this creature.

Vintage Night Stalker:

Night Stalker, known as the evil armored steed, was Jitsu’s ride and also Stridor and Fisto’s nemesis. Made to be the evil version of Stridor, the 1985 vintage Night Stalker was a complete repaint of the Stridor mold, colored in black, gold and purple color scheme. His color scheme looked amazing as the gold was shinny and matched the gold accents on Jitsu! He was made of the exact same mold as Stridor, with his front right leg in that up bent stance.

Night Stalker is known for his dark color scheme and fierce appearance, with glowing red eyes and sharp teeth. In the Masters of the Universe storyline, Night Stalker is a loyal steed to the evil villain known as Skeletor. He is often seen accompanying Skeletor into battle, adding an extra level of intimidation and power to his arsenal. Night Stalker is equipped with advanced robotic technology, making him a formidable opponent in any conflict. Throughout the various Masters of the Universe media adaptations, Night Stalker is portrayed as a formidable and loyal companion to Skeletor. His design and abilities make him a memorable and popular character within the MOTU universe.

According to Night Stalker: Evil Armored Battle Steed! (1985) | Battle Ram:

Like Stridor, Night Stalker had a surprising lack of articulation. The design of his legs would lead you to believe that they were movable, but in fact they were not. The only moving parts on both horses were the tail, the rear gun, and the front guns. I was a little surprised by this fact when I first opened him up, but given the lack of articulation on Battle Cat, I made my peace with it pretty quickly.

Unlike an organic horse, Night Stalker was outfitted with a cockpit. The rider would sit in a seat with his legs inside the mechanical steed’s body. He could control the horse via a control panel rather than reins.

Night Stalker was sold individually and in a gift set with Jitsu. I’ve always liked the fact that Night Stalker had a rider associated with him besides Skeletor. I feel like it adds a bit of depth to both Jitsu and Night Stalker. You can imagine the two of them having independent adventures far away from Skeletor’s watchful eye.

The artwork on the individually packaged Night Stalker was done by an unknown artist, who I believe also did the artwork for Panthor, Stridor, Point Dread and others. The artwork for the two-pack was done by the great William George

The Masters of the Universe Classics line did their own version of Night Stalker as well. Similar to the Stridor release, Night Stalker came with 2 alternate purple-colored helmets.

As we prebiously mentioned above, Nightstalker was spotted only once and very subtly on Fisto Origins card back artwork. If you didn’t pay attention, you would have missed him as he truly was a hidden easter egg!