Trap Jaw MOTU Chronicles In-Hand Review

When Trap Jaw was first announced, I knew this was going to be one I wanted in hand, and seeing the prototype at Toy Fair 2026 only sealed the deal. I fell in love with the design immediately and have been counting down the days since. Now that the Chronicles Trap Jaw is here in front of me, I can say with confidence that this one exceeded expecations. Trap Jaw has always been one of the most iconic villains in the Masters of the Universe roster, going all the way back to the vintage line and the Filmation cartoon, and seeing him realized through the lens of the 2026 live action film with Sam C. Wilson’s likeness is a full circle moment for the character. The sculpt on this figure is impressive, from the mechanical jaw to the weaponized arm, and the movie-accurate armor gives him a grounded, lived-in look that fits the tone of the new film perfectly. The swappable weapon attachments and alternate hand give you solid display options, and at 30 points of articulation, you can really dial in some dynamic poses. At 6.5 inches, he scales well with the rest of the Chronicles lineup and he’s a little beefier than other figures given his design with the attachments so he has a larger presence of the shelf, and the packaging itself is worth mentioning for anyone who likes to keep things boxed. This is one I am really happy with and glad to have in the collection. Huge thanks to Big Bad Toy Store for sending this Trap Jaw MOTU Chronicles over for review, and if he has been on your must have list, you can still grab him now at Big Bad Toy Store.

Packaging

The packaging uses a deep purple color scheme that really suits the evil warriors, and it’s a great choice that carries across both the front and back of the box. Trap Jaw has a larger presence, and he fills up the window display nicely, with his bulky armor and weaponized arm taking up nearly the entire viewing area.

The box design has a clever feature, with open plastic panels on the sides that let light pass through and give the figure a nice sense of depth inside the packaging. The back panel artwork shows Trap Jaw in a moody purple Eternia landscape, and it’s honestly one of my favorite box presentations from this wave.

Figure Details

The front and back views together give a full picture of Trap Jaw’s overall design, and there’s a lot going on with this figure. The blue skin, pink helmet, weathered silver armor, tan leather strapping, black textured waist wrap, teal thigh plates, and dark cybernetic lower legs all create a layered, lived-in look that covers a surprising range of materials and finishes.

The side views together show how well all of Trap Jaw’s different material textures and color zones read in profile, from the spiked silver pauldron sitting high on the shoulder down through the blue skin of the upper arm to that hefty cannon attachment with its bronze-tipped muzzle. The teal chevron plates on the thighs, the waist wrap, and the heavy cybernetic leg plating all stack cleanly in layers without any one section blending into the next, and it’s impressive how much visual separation they achieved across so many zones on a single figure.

Trap Jaw’s accessories are laid out alongside the figure, with the detachable arm cannon, a sword-like blade with cutout slots and a circular pommel, and a swap-out open blue hand with a wrapped wrist cuff. The cannon is still attached here, and the alternate blade weapon has a hefty, industrial look with that same dark gunmetal finish seen across all three interchangeable arm pieces.

That jaw is on a hinge that opens and closes, and the sculpted teeth and gnarled green skin around it give the mechanism a gnarly, organic-meets-mechanical feel. The helmet design is pretty damn cool too, with its pink coloring, spiked crest along the top, and riveted chin straps framing the face in a way that nails the movie-accurate Sam C. Wilson likeness.

The jaw is closed here, and you can just make out the row of sculpted teeth peeking through the seam where the pink mechanical jaw meets the green skin. The silver armor on his shoulder and gauntlet has a nice weathered metallic finish, with rivets and spikes adding texture across every surface.

The brown leather-like straps running across Trap Jaw’s torso have a great texture to them, with individually sculpted rivets dotting the edges, and the wide black belt at his waist features an embossed skull-and-crossbones emblem with a glossy finish. The wrist gauntlet is a nice detail, with a tan leather wrap underneath and a chunky silver control box on top that has tiny sculpted details, giving the arm a real techy, functional look.

The back view of the chest harness shows the brown leather-textured straps crossing in an X pattern between the shoulder armor, with each strap secured by sculpted buckle clasps where they intersect. The silver shoulder armor have a different profile from the rear, with the spiked ridges on each shoulder catching the light and the harness pulling taut across the blue skin of his back.

The saw blade attachment is an aggressive-looking piece with a serrated edge running along one side and elongated cutout slots through the center of the blade. The metallic silver finish on it has a nice gunmetal tone, and the way it connects to the arm mechanism through that circular joint gives it a solid, locked-in look.

The side profile gives a great look at the silver studs running along the top ridge of Trap Jaw’s helmet, and they add a nice bit of texture against that bright pink plastic.

The hook attachment has a thick, curved sculpt with a textured surface that gives it a worn, industrial feel. That’s a solid piece of hardware, and the way the hook tapers to a pointed tip while maintaining real heft in the curve sells it as a functional weapon.

The cannon attachment is a hefty piece of hardware with a dark gunmetal barrel, sculpted panel lines, and raised bolt details running along its length. The bronze paint app on the muzzle end is a nice touch, giving the barrel opening a warm, worn-metal contrast against the cooler grey tones of the rest of the weapon.

The green armor plating on the thighs has a metallic teal sheen that pops against the textured dark skin sculpt above, with arrow-shaped chevron details molded into each plate. The knee armor separates cleanly from both the thigh and the lower boot sections, creating distinct mechanical segments with circular joint hardware and layered plating that really sells the cybernetic conversion.

The lower legs and feet look fully cybernetic, with layered armor plating sculpted in overlapping sections that give them a heavy, mechanized feel. Circular ports sit just below each knee joint, and the feet have segmented toe plates with small embossed details, making the whole lower half look like it belongs on a war machine rather than a person.

Trap Jaw without his chest harness still holds up as a clean look, with the blue skin sculpt uninterrupted across his torso and the gold wrist gauntlet and cannon arm providing enough visual weight to keep things interesting. He can pull off the look, honestly, and it’s a nice option for collectors who want a slightly stripped-down display.

To get the chest harness off, you just pop the arm out of that circular shoulder socket, and it disconnects with ease. The joint is a clean ball-and-socket setup with a smooth blue peg, and the cannon arm slides right back into place once the harness is removed or repositioned.

The front view of the chest harness shows the two silver pieces of shoulder armor connected by the tan leather-textured straps, with the harness forming a layered cage-like structure of riveted bands that wrap around and secure at multiple points. The smaller chest plate on the upper portion has sculpted geometric cutouts and rivet details with a clean silver metallic finish that matches the larger shoulder piece opposite it.