Monthly Archives: March 2025

Maxillius the Harvester

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See the video unboxing and initial review on my YouTube Channel

I ordered this guy so long ago. February 2024? Something crazy like that. This was really when I was starting to get into Mythic Legions more heavily, and they announced the Necronominus wave, and I didn’t place any orders…I missed it. But then Big Bad Toy Store had it for pre-order so I got it there, not realizing that Store Horsemen purchasers get theirs first, and also cheaper. But it was a learning experience.

I wanted him because … I mean he’s the grim reaper, right!

PACKAGING

Maxillius comes in the regular collector friendly blister. As you look at it, you might think he has huge hands sticking up beside his hood. Nope. This is a halo. (Yes. A halo of DEATH). My specific example also features the rope around his waist coming down onto the Mythic Legions logo. you can see some stuff behind him, the hard edge of a ziplock bag, and something else that isn’t clear.

On the back you see the Necronominus wave boss, Necronominus himself. (I know I am likely not spelling this correctly, and I also can’t pronounce it. Listen to me stammer on YouTube!).

The figures on the cross sell…I don’t know any of these, but I think I might have seen the blue girl or someone like her in a store. The creature on the bottom is akin to Modulok. It is an alien beast skeleton that you can swap the parts around, and I probably will eventually get that because I like stuff like that. I watched a Dork Lair review of it, which is why I know so much about it.

And the sides…one side gives us the bio from the vague Mythic Legions story. Basically, Maxillius comes before the big boss who is the gaudy skeleton thing featured in the art on the back of the box. (That is Necro-unpronouncable himself). And the other side has a spider which is probably the faction symbol.

WHAT DO YOU GET IN THE BOX

Here he is, taken directly out. No posing or anything. he stands just fine

Here’s what you get.

  • Maxillius the Harvester action figure
  • Removable robe with rope belt
  • Removable halo
  • Front armor (this was what the mysterious thing in the box was…it was upside down)
  • Scythe weapon. Or should it be labeled a “tool.”
  • Hourglass
  • Pair of pointing hands
  • Alternate head that is a traditional human skull.

And just so you know, this is what he looks like if you remove the halo and the robe. (I also put the other head on)

“Specimen Room” PICTURED: Cosmic Legions Wal-Torr the Mad with Mythic Legions Undead of Vikenfell etched skull, and Maxillius the Harvester hanging on display using Cosmic Legions figure stand.

One of the selling points of this figure was that it is a bare skeleton, and as far as I know the first one in Mythic Legions. They have since come out with a few others, and I am definitely tempted to get those…one is a box of four glow-in-the-dark Halloween skeletons. “Graveyard Skeletons” or something.

And then the next selling point was you have a three-in-one figure. You can go with bare skeleton, traditional Grim Reaper, or Mythic Legions mini-boss. (Who am I kidding. This guy is a main boss, even if captain gaudy unpronounceable skeleton god is his boss.)

FIGURE REVIEW

This. Sculpt. Is. Amazing. WOW!

I have been seeing the Four Horsemen talk about the dragon kickstarter at recent conventions on YouTube, and one thing to point out…Eric Treadway doesn’t make symmetrical sides. The right and left dragon legs have varying details. Well, this is true here on some of the Maxillius figure. For instance, that halo is made of an upturned ribcage. Each rib has a different treatment.

Speaking of the halo. DUDE. It has MEAT! There are some bloody details around the spotwelds. And then…MEAT FEATHERS. Yep. This is a thing. Coming out the back of the halo are small angel wings made of MEAT FEATHERS.

A glimpse into the increasingly inadequate Nerd Closet. This halo…wow! What a piece. MEAT FEATHERS are a thing. They remind me of the gills on a fish kind of. And those ribs…butcher shop. This was a detail of strength I wasn’t aware of.

While he is wearing the robe, this halo makes it apparent that this grim reaper is a Mythic Legions. It isn’t your average Halloween prop. A casual observer might think “Oh. A doll of the death angel.” But the halo and the armor piece that hangs down front give it intense flare.

And sticking out of the robe are perfectly sculpted feet and hands. This robe has wires in the sleeves…you don’t realize how necessary this is until you think about how important it is for his bony hands to point at stuff. (Especially people that he is reaping).

Surely, you know this image Hub City Geeks…(Google Image Search)

You have two head sculpt options. I thought I would prefer the classic human head, but the more alien head is growing on me. And you can pose the hood over his eyes better with the alien head. But with the human head, it looks more Halloween classic. Now that head is the same head that some other skeletons in Mythic Legions have, but it has less paint…and it could definitely use some black eyes. But also, the alien head’s eyes need some paint. As it is, they are bulbous protrusions with the same bone color as the rest of the skull.

PICTURED: MASTERVERSE New Eternia Fisto and Ram Man vs. Mythic Legions Maxillius the Harvester and Skeleton Legion Builder Reinforcement. They fight MASTERVERSE New Eternia Ram Man and Fisto. Maxillius is armed with Masters of the Universe Classics Despara sword and MASTERVERSE New Eternia Skelcon shield, while Skeleton Reinforcement is armed with Super7 Ultimates Battle of the Mounds bloody weapons short sword. I understand that in D&D, to beat skeletons you should use hammers and blunt weapons. So metal fist and rammy head…

But taking the robe off. WHOO HOO. What’s underneath!

This skeleton sculpt looks less Lego-ish than I had criticized it as being when I first ordered it. Of course, we are looking at prototypes then, so I am glad to report that the final product doesn’t feel so Ninjago-ish. True, the calves might be more thick than true human bone, but if it was thinner it wouldn’t support the figure’s weight. So we kind of have a tibia and fibula kind of sculpted together, with a patella also glued on. (SpartanNerd dropping the big words today!)

So this skeleton is so accurate! Every vertebrate is a sculpted detail. This is a new neck piece that doesn’t seem to be removable…but why would you? It feels kind of delicate, though. The spine goes down the back of the ribcage, and then the lower spine connects to a ball joint in the upper torso so that we have an “ab crunch” (without the abs.). And I almost didn’t notice at first, but the upper torso has LUNGS sculpted in, perhaps rotten, but this justifies there being some meat for the ball joint to attach.

The ribs are not removable…but they might be for a customizer. It seems like they are glued on the front.

And in this naked form, you have what must be the most articulated Mythic Legions action figure. And I haven’t disassembled him, but you could take him apart and strow bones around everywhere.

The paint on the skeleton…the bone color is a pretty close match to Skeletor’s throne. Reinforcement Skeleton is darker.

“Am I Evil”. PICTURED: Mythic Legions Maxillius the Harvester on MASTERVERSE New Eternia Skeletor’s throne. (Also called bone throne, and Havoc throne.)

ACCESSORIES

“I was hardly using it anyway”. PICTURED: Mythic Legions Maxxilius the Harvester and MASTERVERSE New Eternia Evil-Lyn. Her soul is a ghostly skull effect from a Mythic Legions Magic effect pack, and they are at Skeletor’s throne with green fire.

Pointing fingers are a necessity for the Grim Reaper. But they gave us this hourglass to capture people’s souls. So cool. I never would have thought of this, but it is a crazy fantasy idea. And here’s one for the nerds. Master Tonberry in Final Fantasy wears a robe, has an instant death knife, and what? An hourglass. So maybe the Horsemen were thinking about this?

The Scythe. (See the picture above). This is huge and all one piece. It is beautifully painted, and has battle scar marks. The stick end is slender and sharp, but this was made for adult collectors, right…(I poked myself with it accidentally and it really hurt 😦

SPARTANNERD RATING OF MYTHIC LEGIONS MAXILLIUS THE HARVERSTER

“Maestro Maxillius”. PICTURED: Mythic Legions figures Maxillius the Harvester, Undead of Vikenfell, Skeleton Legion Builder, Demistros, and MASTERVERSE New Eternia Skelcon, and Revelation Scareglo (Comic Con exclusive). The diorama is Skeletor’s bone throne.

Well it was worth the wait!

Maxillius delivers everything I would have wanted, and also MEAT FEATHERS, that I didn’t know I wanted until I had them.

Sculpt- Great. Paint- Great. Accessories- Great. Articulation- Great with no stupid problems.

And what does he add? He adds a bare skeleton, a classic Grim Reaper, and a Mythic Legions Skeleton boss.

Maxillius is a solid 5/5. And I suppose you have to agree with me, Hub City Geeks. What argument is there against this figure being a 5/5? No one ever comments, so LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and COMMENT! Let me know your opinion of Maxillius the Harvester!7

MASTERVERSE New Eternia Panthor

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See the YouTube video review HERE.

I promise…I was like the first person to order this. I saw it come to my e-mail the second they opened the sale, and BOOM, $40 and ten days later, I had it!

$40 ain’t bad, considering back in the day the MOTUC cats were something like $70 (And have climbed in value considerably).

So was it worth it? Keep reading!

PACKAGING

MASTERVERSE New Eternia Panthor came in this shoebox of a package. And I mean literally. It could have some Nikes in it. The box has terrific art all around. The front image is how maybe most people will have their Panthor on display, though some might prefer the no-saddle look. And then there are some who like everything new.

Here’s some side art, featuring a Skelton riding a dragon or pterodactyl. A call out to another recent offering in the New Eternia line.

If you stand the whole image up, you can see that Panthor is in a cave environment, where a pool of water reflects the back of the cave and its waterfall, and Mekanek stands waiting. Also a huge dragonfly and some other critters.

This is some of the best art in packaging we have seen!

The back of the box shows this confrontation between Mekanek, Panthor, and Skeletor. (all in the New Eternia style). Panthor is armed up completely in this image, and we also have a skull in the foreground and a bone on the ground near the cat’s foot. (An image I am certain I will be able to replicate 🙂

When you open the box, you are greeted with this cover image of Skeletor exploring some ruins holding a spear…this is a new spear that came with Panthor. The question is…what is this place? There is a castle ruin in the back with a snake head sticking out…the closest thing it looks like is the Slime Pit. It doesn’t look like “The Snake Lair,” but what this is is even more clues that MASTERVERSE will see some Snake Men this year.

The back of that image is a diorama of Snake Mountain. BUT…as great of an image it is, you can see that has limited display value with Panthor below.

FIGURE REVIEW

Here is Panthor fully armed with Skeletor on his back. You can see everything you get in the package.

Package Contents:

  • New Eternia Panthor figure
  • Battle mask
  • Armored saddle
  • Two removable stirrups
  • A pair of spurs on the front legs
  • Spear

You can see that you can convert the box into a display stand, but that diorama is too short to display Panthor properly with a figure on his back.

This Panthor has all of the same articulation as Masters of the Universe Classics cats had. But this time it is lighter, more rubbery plastic…something I can’t rightly put into a blog or video, can I? You have to feel it to know what I mean.

He isn’t flocked. This is a point of contention with me kind of…but they added something new. You have to look close to see it…

PICTURED: MASTERSVERSE New Eternia Panthor and Masters of the Universe Classics Battle Cat. This photo shows the size differences sans armor, and also, HOLY COW. Panthor has spots!

Yep. HOLY COW. Panthor has spots! These are subtle…and you can’t even see them in dim lighting. But they are there, and this is one of the things that sets New Eternia apart from other iterations of Masters of the Universe…Mattel is adding little updates that work in a fresh way while keeping the spirit of the original thing alive.

Are spots and glossy purple paint better than flocking? I don’t think so…but somehow Mattel has done this in a way that doesn’t take away from the figure. Way back in the MOTUC days, everyone was wondering what Panthor would be like, and there was this divisive “groan” when he wasn’t flocked. The Four Horsemen didn’t like it, and Mattel said there was quality control issues (which there was, with Moss Man).

So here, maybe some of that same philosophy. Without the flocking, you can see a terrific sculpt. And those subtle, dainty leopard spots manage to break up the gloss and lend a softer quality to it. A good strategy in place of flocking.

PICTURED: MASTERVERSE New Eternia figures Vykron, Faker, and Panthor, with Masters of the Universe Classics (MOTUC) Battle Cat.

Panthor’s mouth does have new articulation…this is in the roof of the mouth…it drops down when his mouth is open, showing all of his teeth bared.

Also, check out these eyes. WOW! These are similar to Mer-Man’s eyes, in that they seem to be real and can follow you.

PICTURED: MASTERVERSE New Eternia Skeletor and Evil-Lyn on Panthor

PANTHOR’S Saddle is big enough to accommodate at least Skeletor and Evil-Lyn. (Unlike Mythic Legions Boreus or MOTUC Battle Cat). It’s snug, but I don’t think they mind:)

The saddle has some details on it…A face appears at the front below the first two horns…these are apparently a taken from a Shadow Beast. Another demon guy adorns the front of the saddle. The ridge of the saddle is a turtle shell or dragon hide. The seat has a snake head with fangs hanging down, and the back ridge is lined with the spine of an animal! The stirrups plug in via little rubber pegs and are optional. There are loops on both sides to hold weapons…(a Four Horsemen design that fans didn’t understand). There are skulls on these straps, and falcon details that call out to mini-comic Skeletor on both sides. (As opposed to bats, which would come from the Horde).

The saddle straps on easier than any other armor pieces in all of Masters of the Universe. These straps feel like real belts, and somehow have tiny rubber pegs that catch the holes perfectly. It’s something that’s hard to explain, but when taking this saddle off and putting it back on, there is no drama…just fun!

The same can be said of the front spurs. These peg on more traditionally, but they work so well I WANT to take them off and put them back on.

ACCESSORIES

The Battle Mask. Is this an accessory? I am counting it as one, because Panthor didn’t traditionally have a headpiece. This is sculpted in the same rubbery plastic as the saddle, and has the same faded jade coloration. Though it isn’t ram horns like the MOTUC figure had, instead it has “tusks” that come down the side of the helmet. It has nose armor that goes to the end, and similar horns that the rest of the armor has. Importantly, when you put this mask on, you can still see the eyes!

The spear…this one is the head scratcher. It is very welcome…and looks great in the weapon strap on the side. It “adds more” to the display of the figure, and this is something adult collectors want! But why? Panthor hasn’t been associated with a spear in the past. And Skeletor either, for that matter. It is very well sculpted, if not too thick of a handle typical of the recent staves we have in MASTERVERSE. (See the Havoc Throne). There is a skull detail right below the arrowhead. This spear is all molded plastic gray, and as such is boring and needs some paint. I suppose though this is just another barbaric element to add, bringing Panthor to the sword-and-sorcery party.

SPARTANNERD RATING OF MASTERVERSE NEW ETERNIA PANTHOR

The Sculpt is great. You can see all the fur. This isn’t specifically the Four Horsemen, but it is their design as far as the articulation works. The paint might be controversial, but I approve of what they have done here adding the Leopard, Jaguar, or Cheetah spots in a non-forceful statement that softens the gloss. That might be my favorite thing about this figure. All of the accessories, including the saddle are over-the-top. This figure is worth every bit of that $40. But does he add to the SpartanNerd’s picky collection? Come on guys…this is Panthor. And Panthor done right! I completely passed on that Revelation Battle Cat…and I was worried Panthor would get that same frumpy treatment. Instead we get this figure that captures the essence of Panthor and takes it places it hasn’t been in 40 years. Panthor is a main bad guy…so he is essential, and this is what he adds.

I award Panthor a 5/5 on all of these merits. Do you agree or disagree? Let me know in the comments!