Definitely “all in” on this line. I could appreciate the MOTU Classics figures aesthetically, but after the early days of retail, I got priced out, and even, while the sculpts and paint work on those are beautiful, there’s something about MOTU to me that needs to feel more “toyetic” and classics was always a bit “serious” for me. But the price of these, combined with the more toy like aesthetic and retro feel has me all in. Great review as always!
Fun story: My brother gave me the entire first wave for Christmas. Before he mailed them to me, his best friend's son saw Beast Man and reallly liked him. So my brother had to give him Beast Man and went back to the store to get me another one. So thankfully, these do appeal to kids. Good news moving forward.
I got to be honest I love this line when I was 10 years old I had a he-man Christmas I am now 46 I have a nine month-old son I have every figure and vehicle in this wave so far he will have an eight-year-old Christmas filled with everything he man has offer from now till then I think I might tear up when I get a new Castle Grey skull now the only thing I need to do is live that long to watch him enjoy it. Dan I’m super excited for your book to come out my wife and I love your videos keep on doing the toy gods work
I was a huge fan of Classics, but these are so much more fun, I really can't express how much I love them. The simplicity, the brighter colors...they just appeal to the kid in me that fell in love with MOTU back in '82
Yes that is one missing comparison with Super7 Neo Vintage.Though I think there is no harm standing those to Classics just for scaling comparison as long as it is the same characters.
The problem with the Super 7 vintage would be: Not every future Origins figure has a counter part in that line. But i would also like to see that happen.
As much as I think the Classics line is amazing, they're just a little too pricy for me (especially since I missed getting them new from mattycollector) and I'm really glad they made these so I can get new figures at a reasonable price for my shelves and I've also been getting them for my youngest nephew to play with, if he likes his He-Man and Skeletor I'll look at getting him more figures as I see them in stores, meanwhile I'm expecting my Panthor tomorrow and looking to find the rest of waves 1 & 2
This one by far seems to be (this is my personal opinion) the best of these figures. It looks closer to the vintage Beast Man than any of the other figures look to their original versions. I'm well aware that these MOTU Origins toys aren't supposed to be carbon copies of the vintage MOTU toys and not that I would have wanted them to be, but this Origins Beast Man makes me think that they could have done a bit of a better job with the other Origins figures.
That purple thing behind Beast Man is the fist beast He-Man fought saving the green-skinned Sorceress. He was prying it's jaws open when she hit it with an energy blast.
@@matthewmartin1595 As I said the Manticore shows ups in Dragon's Gift with art by the amazing Alfredo Alcalá, and its the guardian of the Skytree that Granamyr asks in exchange for helping He-Man and Teela.
Classics is my all time favorite line - but I really am starting to love the heck out of Origins, they just feel solid and pose very well - looking forward to getting more of these for my nephew, nieces, to pass down the MOTU experience!
The whip never made sense to me either. I made one for my new Beastman out of some similar black string, a round dowel, and a skewer, then painted it black. Works great!
It’s great hearing you talk about MOTU again. You’re passion for the line is absolutely admirable. I’m hoping the 7 inch collectors line can get us a 200x He Man and Skeletor at the least
My son (7) is so hyped with these figures and they are still not in stores over here in Europe. I wonder if the bodyparts start to get loose or something when the kids play too much
The ones around here don't have the figures, but they do have the pegs for them. If you can't get them at Walmart right now you should be able to get them everywhere next year.
You may already know about this but I opened a Skeletor and got a copy of the Beast Barrage mini-comic that is a typo print with alternate cover art. I made a video about it explaining. Pretty cool that there is some little treasure hunt to be had.
Beast Man is the man! I love his bright colors and armor and beast taming whip. He's original gangster. So glad I got hooked on the Origins line. It's the most fun I've ever had with addiction. 😊🤪
I just got my daughter the entire line minus the variants and armor he man and skeletor. Waiting for Castle Grayskull from bbts, excited to see her reaction!
I got lucky today. I found the whole wave this morning and got one of each. I still haven't found Battlecat and the Skysled with Prince Adam. These go well with the Masters of the WWE.
You just gotta understand it’s different than the classics line, what else could they do with that line? I’m just glad these will be available at a lower price point in more stores and get kids into Masters again, you need new people into He-man if he’s to continue into the future and truly be THE MOST POWERFUL MAN IN THE UNIVERSE!
@@GameTime-yj6qv The team of Beastman and Trapjaw were always classic! Especially when they would get chewed out by Skeletor! If you want to see a hilarious episode featuring the two of them together, check out the one where they decide to kidnap Orko and basically try to make him into their wish granting genie! Comedy gold, a favorite episode of mine!
@Richard Klosterman @Game Time I’m amazed how much you guys remember the episodes! Yeah probably Beast Man had more screen time than the rest of the villains. I also associate him with Silver Hawks Mumbo Jumbo for some reason, maybe coz of his color lol
MOTUC for me, MOTUO for my 5 year old son. We're a couple of happy boys. I was able to pick up He-man and Skeletor in store for him, and he's played with them every day!
Man, I totally agree with what you said at the end there. I felt the same way, it was tough looking at these as anything but the thing that ended classics and it did have a "been there done that" feel to anyone that grew up on the originals but after having messed around with a couple I really like them.
I much prefer the painted blue chest piece from the 2000 commemorative figure than the scattershot spray paint so I’ll be swapping that armour over - yay!
I am so glad you said that !!!! Yes they do look like they were made for ACTUAL kids to enjoy too. I’m totally gonna get all of these and put them with my funko bat cave primal age playset (which is also awesome) for my kids to play with. Thanks Mattel you guys knocked it out of the park!!!!!
I am in the process of getting the wave one complete myself. It's just fun for me when I see them that I get them, true to the toy hunting factor. I am really starting to like these and can't wait to get more as the line progresses over time!!!
Come on Dan!!! You don’t recognize mini comic all stars like the Manticore, the purple beast chasing the Green Goddess or the Mask of Power demons original forms???
Are you saying that you are no longer doing comparisons with these origins and MOTU Classics? Pretty sure people know they are different lines. We just want to see what they look like side by side like, you know, comparison time?
When it comes to Skeletor's hinchmen it's either team Beast-Man, team Trap-Jaw or team Tri-Clops. I was a Trap-Jaw kid growing up (he was my very first figure). Gotta say though, that Beast-Man from the classics line looks amazing.
Remember when I got the original 'Beastman' in the mid '80's as a kid,and having to put his armour pieces in boiling water to soften them up enough to bend them and get them to clip together on the figure,it was really hard plastic!
what is Shartimus to Marvel Legends, peaugh is to Transformers, is Pixel Dan to He-Man/ Motu...one can tell from their voice & enthusiasm, which line is their favorite and their forte...Im not interested in the figure, a little before my time, the review though is worthwhile.
He is a cool figure, love the box art, can't wait to buy them, I am looking forward to seeing whats coming in the more detailed figure series as I loved the classics figures also, they are all amazing, very cool Motu Origins Beast-Man review ☺
Got 3 of these in canada and the front package is completely worded different. It says comic inside on the right no 2020 on it . The back is the same though .
I want this BEAST MAN...hey Mattel....lets go back to the darker battles of who is trying to BE the Master of the Universe....like the initial magic feudal comics...with Gods...Demons...warlords
I do think they can be too slavish in trying to replicate the vintage toys to the point of redundancy. Improving a few things like the whip handle wouldn't hurt.
I understand what you said about not comparing Classics to Origins, but it's just not possible to separate the two. Origins feels like a step backwards, like a "demoted" line sort of speak. Could you imagine redoing your old work but in a cheaperm lesser way? Why? Every time you do something new you try to improve and do better than what you already did, not the other way around. Don't get me wrong, I love MOTU. But I feel there is a risk of mattel watering down the franchise with so many things. And Mattel seems like they are always looking for the slightest excuse to cancel Motu...I' afraid that with so many things out there, they might not sell as much and they will go like "See, they are not selling, cancel"...That's my 2 cents.
I wish they'd made him look a bit more like the card back art design the way they did Man-E-Faces. As is he seems a bit too similar to the original toy to the point of him being pointless for me to buy as I own the original.
Hey Dan! Nice vid as allways. I cant help myself, but i dont like the Origin Line so much. The Articulation is nice, but the Paintaps are not so great. I personal stick to miy Classic Figures ;) I like the Artworks on the Packaging.
I could of sworn when Mattel announced this line it was told that they would have the power punch features but they don't if not they would of been perfect...
If man-at-arms is terrible, this beast man is doble awful. Why god??? , the paint and mold are terrible in all line, he-man face is terrible, skeketor double terrible. Maybe cold be reformat de faces and body's of all toy line. And the faces paint is terrible.
I agree with you in nearly everything you mention, except that I think this figure is the best (or least worst -if you like) of this MOTU Origins line. He-Man and Skeletor heads are indeed rather awful and that's pretty disappointing.
I much prefer the painted blue chest piece from the 2000 commemorative figure than the scattershot spray paint so I’ll be swapping that armour over - yay!
Pixel Dan is one of the reasons we still have Masters of the Universe!
Definitely “all in” on this line. I could appreciate the MOTU Classics figures aesthetically, but after the early days of retail, I got priced out, and even, while the sculpts and paint work on those are beautiful, there’s something about MOTU to me that needs to feel more “toyetic” and classics was always a bit “serious” for me. But the price of these, combined with the more toy like aesthetic and retro feel has me all in. Great review as always!
Fun story:
My brother gave me the entire first wave for Christmas. Before he mailed them to me, his best friend's son saw Beast Man and reallly liked him. So my brother had to give him Beast Man and went back to the store to get me another one.
So thankfully, these do appeal to kids. Good news moving forward.
I got to be honest I love this line when I was 10 years old I had a he-man Christmas I am now 46 I have a nine month-old son I have every figure and vehicle in this wave so far he will have an eight-year-old Christmas filled with everything he man has offer from now till then I think I might tear up when I get a new Castle Grey skull now the only thing I need to do is live that long to watch him enjoy it. Dan I’m super excited for your book to come out my wife and I love your videos keep on doing the toy gods work
Beast Man and Evil-Lyn are the main 2 figures I want, always liked their orange and yellow skin colors.
I was a huge fan of Classics, but these are so much more fun, I really can't express how much I love them. The simplicity, the brighter colors...they just appeal to the kid in me that fell in love with MOTU back in '82
Instead of putting it side by side with the classics figures, a more fun comparison would be with Super 7' As Seen on TV series.
Iuri Fiedoruk i agree,but maybe Mattel ask to not make comparison with figures from Super 7...
Yes that is one missing comparison with Super7 Neo Vintage.Though I think there is no harm standing those to Classics just for scaling comparison as long as it is the same characters.
Completely agree
The problem with the Super 7 vintage would be: Not every future Origins figure has a counter part in that line. But i would also like to see that happen.
Can't wait for the repaint version of Beast Man (aka flocked Moss Man with pine scent) 😊
As much as I think the Classics line is amazing, they're just a little too pricy for me (especially since I missed getting them new from mattycollector) and I'm really glad they made these so I can get new figures at a reasonable price for my shelves and I've also been getting them for my youngest nephew to play with, if he likes his He-Man and Skeletor I'll look at getting him more figures as I see them in stores, meanwhile I'm expecting my Panthor tomorrow and looking to find the rest of waves 1 & 2
This one by far seems to be (this is my personal opinion) the best of these figures. It looks closer to the vintage Beast Man than any of the other figures look to their original versions. I'm well aware that these MOTU Origins toys aren't supposed to be carbon copies of the vintage MOTU toys and not that I would have wanted them to be, but this Origins Beast Man makes me think that they could have done a bit of a better job with the other Origins figures.
All those animals are from the minicomics, the one that looks like a lion its the manticore from the story whith Granamyr on it
PixelDan can have the money, but buying knowledge is the difficult thing xd
That purple thing behind Beast Man is the fist beast He-Man fought saving the green-skinned Sorceress. He was prying it's jaws open when she hit it with an energy blast.
@@BrickIntyre the Icehacker?
No, I think the manticore shows up in He-Man and the Insect People. The orcs (the orange humanoids) are from Masks of Power.
@@matthewmartin1595 As I said the Manticore shows ups in Dragon's Gift with art by the amazing Alfredo Alcalá, and its the guardian of the Skytree that Granamyr asks in exchange for helping He-Man and Teela.
I put the WWE’s Bauman armor (& claws) on this guy. Much better. :)
Classics is my all time favorite line - but I really am starting to love the heck out of Origins, they just feel solid and pose very well - looking forward to getting more of these for my nephew, nieces, to pass down the MOTU experience!
The whip never made sense to me either. I made one for my new Beastman out of some similar black string, a round dowel, and a skewer, then painted it black. Works great!
It’s great hearing you talk about MOTU again. You’re passion for the line is absolutely admirable. I’m hoping the 7 inch collectors line can get us a 200x He Man and Skeletor at the least
Yuck!
@@sideswipe1261 Have you seen it? It's actually pretty great
Wasn't the lion with the spiked tail from the mini comics? Seems familiar
Yup. The Manticore!!!
I'm looking forward to own this figures myself. I love that they look like the vintage-figures. I hope this line lives for a long time!
it would be cool for mattel to release a castle grayskull playset for this line :3
They did!
My son (7) is so hyped with these figures and they are still not in stores over here in Europe. I wonder if the bodyparts start to get loose or something when the kids play too much
Oh dont you worry if the leg falls off there is a peg you just snap back in i have been playing with them and it is very good!!!!!!
I like how the MOTUO is basically a toyline that is the lovechild of OG MOTU and MOTUC figures.
To me it's a complete relaunch i love them
I can't wait to get this figure, Beast Man is my favorite MOTU character!
Please tell Mattel to bring these figures to more Walmarts. Mine doesn’t carry them and I know a lot of other people don’t have them in their Walmarts
The ones around here don't have the figures, but they do have the pegs for them. If you can't get them at Walmart right now you should be able to get them everywhere next year.
You may already know about this but I opened a Skeletor and got a copy of the Beast Barrage mini-comic that is a typo print with alternate cover art. I made a video about it explaining. Pretty cool that there is some little treasure hunt to be had.
He's my second favorite MOTU villain.
They did a great job with this one!
Beast Man is the man! I love his bright colors and armor and beast taming whip. He's original gangster. So glad I got hooked on the Origins line. It's the most fun I've ever had with addiction. 😊🤪
Beast Man and the Sky Sled are the only things I haven't found yet, but for the most part this entire line is all over Houston, TX
I just got my daughter the entire line minus the variants and armor he man and skeletor. Waiting for Castle Grayskull from bbts, excited to see her reaction!
I LOVE this line so far. Cannot wait to see what’s next!
I got lucky today.
I found the whole wave this morning and got one of each.
I still haven't found Battlecat and the Skysled with Prince Adam.
These go well with the Masters of the WWE.
You just gotta understand it’s different than the classics line, what else could they do with that line? I’m just glad these will be available at a lower price point in more stores and get kids into Masters again, you need new people into He-man if he’s to continue into the future and truly be THE MOST POWERFUL MAN IN THE UNIVERSE!
I will buy me a bunch of Origins BA He-Man and Ram Man figures so i can always have one of them on my desk to play with it ;-)
Funny how 4 of these wave 1 figs are still nearly impossible to find a year later and we"re on wave 8 now.
Im very excited for them to make hordak hopefully
Awsome Beast Man Review! For some reason, he's the most momorable villain to me, aside from Skeletor of course 😊
Beastman was one of the most frequently appearing villians in the 80s cartoon series.
@@GameTime-yj6qv The team of Beastman and Trapjaw were always classic! Especially when they would get chewed out by Skeletor! If you want to see a hilarious episode featuring the two of them together, check out the one where they decide to kidnap Orko and basically try to make him into their wish granting genie! Comedy gold, a favorite episode of mine!
@Richard Klosterman @Game Time I’m amazed how much you guys remember the episodes! Yeah probably Beast Man had more screen time than the rest of the villains. I also associate him with Silver Hawks Mumbo Jumbo for some reason, maybe coz of his color lol
Pixel Dan do you think we're ever gonna be lucky enough to see horde troopers in the origins line ?
I really hope Huntara gets the retro Origins treatment 🤞
Pixel Dan is The Man!
Beast man is my favorite character
Very nice figure. I wish they would have given him sculpted toes though.
Beast Man is one of my favorite MOTU characters. Only Skeletor is higher on the list.
MOTUC for me, MOTUO for my 5 year old son. We're a couple of happy boys. I was able to pick up He-man and Skeletor in store for him, and he's played with them every day!
Got one. My first.
I would still love a Filmation line since the Super 7 line wasn't completed and had lots of issues.
Man, I totally agree with what you said at the end there. I felt the same way, it was tough looking at these as anything but the thing that ended classics and it did have a "been there done that" feel to anyone that grew up on the originals but after having messed around with a couple I really like them.
I much prefer the painted blue chest piece from the 2000 commemorative figure than the scattershot spray paint so I’ll be swapping that armour over - yay!
I'm surprised no one is noticing the feet missing toes / sculpted details. I think MATTEL needs to re-issue this figure with proper "BEAST" feet.
I am so glad you said that !!!! Yes they do look like they were made for ACTUAL kids to enjoy too. I’m totally gonna get all of these and put them with my funko bat cave primal age playset (which is also awesome) for my kids to play with. Thanks Mattel you guys knocked it out of the park!!!!!
Awesome figure
Do these figures fit well in a Classics vehicle or are they too small?
Too small. Although you could use them with the Classics Castle Grayskull. I think they are more in scale with that playset than the original.
@@Rocket1377 Yeah we don't another Grayskull. It's perfect now
Awsome Action Figure review
I am in the process of getting the wave one complete myself. It's just fun for me when I see them that I get them, true to the toy hunting factor. I am really starting to like these and can't wait to get more as the line progresses over time!!!
Come on Dan!!! You don’t recognize mini comic all stars like the Manticore, the purple beast chasing the Green Goddess or the Mask of Power demons original forms???
I've only seen battle cat and prince Adam with the sky sled at Walmart so hopefully they will start showing up on shelves.
Yeah, same here an not a lot of those either.
Un-punched cards are figures that never reached store aisles. Dan, please tell me you haven’t gone Darkside Collector! You legit got a case, right?
Unpunched from a display at Walmart
Just realized I somehow never got Beast Man. Oof. Need to find one.
Bought him at Puerto Rico comic con today
Are you saying that you are no longer doing comparisons with these origins and MOTU Classics? Pretty sure people know they are different lines. We just want to see what they look like side by side like, you know, comparison time?
When it comes to Skeletor's hinchmen it's either team Beast-Man, team Trap-Jaw or team Tri-Clops. I was a Trap-Jaw kid growing up (he was my very first figure). Gotta say though, that Beast-Man from the classics line looks amazing.
Remember when I got the original 'Beastman' in the mid '80's as a kid,and having to put his armour pieces in boiling water to soften them up enough to bend them and get them to clip together on the figure,it was really hard plastic!
Wow love it
Other than Walmart and maybe target, what other stores would carry these?
what is Shartimus to Marvel Legends, peaugh is to Transformers, is Pixel Dan to He-Man/ Motu...one can tell from their voice & enthusiasm, which line is their favorite and their forte...Im not interested in the figure, a little before my time, the review though is worthwhile.
He is a cool figure, love the box art, can't wait to buy them, I am looking forward to seeing whats coming in the more detailed figure series as I loved the classics figures also, they are all amazing, very cool Motu Origins Beast-Man review ☺
I wish he had a whip that actually fits
Thanks Dan!!!!
I can't wait to start getting these. :D
Got 3 of these in canada and the front package is completely worded different. It says comic inside on the right no 2020 on it . The back is the same though .
Would you ever collect the 200x masters of the universe figures? What you think of them?
The 200x style failed. Origins is what people want
I want this BEAST MAN...hey Mattel....lets go back to the darker battles of who is trying to BE the Master of the Universe....like the initial magic feudal comics...with Gods...Demons...warlords
I do think they can be too slavish in trying to replicate the vintage toys to the point of redundancy. Improving a few things like the whip handle wouldn't hurt.
I'm really glad mattel knocked down the exclusivity nonsense. We can order them online from any retailer without having the problems with scalpers.
No Mega Construx comparison, ha
Australia hasn't got these in yet
As a kid my Beastman never used that stupid whip. He just clawed at the Masters with his fingers and did a lot of dropkicks.
Why Mattel didn't release the classics line at 20-25 price? They look so much better.
I understand what you said about not comparing Classics to Origins, but it's just not possible to separate the two. Origins feels like a step backwards, like a "demoted" line sort of speak. Could you imagine redoing your old work but in a cheaperm lesser way? Why? Every time you do something new you try to improve and do better than what you already did, not the other way around. Don't get me wrong, I love MOTU. But I feel there is a risk of mattel watering down the franchise with so many things. And Mattel seems like they are always looking for the slightest excuse to cancel Motu...I' afraid that with so many things out there, they might not sell as much and they will go like "See, they are not selling, cancel"...That's my 2 cents.
Why does it look like that beast man is grinning? 😂😂
Plz release classics nd filmation versions
666 likes, the number of the Beast Man
Very cool 👍
I wish they'd made him look a bit more like the card back art design the way they did Man-E-Faces. As is he seems a bit too similar to the original toy to the point of him being pointless for me to buy as I own the original.
Wow you’ve got the whole wave first wave already huh? I’m willing to bet Mattel help you out with that a bit
How else would he review and advertise them, he is selling their products thats his job.
I think the red on the harness and shoulder armor is too dark, and that yellowy tan color on his face doesn't look right to me.
Hey Dan! Nice vid as allways. I cant help myself, but i dont like the Origin Line so much. The Articulation is nice, but the Paintaps are not so great. I personal stick to miy Classic Figures ;) I like the Artworks on the Packaging.
The best motu & tmnt reviewer is back with another great video 👏🙌
The rate at which these have been selling on and offline tells me they’re not really aimed at kids.
I could of sworn when Mattel announced this line it was told that they would have the power punch features but they don't if not they would of been perfect...
Looks like the changed the legs to straight. What was up with that whole original line’s legs?! They had permanent bow leggedness.
I love that toy companies can still make bank off manchildren by selling them 1980s toys in 2020.
Why is Pixel Dan’s vintage Beast man so beat up?!
Vintage Beastman regularly suffers from face paint loss and shoulder pads snapping ... its very common.
It's not that surprising, the first wave of Masters figures are nearly 40 years old and have been played with a lot.
If man-at-arms is terrible, this beast man is doble awful. Why god??? , the paint and mold are terrible in all line, he-man face is terrible, skeketor double terrible. Maybe cold be reformat de faces and body's of all toy line. And the faces paint is terrible.
They’re for children, they’re being sold in retail, and they’re going for $15 MSRP.
I agree with you in nearly everything you mention, except that I think this figure is the best (or least worst -if you like) of this MOTU Origins line. He-Man and Skeletor heads are indeed rather awful and that's pretty disappointing.
Paint is just so awful on his face.
Amazon UK has them all on pre order
I much prefer the painted blue chest piece from the 2000 commemorative figure than the scattershot spray paint so I’ll be swapping that armour over - yay!