Written by Well this was unexpected!
A glimpse of a new upcoming Masters of the Universe: Origins “The Powers of Grayskull” action figure was unexpectedly revealed during a Mattel Creations promotional video.
Teased in a Masters of the Universe: Origins “The Powers of Grayskull” The Great Black Wizard promo, we also see a GRAY action figure… the alter ego to He-Ro!
Check it out:
It is also interesting to note that the Priest Pythonus Origins figure was also featured in the video (a secondary tier figure from the Snake Lair Playset crowdfunding campaign that was never unlocked.)
Does this mean the Priest Pythonus crowdfunding figure will be released individually? Only time will tell.
Thanks to the amazing Evan for the clip.
We’ll see you next time!
Hell yeah.
Sorry but Mattel ain’t giving us the Priest though.
From memory the main hype guy for the Lair said they wouldn’t rule out him happening somehow.
What I found most interesting was the heavy implication they’re doing New Adventures Skeletor.
@sketchyskeletor @smitty-81 TG4 this site. Found the video. https://he-mania.com/2025/09/unachieved-crowdfund-priest-pythonus-figure-joins-keclar-in-an-uncertain-future/
Damon said the Priest is the same situation as Keclar and we got closer to getting Keclar and we have been waiting longer for Keclar and still no Keclar. If Keclar comes out then I’ll believe we are getting the Priest.
Sharlla’s art
Red Shadow’s mini comic
Great Black Wizard’s mini comic
He even has his own artwork
He’s also very budget friendly being mage from 90% reused parts.
Hasn’t Keclar appeared in art and minis too? The Priest is in that video sure but so is Moss Man. Snake Lair hasn’t even shipped yet they ain’t going to offer one of the failed stretch goals. I would love to have him dude but I ain’t buying in. I made that mistake with the already sculpted Two Bad. I bet we get a 200x cc Two Bad before a vintage Two Bad for fks sake.
Want it.
But watch them release him as “Ro" instead of Gray.
Not in my canon! His name is Gray and he loves Sharella who is not and never will be Green Goddess.
Was all of that from the style guide?
So Gray is to He-Ro the same as Adam is to He-Man?
Basically yes.
Cool. I think I like the figure more than He-Ro.
Citation needed.
They already did.
More or less. He was Ro before he learned to be a warrior wizard and became He-Ro.
Yeah that was an odd thing to say. It reminds be of when they guy asked Pixel Dan if She-Ra had a cartoon in the 80’s after Dan asked if we’d see PoP in the CC.
No.
This is good. I’m ok with Gray but I need Priest Pythonus (and his human version, Nepthu, in the Cartoon Collection).
@danavas his name is Ro, not Gray.
Actually, purists know him as Gray, not Ro.
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@he-mayon 👎
Gatekeeping much.
I think your misusing the word gatekeeping. Regardless, you told danavas his name is not Gray it’s Ro. If you had said you preferred Ro, I wouldn’t have spoken up.
@he-mayon you said that purists know him as Gray, suggesting that those that use his correct name from Mattel’s office source, the mini comic, is some how tainted and not correct. His name is Ro now, they changed it, I dont know or care why but its their IP and they can change it if they want.
No, that is not what purists mean. Purists stick to the original texts and reject modern interpretations. It doesn’t make purists right or wrong. It’s their preference.
Whatever dude, just don’t dead name him.
(Seinfeld voice) Whats the deal with these Names? This Gray guy is not gray, Red Shadow isnt Red, Black wizard isnt a black guy. Whose coming up with these names, Crayola?
In the new ongoing MOTU comic series, he’s named GRAY.