Mondo Sky Sled – Design & Development History

Written by Adam McCombs

Until recently I have avoided collecting any of Mondo’s 1/6 scale Masters of the Universe figures. It’s not because I don’t like the way they look – to the contrary, they look amazing. But like most collectors, I have plenty of things I’m collecting currently and I really didn’t want one more thing competing with that.

That all changed when the Sky Sled was revealed. The Sky Sled is, of course, the front half of the Battle Ram. As anyone who is at all familiar with this site already knows, I am obsessed with the Battle Ram. Even better, it’s the 10th anniversary of Battle Ram Blog and this foot-long Sky Sled just happens to be coming out! It’s fate, right? I imagine Pixel Dan might feel similarly if Mondo were to come out with a Mosquitor figure on the 20th anniversary of his channel.

Initially I thought I might get the Sky Sled but just leave it at that. But of course I wanted to review it for the Battle Ram Blog, and what’s a Sky Sled without He-Man to ride it? Anyone who is a collector of action figures knows this internal dialogue and where it leads.

History

Since this blog is more toy history site and less toy review site, I thought it would be appropriate to dig into the history of the Mondo Sky Sled before getting into the review. So let’s start with Mondo toy designer Emiliano Santalucia.

Emiliano is a long-time MOTU historian and a founding member of The Power and the Honor Foundation. As frequent readers of the Battle Ram Blog know, I am constantly referencing the work of the Foundation on this site. Emiliano has worked as an illustrator for Masters of the Universe comics, DVD covers and posters, and he has also done packaging art for the MOTU NECA statues and for Super7. He assisted with design work on the MOTU Classics line, and went on to be a toy designer for Hasbro and recently for his own startup, Formo. He has also been a Mondo designer for the past eight years or so. I recently shot him over some questions and he was kind enough to answer them for me.

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