On the Hunt for MOTU Origins Moss Man

The highly anticipated and elusive Moss Man has now been spotted in the wild. We went On the Hunt for MOTU Origins Moss Man and will discuss what we found! Moss Man has now been spotted in the wild at Walmarts in Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Texas, New York and now California! But some lucky collector’s have been able to get their hands on him! It’s been fun seeing all those collector’s posting their successful hunts and coming back with their precious prize! Tonight, my husband and I went out on the hunt for Moss Man in Southern California. We were so close to finding him as he showed up as “In stock” at a store clear across town, but he narrowly escaped our grasp as the store employee was unable to find him in the back or on the shelves! Driving back dejected and singing to John Denver on the radio to cheer myself up, I thought to myself, even though we came back empty handed, we got some great intel, that might help you all track Mossy down! We had previously gota tip off from an unnamed source that Moss Man was supposed to be hitting stores by the end of this month and will retail for $39.97, so now is the time for you all to go on your hunt for Moss Man! Let’s take a look at the what we found when we went on the hunt for MOTU Origins Moss Man. Thanks to all the collector’s who shared your photos as there are too many to name, but we appreciate seeing your adventures to find Mossy! We have yet to find his online listing, but we are still searching for it and will update you as soon as we find it!

Case Pack

First we were able to confirm that Moss Man comes packed in a 4 per box case pack, One collector Fredrick Rainey posted images of the box, and can confirm that Mossy comes packeged 4 per box.

During our hunt for Moss Man, with the image below of the box, one Walmart employee was able to scan the barcode on the photo to try to locate Moss Man in the back of the store. We had no luck, as he came back empty handed, but it’s great information on the box!

UPC: 10194735158208

Item # :658212487

With either the PDA screen shot below or the barcode. you can also ask a Walmart employee to scan it to check their inventory or the inventory of nearby stores.

Where to Buy

Collector’s Successful Hauls!

Many of you lucky collectors out there were lucky enough to find Mossy out in the wild, and for those of your who were successful, we are so happy you were able to bring home a piney smelling friend!

Bar Code

Thanks to Dan Latham for sending us the bar code! As soon as we are able to dig up his online listing, we will be sure to let you know! Moss Man is priced at a whomping $39.97 but I think fans have been waiting for him for so long, that they will pay whatever it takes to get him home!

According to Dan Latham:

Here’s the UPC to check your areas.  It does ring up, I got scared it did that one screen but she came over and rescanned and it went through.
I’ve had 12 msgs from people about it so let me see I can cover a lot of questions.   I don’t what the case quantity is, they were just on the shelf in a different spot.   There was that tag printed though so it has a spot.  They had a lot of new Star Wars & Joes.  There’s pallets on the floor with tons of open boxes.  They say week 27 on a lot of the boxes like the Joes but Roy from Mattel said Street date is 8/1.   I didn’t see a box, there were cut down cases in another box and I went through there but it wasn’t there.  It’s possible there were more but I just found these 2.  I’ll post the comic when I can.

Dan Latham MOTU Origins, WWE Masters & Superstars ~Fan Page | Facebook

MOTU Origins Moss Man on eBay

As Moss Man is sowing up in the wild, he is popping up on eBay at ridiculous prices!

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Moss Man Reveal

MOTU Origins fans have been asking for Moss Man for the longest time, and now our requests have been answered but with a slight twist. We are finally getting a freakin’ FLOCKED MOSS MAN in the MOTU Origins line and we personally cannot be more excited!! After all this time, I have been waiting for Moss Man to join the Origins line, and in the Fall of 2023. When this was announced at the presser event, it was announced that he will be a wait for it….. Walmart exclusive! The Lord of the Forests pine smelling friend will only be available through Walmart.

Moss Man will be a deluxe figure give that he will be fully flocked, come with an alternate LOP Style Beast Man head. Mossy’s head looks to be based on the Beast Man head, but he is much more friendlier looking with a big smile on his face looking very Filmation like! They nailed it with this head sculpt! He will also include his vintage style club, yellow Beast Man armor as an homage to those that used to put this weapons pack armor on their Mossy’s, and also a brown Pig Head club as well.

This is one of the most widely anticipated releases for the Origins line, so we are excited to see the package design, the art, and the figure and creature teases! Speaking of teases, there are a few Masters of the Universe Classics teases in this art plus teases pointing to a wide Powers of Grayskull line. Could we see the Powers of Grayskull line coming in 2024 with the release of the Eternia playset? We sure hope so! The packaging for Moss Man looks incredible as Mattel is really cranking it up with this special edition release. This is said to be a Walmart exclusive, Roy Juarez states in his Instagram post that this will be “in Walmarts”, which makes us a little concerned. Will this be available only in store? Walmart’s distribution is not the best and not all stores receive the same product. Or will our pine smelling friend be available online? Little to nothing is known at the moment about how Moss Man will be available to purchase.

Package Design

In Roy’s words, “It’s packaging time! Here’s a special preview of the Collectors Edition “flocked” Moss Man packaging exclusively in Walmart. This Heroic Spy & Master of Camouflage has moss-like fur, and smells like pine!”

The usual suspects for Origins:
Art Direction & Graphic Design @manuel_eduardo_caritas
Artwork @axel.gimenez@fetch.franciscoetchart
Toy Design @katanarama333
Story @joshuaskywriter
Copywriter @yesreallyrob

Moss Man’s packaging is absolutely stunning, with a beautiful scene within a lush forest complete with waterfalls and in the background yes, it is Eternia! So this scene is taking place in none other than in Preternia! We are just over the moon about how beautifully gorgeous this packaging is! We have been waiting Moss Man for so long and they really did this gentle pine smelling friend of the forest justice with this incredible packaging! Let’s dive in and take a close look at Moss Man’s packaging!

Moss Man looks just incredible inside the packaging! His pack out is beautifully laid out! You can see his brown curved spiked mace and club on one side, and his yellow armor on the other. The curved spiked mace of course is a reuse of Pig Head’s weapon. And the club has been used for several characters like Clawful and Kamo Khan most recently. The yellow armor is an homage to the vintage weapons pack, that came with a set of yellow Beast Man armor, and people used to put this on their Moss Man figures. I think it’s wonderful how Mattel honored that fan made tradition through this figure releases!

Art and Illustrations

Moss Man comes in a gorgeous collector’s edition box, similar to that of Eternian Palace Guard window box. This is just stunningly beautiful art work covering every square inch of the packaging featuring our pine smelly furry friend, and a ton of figure and creature teases which we can’t wait to get into! The artistic team of @manuel_eduardo_caritas, @axel.gimenez and @fetch.franciscoetchart did a spectacular job with this artwork! Gonna have to pick up several of these to keep in the collection! There is a whole forest scene going on with prehistoric creatures, all sorts of trees and vines, and a ton of new character sprinkled throughout.

Front and Side Box Art

The front of the box features a stunning prehistoric forest scene with several figure and creature teases. The art wraps around the top flap, front and sides of the packaging. Here we can see the entire panel of images. On the side panel there is a figure tease of Gigantisaur, an unreleased creature from the cancelled 1988 Powers of Grayskull line. You can see Thunder Punch He-Man coming out of the dinosaur’s belly. We will discuss him further below. We also get another tease on the center panel which occurs on the top flap of the package. Flying toward that large Sequoia is none other than Turbodactyl, who was also originally released in 1987 also under the Powers of Grayskull subline! Also that is no ordinary Seqouia tree, if you look closely there is a face on that tree, and it is Sky Tree! Sky tree is a character from He-Man and the Masters of the Universe and is the oldest tree on Eternia! In the left panel below, we can see Moss Man front and center, but who is the blue creature standing behind him? That is of course is Red Shadow, yes which I know he is blue, but that is his name. We discuss Red Shadow further below as well. Of course off in the distance is Eternia as this scene is taking place in no other than Preternia!!

Rear Box Art

The rear of the package is a stunning full color illustration of the entire rear of the package with Moss Man poking out of a ferny bush, fully armored up, mace in hand! He is looking over two new foes. There os a beautiful redish orange Eternian sunset sky in the background. Standing in the distance are Nepthu in Snake Form, and

To see more reveals from the Press and Influencer even, read more here:

Masters of the Universe 40th Anniversary Press & Influencer Day Reveals

Moss Man is one of He-man’s closest allies, the ever so gentle friend of the forest, Mossman! As his name reveals, he is a man made of moss, who can camouflage himself into foliage and other green vegetation, as well as control all plant life. The figure is essentially a green repaint of Beast Man, flocked with “moss” with the fangs painted over and a pine scent added to the body. He has a mace that is a recast of a weapon from the original Castle Grayskull.

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