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REVIEW – MATTEL MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE CHRONICLES TRAP JAW

Posted by Mighty Mike on September 18, 2026
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Amazon MGM’s 2026 Masters of the Universe Live-action movie stars Nicholas Galitzine as Prince Adam, who returns to Eternia after being hidden away on Earth to embrace his destiny as He-Man, mastering the Power of Grayskull and saving his home world of Eternia from the evil forces of Skeletor by discovering the courage and responsibility needed to become its greatest hero.


Name: Trap Jaw
Line: MOTU Chronicles 
Manufacturer: Mattel
Released: 2026
Price: $35.00
Scale: 6.5 inches in height
Accessories: Various accessories 

Trap Jaw in the MOTU movie has history with Man-At-Arms and is treated like a little bit of a mini boss battle on at least two occasions during the movie.  At first, I wasn’t really interested in the character that much and even after playing with the toy, although fun to play with still hasn’t grown on me. 

I do like the classics version of Trap Jaw, but this live action version just erks me a little bit too much design wise, unfortunately.

SCULPTING

Trap Jaw is sculpted very well and matches his on screen appearance very closely. He looks great there is a lot of nice detail work all over the figure.

PAINT

The paint application is up to what you would expect from Mattel. It’s nice and neat and applied cleanly too. No problems here with any slop on my figure.

ARTICULATION

 Trap Jaw has the same articulation as the rest of the MOTU figures in this line and it’s definitely fun to pose these figures! The joints are nice and tight too and Trap Jaw thankfully doesn’t have a loose waist joint. If  anything, his robotic arm could do with a little bit more articulation, but it’s still fine for what it is. He also has his articulated Jaw which is always a nice touch and fun to play around with.

ACCESSORIES

You get a few different arm attachments for Trap Jaw and a single fist hand to swap with the splayed out hand. You get Trap Jaw’s hook and knife/sword arm parts. Just like the gun attachment they look great and are pretty sturdy. You can pretty much match all the different arm attachments that Trap Jaw used in the movie against He-Man and Man-At-Arms. 

POTENTIAL PROBLEMS

I can’t really see any problems you could have with this figure. He’s definitely a solid toy and made well.

PRICE

I paid $35.00 and was able to pick him up at retail. Honestly I think he’s definitely worth the lower price point if you can still find him available for that price.

OVERALL

I think this is a great figure and faithful representation of how Trap Jaw looked in the movie. However, I’m personally, not in love with Trap Jaw’s character design for the live action movie and that – for me, makes it a bit of a deal breaker as I just don’t enjoy having the figure in my collection. However, if you do like this version of Trap Jaw, he’s definitely just as good as all the previous figures I have reviewed and if you are a completist, you’ll be happy to have him in your collection.

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REVIEW – REAL X HEAD CHAOSMAN

Posted by Mighty Mike on September 17, 2026
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Chaos Man is made by Real X Head, which is a small Japanese company run by Mori Katsura, who makes vinyl toys. Over the years there have been a number of figures and variations released as well as collaborations with other people or stores. There are a number of Mutant Chaos variants ranging in size and shape. Chaos Man is a larger sized figure and kicked off  the 8” adult sized figures from Real X Head, which have proven very popular indeed!

Name: Chaos Man
Line: N/A
Manufacturer: Real X Head
Released: 2009 
Price: First released – 6,000 YEN (guestimate)
Scale: 8 Inches in height
Accessories: None.

After buying a few Pheyaos Men, how could I not pick up at least one Chaos Man? It is the character that started the larger 8” Real Head toy series after all! So with an intention to buy at least two Chaos Men I ended up with a semi translucent red/pink version with a black rub and the subject of tonight’s review: A fully painted version 

SCULPTING

I’ve partly covered what I think about the sculpting on this figure in my Pheyaos Man review. There are a couple of small differences between the two, firstly the hands have one less finger on them and secondly, but much more obviously, we have a different head. All parts have great amount of detail and it never looks like too much detail in the one place, its spread out really well. I’m a big fan of this base body and it still looks amazing even after acquiring a few Chaos Man/Pheyaos Man figures. The new Chaos head sculpt is excellent and coupled with the new body really makes the character look a lot more mature.

PAINT

This is where this particular Chaos Man really shines for me. Beautifully blended reds, golds, silvers and blues topped off with a black rub that not only shows off the details in the sculpting, but really makes those colours pop! Masterful work with the airbrush gun on this one, by Goto-san Real Head’s one and only painter. Normally the paint application is always to a high standard, but for this one I think it’s really been pushed to the next level!

ARTICULATION

Chaos Man has six points of articulation: head, arms, elbows and waist. All these joints are swivels and can be rotated 360 degrees. For this type of figure and the material it’s made out of, this is a great amount of articulation for the larger size. You can get a good number of subtle, yet expressive poses as well as little more extreme ones. It really is a great base body for the small, yet growing, variants and collaborations.

ACCESSORIES

No accessories for this figure, besides the scarf/neck wrap if you can even call it an accessory. It still looks pretty cool and it’s good this was carried over from the smaller figures.

POTENTIAL PROBLEMS

There are none at all – this is an adult designer toy after all. It is made very well, so there are no issues with it.

PRICE

I paid around $100 for this particular Chaos Man, it’s a bit of a mark up, but I haven’t seen this colour way anywhere else, so sometimes with Real Head figures you do have to pay a bit more then the norm. I bought this particular Chaos Man from Vicious Fun, and as per usual I’m very happy with their customer service, packing and prompt shipping too.

OVERALL

I enjoy this figure just as much as the Pheyaos Man version, considering they are fairly similar, it shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise. Chaos Man looks cool and the size is very impressive too. I’m very happy to be slowly building my own ‘Chaos family’. If you have any of the larger Real Head figures, you are going to need at least one Chaos Man in there as he is the starting point for all the rest.

Article originally published, August 27, 2014.

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REVIEW – BANDAI S.H.FIGUARTS SPIDER-MAN

Posted by Mighty Mike on September 15, 2026
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Spider-Man: Brand New Day follows Peter Parker as he lives alone and continues protecting New York as Spider-Man. He faces a powerful new threat that pushes him to his limits and challenges him as a hero.


Name: Spider-Man
Line: SHFiguarts
Manufacturer: Bandai/Tamashii Nations
Released: 2026
Price: ¥7,700
Scale: 1/12
Accessories: Various accessories included

This particular Spider-Man figure wasn’t on my radar to buy. Even after watching the Brand New Day movie. I didn’t feel like I needed to buy toys from that movie.

However, after seeing a few videos online about how bad the quality control was, I was curious, how bad it could be? and if this figure really dropped the ball that bad or not with it’s quality control or were these just meaty handed rage bait collector videos?

I was tempted to wait until I was back in Japan, in September, to buy myself a copy, but, impulse and desire got the better of me as I wanted to review this figure before I left for my holiday.

So I ordered one from Amazon instead and it arrived on Friday. So lucky me as I have plenty of time to take photos and write my review before leaving for Japan.

SCULPTING

Excellent sculpting for this figure! It’s obvious when taking this figure out of the box how premium the feel of it is. That’s one thing I do enjoy about Bandai products – they don’t feel cheap when you handle them. I watched Spider-Man Brand New Day recently and it looks like, to me, that they have matched costume design very closely too. Overall this figure looks great and looks well proportioned too.

PAINT

Spider-Man is mainly cast in the plastic he’s meant to be with a little bit of paint here and there and obviously paint of the black web lines on his costume. The paint there is on this figure is nice and neat as far as I can tell. 

ARTICULATION

The figure comes with a lot of articulation! As you can see in the photos I was able to get Spider-Man in a lot of Spidey-style poses which wasn’t too difficult to achieve.

I’m really not sold on the multi layered crotch articulation but, it does help to get the figure in a lot of cool poses. I might be tempting to track down the movie Deadpool figure now too.

I don’t think you’ll have too many problems posing this figure, it’s quite posable and fun to play around with even if it can feel a little bit delicate at times.

ACCESSORIES

Ten pairs of hands including the fists already on the figure and a few different web effects as well as an extra head. You definitely get a lot of different hands and it’s refreshing to get so many after having bought a few of Mattel’s and Hasbro’s figures lately and not getting enough hands included.

The different web effects are great and it’s nice to get more options to pose and display Spider-Man. The extra head sculpt is also great and has narrower eyes compared to the one on the figure already. My only complaint would be that some of the hands look like they aren’t fitting as snug as they should – for example, the fist hands. But I feel like this is so the wrist articulation isn’t compromised too much.

You definitely get enough options and choice for how you want to display ethos figure, as expected from Bandai.

POTENTIAL PROBLEMS

I’ve seen video where people have broken the wrist pegs and have a floppy waist/legs on copies of this figure. The only minor issue I had was the left shoulder likes to move back to a neutral position a little bit and probably sticks out a touch further than it should sometimes. 

I used a hair dryer to swap hands for the photos I took so I would recommend doing something similar as you can’t replace the pegs after they break. Only 10-15 seconds and the hands were soft enough to easily replace without a problem.

PRICE

I bought mine off Amazon because I wanted to get it asap to be able to get a review finished before I went on holidays. So I paid a little bit over the retail price I’d probably pay if I waited until I got to Japan. But, obviously the closer to retail price the better the deal.

OVERALL

I’m really happy with this figure! Its sculpting is great, it’s got plenty of articulation and it’s fun to pose and play with. Even though it can feel delicate and you have to be careful when changing hands over. I think besides taking caution where required it’s still an excellent figure of Spider-Man from the most recent Marvel movie and worth picking up if you looking for a good Spider-Man Brand New Day figure.

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REVIEW – HASBRO THE BACK SERIES – R2D2

Posted by Mighty Mike on September 14, 2026
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R2-D2 is an astromech droid known for its intelligence, courage, and loyalty. who communicates through electronic beeps and whistles and plays a vital role in aiding the Rebel Alliance and Luke Skywalker throughout the original Star Wars trilogy. 

Name: Artoo-Detoo (R2-D2)
Line: The Black Series – ROTJ 40th Anniversary collection
Manufacturer: Hasbro
Released: 2023
Price: $24.99 USD
Scale: 3.25 Inches in height
Accessories: Various accessories included

This R2-D2 figure was highly anticipated before its release, due to it finally being the right scale with the other Black Series figures. As the previous R2D2 figures were underscaled.

This is my first Black Series R2-D2, having mainly stayed away from collecting too many 6-inch Star Wars figures. So, unfortunately, I can’t share the pain of having to make do with having under-scaled R2S of the past. 

What mainly caught my attention was the Kenner style vintage packaging of the 40th anniversary of Return of the Jedi, much like the previous ESB releases, and I wasn’t going to be late to this party for once.

SCULPTING

This is an excellent attempt by Hasbro to right the wrongs of previous attempts at R2D2 in my opinion. Having watched a few videos and checked out comparison photos, they have really tired to capture a better screen-accurate R2. And in my amateur opinion, I think have done a great job at capturing the essence of R2D2.

Now, obviously, there are options like Bandai SH Figuarts and Medicom’s Mafex line of figures, which are a higher-end price point and quality and obviously, a lot of debate among fans over what is best and some of their offerings are absolutely fantastic.

But, I still prefer the Black Series myself, just something about the overall design and sculpting, I just prefer for my Star Wars figures. I don’t like all the figures they have done, for example, Lando needs work and Darth Vader is slowly getting better with each new release.

PAINT

Paint is nice and crisp on R2, no slop on my version and the blue and sliver paint applications really pop with the off-white plastic. 

ARTICULATION

 R2 obviously will only have so much articulation, being a droid and not a humanoid character. You can move his legs and turn his head. He’s also got a third leg you can drop down if wanted.

ACCESSORIES

R2 comes with a number of different attachments. They all look great and fit in nice and snug in the appropriate ports for them.

Also you can store his unneeded accessories inside R2 as his head pops up. This is a really neat feature that helps keep his accessories neat and tidy and out of the way, yet always in reach.

POTENTIAL PROBLEMS

Not a lot that I can think of. He’s petty much a solid figure and the accessory storage is a great idea.

PRICE

I paid the regular retail price for this figure. He might be a little bit more pricey these days, though. Shop around to try and get a good deal.

OVERALL

I’m really happy with this particular R2D2 figure from Hasbro. I think they have really improved on the previous ones and kept it at a good price point too. He comes with a good amount of accessories and play features and he really looks great next to Han and Leia in my display. Now, I just need to get a C-3PO to go with him.

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REVIEW – MATTEL MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE CHRONICLES TEELA

Posted by Mighty Mike on September 11, 2026
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Amazon MGM’s 2026 Masters of the Universe Live-action movie stars Nicholas Galitzine as Prince Adam, who returns to Eternia after being hidden away on Earth to embrace his destiny as He-Man, mastering the Power of Grayskull and saving his home world of Eternia from the evil forces of Skeletor by discovering the courage and responsibility needed to become its greatest hero.


Name: Teela 
Line: MOTU Chronicles 
Manufacturer: Mattel
Released: 2026
Price: $45.00
Scale: 6.5 inches in height
Accessories: Various accessories 

I’m going to state this right now: I’m not the biggest fan of the Teela character. I’ve always found her character design pretty bland and have not really been interested in her character either. In the movie her character was fine, but not necessarily memorable. She was just there. 

So normally I’ve I’m not 100% interested in a character it can make a review like this a bit of a chore. Normally when I’m posing and playing around with a figure, I’ll find more to like about it.

SCULPTING

I think Mattel has done a good job with the sculpting for Teela. The likeness to actress Camila Mendes is quite solid. I think a lot of issues with this figure will be stemming from the costume design which doesn’t necessarily translate the best into action figure form. She’s got the same orange/yellow skin as He-Man which is a little bit off putting as it contrasts with the orange hair badly. 

PAINT

Paint is serviceable on Teela. It’s neat and it matches well. The flesh tone on her chest is a bit too light, but that’s what happens when you paint white plastic. The face printing is good and helps make the head sculpts look like the actress more so.

ARTICULATION

 She has about the same articulation as the male figures, however, my biggest issue is the holster hindering her leg articulation. But I don’t think there is any way around this one. It’s just how it’s going to be. However, the joints don’t feel as solid as the other figures. So I would say it’s not as fun to pose her.

ACCESSORIES

Changing Teela’s hands is a pain. I’m not sure if it’s just because it is winter right now, but I had to heat up the arms to change out the hands. The wrist pegs are very thin and that makes them difficult to change over. I didn’t break anything, but it felt like at times I might. She does come with a good number of accessories, a short sword, pistol and rifle, definitely more accessories than the average Chronicles figure. They all fit in your hands without too much trouble.

You also get two head sculpts as well which is nice as you have the option to have her hair tied up or down. The head is exactly the same on each head.

POTENTIAL PROBLEMS

Just those terrible wrist pegs is the main issue here. Everything else is fine with the figure.

PRICE

I paid $45 from Amazon, but I did see her available in stores initially when these figures were released. She’s not worth anything above the retail price.

OVERALL

I think Mattel has given Teela a lot of accessories and overall the toy by itself is pretty solid. However, I think the character design and orange/yellow skin and bad wrist pegs bring down my  overall enjoyment of the figure, even posing her with her limited leg articulation became a chore too. Definitely only worth buying for completists only in your Chronicles display.

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REVIEW – MATTEL MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE CHRONICLES SKELETOR

Posted by Mighty Mike on September 4, 2026
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Amazon MGM’s 2026 Masters of the Universe Live-action movie stars Nicholas Galitzine as Prince Adam, who returns to Eternia after being hidden away on Earth to embrace his destiny as He-Man, mastering the Power of Grayskull and saving his home world of Eternia from the evil forces of Skeletor by discovering the courage and responsibility needed to become its greatest hero.


Name: Skeletor
Line: MOTU Chronicles 
Manufacturer: Mattel
Released: 2026
Price: $45.00
Scale: 6.5 inches in height
Accessories: Havoc Staff, Extra hands

Continuing my reviews for Mattel’s Masters Of The Universe Chronicles figures, is Skeletor in all his evil boss, bad guy glory. Much like Man-At-Arms, I wasn’t necessarily going to buy Skeletor to go with my small collection of MOTU Chronicles figures. However, I did cave in and bought the rest of the figures from the series currently available. If not for the sole reason to actually have reviewed a complete lineup of figures for once on my blog.

Skeletor himself is a bit of a mixed bag, unfortunately. Is he a worthy counterpart to He-Man? You can find out below!

SCULPTING

I feel like Mattel has done a great job with the sculpting of this figure, at least. Does it match the source material well? Yes. Even if, in my personal opinion, the character design is a bit lacking. Taken purely on appearance, the figure is an excellent representation of Skeletor from the MOTU movie. However, his hood gets in the way a lot and sits a bit funny, and I feel like his neck is too short. He also suffers from a bit of a loose waist and hips.

My personal opinion is that his boots look out of place and his chest armour looks like it should have matched the original figure a bit more closely – it just looks too sparse.

PAINT

There’s a really nice white wash on Skeletor’s skin that really adds to the look of the figure. It is a bit mismatched on his neck, though, making it stand out a bit too much. The dry brushing on his armour looks great and complements it well. And the wash on the figure’s face is easily the best part of the paint application on the figure.

ARTICULATION

 Just like all the previous MOTU Chronicles figures, the articulation is excellent! However, Skeletor’s soft plastic cape does get in the way of his poseability, and so does his hood. It really makes it hard to pose his head at all, as the hood is constantly getting in the way and making it a chore to even pose his head looking straight on. Furthermore, that short neck is not doing him any favours, and the odd spot where the head does sit makes the jaw articulation feel almost pointless. The rest of the body is very similar to He-Man and is very fun to pose, minus any looseness of joints.

ACCESSORIES

Skeletor comes with his Havoc Staff and some extra fist hands, and that’s it. if any figure needed more hands its this one as you could make him so much more expressive with a few more hand options considering hes not as poseable thanks to that cape of his. The Havoc Staff is definitely a fun accessory and very important for Skeletor to wield; it fits in the one holding hand nice and snug.

POTENTIAL PROBLEMS

Nothing too much to worry about. Like the rest of the figures in this line so far, they are all very well-made figures.

PRICE

I paid $45 from Amazon to get my hands on a copy of Skeletor. Seeing I can’t find him in shops anymore, it was a necessary evil to go through with the purchase. That’s the standard retail price, and it’s still reasonable considering Skeletor seems somewhat popular among the other characters in the line.

OVERALL

Skeletor is not without a few glaring issues – his cape being difficult, his short neck and almost useless jaw articulation and his hood getting in the way of being able to pose his head easily. However, he’s still fun to pose and have standing there looking cool. It would be nice if they made a second movie, and if his costume design could be closer to his original toy, as that would make him a lot more fun to pose. Perhaps Mattel could make a cartoon version using this body as a base, but still in a realistic style?

Is it worth picking up Skeletor to display with your He-Man? Yes, of course it is. But just don’t expect to be blown away by the figure as it has a lot of sticking points. Still, a nice figure that will look good on your display shelf and kinda needed by collectors to go with He-Man after all. Worth picking up as long as you aren’t paying over the retail price for him.

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REVIEW – BANPRESTO ENSHRINED MONSTERS – GODZILLA MINUS ONE (VER. B)

Posted by Mighty Mike on September 2, 2026
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Godzilla is a colossal, radiation-powered monster known for his atomic breath, incredible strength, and near-invulnerability. Over the years, he has been portrayed as both a destructive force and a powerful defender of Earth, making him one of the most iconic monsters in film history.


Name: Godzilla (Minus one VER. B)
Line: Enshrined Monsters 
Manufacturer: Banpresto/Bandai Namco
Released: 2024
Price: 3000 JPY
Scale: 11cm in height.
Accessories: N/A

This particular super deformed “chibi” style Godzilla I’ve had my eye on for a while. I came across them when I was in Japan last September, but didn’t pull the trigger on one. 

This time last May, I finally decided to pick one up. As I’ve been slowly collecting the series of small Godzilla finger puppets, I still wanted a large Chibi version of Godzilla, too.

I happened to pick up the Minus One version of Godzilla. Even though I haven’t seen the movie, just by appearance alone, it still ticks a lot of boxes for a Godzilla toy/figure for me.

SCULPTING

This Godzilla figure has really nice sculpting. There’s a lot of detail on this figure, and it really has nice, if super deformed, proportions. So not only is it detailed, but it’s cute too.

PAINT

Nothing too over the top here, just a nice dry brush to bring out all the sculpted details excellently. The paint really makes this figure look great!

ARTICULATION

 As this is a statue, there’s no articulation.

ACCESSORIES

No accessories either with this figure.

POTENTIAL PROBLEMS

None that I can see, he’s a great problem-free figure.

PRICE

I paid 3000 JPY for this figure, and I was happy with that. That’s pretty much the standard retail price.

OVERALL

This is a really fun oversized super deformed Chibi Godzilla. If you pick him up, you should get a lot of joy from having him sitting on your display shelf. He’s great and worth picking up.

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REVIEW – MATTEL MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE CHRONICLES MAN-AT-ARMS

Posted by Mighty Mike on August 28, 2026
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Amazon MGM’s 2026 Masters of the Universe Live-action movie stars Nicholas Galitzine as Prince Adam, who returns to Eternia after being hidden away on Earth to embrace his destiny as He-Man, mastering the Power of Grayskull and saving his home world of Eternia from the evil forces of Skeletor by discovering the courage and responsibility needed to become its greatest hero.


Name: Man-At-Arms
Line: MOTU Chronicles 
Manufacturer: Mattel
Released: 2026
Price: $35.00
Scale: 6.5 inches in height
Accessories: Mace, gun, and extra hands

My continuing Masters of the Universe Chronicles figure review tonight will be Man-At-Arms. I picked him up after not being sure if I wanted to get him or not. I’ve never been a big Man-At-Arms fan in general. But Idris Elba’s performance in the movie won me over, plus the armour looks absolutely excellent in the movie. 

Besides looking to pick up Skeletor or the Orko figure. I don’t think Mattel has anything else coming up. (Unless they can make that version of MerMan in the background of the Orko scene – I’d be all over that. Hopefully, Mattel make it happen!

SCULPTING

I think this is a solid likeness of Idris Elba; what lets it down in my opinion is the paint application on the face. I really think that the paint could have been applied a lot better to enhance the sculpt in this instance. Besides this, the rest of the body and armour sculpting is great! I really like all the detail on the armour, and I’d say it’s pretty much a similar body to He-Man, even if there might be some minute differences between both.

PAINT

Paint application overall is good. But like mentioned above, I think the paint application on the face could be a lot better. I think it really lets down the figure and makes it look worse than it should. The paint application on the armour, however, is great! I really like the wash over the orange of the armour it really pops. The green plastic and Man-At-Arms helmet looks great too!

ARTICULATION

 Just like all the previous MOTU Chronicles figures the articulation is excellent! It’s definitely a joy to pose these figures; I’ve even included a photo of him crouching to demonstrate how good it is. My only complaint is that Man-At-Arms’ legs could have slight drop down hips? So they are a little bit troublesome. I think for whatever reason the hips of these figures could use improvement. Besides that, lots of articulation and fun to pose.

ACCESSORIES

Man-At-Arms comes with the following accessories: his mace, his handgun and grabbing hands and fist hands. All the accessories are made well and fit in his hands without too much trouble. However, it did take a little bit more time to work that handgun into his hands. But, it’s currently winter so I expect the plastic would normally be a little bit more softer. I still think a trigger hand and a splayed out hands would be a good addition for these figures.

I’d still say I’m expecting to break the wrist joints as it can be a bit difficult to swap easily, but it hasn’t happened yet. So that’s a win as far as I’m concerned.

POTENTIAL PROBLEMS

Nothing too much to worry about. Like the rest of the figures in this line so far, they are all very well-made figures.

PRICE

I paid $35 from my local Kmart. I think that’s a pretty good price, as online you are looking  at, at least $46 or more. But, I haven’t seen Man-At-Arms at any other stores, so he might be harder to find.

OVERALL

If you are on the fence about buying this figure, I’d say he’s definitely worth the money. However, the weak paint application on the face does drag the overall enjoyment of the figure down a little bit. Besides this, it’s still a great Man-At-Arms figure from the movie. 

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REVIEW – MATTEL ULTIMATE EDITION 31 JOHN CENA

Posted by Mighty Mike on August 24, 2026
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John Cena is one of professional wrestling’s biggest stars, known for his “Never Give Up” attitude, charisma, and incredible success in WWE. A multiple-time world champion and longtime face of the company, known for his strength, resilience, and connection with fans, he became one of the most popular wrestlers of his generation.


Name: John Cena
Line: Ultimate Edition 31
Manufacturer: Mattel
Released: 2026
Price: $60 AUD
Scale: 1:12
Accessories: Various accessories  

It’s been a long time since I’ve reviewed a wrestling figure, not that I haven’t been buying any. Just not as many as I used to. My collection of wrestling figures is now mainly focused on WCW Ultimate Editions or Mattel’s Coliseum Collection line. 

So I’m not really buying as many as I used to. However, a trip to Kmart to try and pick up the recently released WCW/nWo Bash at the Beach set, I decided to pick up a John Cena figure as well, seeing he was available along with that box set. Having at least three figures to choose the best one was helpful and actually buying some toys from a store in person, in Australia for once was a little bit exciting.

So this is the “bad guy” or “heel turn” version of John Cena. Which is a bit controversial, not only for its factory mistakes (which we’ll cover in the review). It also for the perceived terrible handling of John Cena being a bad guy by WWE. Which in all honesty, the ball was really dropped on that one.

SCULPTING

Cena comes with at least one new head sculpt and a new upper torso. You get three head sculpts included in the box and I think that gives you a good amount of options for this figure. You have a neutral expression, a smiling head and the unhappy/bad guy Cena head. All are excellent sculpting and look great. The new torso looks great as well! I think it really suits the Cena figure. Everything else is good too, the shorts, arms, legs etc are done well and to a standard we except from Mattel. However, yes the heads do look slightly small on the body. It’s not as noticeable in person, but it’s still something to be aware of.

PAINT

Mattel has done a good job here with the paint applications in my opinion. The face printing technology has been used well and Cena looks great for all three head sculpts.

The socks are a little bit dodgy though and have a bit of paint scuffing straight out of the box. 

Otherwise everything else is fine and what you would expect from Mattel.

ARTICULATION

Cena comes with the usual Ultimate Edition figure articulation: ball jointed head, butterfly shoulders, double jointed pin-less arms, swivel/hinge wrists, ball jointed chest, swivel waist, ball jointed and drop down hips, double jointed knees and swivel/hinge ankles with a toe bend. 

You can pretty much get Cena in any wrestling pose you would want to with this amount of articulation. I honestly prefer Ultimate over elite because I think the torso looks so much better than Elite editions. That’s just my personal preference on what I want from my wrestling figures. 

All the joints were nice and tight and held the pose I put Cena in without any problems. Swapping out the hands was fine and hassle free too.

ACCESSORIES

Let’s start with the most obvious problem with Cena’s accessories: the watch isn’t painted. I really don’t know how a company like Mattel can get this so wrong. Hopefully it’s not a more common problem with their toys going forward.

Besides that, you get a good amount of accessories: plenty of hands and a cloth shirt as well. I really wish Mattel included a microphone and some better “you can’t see me” hands to use with Cena. I think that would have made it a bit more fun and better options for posing him.

Also, the hat included really sits quite badly on top of Cena’s head. They really should have just included an alternate head with a hat. At this stage Mattel should be including stuff like that. 

No problem with the T-Shirt or swapping it out. Just remove one arm and head and you won’t have too many problems putting the shirt on.

POTENTIAL PROBLEMS

Let’s cover everything that Mattel got wrong with this figure: most importantly: his legs are assembled incorrectly. Even though they have the correct Left and Right markings, they are around the wrong way and give Cena a bow legged look. 

Best method is to use hot water as the shorts plastic is very thick. Heat them up so they are soft and swap out the pins and reassemble them correctly. I will post a separate photo later, but he looks great after that. The watch accessory not being painted is absolutely ridiculous from a company like Mattel. How did this even happen?

The logo on towel is wrong, this one really isn’t a big deal for me. I’m not gonna use it. His socks are painted the wrong colour too. I’m less fazed by this one. But it’s just more problems on top of the problems at this point.

Apparently the shirt can tear (no problems with mine) and the ankles can be loose (mine are fine too) So the biggest problem is swapping the legs over which can be a little bit difficult. Otherwise you can ignore the smaller issues here.

PRICE

I bought mine from my local Kmart for $60 AUD. That’s not a bad price considering. I also had two other copies to look at and choose the best one and I am happy about that. Just pay a price close to retail and you shouldn’t feel like you paid too much.

OVERALL

This Cena figure does have a few flaws right out of the box. It’s definitely by no means perfect. However, if you can look past these flaws it’s still overall a great figure in its own right with a good amount of accessories and excellent choices for head sculpts. I would recommend picking it up if you are after Cena’s heel turn version as an Ultimate Edition. He’s definitely a great addition to your Ultimate Collection.

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REVIEW – MATTEL MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE CHRONICLES RAM MAN

Posted by Mighty Mike on August 21, 2026
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Amazon MGM’s 2026 Masters of the Universe Live-action movie stars Nicholas Galitzine as Prince Adam, who returns to Eternia after being hidden away on Earth to embrace his destiny as He-Man, mastering the Power of Grayskull and saving his home world of Eternia from the evil forces of Skeletor by discovering the courage and responsibility needed to become its greatest hero.

Name: Ram Man 
Line: MOTU Chronicles 
Manufacturer: Mattel
Released: 2026
Price: $89.99
Scale: 6.5 inches in height
Accessories: Battle axe, leg extensions and extra hands

Ram Man comes included with Fisto as an Amazon exclusive two pack and can be purchased on his own too.

All jokes about Ram Man and Fisto being in a two pack aside. It was nice to include to great characters from the movie together to make it easier to get both at the same time.

SCULPTING

This sculpt of Ram Man is great and the likeness to actor Jon Xue Zhang even underneath the helmet is great too. Ram Man’s costume design is easily my favourite so far. This figure has done an excellent job at translating it from what we see in the movie.

PAINT

No real problems with any of the paint on Ram Man. It’s all nice and neat. With the one exception being that some of the weathering on one of his boots doesn’t match the same amount as on the other boot so it looks a bit odd. Otherwise no other problems.

ARTICULATION

Ram Man’s articulation is about the same as the other figures in this line so far and gives you enough articulation to pose the figure fairly dynamically. Unlike the other figures I have reviewed so far his waist is not loose. I really enjoyed posing Ram Man he was fun to play around with.

ACCESSORIES

You get a battle axe for Ram Man, it looks great and easily fits in his hand. The extra fist hands are good and finally he comes with leg extensions for his ramming effect. I had an issue with mine as the right extension wouldn’t fit on properly. 

I ended up drilling mine out a little bit and eventually got it to fit on snug enough as it was a little bit disappointing only because I was in the middle of taking photos and initially thought perhaps it was two of the same side as they aren’t interchangeable pieces – they are meant for each leg only.

POTENTIAL PROBLEMS

Besides an ill-fitting accessory, no real issues with Ram Man

PRICE

I paid the standard Amazon price of $89.99 plus shipping to get the two pack the very next day. I was happy with that and it was good to get the exclusive two pack so quick.

OVERALL

Ram Man is another great addition to the MOTU Chronicles line and definitely worth picking up. He’s a fun figure and looks just like he did in the movie. Definitely worth having in your collection.

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