Masters of the Universe Origins: Rio Blast Pre-Order Opens On January 6, 2025

[JayC]

We saw it at SDCC back in July, and now Mattel has announced the pre-order date for their MattelCreations Masters of the Universe Origins: Rio Blast which will be January 6, 2025. Stay-tuned for more details to come soon.

[Roadpigmaster]

Interesting... I need to see more pictures to get behind it.️

[Lord_Scareglow]

Nice Can't wait for Rio Blast! , that's another character from the OG assortment to cross off the list.

really wish they'd quit the 1 figure every few months on Mattelcreations and just get back to some waves, could have knocked out most of the final figures in two waves.

could have had a wave that was Rio Blast, Stonedar, Two-Bad & Dragstor, then we could have had Blast Attak, Rotar, Twistoid & insert whoever extra here.

[toynewman]

Mattel has changed the pre-order date for their MattelCreations Masters of the Universe Origins: Rio Blast Figure which will now be January 21st, 2025. Stay-tuned for more details to come soon.

[Lord_Scareglow]

why you do that Mattels?

[RobertD]

Really looking forward to this one, was one of my favorites as a kid.  If he had ever been in an episode of the show I surely missed it, but his gimmick was rad and his sliding backpack gun setup was beyond awesome.  Now his random pieces are scattered to the winds.  This is an essential replacement for me. 

[Roadpigmaster]

I probably jump in to get one. Never had the original....

[deecee4]

I guess Rio Blast mightve been a pegwarmer back then cause I remember buying him at an outlet store for like $1 in the late 80s and they had a ton of him.

Fun figure though....muscular barbarian/old west hero type with MASK-style tech, if i were to describe him lol.

[MagnaPrime]

Its too early to start hitting refresh right?

[Roadpigmaster]

7 hours ago, MagnaPrime said:

Its too early to start hitting refresh right?

Yeah, too early man... I'm not sure if this one will sell out. ️

[MagnaPrime]

14 hours ago, Roadpigmaster said:

Yeah, too early man... I'm not sure if this one will sell out. ️

Thanks, it felt like that mightve been a bit excessive.  But that was yesterday, how about no. LoL

[toynewman]

Shown below is a look at the new Masters of the Universe Origins Rio Blast Figure from Mattel which will be going up for pre-order on January 21st at 12pm EDT only on MattelCreations with a suggested retail price of $20.00.

Rio Blast made his first appearance as He-Man’s quick-draw deputy in the Mattel mini comic, “The Fastest Draw in the Universe.” A member of the Heroic Warriors, this cyborg cowboy destroys his opponents with a pack of blasters on his back and an arsenal of laser guns concealed in his chest, legs, and arms. Making his first-ever appearance in the Origins line, Rio Blast is armed and ready to fire up your display.

Masters of the Universe® OriginsTM Rio Blast Action Figure
Over five inches tall, with 16 points of articulation
Includes laser guns in his thighs, chest and hands
Also comes with a pack of blasters on his back
Mini comic book included

 

 

 

 

[Roadpigmaster]

I have to admit that the figure looks good man...

[RobertD]

Got 'em.  Always such a super cool figure in my view, even if he felt out of place with the rest of MOTU to me as a kid.  My mind always bent more towards the swords and sorcery aspect of the line, so a fully cybernetic dude seemed odd to me, but in retrospect when you had characters like Roboto and things like the sky sled flying around, I guess he's not so odd after all.  But I never had Roboto or too many technological vehicles, so the tech stuff just wasn't really a part of my play pattern by and large.  It was 95% monsters and barbarians for me. 

[toynewman]

The new Masters of the Universe Origins Rio Blast Figure from Mattel is available for pre-order on exclusively on MattelCreations with a suggested retail price of $20.00.
 

[BenFromtheBunker]

Got him.  Took a little while.  Apparently you can't use a VPN and checkout on Mattel creations.  Makes me a little concerned about their data collection. 

[Roadpigmaster]

Is it sold out already?I didn't ordered them yet. Not sure if the fandom is interested in him... I never saw him in original cartoon so for that reason I'm not 100% sold on this figure.

[Lord_Scareglow]

Got it this morning

8 hours ago, Roadpigmaster said:

Is it sold out already?

Seems to be still available as of right now!

, it was definetly the lack of interest/popularity for Geldor, who is still available right now on MC!

but not sure if it's lack of interest/popularity or just a good amount of stock available, or a made to order thing going but Rio Blast still hanging around, that makes me happy, I had driven myself crazy trying to get Mattelcreations stuff, maybe I don't have to anymore?

[Roadpigmaster]

11 hours ago, Lord_Scareglow said:

Got it this morning

Seems to be still available as of right now!

, it was definetly the lack of interest/popularity for Geldor, who is still available right now on MC!

but not sure if it's lack of interest/popularity or just a good amount of stock available, or a made to order thing going but Rio Blast still hanging around, that makes me happy, I had driven myself crazy trying to get Mattelcreations stuff, maybe I don't have to anymore?

I'm thinking it's exactly what I mentioned about the lack of interest of us cartoon purist for the Filmation cartoon characters... It's still available.

[Lord_Scareglow]

1 hour ago, Roadpigmaster said:

I'm thinking it's exactly what I mentioned about the lack of interest of us cartoon purist for the Filmation cartoon characters... It's still available.

Well I like that it's still available, I am always surprised at how much more of a fanbase the Filmation Cartoon seems to have in the collecting world then the Figure line, I always would have thought it was the other way around, but maybe that's just coming from my perspective since I only collect figure based figures and not animated.