{"id":32293,"date":"2015-11-24T23:38:44","date_gmt":"2015-11-25T05:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=32293"},"modified":"2015-11-24T23:39:30","modified_gmt":"2015-11-25T05:39:30","slug":"motuclassics-com-flying-fists-he-man-terror-claws-skeletor-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=32293","title":{"rendered":"MOTUClassics.Com Flying
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“Your new nails are interesting, Skeletor!”<\/strong> \u2013 He-Man, Masters of the Universe
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\nI\u2019m sitting here staring at Mattel\u2019s Fall 2pk, Flying Fists He-Man & Terror Claws Skeletor. And I\u2019m not sure what to really say about them. There\u2019s a theme I\u2019ve noticed among toy collectors \u2013 strange 80s variants tend to get a pass based on when you caught on with the line, right? In modern times, a character variant is very rarely met with glee, but for MOTU it seems that many of us determine \u201cour\u201d Skeletor or He-Man to be the first one we had as a kid. <\/p>\n

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I am absolutely guilty of this because Battle Armor is where it\u2019s at. Battle Armor Skelly heads up the villains shelf. Battle Armor He-Man & Faker sit at the top the whole collection. No further He-Man & Skelly\u2019s need apply. <\/p>\n

Yet he we are.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s cool though because those weirdos that see Flying Fists as \u201cthe\u201d He-Man need this guy. And if there really is anybody that sees this Skelly as \u201cthe\u201d Skeletor. Well, they need help. Until then, though, they\u2019ve got this figure. <\/p>\n

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Skelly\u2019s prolly my lesser favorite of the two. He\u2019s pretty much the basic Skeletor, albeit a darker blue. I kinda like that color, it might be interesting to swap some other armors on him to see how it looks. His face is one of the most yellow of all the Skelly\u2019s so far (Except that all-yellow one) and it looks good up there. The only complaint on the reuse is the loincloth. See Battle Armor gets it right with the furry loincloth while this Skeletor reuses his Classics armored loincloth. It\u2019s not a big deal to me, but if this was \u201cmy\u201d Skeletor, I might care\u2026 <\/p>\n

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The only real new bit on the figure is the armor, or bra-mor as I find myself calling it. I just said I liked adding the midriff in on Mara, so I\u2019m going to keep it fair \u2013 if Skelly wants to show his belly, it\u2019s all good. The armor itself is fine. I like the metallic purple and the skull and it definitely doesn\u2019t obstruct the ab crunch! The clip for the skull-accessory is a bit unsightly, but it kinda fits the theme. No, the only real issue I have on the armor is where the connectors are \u2013 right under the armpits and in the way of the biceps. I know, it\u2019s par for the course for the line the last few years, but you still gotta point it out and dream for the future. <\/p>\n

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Skeletor includes three accessories: his terror claws that clip over his normal wrists and this\u2026 dragon skull thing. Has anyone checked on that dragon that came with Dragon Blaster Skelly? I\u2019m concerned. It\u2019s a good recreation of the original. If I had had that maybe I would get it. Instead, I think it\u2019s a grandfathered thing that\u2019s really cool if you first had it when you were ten. It does clip on the back, where it aided the vintage toy in twisting and slashing. Here it\u2019s just nice storage. Continue to Page 2…<\/a><\/p>\n

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He-Man is very nearly the same story as Skeletor. The figure is your basic He-Man with new chest armor. While that may sound like a knock, take note, this may be the last time we get this He-Man head sculpt. There\u2019ll surely be more He-Men figures in the line, we have two incoming right now, but they have different heads. So just a nod to that head sculpt that launched the line if we don\u2019t see it again. <\/p>\n

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Okay, so the armor \u2013 on a complete reuse figure, you better take that armor and just knock it out of the park! Just kill it! And\u2026 yeah, no, they didn\u2019t. The first thing to anyone is that the connectors are again in the pretty much the worst place possible and annoyingly bulk up the figure, but that\u2019s not the big deal for Flying Fist Fans. <\/p>\n

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See, this He-Man was awesome thirty years ago because he was vac-metal. I never had this guy, but heck, I would\u2019ve loved vac-metal armor. Classics has even done vac-metal armor before with Hurricane Hordak, but they didn\u2019t do it here. Now, part of that is because vac-metal Hordak had some issues. They vac-metalled soft, bendable plastic that would cause the vac-metal to flake if you would remove it. And the cheap paint on the symbol came off easily\u2026 And with that in mind, I still would\u2019ve liked to see the try again. The armor is actually a cool sculpt and it looks sharp, but it would look better reflective. <\/p>\n

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He-Man included three accessories and they\u2019re done well, and they make more sense than a random dragon skull (seriously, has anyone seen the dragon from Dragon Blaster Skeletor lately\u2026), but I just don\u2019t know quite what to do with them. The shield is the cooler of the two. It clips on like we\u2019re used to and then the little wi-fi attachment spins around. His other accessory is his three-balled mace. It\u2019s a faithful recreation of the original, though He-Man skipped his back-clip and so it can\u2019t be stored there. He-Man also comes with the traditional Power Sword, though it\u2019s completed unpainted for the first time and\u2026 well, lackluster is a good word. <\/p>\n

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Overall, I know I\u2019m a bit flippant with this review. I just really don\u2019t have it in me to care about these two. I like new characters and stuff I can add to the display that\u2019s not treading the same ground. I do appreciate that these guys got made and their fans can finally be happy. And the pair is definitely toyetic. They look good sitting here, even with the bulky and not metallic armor. I\u2019m still a bit bewildered by the accessories, but they\u2019re not out of line with other weird stuff that Hordak, Tri-Klops, and Man-At-Arms have dreamed up. <\/p>\n

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