Archive for the ‘motu’ Category

MOTU Art Show at Toy Tokyo Underground Opening Oct. 10th

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012
Fans of MOTU art who are going to be in the NYC area for NYCC are in for a treat, because Toy Tokyo Underground is hosting a MOTU art show. Featuring about 20 pieces of original art, the show’s proceeds will go directly to The Ronald McDonald House in New York. From MattyCollector.com: To celebrate [...]

Icon Heroes at SDCC

Tuesday, July 10th, 2012
Our friends at Icon Heroes will be bringing some seriously exciting exclusives to SDCC this year. From new ThunderCats Minimates, to their new Thundertank statue, to their new MOTU Power Sword letter opener, the AFX b00th (#3345) will be the place to be for collectors at SDCC this year! From IconHeroes.com: ThunderCats Minimates 2012 San [...]

New “Masters of the Universe” Prints from Patricio Oliver!

Thursday, May 17th, 2012
Check out these sweet “Masters of the Universe” prints from Argentinian artist (and friend of the Nerd City family) Patricio Oliver: I mean, how cool are these? Lest we forget the bad guys: And lucky for you,  both prints are now on sale! Get your set of Patricio Oliver’s MOTU prints here.

Off by Giant Japanese Monster, Bad!

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012
Check out this great new resin beast by our friend, Giant Japanese Monster, Bad! Based upon a mashup of Buzz-Off, Skeletor and Mantenna, Off is articulated at the arms and wings. The figure is pictured here in white, but expect to see some interesting color variations in the near future, including an exclusive colorway available [...]

Defenders of Nature: Mer-Man Art by Colin Johnson

Friday, March 2nd, 2012
Check out this awesome mixed media piece entitled Defenders of Nature: Mer-Man by Colin Johnson! It’s really great to see MOTU characters handled in this manner- certainly somewhat abstract, but thematically in touch with the original concept. The good news is that this was available as a limited edition 16″x20″ print from Steal This Art. [...]

Harold Karine’s 3D Printed MOTU Figures

Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
Collector extraordinaire, Harold from the He-Man.org message boards has utilized the technology of 3D printing and the impressive skill of digital sculptor Simon Grell, to bring us some great looking figure-sized Masters of the Universe statues. These figures range from fan-created concepts to characters who never saw the light of day in the toy and [...]

Harold Karine’s 3D Printed MOTU Figures

Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
Collector extraordinaire, Harold from the He-Man.org message boards has utilized the technology of 3D printing and the impressive skill of digital sculptor Simon Grell, to bring us some great looking figure-sized Masters of the Universe statues. These figures range from fan-created concepts to characters who never saw the light of day in the toy and [...]

King Burgor Resin Figure by The Grapefruit Goblin

Monday, December 19th, 2011
Check out this super crazy reinterpretation of MOTU and fast food iconography, King Burgor by The Grapefruit Goblin. The base was obviously a vintage Masters of the Universe figure, but the design also features elements from a plastic Burger King, a Spawn vinyl figure,  and a sword that was actually cast from a real BK [...]

Happy (Sort of)Demo-Man, Battleground Evil-Lyn and Wind Raider Day!

Thursday, December 15th, 2011
Mattel’s Masters of the Universe Classics line is going out with a bang, or at least a slightly delayed bang, in 2012. Demo-Man is the MOTUC figure for the month. He’s a really cool design, which is based upon a concept sketch by Mark Taylor from the original Masters of the Universe line that predates [...]

Skevader by Ryan Renders

Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
How cool is this? Ryan Renders used a Darth Vader costume helmet from halloweencostumes.com and customized it to make this outstanding life-sized bust of Skevader, Evil Eternian Sith Lord. Renders also added some particularly inventive design twists to some of the hand made elements of this piece, like the light sabre-style handle on Skevader’s sword [...]

Custom MOTUC Darth Vader by MadTinker76

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011
Check out this outstanding MOTUC-style custom of Darth Vader by our old friend, MadTinker76! The base for this figure is a MOTUC Count Marzo with boots and “skirt” from a DCUC Lex Luthor. The head is from a Star Wars Battle Force Darth Vader. It’s always cool to see an iconic character from another property [...]

Skeletor Wall in Buenos Aires

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011
Check out this amazing 24′x16′ mural by Argentinian artist Emy Mariani in downtown Buenos Aires! Skeletor has never looked cooler! For even more work from Emy Mariani, head over to his Facebook page here.

Happy Snout Spout and Swiftwind (and Bubble Power She-Ra) Day!

Tuesday, November 15th, 2011
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times. There’s nothing cooler than a bright orange cyborg humanoid elephant Eternian firefighter. Today sees the release of the MOTUC incarnation of good old Snout Spout, as well as a really well done Filmation-accurate Swiftwind from Mattycollector.com. Swifty and Snout Spout will be part of [...]

Assembled Wraptor Resin Staction from Royal-T

Friday, November 4th, 2011
From Royal-T comes these images of his incredible Wraptor resin staction in all of his assembled glory. Watching this figure develop over the past year or so, it’s really great to see this latest masterpiece in a near finished state. For even more info on Royal-T’s Wraptor Mini Statue, check out this thread on the [...]

Moh-Toos by Monsterforge

Tuesday, November 1st, 2011
Check out these amazing little 1.5″ chunks of Masters of the Universe-themed awesomeness from Monsterforge studios, the Moh-Toos! These are all 1/1 clay sculpts that are hand painted and will be available in a blind boxed format. Awesome stuff! for even more on Moh-Too’s, check out this thread at the October Toys forum or the [...]

Wraptor Resin Staction by Royal-T

Thursday, October 20th, 2011
Royal-T has knocked it out of the park once again with his latest action figure-scaled statue, or “staction”, of a fan-created Masters of the Universe character, Wraptor. Although not fully assembled, the picture above has all of the elements of Wraptor in an essentially finished state. We’ll hopefully get some assembled pics and sale info [...]

Happy Icarius Day!

Monday, October 17th, 2011
The time is once again upon us when Mattel makes available, through their MattyCollector site, the latest of their Masters of the Universe Classics figures. For October, the figure is none other than Icarius, the Galactic Protector character that originated in the late 80’s New Adventures of He-Man line. This is a really [...]

MOTUC Horde Prime and Snake Man-at-Arms for 2012

Sunday, October 16th, 2011
Yesterday, at New York Comic Con, Mattel revealed 2 new Masters of the Universe Classics figures, Horde Prime and Snake Man-at-Arms. Both of these figures are scheduled for a June 2012 release date, with Horde Prime being the regular monthly release and Snake Man-at-Arms as the quarterly a-list variant. The Horde Prime is a really cool [...]

Pics from Power-Con/ThunderCon 2011

Thursday, September 29th, 2011
I was lucky enough to be able to check out Power-Con/ThunderCon this past weekend in Los angeles and it was an absolute blast! Any self respecting Masters of the Universe, Princess of Power or ThunderCats fan needs to be absolutely sure to get to Power-Con. Included above are some of the pictures that I was [...]

Power-Con/ThunderCon is 09.24-09.25

Wednesday, September 21st, 2011
Check out this great promotional video by Pixel Dan, featuring some super badass art by Tim Seeley, that gives you the info you need about this weekend’s Power-Con/ThunderCon in Los Angeles. For even more info on Power-Con/ThunderCon, head over to the official site here.

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