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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