 Welcome back to our comic and toy review series where we dive deep into the world of toys and collectibles to give you our thoughts Character bios special features and articulation about the toys we love and hate on today's episode We're going to be reviewing the 2000 and ex Gellator from He-Man and the Masters of the universe. Stay tuned In the first mini comics that followed the cancellation of the filmation animated series is strongly hinted at the Skeletor is in fact Keldor the long-lost brother of King Randor during the search for Keldor storyline Skeletor watches as Randor and Adam search for their lost family member the Skeletor state They must never discover the secret of Keldor Because the truth as it stated will lead to Skeletor's destruction in the filmation series a sorceress of Castle Grayskull calls him a demon from another dimension Infinita a cruel warlord who rules the dark side of Eternia from Snake Mountain with an iron fist His title is evil lord of destruction He learned black magic from Hordak the warlord of a theory of the sister planet to Eternia Skeletor betrayed Hordak after defeat by telling the sorceress and man-at-arms the way to Hordak's secret base In the 2002 series is revealed in episode one that Keldor does in fact become Skeletor after a plan to throw acid on Randor backfires and splashes back burning Keldor's face. It's revealed that Keldor is in fact Randor's half-brother Sharing the same father, but different mothers Skeletor was formerly a warlord known as Keldor who trained under Hordak He gathered a small band of warriors to attack the Hall of Wisdom They encountered resistance from Captain Randor and his officers Keldor fought Randor personally Wielding two swords with astounding proficiency But when Randor disarmed him Keldor threw a vial of acid at him Randor deflected it with his shield and the acid splashed on Keldor's face Cronus called the retreat and evil Linn took Keldor to Hordak's sanctuary where Keldor summoned Hordak to save his life Keldor agreed to pay whatever price Hordak wished for his life and Hordak transformed him stripping the damas tissue from his skull and dubbing him Skeletor Keldor's head had been completely stripped of soft tissue Leaving only a floating skull when Keldor saw his new appearance He laughed maniacally the incident perhaps shattering whatever sanity he had left Despite owing his life to Hordak Skeletor destroys Hordak sanctuary to prevent him from ever returning At the end of the second season King Hiss revived Serpos the serpent god who had been transformed into snake mountain by the elders Skeletor and his minions were inside the mountain at the time Although Serpos is defeated and restored to its snake mountain form if season three of the series had been produced It would have seen Skeletor and Heman dealing with the Horde invasion and the powerful Hordak Who it was said Skeletor would eventually have defeated in the 2012 DC Comics series the origin of Skeletor Skeletor's full backstory is revealed He was initially the heir to the throne But his father King Mero decided to make Randor King because Keldor was a half blood his blood mixed with a gar King Mero even refused to believe Randor when he told him Keldor saved him and gave all the praise to Randor Keldor became bitter and while dying of a curse stabbed Randor and used his blood to become Skeletor Thanks to Hordak a line of toys that were debuted in 2008 to be sold exclusively on Mattel's collector website dubbed Masters of the universe classics sculpted by the Four Horsemen these toys are updated versions of everyone's favorite masters characters Although the Motu classics toyline as yet no supporting fiction the toys packaging Do include short character biographies that merge elements from various different Incarnations of the franchise as well as some newly developed information to form a new distinct classics continuity Skeletor's bio from his card reads real name Keldor Mortally wounded in battle with his half-brother from the later mini comics Captain Randor Keldor turned his dark arts master Hordak to save his life merging Keldor with the Extradimensional being Demoman Originally the planned name for the Skeletor character from Despondos Keldor was forever changed into Skeletor Overlord of evil he gathered together the greatest outcasts and evil warriors of Eternia in his quest to gain entry into Castle Grayskull and obtain what he believes is the universe's ultimate power source He is usually armed with a magical weapon called the Havok staff a long pole crowned with a small replica of a ram skull and A crystal ball embedded within he can discharge bolts of mystic force From the head of the staff or use it as a focus for more powerful forms of magic Sometimes Skeletor displays the ability to discharge energy from his own body as seen in the 1987 film where he casts lightning from his hands and in the original anime series where he projects energy from his fingertips And even his eye socket in the 2002 series his innate powers seem much more limited Though his abilities when in conjunction with his Havok staff seem nearly unlimited in scope and highly potent in raw power In the early mini comic Skeletor sometimes possesses one half of the power sword from this weapon He could also project magical energies He also displays many other skills such as the ability to teleport himself and others over vast distances Send telepathic commands to his minions open gateways between dimensions or perform remote viewing He has also shown himself to be a gifted swordsman as a master of the mystic arts He is also privy to much secret knowledge about the universe. Hey guys, welcome back to comic getting I'm John wise and today I'm gonna be reviewing the 2000 X masters of the universe Skeletor okay, so By now you're familiar with the fact that in 2003 I believe it was or no 2000 2001 That they redid mash the universe And they brought in these guys the four horsemen to resculpt the old he-man figures And they did so with Skeletor here, so let's go ahead and go over the sculpt here. Look at this guy. This guy is amazing So let's get rid of these We'll go over these here shortly Okay, so first off We'll go from head to toe Look at the skull This is just amazing You could see that they kind of kept the color scheme of the vintage figure, but definitely updating. He looks more menacing scary You can see he's got the yellow with the green. So that's pretty cool. He still has his crossbones on his chest He still has this awesome loincloth with a design That's kind of very menacing looking at that. That's pretty cool Now this is the Skeletor without the boots so he has his bare feet and the pads Go to the back. I mean look at the detailing on this thing all around the loincloth on the back You got the gauntlets here Just amazing amazing work There we go. That's amazing amazing work And uh, look at the little spine back here So even that's pretty cool. And if you notice We got a spot for his weapons, which we'll go over here shortly So on all the sculpt and the paint job on this guy not too bad Articulation wise We have head movement here. It can move from right to left He has waist movement, which if you'll notice when I move his waist He doesn't swing back That is not Skeletor's action feature Go over that in just a moment. His arms can move out They can go forward and backward this one. However Part of his feature you'll notice Yeah, go over that just a second Uh, I did the waist the legs can go out and go forward. They can go backward. There's no other articulation there So Hold on. Not too bad. I never have a problem standing this guy. So So and you'll notice also he's in this stance here. There is no ab crunch So Still better than your five point articulated vintage figure Now what would Skeletor be without his awesome accessories? Okay, so first off We have his havoc staff as havoc staff is actually taller than Skeletor And this will fit in either hand, but I like to display it in this hand like so Which is pretty cool, and I'll show you why I like to split into that hand that brings me to his other accessories Yes, he has a more than one No, Skeletor be without his power sword Wait a minute. That doesn't look right Oh wait, he has two That's because this Skeletor in the animated series dual wielded Swords, so these can't go in both hands, but Check this out. Just like the vintage line these swords piece together just like that and the Course that's because these were originally supposed to be The two swords that were Supposed to be fought over in the animated series So when they decided not to do that, they gave him the Skeletor and these became Skeletor's dual wielding weapons of choice So now we're over here. We can tell that this is supposed to be like the good good sword You can see some of the details here a little gear Nice little orb Skeletor sword very similar And of course like I demonstrated they just Fit together Two holes here And you got two pegs And they just fit together just like that And they do fit in his hand And he does look cool in that sword However Check this out There's a button on the back of Skeletor That all you have to do is just push the button And he can attack Sometimes that happens So but yeah, I mean this is a really cool figure. Like I said, he can do a wield So if you don't want him To do so you can his left hand is more open Than his other hand But I mean you can get both of those swords in his hands With no problem And like I said the havoc staff It can also go in either hand Depending on which hand you want to Use And pose him with And of course he has a little bit more difficult time doing it because You know it's hitting that His leg You know All in all Not a bad figure Um This is one of my favorite master of the universe figures. I'm not gonna lie. I just love the way he looks Um The paint job that an awesome job at that the havoc staff I don't know is also Check this out. You could move the head of the That's pretty cool Most of these figures don't have Don't have the ability to stand right you have to pose him a certain way But Skeletor I mean I could set him down And he's just fine so Other characters like teal of her instance Um, you really and and shira you really have to pose them a certain way to be able to make them stand But thankfully like the main characters he man Skeletor characters like Ram man orco Don't have a lot of trouble standing them up. So Uh overall awesome awesome figure These of course were they came out in like 2001 So they no longer create they no longer make these Um, you can't however find them fairly fairly cheap on like sites like ebay amazon Um, there are plenty of uh Websites on facebook like master universe trading So, uh, this is something you want to end your collection. I say go for it. That's really cool Even if you're just, you're not a overall he-man fan. You're a Skeletor fan. This would be great to add your collection. So Buy me now First the bathroom I have to pee And of course if you like this video make sure to hit that subscribe button Make sure you hit the like comment below and share with your friends I hate you