{"id":23269,"date":"2013-04-25T03:27:45","date_gmt":"2013-04-25T08:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=23269"},"modified":"2013-04-25T05:54:30","modified_gmt":"2013-04-25T10:54:30","slug":"vault-review-motu-classics-mosquitor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=23269","title":{"rendered":"Vault Review:
MOTU Classics Mosquitor"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>It\u2019s easy to fall behind on Masters of the Universe Classics figures.\u00a0 There\u2019s always a new one or two coming out, or just around the corner.\u00a0 So today I\u2019m going back a few months to check out a figure we missed, the Horde vampire Mosquitor.<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t have Mosquitor as a kid.\u00a0 I never understood why the Horde needed two bloodsucking minions.\u00a0 Leech was a hulking brute who could lift Man-At-Arms into the air with his mouth.\u00a0 How could Mosquitor contend with that?\u00a0 He didn\u2019t even have wings.\u00a0 What kind of mosquito doesn\u2019t have wings?\u00a0 Of course that blood pumping action of his was way cooler than Leech\u2019s ability to stick a mirror.<\/p>\n

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Mosquitor has a pretty unique design, and his MOTU Classics figure reflects this with a nice assortment of new parts.\u00a0 He has new armored biceps and spiny gloved hands.\u00a0 The boots and feet are also newly sculpted, and they\u2019re one of my favorite parts of the figure.\u00a0 They\u2019ve got such a distinctive look, I\u2019d definitely like to see them reused and recolored in the future.\u00a0 Maybe on one of the Space Mutants?\u00a0 The same goes for his new triangular belt and codpiece, which would have looked really good on Laser-Lot.<\/p>\n

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Mosquitor\u2019s head sculpt is heavily based on the vintage design.\u00a0 Maybe it\u2019s because I never owned the original figure, but I never realized that the red part of his head was a cybernetic helmet.\u00a0 Makes me wonder what his real face looks like.\u00a0 Also, does he actually need this helmet to be a mosquito?\u00a0 Is he just another one of Hordak\u2019s guinea pigs, and that\u2018s why he doesn\u2019t have wings?<\/p>\n

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The crowning jewel of the original figure was his blood pumping chest.\u00a0 While the Classics figures don\u2019t really have action features, the 4H did do a great job of sculpting an entirely new armor that fits over a regular body.\u00a0 The front shows off his clear red bat symbol with muscle, organs, and a cybernetic heart underneath.\u00a0 The armor is also nicely detailed with an endo-skeletal feel.\u00a0 They even added a couple of insect legs for a bit of MO2K goodness.<\/p>\n

All around these newly sculpted parts look great, but unfortunately a lot of them were made of a softer plastic.\u00a0 His chest armor seems to pull away from the translucent red piece, and his hands feel like they\u2019re being twisted every time they swivel.\u00a0 Definitely not a good sign for durability.\u00a0 Continue to page 2…<\/a><\/p>\n

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Mosquitor\u2019s is dark but still colorful.\u00a0 The majority of his body is molded black with red, maroon, and silver highlights.\u00a0 There\u2019s also a bit of purple and gray thrown onto the groin piece.\u00a0 All around these colors work really well for the figure.\u00a0 The only parts of the paint job I don\u2019t like are his eyes.\u00a0 They\u2019re set so far back on his head that you can\u2019t even see his pupils from straight on.\u00a0 They also have this weird inverted curve that makes him appear to be looking backwards.\u00a0 This is one instance where Mattel could have improved on the vintage design instead of blindly copying it.<\/p>\n

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Articulation is what you\u2019d expect.\u00a0 He\u2019s got a ball jointed head.\u00a0 Shoulders and hips are swivel hinges, as are his two insect arms.\u00a0 Biceps, wrists, waist, thighs, and calves have swivel joints.\u00a0 Chest, elbows, and knees are hinges, while the ankles are hinges with a rocker joint.<\/p>\n

Mosquitor only comes with one accessory, his little blaster.\u00a0 It\u2019s a cool looking little stinger gun that\u2019s colored the same shades of purple as his belt.\u00a0 I kind of wish they made that little stinger in his nose removable also, like he could shoot it at people.\u00a0 Other than that, I\u2019d say he\u2019s pretty well armed.<\/p>\n

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I am a little leery about the amount of soft plastic they used on him though.\u00a0 His hands are particularly worrying.\u00a0 I probably won\u2019t be moving them much because I can see them tearing over time.\u00a0 Matty really needs to stop using soft plastics for body parts.\u00a0 Other than that, Mosquitor is a fun looking figure and another welcome addition to the Horde troops.<\/p>\n

-Vault<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s easy to fall behind on Masters of the Universe Classics figures.\u00a0 There\u2019s always a new one or two coming out, or just around the corner.\u00a0 So today I\u2019m going back a few months to check out a figure we missed, the Horde vampire Mosquitor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[7,34,10],"tags":[334,78,20,1913,29,2558],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.itsalltrue.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/msqtTN.jpg?fit=50%2C50","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pObc6-63j","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22349,"url":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=22349","url_meta":{"origin":23269,"position":0},"title":"Sponsor Announcement: Ka-Razy Kings of Toys","date":"January 13, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Happy New Year! 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