Mattel comes up with some clever uses of the Hot Wheels brand. I think they hit a home run with their Monster Trucks line as what kid doesn't like large wheeled, car crushing trucks? I've noticed several pop culture brands have started to pop up over the years in this series so I wasn't shocked when I first discovered that Masters of the Universe was being used.
Skeletor here is part of a random 2022 wave of trucks, not part of it's own MOTU series. The back of the packaging does show the other vehicles in this particular wave. The top right corner of the card back also lists some of the characters of this release, such as name, truck type, strength and crash attack. This really has a strong Transformers Tech Spec vibe.
The trucks are all plastic, no die-cast unfortunately. It appears all of the various pieces are molded in different color plastic, no paint apps. Skeletor's yellow skeleton face has a menacing look, especially with the exhaust pipes coming out of his mouth. If you look carefully, you may notice the eyes are cast in a red translucent plastic. If you shine a light in the eyes you do get a faint glow. The back of the truck features Skeletor's Ram Staff with a ball & chain attached to the end. The tires are a soft plastic and are on axles that allow the wheels to move. A small hard plastic "car" comes packaged in with Skeletor for the truck to crush. It's small and cheap and I didn't care for it much so I didn't bother photographing it. Overall this is fun little piece and a nice oddity for anyone's Masters of the Universe collection.
My friend's son has a bunch of the HW monster trucks. I bought him the Spongebob and Patrick trucks. I'll have to see if he knows any of the MOTU characters.
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