Masters of the Universe Masterverse Revelation Teela review

While I’d been tempted with Teela’s Revelation look, I held off long enough for Mattel to announce a more classic-skewing attire for the Masterverse line. Every so often figure procrastinating can be a good thing.

The Revelation designs were cool, but I would have been just fine if the series stuck with its take on Teela’s vintage attire as it was tweaked just enough to evoke that original look with some new visual aspects.

Let’s see if waiting on this take of Teela was the right call.

Packaging:  I really dig the Masterverse Revelation packaging. It pops on the shelves thanks to its dark blue color scheme and its unique presentation with the angular box setup.

With Hasbro’s current plastic windows to see the figure = bad, it’s nice to still be able to check out all the accessories and paintjob with the Masterverse figures. As always, Mattel provides some really fantastic artwork along the side and rear of the package.

The bio is repurposed from the original Masterverse Revelation figure. I wish Mattel updated it for more of this classic look even though this is just from the earlier flashback portion of the Revelation series.

Likeness:  Teela has an awesome, focused head sculpt. I didn’t hate the present-day Revelation look, but Teela’s more classic style outfit just has more of a cool warrior woman look than the more generic modern costume. This is not the classic, old-school attire. It’s Teela classic homage from Revelation shown during the opening act.

Her hair is pulled back into a bun with a ruby affixed in the center of her tiara. This was retained form the original look. Teela’s costume is so classic there’s not much that can be improved on it so the Revelation team just made some tweaks.

The most noticeable is there’s no shell-style armor circling her chest. She’s also got a skirt piece now that resembles something from Wonder Woman’s catalogue. Her furry boots remain intact.

Mattel really went above and beyond on the sculpted detail on the top and skirt piece. It really provides a look of armored protection with the various plated elements. What’s very cool about the line is that Mattel isn’t leaving it up to the paint job to establish the details.

Everything is right there in the sculpt. From the bracelets, arm bands and the paneling on the skirt, Mattel has it all sculpted. This makes it feel like Mattel is fine doing dedicated sculpts for figures as needed.

Sure, there’s going to be a measure of reuse, but when they can figures will get all the new parts that’s needed for the most accurate and best look from the source material. My lone gripe is Teela’s center piece has a mold line that just doesn’t lay as flat as it should creating a somewhat unsightly gap.

Most impressive is the head sculpt, which makes Teela attractive in a natural sense without sacrificing any of her deadly fighter vibe.

Paint: Mattel has been pretty consistent with the paintwork here. Of course, that just meant I was due a figure to have some issues. Teela’s chest piece, which is the center of all the problems, had some flaking as if it was battle damaged.

This is the only issue with the paintjob, which is otherwise fantastic. The gold plays up nicely against the white and Teela’s tan yet not overly tan skin tone complements both colors also.

Teela’s makeup is subtle with some blush around her cheeks and fine eyeliner detail around her eyes. This is exceptional work and Mattel should really take a bow for how well this turned out.

Scale: At 7″, the Revelation line doesn’t really play well with many other lines, but at the rate Mattel is going it’ll be a perfectly fine self-contained line all on its own.

Articulation: Of all the Masters, Teela is the most agile so needs every one of those 30 points of articulation. The Masterverse articulation scheme isn’t quite good enough for Teela to hit the full range of her melee quick strike style, but she is able to achieve many convincing action poses.

The joints that probably need the most improvement is the torso to get better back and forth movement as well as the hips. Maybe a drop down set up would work better for the line?

Masterverse Teela has:

• neck
• ball-jointed shoulders
• bicep
• elbow (double-jointed)
• wrist
• wrist hinge
• torso
• waist
• hip
• thigh
• knee (double-jointed)
• ankle

Accessories: Accessories are typically plentiful with the Masterverse series. Teela has a terrific assortment of gear and display options.

First up is her broadsword. It has a nicely detailed hilt and grip to make it easier for her to hold tightly. To help her out on the defensive side she also has her shield, which fits snugly on her left arm.

Next is swappable hands — a right fist and a grasping left hand in case you prefer Teela to be a southpaw.

I do miss Teela’s staff though as it’s her signature weapon.

Finally, she has an alternate head sculpt that’s very different. This isn’t just another expression, but long hair that flows around her shoulders and neck.

It’s from the moment in Revelation when she learns the truth about Prince Adam and He-Man. The tiara is gone but Teela’s fierce expression is intact. I like this other display option as it mixes up the looks you can have for Teela.

Worth it?  Teela is regularly priced at $21.99. That’s not a terrible price for a 7-inch scale figure with five accessories and pretty decent articulation.

Thankfully, Target had a sale so I got her for $15.99. Definitely won’t complain about that price at all.

Rating: 9 out of 10

Where to get it?  Obviously if you can find her at Target get her from there, but she’s also available at Amazon.

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