Mattel Creations releases He-Man action figure by Virgil Abloh
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- 28 Oct 2022
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The late designer Virgil Abloh has left his mark on the Masters of the Universe media franchise, creating a collection of figurines including He-Man and Skeletor in monochromatic shades of nude for Mattel Creations.
Abloh started the collaboration with Mattel Creations in early 2021, and the project was finished by his company Virgil Abloh Securities and his London-based design agency Alaska Alaska after his passing.
According to Mattel Creations, which works with designers to create collectible items based on Mattel properties, Abloh laid the framework and concept for the collection, which is titled Toy and forms part of a Masters of the Universe c/o Virgil Abloh series.
The set features four Master of the Universe collector figures: He-Man, Battle Cat, Skeletor and a Skeletor variation, Skele-God, ranging in colour from dark chocolate brown to light taupe.
The taupe colour is a favourite of Abloh's, who used it often in his work, including in his influential debut collection for Louis Vuitton.
"Virgil had a deep interest in the MOTU property, in which aspects of his interest was rooted in nostalgia," said Alaska Alaska. "The design direction looked to preserve the existing iconography, using colour theory as a point of entry into novelty and collector's culture, drawing a parallel between art collector and comic book collectors." Read More…
