MOTU origins

[Skyfire]

I saw the She-Ra at Big W recently and thought it looked really good, so good that I'm considering buying her and a He-Man.

This is a brand new figure right, designed to fit into the MOTU line (compared to the classic She-Ra toys)?

The other MOTU figures I've seen all look the same as the ones I recall from the 80s (other than some being in the "cartoon" colours) but are there any other "new" figures?

CC She-Ra is a new figure and looks just like the character from the She-Ra cartoon. She never appeared in the regular He-Man cartoon (there was the cross-over Xmas special.) So there was no toy of her among the original 80s MOTU figures. MOTU Origins wave 16 had the original She-Ra toy in the style of the retro MOTU Origins figures.

Faker is a perfect stand-in for He-Man with the changeable head to make him regular He-Man for those that missed CC He-man.

There's a new mould of a character not made in the 80s toys coming in wave 25 - Fang Man, who appeared in one episode (The Time Corridor). In the same wave there is also Uncle Montork (Orko with a changeable face) who was also never originally produced.

[JJJ]

Also, the new figures have modern articulation - so shoulders (that move in more than just one axis), elbows, wrists, hips (that move more than originally), knees, ankles, and necks.

There are plenty of toys of characters that were never made in the 80s, but if you actually want them they'll be very, very expensive at this point (MOTU Origins has horrible distribution at the best of times, plus there's the regular Australia tax, plus everyone wants to be a scalper these days). I can post a list if you like.

[Paulbot]

Thanks for that info. I causally look at whatever MOTU toys Big W has and I’ve found the recolours quite interesting, like the recent TF Retros, but had assumed like the TFs they were just rereleases. Being modern figures with that classic look is a very clever idea.

Another question though, the Horde were MOTU toys but presumably came out after the cartoon had finished? And that’s how they became the bad guys in the She-Ra cartoon? I recall the She-Ra toys being only girls and only Catra(?) as a villain toy.

[JJJ]

Pretty much, although there was ever-so-slightly more to the toys

[Skyfire]

In the last week, at a couple of Big Ws, I've seen CC Clawful, CC Spikor and Trapjaw.