As you might have heard, longtime rivals of the toy aisle Mattel and Hasbro are getting on pretty well these days, leading to a fair bit of crossover between some of each company's most famous brands. Like some sort of "collaboration".
Among those pairings of properties has been a new line that shows the Power of Grayskull is More Than Meets the Eye, 'Til All Are One... or something.
It's Masters of the Universe and Transformers, in case you don't get it yet, what with the big header and all.
Anyway, the point of this post is less about the toys, and more about the lore. See, as with many a MotU action figure over the brand's many years, the new Energon of Grayskull figures each come with a mini-comic that details the story of why and how this is all happening. Wave 1 of Man-at-Arms in Bumblebee armor and Skeletor in Megatron armor come with the first part of the story, while Wave 2, featuring He-Man in Optimus Prime armor and Scareglow in Starscream armor, feature the last(?) half.
But good news! If you're more interested in the story than you are in purchasing the figures, Mattel Creations has uploaded both parts of the story as semi-animated "motion comics" to their YouTube channel, complete with music! No voice acting, though. And hey, maybe if you like what you see, they're probably hopeful that you'll come around on that whole "less interested in purchasing the figures" part of the deal.
Only one way to find out!
And there you have it!
So, what do you think? Has this brought you around to the idea of these figures, or are you just happy to know what's going on, and are ready to move on with your life? Do you want to see this line continue? And if so, who would you want to see mashed up for future waves? Teela as Elita-One ("Teelita-One"?)? Trap-Jaw as Shockwave? Panthor as Ravage? Tell us in the comments below, or hop over into either the "He-Man, and also the Masters of the Universe" and/or the "Transformers Collaborative | MOTU x Transformers, more Stranger Things/TF" threads on our forums!
'TIL ALL HAVE THE POWER... or something.
