Rather than do a full review, I thought I would just show photos of what this is about with light commentary. I purchased the “Greyborn” and the “Serpent Soldier” character packs, which are basically just alternate heads to put on your Mythic Legions or Cosmic Legions figures. Keep reading to see how good this actually is!
PACKAGING. I wondered if they would just come polybagged or something. But we have proper Cosmic Legions packaging. Click the photos for a closer look.
Small window boxesYou can see the heads in there clearlyWe saw the two spaceships on the box beforeIt is like a regular Cosmic Legions box, only smallerThe cross-sell on the back basically shows off every Cosmic Legion.This little Four Horsemen Cosmic Legions symbol.The inside liner is just a shrunken down version of some of what we have seen before.
GREYBORN SWAPS
The Greyborn purchase was an add-on for me. I really wanted the Serpent Soldier, but just couldn’t resist at the low price they were offered.
This was the first thing I did. It just works somehow. PICTURED: Warrior Beasts Head Hunter with Greyborn head.This is the Mythic Legions Undead Builder figure as a base, with the robe from Maxxilius the Harvester and one of the Mythic Legions lightning blast effect. Zapping MASTERVERSE Vykron in his space suit. I hate to say the words, but this look invokes Snoke from the Sequel Trilogy.The most obvious swap for me was with the Cosmic Legions T.U.5.C.C. pilot and Waltor the Mad. These both came with more gruesome and beastly alien heads, but these “classical alien” heads work perfectly.
SERPENT SOLDIER SWAPS
I just love the Mythic Legions Ninian Infantry snake men figures…some of my favorite for this year. The blue heads are billed as Cosmic Legions, and don’t really match the Ninian Infantry except for the blue soft goods piece.
Besides this post, my most recent was for MASTERVERSE Kobra Khan, a figure that I find kind of dismal. This blue head is an improvement, though. The ball joint is too small, so I used some blue tack to make it work.
MASTERVERSE Sorceress Teela becomes someone completely different with this head. It is slightly too big, but that kind of somehow adds to the monstrous quality of the figure. (On all of the MASTERVERSE figures, it will have to be blue tack.)
I think this is my favorite swap out, though. Faker is the perfect shade of blue to go with this Serpent Soldier head.
OVERALL
I am not rating these…instead recommending them to everyone who might just like the character of alien snake guys or classical gray aliens. It just kind of…works. And it really improves Kobra Khan. No more “Muppet” head!
The SpartanWife said…”I ordered something for you!” I wondered what it was?
This was about…the beginning of May maybe. Then it arrived. So I opened it up and was surprised to see these cuties!
I suppose as a child I had some of these. I’m pretty sure my own children did too. AND…I think we might have a manger scene of them…or maybe my mom did?
The SpartanWife said she just absolutely loved these and the way they were marketed. And so she had to get them for me. I’m glad she did!
The front of the package (shown above) is a nice window box showing you the figures inside. It also has the classic Masters of the Universe exploding rocks theme. There is a Snake Mountain motif. The figures are on a blister that gradients from transparent to solid purple. This box is foil. I mean…absolutely premium foil! See those little round stickers that say “Adventure” “Fantasy” “Ages 1-101.” These are not stickers…they are in fact printed on the box to make it look like it has those. As if they were in the discount bin or you were buying them somewhere cheap. (I looked it up. Not to break etiquette for getting a present, but these sold on Mattel Creations for $29.99). There is also a “Little People Collector” blurb up there on the left corner. Is that a thing? It seems like something that would go well today, with Funko Pops and such everywhere.
The figures you can see are (from top to bottom) He-Man, Skeletor, Moss Man, and Faker. He-Man is holding his non-removable sword. Skeletor has both arms up. Moss Man is an obvious re-paint of a Beast Man…and it is notable that they painted the armor yellow. This is for the SpartanNerd and others like him…we all had the MOTU weapons packs as children, and the Beast Man armor in yellow was a feature of that. You could put it on whoever you want. In this case it is perfect for Moss Man, because he is just a re-deco of Beast Man anyway.). I don’t know if I realized this as a child, however. I’m pretty sure I didn’t realize Stinkor and Mer-Man were the same until I was an adult.
Faker is a re-paint of He-Man. This is notable here because he has He-Man’s armor painted orange. Vintage fans will realize Faker’s original armor was actually Skeletor’s armor in orange. (Or is that yellow?)
What else about the packaging?
The back of the box has some drawings of the characters in this toddler-esque style. Notable that the art features Skeletor holding the Havoc Staff, but the toy does not. The little blurb uses the word “Foil.” Kabaam! Perfect wording! See that price sticker on the bottom…it’s fake!
More stickers on the side.
And another pic of the toys on the other side.
It is collector-friendly packaging…the front cover just slips up over the top. There is a little transparent sticker holding it together. I used a plastic disposable knife even. Then you remove the blister tray. But…
The bottom of the blister was sliced. BOO! The value of this set kind of is in displaying it…(If you aren’t giving it to a toddler.). Now why did this happen? How did this happen? Who knows. But it did.
Here are some pics using the background of the box.
The back of this inner box features the fearsome snake. (This image was previously covered up.). It makes for a nice display.
If the package hadn’t given us enough awesome already…we get some bios! I placed the figures here beside their bio.
So what are these figures…Well. They are basically non-articulated chunks of plastic. They have a hole on the bottom of their shoes so you can make them into finger puppets or maybe put them on some Little People playset pieces. (I believe this was what worked on the aforementioned nativity scene.). I am unaware of any MOTU specific playsets for these figures to use.
Chunks of plastic they be, they are still stinkin’ cute!
Here are some comparison shots.
I enjoy these figures alot! Rev. SpartanNerd has placed them prominently in box in his church office. I thought about taking them out of package and placing them on the dash of my truck, like people are doing with rubber ducks nowadays on Jeeps. But I don’t want them sliding around…
They are terrific office pieces. And maybe I will play with them sometime when I take a break from studying for a sermon?!
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