Chronicles Trap Jaw

Series: Masters of the Universe Chronicles
Year: 2026

Prelude: Let’s face it, in the Filmation cartoon Skeletor’s henchmen only differed in regards to what jokes He-Man and his buddies would make about them. Mer-Man? Fishy! Beast-Man? Hairy! Stinkor? Well, that one writes itself. As for Trap Jaw, it was mostly about what fun stuff they could stick on his mechanical arm. In the new 2026 movie, however, Trap Jaw was a far more competent and scary bad guy, who also gets a figure in the Chronicles line. Spoiler: no fly swatter arm attachment. As for the rest? Let’s say go!

Review: Okay, first of all, I just have to ask: where is his little helmet loop? You know, that metal ring he had on top of his helmet so he could slide down ziplines lines or whatever. The original toy had it, he used it in some comics, so it would have been a nice little detail to have it included here. No? Okay then, no helmet loop. I can live with that. I think. Maybe.

Missing helmet loop aside, this guy here is clearly Trap Jaw as we saw him in the 2026 live action movie and he strongly resembles previous incarnations of the character as well. He has the helmet, the metal jaw, the metal arm with the swappable attachments, the metal legs, the blue skin, everything. This is Trap Jaw, no doubt about it, and he looks pretty fabulous.

Articulation is standard for a modern Masterverse-scaled MotU figure, meaning pretty great. Trap Jaw has double knee- and elbow-joints, ankles, wrist movement (well, on his one wrist), the works. No complaints here at all. His “skirt” restricts his leg movement a tiny bit and those knee pads of his look a bit strange in some poses, but otherwise he can move pretty freely. His lower jaw also moves, btw, but only very, very slightly. Could have done with a bit more movement here.

Finally, the weapon arm. Trap Jaw comes with three different “forearms” for his right arm. One is a cannon, one a large hook, and one a sword. The cannon looks very different than the familiar two-barreled one from days of yore, but it’s what we saw in the new movie. All three have nice detailing and a kind of worn/used look to it. Very nice.

So bottom line: this is Trap Jaw as we saw him in the movie. Very nice and (almost) no complaints.

Remarks: By now I’ve seen the new Masters movie and boy, was it great. I literally sat there and went “wow” as the end credits rolled. Was it perfect? No, surely not. But was it fun and entertaining? Damn right, it was. MotU fans, if you allow this movie to bomb due to unattendance or nitpicking, don’t come crying to me when it takes another 40 years for the next one to be made. Okay, rant over. Trap Jaw’s role in the movie, without getting too spoiler-y, was pretty cool. He came across as competent and dangerous while still somewhat ridiculous and it worked very nicely. Probably my favorite among the bad guys after Skeletor himself. Sorry, Evil-Lyn, you looked great, but you didn’t really do much.

Final verdict for the figure: awesome. It depends, naturally, on whether you’re a fan of Trap Jaw or not, but if you are, I think this figure here is well worth the price of admission. Even without the helmet loop. Now maybe some third party company will give us a flyswatter for him to make things perfect.

Rating: A-

Picture Gallery: