{"id":30792,"date":"2015-02-24T23:06:15","date_gmt":"2015-02-25T05:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=30792"},"modified":"2015-02-24T23:06:15","modified_gmt":"2015-02-25T05:06:15","slug":"motuclassics-com-tung-lashor-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=30792","title":{"rendered":"MOTUClassics.Com
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\"\"<\/a> Okay, well, truth be told, I\u2019m a little nervous! After two months of just news & checklist updates, the site is finally getting back to toy reviews! What did I ever say to fill up all those hundreds of pages the last five years? I have no idea. It\u2019s kinda like this is all new to me… <\/p>\n

I decided to start things off with Tung Lashor from MOTU Classics. Not because I have some special connection to Tung Lashor \u2013 I never had him as a kid, I don\u2019t even quite remember if I bought the staction, money was tight back then. No, I chose Tung Lashor because MOTU has been a huge part of what made IAT popular over the last five years. It\u2019s still one of my favorite toy lines and ol\u2019 Tung Lashor is the most overdue from that line (if we overlook Castle Grayskullman, Benedict\u2019s aptitude for humor is intimidating, okay?). He came out in October, I believe, and the poor guy \u2013 I haven\u2019t opened any MOTUCs since then. I knew I\u2019d get to the reviews and I wanted it to be fresh, so these poor figures have been stuck in boxes for months. <\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve been trying to think if Tung Lashor has any really memorable roles in the various media. Like nearly all the other Snakemen, Tung Lashor never appeared on the Filmation cartoon. He just came out too late. He did make a few sporadic (& confusing) appearances on the She-Ra cartoon, where he worked for the Horde, for Skeletor, alongside Rattlor, etc. I don\u2019t think any one appearance was particularly memorable, I don\u2019t even know if they ever got his name right; he was typically referred to as Tung or Tung Lash. The first thing that really springs to mind is Queen Marlena stabbing & pinning his tongue down in MO2K. Not his finest moment, but hey it sticks out! <\/p>\n

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The thing I loved most about Tung Lashor when I pulled him out of the box is his color palette. Much like my fascination with Batros or Stinkor, or my obsession for Faker. I love the garishly colored figures. They pop on the shelf and bring a much cooler presentation to the overall display. Tung\u2019s bright pink skin with purple markings is fantastic. It\u2019s painted well too, but this is the original design brought forward and it looks great. He went from being a figure I thought I\u2019d get as sub filler to being one of my favorites. Maybe, it\u2019s just the getting back into things talking, but I\u2019m pretty happy with the overall look. <\/p>\n

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Since I primarily remember him from the MO2K era, I thought I would be put off by his size. It\u2019s been known since day one that the hulking presence some characters had in MO2K wasn\u2019t going to happen. So, that\u2019s put to bed. I only bring it up here because I\u2019ve come to not mind at all. On some of the others, I liked them bigger and I do miss it. On Tung Lashor, the normal size works for him great. Overall, the entire sculpt is solid \u2013 the new torso is fantastic as are the new hands & feet (I think they\u2019re new) are all great additions to complete that unique look. Even if it\u2019s not very… snakey…<\/p>\n

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The big part of his look is, of course, the head. I was really torn on this one. I thought, going in, that I\u2019d prefer the tongue-retracted head sculpt. I\u2019m tired of all the Snakemen and their open mouths (I know the 2pk had closed mouths, that\u2019s how they get displayed!), so I was happy to add another closed mouth snake-dude. Then he got here. The regular head is a great sculpt, but it has a strange dissatisfied look to it. Like he\u2019s had a bad day already and then dropped his groceries in the driveway. The tongue head came out much more menacing, which is what I wished all the monster villains pulled off, so I\u2019m going to stick with that one. It doesn\u2019t take up as much space as I thought it would and it does have that bit of MO2K flare with the spikes, so it ended up the go-to head after all. Continue to Page 2…<\/a><\/p>\n

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The articulation is the usual deal. Ball-joints at the neck, shoulders, hips, and ankles; swivels at the biceps, wrists, waist, & thighs; hinges at the elbows & knees, and the ab crunch for good measure. Most everything works just fine. The tongue-head is a little more bobbley on mine, due to the softer plastic. The only nitpick here is also a years-old one. The plain lower leg features no boot swivel cause, hey, there\u2019s no boot! I don\u2019t know if it was a cost cutting measure or simply an aesthetic one, but I\u2019ve never been a fan as it impacts the posing a little too much. <\/p>\n

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Other than the extra head, Tung came with a few different accessories depending on how you wish to affiliate him. He does come with a Horde armband, which was slipped on his arm in package. I just note that for the oddity since the packaged look is usually kept vintage and vintage had no armband. I just left it on (even accidentally for most of the shoot). Its presence combined with the sculpted on snake logo just serves to remind of his multi-affiliated origins. <\/p>\n

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As a member of the Snakemen, he should get a standard issue staff. As a member of the Horde, he should get a standard issue crossbow. And just like his vintage figure, he got both! While that was necessary, I\u2019m immediately chucking the staff into the parts bin. One, because unlike the crossbows the 4H never gave the staffs any individual flare and, two, there\u2019s virtually no paint on the thing. So, I\u2019m good. Oh, and three, he can barely hold it with those salamander fingers! <\/p>\n

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His crossbow is another story though. It\u2019s this really unique dragonfly crossbow. Honestly, it\u2019s always kinda looked like it should\u2019ve come with some cancelled POP girl, but it\u2019s such a cool piece. I think I did have the staction now because I remember it being cool in that iteration too, albeit more creepy. The Classics version is nicely detailed and includes a clip for his arm. The real neat thing is the pearlescent blue color. It\u2019s a fun accessory. Maybe not for Tung Lashor, but I\u2019m sure someone on my POP shelf would look sharp with it. <\/p>\n

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Overall, Tung Lashor was a great figure to jump back in the review game on. He\u2019s a solid addition to what I consider to be a really fun toy line. The newly sculpted bits give him a unique touch that is only matched by his fantastic color scheme! His accessories see to that you can put him almost anywhere in your display \u2013 with the Snakemen or the Horde \u2013 and, heck, you can take everything away from him and stick him with Skeletor\u2019s crew cause that happened too. I\u2019m happier to add him than I thought I\u2019d be and that\u2019s saying something.<\/p>\n

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