Are Masters of the Universe LEGO sets closer to reality than you think?

When @PodcastEDP tweeted the image below earlier this week, I knew a simple retweet wouldn’t do it justice. There’s way too much to be said about this bastion of beauty.

Before you slam me, I realize these are not real LEGO products. Read on for my explanation of the headline.

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What you see above is artist Gregos Thomas’ rendition of the 16-figure checklist that comes in every LEGO Minifigure single pack blind bag. I love that it even has wear marks where the sheet folds.

I believe I’ve located the correct Gregos Thomas on Facebook, since this is his cover photo:

Feel free to hit him up and tell him how awesome his artwork is, I know I will!

UPDATE: The artist contacted us and provided TWO MORE IMAGES of these amazing MOTU LEGO Minifigs – check them out here!

OK, so more about the Masters of the Universe LEGO Minifigures. I know these are not real, but it got me thinking- I bet these are not as far from being a reality as you think. Just two years ago, would you ever imagine we’d see Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles LEGOs? I certainly did not.

MOTU would most certainly need a reboot of some kind that would need to be somewhat kid-targeted for LEGO to see as an anchor to build a new line around. They have shown that they are super-aggressive when it comes to acquiring licenses of child-of-the-80s-friendly properties (see: Indiana Jones, Star Wars, Batman, TMNT). Sure, kids snap up these sets too, but they know how crazy we old-guy collectors go for these things.

Now I realize if we ever got MOTU LEGO, they would not sell the individual figures in blind bags like this, but they’d be part of larger sets. I’m daydreaming of a breakdown kinda like this:

• Masters of the Universe LEGO Castle Greyskull (with He-Man, Sorceress, Battle Cat, Zodac minifigs) 79.99
• Masters of the Universe LEGO Snake Mountain (with Skeletor, Beast Man, Mer-Man, Evil-Lyn minifigs) 69.99
• Masters of the Universe LEGO Eternian Palace (with Man-At-Arms, Teela, Orko, King Randor & Queen Marlena minifigs) 59.99
• Masters of the Universe LEGO Battle Ram (with Ram-Man, Stratos, Tri-Klops minifigs)
• with Prince Adam, She-Ra, Hordak, et al. coming in the inevitable wave 2

Let’s not stop there. Thundercats, Ghostbusters and Back to the Future have been produced as Minimates, but that wouldn’t preclude LEGO from acquiring the license would it? Judging by the BTTF example alone, no, it would not.

It’s not likely that Hasbro would ever relinquish their hold on the mini-block G.I. Joe license, with Kre-O being in house.

What are some other properties you could see (or would love to see) get the LEGO treatment?