Top Toys Masters of the Universe.

[Werewolf]

I totally spaced I still had these. Came across them again, today, mixed in with my She-Ra figures.



These were made by Top Toys and released in Argentina. They do use actual MOTU molds but are of much poorer quality than the North American releases. Skeletor and He-Man were released under license by Mattel. The red Merman with the Beastman body and Skeletor armor is actually Felinor from the modern Fuerza-T bootleg line Top Toys did in the early 2000s reusing MOTU molds to create new characters.

They are a cool novelty but again the quality is kind of iffy. Their accessories have a lot of flashing and are made out of thin cheap plastic. Skeletor's sword is particularly rough. Skeletor and He-Man use the later solid head molds. Felinor's accessories are VERY thin and rubbery. But he does have glow in the dark face paint which is pretty cool.

[PNGwynne]

Thank you for sharing these, I really like the character and execution of the Felinor figure.

[Werewolf]

I really like the character and execution of the Felinor figure.

There's 8 figures in the Fuerza-T set and they are all pretty funky looking. The main hero of the line is a repainted He-Man with green hair and goatee mixed with Fisto and Jitsu parts.

[PNGwynne]

I just checked pix of the figures and many customs for the characters. Very cool. Spektor glows in the dark? Awesome!!

[Remco Monster]

Those are great. The He-man is especially cool!

[Werewolf]

I forgot to mention they all do have the same punching action as the regular MOTU figures.

[PNGwynne]

Were the Fuerza-T figures contemporaneous with MOTU, or later bootlegs?

[Werewolf]

Were the Fuerza-T figures contemporaneous with MOTU, or later bootlegs?

Top Toys did have the license for MOTU in the 80s. The Fuerza-T figures were later bootlegs.

[Marvelmania]

How did you ever find these in the first place to purchase them? Really a nice surprise that you re-found them!

[Werewolf]

How did you ever find these in the first place to purchase them?

I bought the Top Toys Skeletor and He-man in the mid to late 90s. Back then there wasn't a lot of interest in the foreign variants like these. From what I remember they were cheaper than the US carded versions. I also got stuff like Spanish She-Ra figures and a Skeletor and He-Man made in France.

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I forgot to mention a big plus of getting the Spanish She-Ra figure was the gold paint didn't turn green and runny like on many of the US releases. The paint is perfect to this day.

[Werewolf]

Vintage Top Toys Masters of the Universe commercial.