Interview with artist Nate Baertsch

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Nate Baertsh has been doing package art for Masters of the Universe toys for a number of years, and currently works at Four Horsement Studios doing art for their Mythic Legions and Cosmic Legions lines of action figures.

Some memorable quotes:

“I don’t play the lottery, I don’t gamble. But if, if I did and if, you know, millions of dollars fell in my lap, I would, I’d be like, great. My kids will be taken care of. Because I would still work. I wouldn’t stop working.”
“We like surprises and … we want to reward the child or the individual or whoever it is that’s tinkering with the toy, to be able to discover stuff that they might not have otherwise seen.”
“We like to hide stuff. We like to surprise people. We like to reward those that are ready to take the action figure out of the box and actually play with it, because at the end of the day, that’s what we want.”
On toys with hidden details: “Whenever you see stuff like that on a toy, it’s, to me, that is a mark of whoever designed it and sculpted it was having fun. Like they really wanted to make it special for all of us that are purchasing them and enjoying them.”

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