Following a fan vote for the subsequent big-ticket Masters of the Universe Origins toy merchandise, the outcomes have been tallied. The winner is, maybe, not one followers might need anticipated: the Snake Lair! A fort for King Hiss and his serpent minions, it permits them their very own devoted area outdoors of Snake Mountain and the cramped Viper Tower.
Snakes! Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?
The Snake Lair beat out many long-requested objects like a revamped classic Fright Zone, Filmation-inspired Fright Zone, cartoon-based bigger Attak Trak, and extra. The Snake Lair primarily featured in mini-comics, and hasn’t featured as closely in alternate media as the opposite selections. Conspiracy-minded followers are already suggesting it’s awfully handy that the retail line is leaning closely into the Snake Men theme, and their home base wins. A extra possible various, nonetheless, is that followers shopping for all these snake figures desire a new place to show them.
All we’ve seen of the Snake Lair is a drawing of the outside, which makes it seem like a fold-in-half playset much like Castle Grayskull and Snake Mountain. Potential motion options embody a working portcullis, gun station, and King Hiss’ sarcophagus. No photographs of the inside are available, however anticipate some form of throne for the serpent king. At retail this may in all probability run round $90; as a extra restricted Mattel Creations unique, it’ll in all probability have the next mark-up.
Though Mattel closely hyped the Snake Men as an add on to the classic line within the mid-’80s, Fimation’s Lou Scheimer felt that the skin-ripping King Hiss wasn’t acceptable for kids, and added his sidekicks to the Evil Horde within the She-Ra cartoon as an alternative. The 2002 cartoon and tie-in toy line launched the Snake Men as villains in the direction of the tip, and by no means obtained to resolve their storyline; a glut of extra repaint figures and an ever-changing time slot for the sequence killed off these toys and the present. Netflix’s recent CG He-Man and the Masters of the Universe managed to get in an entire season of Snake Men, however the streamer canceled the sequence thereafter.
All these a long time later, they’ll lastly have a home. Crowdfunding seems to be set to begin early in 2024.
