{"id":22154,"date":"2012-12-19T00:01:55","date_gmt":"2012-12-19T06:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=22154"},"modified":"2012-12-19T23:59:56","modified_gmt":"2012-12-20T05:59:56","slug":"motu-classics-com-dekker-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=22154","title":{"rendered":"MOTU Classics.Com:
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<\/a> Not many characters have lit a fire under MOTU fans by storm as Dekker has. His unforgettable appearance in the MO2K series\u2019 episode, \u201cThe Island\u201d, launched a thousand requests to see him as a figu- Did I have you going? Even for a second? Or are you still just wondering who the heck this guy is?<\/p>\n

Dekker\u2019s a great oddity for MOTU Classics in that he\u2019s one of a handful of newly-created MO2K characters who made enough of an impact to receive a Classics figure. While the exact amount of that impact may be in question, I have nary a complaint about his inclusion (I should point out that really want a Classics Calix and he only appeared for a few second before being killed, so I\u2019m clearly not trustworthy with the master list). Unlike Calix though, Dekker received an entire episode, so Mattel probably made the right call here. <\/p>\n

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Dekker was introduced as the guy that put the Man into Man-At-Arms. In his younger days, Dekker had been and elite Palace Guard and had trained Duncan extensively in combat and strategy and surely helped Duncan become the master strategist that he is. (Since Dekker\u2019s got an eyepatch and not a cybernetic ocular implant, we\u2019ll assume Duncan picked up his horrifying surgical skills from someone else). By the time we meet him, Dekker has moved on from his soldiering days and retired to a leisurely life of fishing on Orkas Island. Hijinks ensue when Duncan comes to visit and Dekker finds himself in a crazy kidnapping scheme. The episode itself is okay from what I remember, but I think the appeal of Dekker maybe in what we don\u2019t see. As a previous Man-At-Arms during Miro\u2019s era, he was surely a key player in the times before Adam was born and that\u2019s an era I\u2019d like to know more about. He also trained one of my favorite badass MOTU characters in the ways of badassery, so he\u2019d be a character worth watching if we could ever get any media set during Miro\u2019s rule. <\/p>\n

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While I\u2019m more interested in Dekker\u2019s younger days than his singular retired appearance, it makes sense that the figure would match the episode he appears in. What\u2019s nice about the figure is that he matches pretty well too. While plenty of MOTU figures have had to have their basic design altered to fit in with the reusable parts plan that makes the line possible, Dekker\u2019s look was captured in plastic with very little change. He does use the standard pair of arms with bracers that he didn\u2019t wear in the episode, but they don\u2019t bother me at all (I don\u2019t think any bare human forearms even exist in the line yet, do they?). The bracers add a nice vintage toy element to a figure that is otherwise tricked out with new sculpts to get his details just right. Most notable for me is the new boots. They\u2019re probably my favorite part of the sculpt. They look sharp and though I pick on the reusable parts from time to time, I\u2019ll be happy to see them pop up on other figures now that they\u2019ve expanded the parts base<\/p>\n

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Dekker also has a new tunic. It\u2019s been split into two parts to maintain the ab articulation which can make for some embarrassing moment for Dekker when his belly shows through, but I\u2019d rather have the articulation than not. The tunic is a little bulky, but that\u2019s nothing new for the line and it does make up for it with a detailed sculpt and great colors. Dekker visually stands out on the shelf no matter where you put him. <\/p>\n

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To top all that off, Dekker comes with two head sculpts. The primary one is the Dekker we know from the cartoon, the old grizzled fisherman. It\u2019s my preferred look for the figure and probably the only one that\u2019ll be seeing display on my shelves. The eye patch, the scar, the \u201cI could kill you or ignore you, choose?\u201d expression. It\u2019s probably one of my favorite head sculpts this year. Continue to Page 2…<\/a><\/p>\n


\nThe younger head is a cool inclusion, but a bit of an oddity for me. I don\u2019t recall if we ever saw Dekker in flashback in the episode, so it seems strange to include it her. Now, I would love a figure of Dekker-At-Arms right alongside my much demanded King Miro (who needs to be done in his MO2K look, folks, no Filmation need apply), but he presumably didn\u2019t wear his fishing togs back then. I\u2019d also prefer that he didn\u2019t wear Man-At-Arms armor either, as I consider it unique to the character. So for me, that leaves this a head without a body. <\/p>\n

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It also doesn\u2019t help that the eyes on my young head are painted funny. I\u2019m not sure if he\u2019s meant to be slightly squinting or if it\u2019s bad paint on masquerade, but the young head looks just a bit off. Other than the weird issue with the left eye, the paint on my Dekker was painted particularly well. Since good paint makes for a short paragraph, I\u2019ll also toss in here that Dekker features the standard articulation for the line. Thankfully, none of the new parts ended up with lost articulation like they did for Randor. <\/p>\n

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While Dekker\u2019s primary weapon in the episode was a stick, I\u2019m not too upset that we didn\u2019t get a stick accessory. What we did get was a more techno-version of the Man-At-Arms mace. At first, I considered giving it to Duncan as a more MO2K-esque version of the mace, but really, it looks nothing like the MO2K version and second, now that the awesome Snake MAA has replaced my original MAA (albeit with a standard Duncan head) the colors no longer match. Instead, Dekker is keeping his mace. Perhaps it\u2019s meant to go with the younger head; that this is his unique accessory he used in his days as Man-At-Arms? It works either way. It\u2019s a nice design with the only drawback being soft plastic that will droop over time. <\/p>\n

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Overall, Dekker is a pretty good figure of a character that could be great given a little more exposure. He may not have the same demand as other cartoon-only characters appearing in the Filmation series, but I find this his inclusion is no less warranted. I just hope that the now-damaged future of the line doesn\u2019t cut out figures like Dekker. I\u2019m still game for Dactys & Calix in particular, a probably a few others I\u2019m not remembering at the moment. <\/p>\n

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For more MOTU reviews, check out our
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