Masters of the Universe - SORCERESS!

Masters of the Universe - Collectible Figures #HS1 - Sorceress - Altaya 2022

The Sorceress has always gotten the short end of the stick in the merchandising department. For such an iconic, powerful, and maternal figure that is in almost every episode of He-Man and whose mysterious origins are a major keystone in all of Eternian lore, she simply hasn't ever had a great piece of merchandise produced. There have been some close ones, like the Super7 Club Grayskull figure from 2018, but all her figures have been slightly off. Similar to the Evil-Lyn post from yesterday, this Altaya Sorceress figurine shares a lot of design similarities with the 2015 Pop Culture Shock statue, which I personally feel is the nicest-looking Sorceress product made. Of course that statue was always very expensive, and this newer figurine is much easier to display and (slightly) less expensive. This figurine is a bit of a mystery to me. I believe she was a subscription-exclusive figure unavailable in stores. She fetches about 8x the price of the other characters, but she's worth it. Let's check her out below!

These figurines are made of a lightweight plastic. Their stands are even hollow.

They each come in a bubble-card on (pretty flimsy) cardboard. The cardback is essentially featureless.

Most figures come in a large polybag with a comic-sized magazine, I don't believe the exclusive Sorceress has a magazine. 

These figurines were originally released in Spain, with a second release in France roughly six months behind. The release numbers are fairly consistent, but 8 of the 77 characters (Orko, Hordak, Ram-Man, Trap Jaw, Whiplash, Stratos, Evil Lyn, and Randor) have different numbers depending of the Country of release.

Here is the Pop Culture Shock Sorceress statue from 2015.

The pose and style of many Altaya figurines remind me strongly of this statue line.

Time for some Group and Comparison Pics!

Here is Sorceress with her 2018 Club Grayskull figure from Super7.

And here is a montage I made of all the MOTU ladies in this series. I resized all the images using the fact that their bases are the same size (not a perfect method so the scales might be slightly off). But then the bases were so wide that I photoshopped them away to space them closer together.

From Left to Right: Shokoti, Teela, Dree-Elle, Sorceress, Evil-Lyn, Queen Marlena, and Kittrina.

And here are the Altaya POP ladies for good measure:

From Left to Right: Huntara, Madame Razz, Kowl, She-Ra, Glimmer, Granita, Scorpia, Shadow Weaver, and Catra.

Cheers!