Thursday, June 14, 2012

Thundercats Supporting Cast

While the Thundercats met many allies over the course of the cartoon only a few were made into action figures. 

Hachiman


Named so for the God of Warriors in Japanese mythology Hachiman was a one-time foe and eventual friend to the Thundercats on Third Earth.
This figure tends to catch some minor flak from the TC community because he's not very accurate to his cartoon portayal from the waste down.  He's missing some padding around the hips, legs, and rear.  Still, I think the headsculpt realy makes up for a lot of it. 
Oddly enough while you'd expect his action feature would drive both arms downward in forceful chop it instead turns him from one side to the other sort of like a He-Man figure but not as spastic.



Snowman of Hook Mountain


Introduced in the episode "The Lord of the Snows" during the first season of Thundercats.   The Snow Knight can conjur weapons out of ice with his bare hands.  Of the six Thundercat allies LJN made I think this guy is my favorite.  Unfortunately LJN nevr made a Snow Meow to go alongside the Snow Knight; however, KidWorks did rease 2" scale miniatures versions as a boxset.



Tuska Warrior


Turmagar looked a good bit different in the toon, but I really like the design of this figure.  The rifle is actually reused (albeit resized) from LJN's Dune line.  While I have no doubt that he was intended to be a singular character I like to think of the Tuska Warrior as an army builder. Every line needs at least one!



That pretty much wraps up the Thundercats' allies except for the RoBear Berbills, but I'll save them for another time. 

1 comment:

  1. Another great post.I really wish all the vintage TC figures could get modern updates, too bad Bandai doesn't look like they're making any progress.

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