Written by THE REVENGE OF (DISCO?) SKELETOR?
Well this is exciting! Earlier today, the awesome “Discovering Pandora” tagged HE-MANIA.COM on Instagram to show off a couple of brand new Skeletors that he found in a Walmart store in Arizona.
What was really wild is not only did these golden Skeletors appear to be figures from the brand new First Ones/Kids/Core line based on their packaging…
…but they also seemed to be from a subline not announced to this point…a non-movie subline! Wow!
Discovering Panda shared with us his exciting find in his own words! Check it out:
DISCOVERING PANDORA: "I was at my local Walmart in Casa Grande, AZ on 2/21/26. As usual I browsed through some of the toy aisle, specifically the MOTU section, but I didn’t notice anything new..as I began to walk away, I noticed that hanging next to the WWE Superstars was a unique Golden Skeletor figure that I have never seen.
"It looked to be in the new packaging that was just shown off at NY Toy Fair 2026 for the upcoming Core Line 5.5inch figures from the movie."
"But this was not one I had seen teased or mentioned about at all during the event, nor through any YouTube channel or website."
"It was hanging on the shelf under “MOTU Core Figure 10“
"and after purchasing, I couldn’t find any trace of it online..which drove me to post about it on both Instagram and Reddit, looking for help."
Now check out his cool unboxing here:
How cool is that? We want to thank the completely awesome Discovering Pandora for sharing his pics and video with us, as well as his story. Please check out and follow his Instagram Page!
We’ll see you next time!
Disco Skeletor will return… in Masters of the Universe: Core.
Right? 🤣 It can’t be. Not this soon.
@ehenyo That’s funny… My source said he would return in Avengers: Doomsday.
Chase figure?
So soon? I guess so. That is not the red movie logo. It looks like a separate line. It can’t be Disco Skeletor, though. Mattel is not going to launch a line with that variant.
It seems just like a fun … exclusive? I don’t exactly eat a whole line of golden figures now.
That said, he’s really cool! Besides Disco Skell, he also reminds me of the Masterverse variant that came with the Bone Throne. Cool head and packaging.
He reminds me of Classics proportions, but when compared to Origins, he suddenly looks so petite and slim lol (and CC is already slimmer than regular Origins!)
Gold Skeletor gives good head sculpt.
I kid you not I was in Walmart today, wasn’t planning on getting any First Ones figures but I saw Skeletor in the clearance section marked for $9 and knew I had to grab him.
I have no idea why he was there when he’s a brand new toy and that Walmart didn’t have any other MOTU figures on the normal shelves yet. Did find a Vintage Collection Masterverse Teela in the same clearance aisle and knew I also had to grab that.
Like, the movie figures aren’t supposed to be out in retail stores for a few more weeks and somehow FO Skel got there and was immediately marked for clearance.
I wonder if it was price marked down because it slipped through the cracks and got to the store early before all the others were meant to be shipped there and they wanted to rid of the single one they got if they weren’t getting the sets for a while.