It’s a big year for Masters of the Universe for the first-time in 40 years with the release of the new film, which is in theaters now. With the release of the new film, the brand is in the publics eye once again and Mattel certainly has a lot of new product coming out this year, with movie based, and product inspired by the original cartoon and more. The Battle for Subternia Multipack focuses on four different factions of characters to army build your vintage-toy inspired line, and these characters have never been offered before. The set includes the Avian Warrior as he is part of the Bird People (Stratos), Primal Captain is part of the Beast Man race [a member of their race: Beast Man is also one of Skeletor’s minions], Mer-Warrior is an aquatic character that protects the Crystal Sea, and Sepult-Ro Disciple, which is a follower of Skeletor.
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The Battle for Subternia Multipack Figure Set comes in a brown mailer box with the logo on both sides, Inside, there is another box with some beautifully done artwork showcasing the characters in a battle scene on the front, artwork on the sides, and the back includes additional artwork with a description of each character. The box features an opening flap, which lifts up and these are inside a window box, with the same artwork on the inside flap, and below that is the window box and the figures come inside a plastic tray.
The Avian Warriors are under the command of Stratos, a member of the Masters on the Universe, and is the only hero in the set. He uses the basic body base in Origins, and comes in a newly tooled blue and white sleeveless shirt, red wings that’s reuse from Stratos, red boots, and given a dark grey skin tone.
His articulation includes a ball jointed, ball hinged shoulders, swivel-hinged elbows, swivel-hinged wrists, swivel waist, ball jointed hips, swivel-hinged knees, swivel calves, hinged and rocker ankles.
His head sculpt includes a pale human head, which also doesn’t look bird-like like Stratos, but he comes with a red helmet, and blue goggles sculpted on with lenses. The facial details look good, and the eyes and eye lashes are also painted.
The Avian Warrior includes includes a club, which he can hold in his right hand as the left one is in neutral/flight. A comparison with Stratos shows the differences between the two characters, as this version of Stratos is vintage toy-inspired, while the Avian Warrior is something new offered in this format.
The Beastly Warrior is the same species as Beast Man, and he shares the same body base as the first Beast Man figure offered in the line that was vintage toy-inspired. The new tooling comes in his shoulder pads, loincloth, and the rope with the saddle pack and holster for his knife. The sculpt has sculpted fur that’s detailed on the torso, arms and legs, and the shoulder pad armor and loincloth are given some nicely done sculpted details.
His articulation includes a ball jointed, ball hinged shoulders, swivel-hinged elbows, swivel-hinged wrists, swivel waist, ball jointed hips, swivel-hinged knees, swivel calves, hinged and rocker ankles.
His head sculpt includes white war paint applied, with more sculpted orange hair, blue eye shadow around the eyes, sharp fangs and teeth, and a black mouth.
The Beastly Warrior includes a club and a knife that he can hold in his right hand. The club can be stored on his back by placing it in-between the rope and his back, and the knife inside the holster that’s attached to the robe. A comparison of Beast Man with the Beastly Warrior is also shown, giving you a look at the differences between the characters.
Mer-Warrior is under the command of Mer-Man that protects the Crystal Sea, and uses some new parts such as the head, torso and possible forearms, with reused legs and shoulders. The belt its also new but can be removed in the back, or by splitting the torso and legs at the center. The torso includes some nice details and parts are painted in yellow and gold, to match the belt and trunks, and there’s also sculpted grooves added to the design.
His articulation includes a ball jointed, ball hinged shoulders, swivel-hinged elbows, swivel-hinged wrists, swivel waist, ball jointed hips, swivel-hinged knees, swivel calves, hinged and rocker ankles.
The head sculpt looks great and given some really good facial details for the species, including big eyes, an open mouth with shark teeth, a fin on top, and fish ears on the sides. The eyes have a sculpted pattern around them in gold, and the eye are back with white pupils.
Mer-Warrior includes a trident, which he can hold in one or two hands. Also shown is a comparison with two versions of Mer-Man.
Sepult-Ro Disciple, which is a follower of Skeletor is a skeletal character with bones rather than flesh, and this is a newly tooled figure. His outfit includes a purple belt with a dark purple loincloth, dark purple trunks underneath the belt, dark purple shin guards, dark purple bracelets, and a removable hood and cape. The cape and hood are given sculpted textures and made of a soft plastic, and fits over the torso and head nicely.
His articulation includes a ball jointed, ball hinged shoulders, swivel-hinged elbows, swivel-hinged wrists, swivel waist, ball jointed hips, swivel-hinged knees, swivel calves, hinged and rocker ankles.
The head sculpt is a skull, with black eye holes, nose and mouth, with some great sculpted details.
Included is a staff, with two effect pieces on both sides that are also removable. Here’s a comparison with Skeletor, and you can see that the Sepult-Ro Discipl is actually shorter.
Overall, these figures look great and pay good likenesses to the artwork featured on the packaging. This is an excellent army builder set for four factions, and these characters have never been done before which makes this their debut release as action figures. These are definitely must haves to add to your collection, so grab them now at Entertainment Earth!
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