Mattel Masters Of The Universe Masterverse New Etheria She-Ra Figure

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00:00Grayskull gets honored with He-Man's sister's second release.

00:03Here's your look at the Mattel Massie Universe Masterverse New Etheria She-Ra.

00:19For the honor of Grayskull, She-Ra stands with the powers of New Etheria against the evil Horde

00:24and protects the boundaries of the universe from an invasion.

00:27It looks like Adora has been adorned with some new armor.

00:30Before we look at her armor and all the accessories that come in clue with her,

00:33let's take the tape measure and see how tall the brand new Etheria, not New Eternia, She-Ra actually stands.

00:39With that, of course, I'm going to need the help of the tape measure,

00:41and the tape measure is going to tell us that she stands at 7 inches in height.

00:45She does. You can see it for yourself.

00:47That works out to be a figure that's 18 centimeters tall.

00:50It's now the second time we've gotten ourselves a She-Ra of this scale,

00:53but if you actually look at the scale, the new Etheria release of her is actually considerably taller than the original one.

00:59That still holds true as well.

01:00When we look at, like, Catra, for example, Catra's going to be about the same size as the original She-Ra,

01:04so because of that, of course, she's going to be a little bit shorter than the new release.

01:07Bringing in some other figures also as well.

01:09Here's what she looks like with Hordak.

01:12Why not bring in as well Shadow Weaver?

01:13I love to look at her.

01:15And here's also what she looks like with Grizzlor.

01:17It's so quick to throw away the packaging, because located in the side of the packaging,

01:20you'll find yourself a bag that contains She-Ra's shield.

01:23She-Ra's shield, that's a hard thing to say ten times fast,

01:27is all cast here in gold plastic, adorned with a jewel on the front of that.

01:31It's a really nice look to the shield.

01:33The shield does attach onto her arm.

01:35She does actually have one larger hoop on the back,

01:37a slightly smaller hoop that attaches around her hand.

01:40Not the easiest thing, though, to do,

01:41because when you're trying to put this around her hand, for example,

01:44sure, it fits fine around her forearm,

01:45but then when you get to her hand, unfortunately,

01:48you kind of have to pry the fingers around just to fit around the second handle.

01:51You can also even just phone it in and cheat as well.

01:53If you're looking from this side, you'd never be any bit the wiser

01:56until, of course, somebody goes like this.

01:58Wait, what was that?

01:59Hey, wait a minute, you're cheating.

02:00Okay, yes, I admit I was cheating.

02:02So you can have the shield displayed that way.

02:04She does also, while we're still talking about that little baggie,

02:07have a pair of closed fists.

02:10Fine and good, I suppose,

02:11but considering that she already has a good-looking shield

02:13and an equally good-looking power sword,

02:16I can't ever see myself having a need to want to display her with a closed fist.

02:20Personal preference.

02:21Speaking, though, of the power sword,

02:22she does, in fact, come and clear with that.

02:24The sword itself is cast here nicely in gold plastic.

02:27It's pretty much the same kind of gold plastic as the shield,

02:30although you can see it's a little bit lighter.

02:33So it's not matching 100%, but it's pretty close.

02:36The sword can also fit, obviously, into her hand as well,

02:38because, of course, she does have gripping hands on both sides.

02:40So let's go ahead and do that right now.

02:42I'll tell you one thing, though, about She-Ra,

02:45is that, unfortunately, while the figure does have some decent levels of posability,

02:48they seem to have left off, though, one little bit of posability,

02:52that being her biceps.

02:54Strangely, though, that all the other figures of this scale

02:56have all usually had bicep swivels,

02:58yet this She-Ra now does away with it.

03:01We're going to talk more about that in more in a moment.

03:03But that looks good.

03:04I mean, I like the way that she's actually displayed now

03:05with a shield in one hand,

03:07the sword then in the other.

03:08There's no stored space, by the way.

03:10If you look at the back of the body,

03:11there's no holster, for example,

03:13where you could sheath the sword.

03:15So you're going to have either the choice

03:16of having them displayed with the way that I'm doing it right now,

03:18or the other choice of just not having her displayed with anything.

03:22Removing both those accessories right now,

03:23let's put them off to the side.

03:25Yeah, you know, one of the things, again, with this She-Ra

03:27is not only does she have a brand new design to her,

03:29but she has, again, no bicep swivels,

03:32which is, again, really strange.

03:34As for the head sculpt,

03:34I think it's actually quite good.

03:37I'm glad I had still the chance

03:38to kind of pick up this figure

03:39because, like, initially seeing it online,

03:40I wasn't really sure if I loved the design of her.

03:44The outfit, in fact,

03:45actually does kind of remind me

03:46of the He-Man She-Ra power tour,

03:48which came out in 1987.

03:49If you ever look at the poster of that,

03:51there's a real actors, of course,

03:53of both He-Man and She-Ra.

03:55She-Ra's wearing a very similar style of headpiece

03:58as what we get in that promotional poster.

04:00I think, actually, her little side feathers,

04:02for example, stick a little further up.

04:04But I get very much that kind of poster

04:06when I'm looking at the design of the character.

04:08To bring back in that original She-Ra,

04:10to take a look at them,

04:11you can clearly see

04:12that they're using a brand new body.

04:14She hasn't skipped leg day at all.

04:16I mean, if you look at the thighs,

04:17for example, on the new She-Ra release,

04:19granted, though, a little paler

04:20than I would have liked it,

04:22she has definitely a much more muscular leg,

04:24and she's also a much more muscular arm as well.

04:27Now, both She-Ra's did also have capes.

04:29The original She-Ra,

04:30more closer resembling that of the cartoon,

04:31would have had a red cape.

04:32The new She-Ra's now sporting

04:33kind of more of a magenta cape.

04:35Both kind of attach the same way

04:37onto, like, the head.

04:38So, for example, if you...

04:39To get the cape off,

04:40you'd have to remove the head,

04:41then you'd have to take the entire piece off.

04:43What's rather interesting, though,

04:45is that the shoulders that she has

04:46don't attach at all

04:48to the front of her torso.

04:49They only seem to attach

04:51on the back of her body.

04:52So, like, if I was to kind of

04:53lift up her head, for example,

04:55she essentially has, like, a collar ring,

04:57and then that goes to the back

04:58and attaches to the cape.

04:59Then the shoulders attach

05:01only to the back of the body,

05:02not to the front.

05:03So she's kind of free

05:04to do whatever she wants

05:05on the front of her body.

05:07Again, I really think

05:07that the head sculpt is really good.

05:09I know to bring back

05:10also the packaging, too.

05:11Let's just put her down here

05:12for a second.

05:13I know we don't really

05:14spend a whole lot of time

05:15really discussing the packaging,

05:16but even, like,

05:17just the way that she's drawn

05:17right here,

05:18the only thing maybe

05:19I'd be able to offer up

05:20for things that I would have

05:21improved to the figure

05:22is that just adding

05:23a little bit of darker color

05:24around her eyes

05:25I think really would have

05:26made the face a lot prettier.

05:28It still, though,

05:28is a nice-looking face,

05:30but I think a little bit of paint

05:31probably could have made

05:32the face a little bit nicer.

05:34But really nice-looking armor overall.

05:36And, of course,

05:36she does have the shield,

05:37she does have the sword,

05:38just the way that had

05:39her displayed earlier.

05:41One thing I also really think,

05:42and I take away

05:43from this figure, too,

05:44is that it doesn't just

05:45follow the format

05:46of what a She-Ra

05:47has to look like.

05:48So to go back

05:49and to look at the original one,

05:50for example,

05:51yet, you know, again,

05:52like, this one is so much

05:53closer resembling

05:53to that of the cartoon.

05:54I don't think it's that bad

05:56of an idea.

05:56Now, this is a guy

05:57that usually likes

05:58the classic look of characters.

05:59I'm actually defending

06:00a She-Ra this time around

06:01because she's doing

06:02something a little bit different.

06:03To look at the two,

06:04you'd still say that,

06:05well, I think both of them

06:06look like a She-Ra.

06:07This one just is

06:08a little bit different,

06:09and that's not a bad thing

06:10at all.

06:10The thing that's cool

06:11about this, too,

06:12is that all of her skirting

06:13on the front

06:14first is made of

06:15softer plastic,

06:16but they went the approach

06:17of giving it more

06:18of a pearl color

06:19as opposed to

06:20just simply a white.

06:21In fact,

06:21that pearl color

06:22makes its way as well

06:23to the feathers,

06:24although instead of

06:24being a white,

06:25it's more of a pink.

06:26I love the way

06:27they've tipped the end

06:27of that all in gold.

06:29The gold, though,

06:29is pretty close to her hair,

06:31so from the side,

06:32it does kind of look like

06:33it blends a little bit

06:34too much.

06:35But I think overall,

06:35I think the face

06:36is really good.

06:37I think the outfit

06:38is nice on her.

06:39Really nice,

06:39interesting-looking way

06:40they've sculpted

06:41the boots, too,

06:41so instead of just

06:42the regular gold boots

06:43that she would have had

06:44before,

06:44this new She-Ra

06:45now has these

06:46sort of,

06:47I don't know,

06:48like seashells

06:48or even like

06:49fanned-out wing boots.

06:51Those are really neat,

06:51as well.

06:52The figure does have

06:52two pegels

06:53on the bottom of her feet,

06:54so there's also

06:55available means

06:56to attach her

06:56onto a display stand.

06:57Not that a display stand

06:58really is available

06:59at the time

07:00of these figures

07:00coming out,

07:01but I'm sure

07:01you probably could

07:02use yourself

07:02a display stand

07:03from another figure.

07:05Looking to hear

07:06the articulation,

07:07though,

07:07of for She-Ra,

07:08she may be a little

07:09bit more limited

07:09just by how much

07:10locks that she has

07:11on the back of her hair.

07:13Because of that,

07:14rotating her head

07:15can be a little bit

07:15more difficult.

07:16She can only really

07:17turn her head

07:18side to side,

07:19and that's about it.

07:20Moving her head up,

07:21forget about it.

07:22Moving her head down

07:23is a little bit

07:23easier to do,

07:24but it's one

07:25of those trade-offs

07:26just by having

07:26longer hair like this.

07:28You can't get

07:28as much mobility

07:29from the head.

07:30You can certainly

07:31do a lot more,

07:31though,

07:32when it comes

07:32to her arms.

07:32Now,

07:33the arms come out,

07:34keeping in mind,

07:34again,

07:35like those shoulders

07:35are attacked

07:36only by the back

07:36of her body.

07:37You can bring

07:38those arms out

07:38at a T-pose

07:39or the 90-degree

07:40angle bend.

07:41You can take

07:41the arms,

07:42of course,

07:42and you can

07:43move them forward.

07:44I did notice,

07:45though,

07:45with She-Ra,

07:45that moving her arms

07:46forward are a little

07:48more tighter,

07:49almost to the point

07:50where I feel like

07:50there's a little bit

07:51of resistance happening.

07:52Again,

07:53I'm a little disappointed,

07:54though,

07:54that the figure

07:54doesn't have any

07:55bicep swivel.

07:56Maybe they chose

07:57to do it this way

07:58so that the arm

07:59looks more seamless

07:59so that the bicep

08:01blends then

08:02into the shoulder.

08:03I personally

08:03would have preferred,

08:04like,

08:04even again,

08:05like to look back

08:05on the original She-Ra,

08:06the first She-Ra

08:07and every other figure

08:08that's been released

08:09at this scale

08:10always tend to have

08:11bicep swivels.

08:12So this is the first time

08:13I think that we've gotten

08:13ourselves a figure

08:14that doesn't actually have that.

08:16Single hinge only

08:17in the elbow,

08:17but at least the elbow

08:18does all the work

08:19for the forearm.

08:20So while we lose it here,

08:21we still manage

08:22to have it here

08:22in the forearms.

08:23Hands rotate

08:24all the way around as well,

08:25whether you want to use

08:26these hands

08:26or the other hands.

08:27She does have

08:28an upper torso ball joint.

08:30A really nice thing to see.

08:32Granted,

08:32the original figure

08:33also had that as well.

08:33She does also have

08:34sort of just more

08:35of a waist swivel

08:36where,

08:37so again,

08:37like this moves up and down,

08:38you're only going to be

08:39really relegated

08:40to having the waist

08:41move back and forth

08:42side to side.

08:43The legs do split out

08:44as muscular as they may be.

08:46You can take the legs

08:47and move forward

08:47and back.

08:49Three quarters of the way

08:50up the thigh,

08:50there's a swivel cut there too

08:51so you can rotate the leg

08:52all the way around.

08:53There is a double hinge,

08:54although with my figure,

08:56it's really tight.

08:57And not that I'm

08:58complaining at all.

08:58I would really rather

09:00have tight joints

09:01on knees and elbow joints

09:02and anything really

09:03on a figure

09:03than having overly

09:04loose joints.

09:05But I did notice though

09:06on her,

09:07she's really tight.

09:09There is a swivel

09:10down below

09:10because the boot

09:11essentially is a separate

09:11piece from the calf.

09:13There is an ankle

09:13pivot up and down.

09:14There's a nice

09:15little ankle rocker.

09:16Yeah,

09:16she was a nice

09:17looking figure.

09:17Not really sure though

09:19why they chose

09:20to leave the bicep off

09:21other than the only thing

09:22I can really think of

09:23is that they wanted

09:24the arm to look

09:25a little bit more seamless.

09:26Also,

09:27they could probably

09:27clearly not have done

09:28that with the rest

09:29of the arm

09:29because then the arm

09:29would have had

09:30no possibility.

09:31So she does lose

09:32a little something

09:33in that regards.

09:34But what she does gain

09:35at least is a different design.

09:37Again,

09:37if you like the cartoon look

09:38by far,

09:39there's still the,

09:40there's always the available

09:41option of going back

09:41to the original She-Ra

09:42whether,

09:43you know,

09:44again,

09:44I don't know what prices

09:44she's going to be going

09:45for now online.

09:46But the new She-Ra

09:47does benefit as well

09:48by being a taller figure too.

09:50The design again

09:51is very different

09:52but still recognizable enough

09:54to look at her

09:55you know still

09:56who the character is.

09:57I think a lot of it

09:57really has to do

09:58as well

09:58that she's got again

09:59like the headdress piece

10:00so again we know

10:01that that's what She-Ra is.

10:02She has the cape,

10:03she has a very similar

10:03style of armor.

10:04It clearly isn't based

10:05on this design at all,

10:06it's a brand new thing

10:07and the brand new thing

10:08works out to be

10:09a pretty cool looking

10:10She-Ra overall.

10:11One of those individuals

10:12that buy into the idea

10:13that Mattel teases

10:14their future characters

10:14on their packaging

10:15then located on the packaging

10:17for the new Etheria She-Ra,

10:19you'll see Swift Wynn,

10:20you'll see Cal,

10:20you'll see Mantena

10:21but also in the far corner

10:23you'll also see Lookie.

10:25So I'm wondering

10:25if at some point

10:26we might get a release

10:27of Lookie.

10:28I think if anything

10:28if they choose to release

10:30a Cal,

10:30Cal's small enough anyways,

10:32that would probably be

10:33a most logical way

10:34to release both a Cal

10:35and a Lookie

10:36as possibly a two-pack.

10:38Not to go too far

10:39ahead of things though,

10:39looking back though

10:40at She-Ra,

10:41you know again

10:41like it's one of those things

10:42that sometimes you need

10:44to pick up a figure

10:44and see her in hand.

10:45I'm not that I'm going

10:47to necessarily sell

10:48on anybody on the idea

10:49that if you don't like

10:50this look of She-Ra,

10:52whatever thing I say

10:53in this review,

10:53whatever best I do

10:54to kind of talk about

10:55how the things I like

10:56about the character

10:57may not convince you

10:58at all.

10:59But though seeing it

11:00physically in hand,

11:01I think I actually like

11:02the look of the figure

11:02a lot more than

11:03when I initially saw her

11:04of online.

11:05You know,

11:05pictures don't always

11:06give a good idea,

11:07a good reflection

11:08of what a character

11:09looks like.

11:09Like I said,

11:10sometimes you either

11:10need to see her

11:11in the wild,

11:11which unfortunately

11:12as Canadian collectors

11:13is very few

11:14and far between.

11:15We can't even find

11:15anything like this

11:16new in local stores

11:17or sometimes you just

11:18have to take a leap,

11:19a leap of faith.

11:20Pick up the figure

11:21and hope that you like it.

11:22I went for a leap of faith.

11:24I picked up She-Ra

11:25in the hopes

11:25that I would have liked it

11:26because I already had

11:26picked up the other

11:27new Eternia figures.

11:29The end result is

11:30I actually do like

11:31this look of She-Ra.

11:32She's different enough,

11:33but she's still same enough.

11:34She's kind of the best

11:35of the both worlds.

11:36Again,

11:37this comes from somebody

11:37that normally likes

11:38the classic look

11:39of the characters.

11:39This isn't so much

11:40a classic look to She-Ra,

11:42but it's still a look

11:42that I actually like.

11:44What do you guys think

11:44of the new look of She-Ra?

11:45Let me know down below

11:46in the comments section.

11:47Do you also think

11:47it's a little strange

11:48that Mattel chose

11:49to omit bicep swivels

11:51on a figure that

11:52for up to this point,

11:53all the other female figures

11:54have all had bicep swivels,

11:56even like Shadow Weaver,

11:57for example.

11:58But what do you guys think

11:58of She-Ra?

11:59Let me know down below.

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