As expected, Mattel announced the forthcoming Castle Grayskull playset for it's new Masters of the Universe Origins line, preorders for which sold out this weekend on Walmart.com. I was a little slow to catch onto this new retro line of MOTU, but was hooked after finding He-Man, Skeletor, & Battle Cat last month, soon thereafter finding Man-at-Arms and Beastman. I swooped in and picked mine up for $74.95 before I lost the chance, burned in the past by quick sellouts of other Origins toys listed. The cost is a little more than the $20.00 retail price of the original in '82, but that was almost 40 years ago, hard to believe as that is. Mattel has assured us that 2021 will see the end of Walmart's exclusivity with the line, which will be celebrated by many an MOTU fan disappointed by the first wave of Origins spotty distribution.
This new MOTU Origins Castle Grayskull is so faithful to my childhood playset that it was too much to resist! The throne-operated trapdoor, elevator, and weapons rack are so similar to the '82 Grayskull that it seems identical at first glance, but there are some upgrades to this new playset, including additional paint on the exterior, featuring an all new sculpt. An added value to this playset is a Sorceress figure- here, in her all-white deco, telling me we will get a single-carded Filmation version in blue and orange. The box art is fantastic, very much in the spirit of '82, and check out the giant cross-sell photo on the other side of the box featuring a large portion of the line that has already been announced...
This has all been too much excitement for me to bear, having lived the excitement of Masters of the Universe's debut in '82! While the Filmation show was a classic, the initial MOTU drop had an air of mystery I'll never forget- the first mini-comics and our imaginations were all we had to go by, and I remember the thrill of discovering them. Read more about the genesis of this long loved line at the Battle Ram Blog!
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I'm very excited for this. I'm not sure quite yet where to put another Castle Grayskull but I'm going to make it happen!
ReplyDelete...same here! Gotta few months to figure it out :)
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