Stratos MOTU Origins Cartoon Collection Card Art Teases Delora

The MOTU Origins Cartoon Collection Stratos Card art teases Delora from the He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Filmation cartoon!

We have an early look at the card art for the Cartoon Collection Stratos! Paying homage to the Reign of the Monster He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Filmation episode, the card art is a feat for the eyes! Delora, Stratos’ sister in the Filmation cartoon lore, is also featured on the card art in a special tease! The Stratos pack-in includes the Staff of Avion and is a classic looking figure to add to your Cartoon Collection figures! If you have not checked out the teases on the Mer-Man card art, there is a classic creature and deep cut character teased so don’t miss out!

Stratos on Card

The Winged Warrior is packed with his Staff of Avion behind him on the front of the MOTU Origins Cartoon Collection card. On the back of the card, we can see the cross sell and the illustrations showing off his Staff of Avion and that his pack-in pays homage to the Reign of the Monster” He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Filmation cartoon episode.

Official Hi-Res Card Art

Today Roy Juarez and his incredibly talented team released the Hi-Res Card art for Stratos

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As Seen On ‘Reign of the Monster’ ?
MOTU Origins Cartoon Collection Stratos – here’s a close look at the Winged Warrior’s packaging and artwork.

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High up in the sky, Stratos and his Avion warriors battle the Torgs in a epic arial scene! We can also see Stratos’ sister, Delora taking to the skies alongside her brother to fend off the Torgs and their Tie Fighter’esque winged battle machines.

Stratos close up!

A Hi-Res look at Stratos’ package front and back.

Stratos Card Art

Here we can see the actual Card Back art from the package below.

Delora Filmation History

Delora is a character created for the He-Man and the Masters of the Universe cartoon, portrayed as Stratos’ sister rather than his wife (as depicted in other lore).

If you are not familiar with Delora, she is an Avionian Birdwoman, whose mind is blinded with greed when Skeletor promises her riches. In the Filmation cartoon, she sabotages Avion’s defenses, manages to banish Stratos from Avion, and allows Skeletor to steal the Egg of Avion. Hawke’s reward, much to her disliking, is that she is imprisoned in a bird cage by Whiplash. Probably not the outcome she expected but she later atones for her crime by helping reclaim the Egg of Avion. She was not produced in the original He-Man and the Masters of the Universe line in 1980’s but she was made into a figure for the Masters of the Universe Classics line.

This is technically the second tease of Delora as we think this could be a version of heron the back of Stratos’ card art from the MOTU Origns line.

Reign of the Monster Cartoon Episode

This episode opens where Skeletor visits the Torgs and King Von in their cave, and promises to free their prince of destruction, Molkrom. But the magic of the Elders is too strong and only something with their power will free him. Skeletor’s power is not strong enough to accomplish this so he needs to the Staff of Avion to free him.

He-Man and his friends join Stratos and the bird people for a celebration of the Staff of Avion. But suddenly they are being attached by the Torgs.

The capture Stratos in order to get the Staff of Avion. Skeletor needs the Staff to free Molkron as the staff is endowed with the power of the Elders, the same power that imprisoned Molkrom. They kidnap Stratos and steal the Staff of Avion from him.

Skeletor frees Molkrom. and orders him to trap He-Man and friends behind a stone wall!

Skeletor then rides Molkrom like a steed to Castle Grayskull where Molkrom and the Sorceress battle with their powerful magic.

Meanwhile. He-Man performs one of his classic punches to break down the stone wall, and appears at Castle Grayskull with a rope to restrain Molkrom. Teela finds where the Torgs are keeping the Staff of Avion. Stratos gets the Staff of Avion to He-Man at Castle Grayskull.

He disposes of the staff before it explodes and it destroys Molkrom sending hime back to his crystal prison once more!

Molkrom is returned to his crystal prison and the staff is returned to the Bird People and all is well once again in Eternia!

Stratos Official Images

Decked out in his classic gray, red, and blue paint apps, Stratos is ready for flight and will be landing in collector’s hands soon!

Complete with the Staff of Avion, the Cartoon Collection pays homage to his classic accessory from the Filmation series.

He looks amazing posed with this Staff and he is also ready to take flight.

Stratos Cross Sell

Stratos appears on the card back cross sell for Trap Jaw, and it’s great that we are getting another iconic Heroic Warrior in the Cartoon Collection. The Filmation version of Stratos has been made in the 5.5 inch scale back in 2019 for the Super 7 5.5″ Vintage Style line, which we will take a closer look at below.

Startos, the Winged Warrior from Avion is protrayed as one of He-Man’s most trusted friends and beloved Heroic Warrior. He appeared on a whooping 15 episodes of the Filmation Cartoon! The most memorable of his appearances has got to be Betrayal of Stratos where Hawke discovers Stratos struggling to repair the generator, and then accuses him sabotaging it. He then struggle to prove his innocence throughout the whole episode. At the end, of course we get a happy ending where the Egg of Avion is returned to its rightful place, and then the Bird People and Stratos cheer for He-Man.

Original Startos Figure (1982): The first Stratos action figure was released in the initial wave of Masters of the Universe toys in 1982. Stratos was depicted as a grey skinned winged creature with red boots, red wings an cloth. He wore a blue jetpack chest harness and carried the staff of avion as his weapon. In the accompanying animated series, Stratos was one of the Heroic Warriors and assisted He-Man in his many battles against the Evil Warriors. As seen below, Super7 made a vintage Filmation figure paying homage to his cartoon appearance.

Where to Buy

You can preorder Stratos right now from Paulmart with a release date in May.