Snake Mountain - Vintage Masters of the Universe Toy Review!

This toy is still talked about in my family to this day. My brother, sister and I woke up around 3am Christmas morning to find Snake Mountain already assembled and sitting there next to the tree. I quickly figure out the mic, battery already installed, and blare out "MOM AND DAD GET UP! SANTA CAME!" Considering we had gotten home from my grandparents close to midnight, my parents had probably been asleep for 1 or 2 hours tops and were not pleased. Serves them right for giving their kids who or who were super eager to open presents access to a microphone. After that we were strictly forbidden from waking our parents up before 6am on Christmas morning.

My friend has literally ALL the Masters of The Universe toys made! He got 'em from his dad, but he just keeps them shoved in his closet!

The biggest issue with Snake Mountain IMO is the fact it perfectly captures the creepy feeling you'd expect from Skeletor's lair yet it's out of scale size and the fact they left out Skeletor's throne lets it down.

All I can think of is that Robot Chicken sketch where Skeletor rents out parts of his lair to college students. 😂

I still think it’s awesome! 💜

I completely agree with your point of view on this play set. With all it's let downs, it is still worth owning. I have been meaning to add one to my collection for sometime now.

The Masters Of The Universe line was a huge seller. Yet , Mattel released a recast and repaint playset that was designed for 3.75 scale figures instead of a proper playset.

My brother had this and we played with it all the time. It never once occurred to us that the bridge was too narrow or the gated door went no where. Kids use their imagination unlike adults who are analytical. The front of this is so much more detailed and awesome than the Castle Grayskull playset. The mic was definitely the coolest feature!

I was a huge He-man kid, never had Snake Mountain or Castle Greyskull. I did get the Fright Zone, and Slime Pit and loved the hell out of them. One of the vehicles I had was the Blasterhawk which I never see reviewed on YT.

Great review. And thanks for the mention!

I remember as a kid in Australia, I got Castle Grayskull first, around 85 and Snake Mountain a year or two later. I for some reason don't ever remember having them both at the same time or interacting with them both together. I do have only one photo of me playing with Castle Grayskull, but no photo of playing with Snake Mountain. I have since bought both in loose box since. Grayskull 10 years ago from the US when it was still affordable, and Snake Mountain 6 years ago, decent box, and with the "Spirit" logo. It seems like in my childhood, the only one that I ever saw at carnivals and never owned "Fright Zone" has always been out of my reach for one reason or another. Almost got it unopened from Italy 5 years ago for 130 Euro, but was out of work then and never got it and lost a bidding war for 10 Euro the other guy spent. Some day I will have all three side by side.

I got both play sets as a child and I must admit that Snake Mountain never got my attention as I grew tired quickly of the mic gimmick. There wasn’t too much to it after that.

I received Snake Mountain as a child. I’m very attached to it and love it but, yeah, it’s far from being on the level of Castle Grayskull.

I always wondered why Snake Mountain on Filmation"s cartoon is different from the playset. Now I know!

The chains and railings on the bridge all snapped off of mine too. I enjoyed the playset but always felt disappointed that it didn't look as cool as in the cartoon and everything felt too small on the outside of the playset and empty on the inside. The Super7 classics version coming out this year looks amazing though.

2:59 Give that kid an A' for effort lol.

Snake Mountain probably would have been cool if it had a working dungeon like the Terrordrome or even a few gun turrets would have helped; granted if the scale allowed for such fun.

I didn't have any of the MOTU playsets. Had to make my own Castle Grayskull or Snake Mountain before I'd start playing. Despite its faults I'd put Snake Mountain above the Fright Zone.

This Snake Mountain may not be a faithful representation of the animated tv series but it represents a part of my childhood.

I'm 40 years old, but I remember Christmas morning when I was 4 years old. We opened our presents, dad was working. Suddenly the front door to our house in Brooklyn opens up and there was dad, holding a giant gift box. It was snake mountain.