If you love HE-MAN – Theres a new toy that you may really want to have for your collection!
And were gonna talk about the new Mattel Creations He-Man offering in a second, but before I get to that, I want to give you some insight on this new HE-MAN Toys creator.
Off-White – If you have never heard of it, is the brain child of luxury fashion designer and retro enthusiast extraordinaire, Virgil Abloh.
He created the company and I actually bring up Off-White, because many retro lovers know the company and brand because of how Virgil Abloh was able to take old Nike shoe styles and envision them with a new look.
I remember first hearing of Abloh’s brand Off-White when he collaborated with Nike back in 2017 with “The Ten” collection. This was a partnership that produced some of the most coveted sneakers of all time. Incidentally, Those shoes have gone on to be some of the most popular Nike has sold in the past few decades.
But, to fast forward.. Virgil Abloh passed away in 2021, but not before he created a 4 part vision for a He-Man collection. That brings us to the Mattel Creations HE-MAN offering that is available for purchase right now.
Abloh inspired the production of four different Master Of The Universe Revolutions Toys in monochromatic hues and text-based intervention that recontextualize the figures and allow people to look at these iconic toys in a new light.
There is a HE-MAN figure, a Skelator figure, Battlecat, and a Skela-God figure that are up for purchase on Mattel’s Creations website.
In addition to the figures – each toy will come in a displayable, all-clear packaging that includes accessories and removable pieces, such as swords, articulated hands, and Battle Cat’s armor.
The four figures also come with their own comic books, with the art drawn by by Reggieknow as an homage to Masters of the Universe’sfigures that came with mini-comics in the ‘80s.
The cost for the figures ranges from $50 dollars for the individual figures and $80 dollars for the Battlecat, but if you want to add a very unique toy set to your MOTU collection, this might be one worth buying right now..
I like this new toy because it merges high end art with retro toys, and for this collaboration to include HE-MAN – well, I just had to let you guys know about it.
