{"id":8582,"date":"2010-08-16T17:10:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-16T22:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=8582"},"modified":"2010-09-09T00:42:54","modified_gmt":"2010-09-09T05:42:54","slug":"motuclassics-com-mo-larr-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=8582","title":{"rendered":"MOTUClassics.Com:
Mo-Larr Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a> Love him or hate him, Mo-Larr has joined the ranks of MOTU Classics. If we have to take sides, I’m Pro-Mo-Larr. I have to be – some of my favorite MOTU characters are giant bees, cowboys, elephant firefighters, and glowing skeletons. How could I turn away from an Eternian Dentist?<\/P><\/p>\n

Now, don’t get me wrong, I take He-Man seriously. I mean you have to \u2013 he can kick my ass – but the Classics line is about fun. Being a creation of the television show Robot Chicken<\/a> and not Mattel, I understand the folks that don’t think Mo-Larr belongs. Those fans look at MOTUC like I do DC Classics. With the Green Lantern Classics sub-line, the Four Horsemen are being given an amazing opportunity to create a brand new Red Lantern for the second wave. That’s awesome. I know they’ll do a great job and I’m sure I’ll want it as soon as I see it. But there’s a lot of GL characters that I’d like to have and I think I’m always going to feel like the 4H Red Lantern stole their spot if some of them don\u2019t make it. I suppose that’s how some people might feel about Mo-Larr. But just like I will enjoy the 4H’s Red Lantern, I hope everyone will come around to Mo-Larr.<\/p>\n

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One other thing I want to get out of the way in the beginning of this review is Skeletor. As happy as I am to own Mo-Larr, I feel a bit taken for my money since he came in a $40 2pk with a Skeletor. Skeletor does feature a new toothless head (which is funny), but he’s otherwise identical to the original release<\/a> . I think Mattel would have been better served to charge $20-25 for Mo-Larr and toss in just the new Skeletor head and save fans some money. On that same note, I love the packaging and I’m going to make use of it for this review as Mo-Larr’s office (it’s really part of Snake Mountain). So while I wish Skeletor hadn’t been included and the price been upped to $40, I do have to say that I appreciate the overall piece as a collectible.<\/p>\n

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Like most MOTU figures, Mo-Larr is built economically. He’s primarily a He-Man buck with Hordak’s gloves and features a new lab coat along with a unique head. The lab coat is made of a pliable plastic similar to the Adora dress. It does limit the articulation, but no more than the dresses and some of the armors in the past. It’s got plenty of detail, front and back, and fits right in with the line. Some customizers will be able to make some good use out of this piece. <\/p>\n

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The head sculpt is perfect. Throughout the line, the 4H have had to update older sculpts and give them more realistic details. With Mo-Larr, his new head certainly gives him more personality than his Robot Chicken counterpart. He seems friendlier somehow and I couldn’t help but make him a nicer guy for this review. At the same time, the sculpt says to me that he could go rogue at any minute and then Grizzlor better watch out…<\/p>\n

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Mo-Larr included five accessories: drill, mirror, forceps, probe, & floss. The floss is the first accessory that jumps out at me. I like it , but there are two negatives: Mo-Larr can’t hold it and that the rope\/floss is just loosely placed inside instead of being on a spool. I still like it; I just wish it were a little better. Continue to Page Two for more accessories, articulation, and paint<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The other four accessories are vac-metallized and cool in their own right. The drill is my least favorite because he can’t really hold it in a convincing way. Like the floss, that’s not a big deal, but it’s hard to find a good pose for him with either. The forceps (with the giant tooth) are similarly afflicted because it’s difficult to find a pose where he can hold both sides. I know these are all silly sticking points on a figure I openly admit is a silly\/fun creation, but now you know where my suspension of disbelief is! I can believe Eternia has a dentist, but I can’t believe forceps can hold a tooth if you’re just holding one side. This leaves the last two accessories, the probe & the mirror, as the go to pieces. He looks best with them in my opinion.<\/p>\n

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For articulation, Mo-Larr is standard because of the He-Man reuse. As I mentioned above, the lab coat does block the ab-crunch and restricts the arms a little bit, but otherwise the figure has normal range of motion. He does feature the loose right ankle like so many of our recent figures.<\/P><\/p>\n

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We had no paint issues with Mo-Larr. I thought he could use a little more grey on his temples, but a quick check of the Robot Chicken<\/a> episode shows that a light dusting of grey was sufficient. The head is painted well overall. The tooth decal and the buttons on the lab coat are all spot-on. One weird note is that his gloves are a little dirty towards the wrists while the gloves are still bright blue. It’s hard to tell in the pictures, but they get just a bit darker right at the joint.<\/p>\n

And if you just have to know. Mo-Larr sports an all-blue He-Man loincloth under his robes. His crotch piece is the same blue as the gloves, but the loincloth is closest to Beast Man’s blue.<\/p>\n

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Overall, Mo-Larr is a great addition to the ranks of my MOTU shelf. He’ll find a home somewhere in the middle. He won’t be towards the front because he lacks even the slightest bit of nostalgia, but the execution and novelty will keep him from getting an obscure spot in the back. The Four Horsemen did their usual great work updating the “original toy” to Classics standards, giving him a great look and some great accessories. At $40, with the extra Skeletor & his accessories, the price felt a little steep, but you did get two figures for the price so the \u2018value\u2019 is the same.<\/p>\n

Mo-Larr is intended to be a fun extra for the line and Mattel accomplished that. If you just didn’t want him and passed on him, you might have missed out on a cool toy, but I know you don\u2019t mind. Still, he\u2019s a blast to have and he’ll be not only a cool part of my collection for some time to come, but probably make more than a few appearances in our Amusing Articulations too.<\/p>\n

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For more MOTU reviews, check out our MOTU Classics Collector’s Guide<\/a>.<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n

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