The younger head is a cool inclusion, but a bit of an oddity for me. I don’t 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’t wear his fishing togs back then. I’d also prefer that he didn’t 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.
It also doesn’t help that the eyes on my young head are painted funny. I’m not sure if he’s meant to be slightly squinting or if it’s 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’ll 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.
While Dekker’s primary weapon in the episode was a stick, I’m not too upset that we didn’t 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’s 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’s a nice design with the only drawback being soft plastic that will droop over time.
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’t cut out figures like Dekker. I’m still game for Dactys & Calix in particular, a probably a few others I’m not remembering at the moment.
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My absolute favorite pics in the reviews on this site are the ones where one character (or a group) is presenting another with a gift, but the receiver isn’t too thrilled about the item, so they have to find a way to politely refuse.
Excellent review, photos, and comics, as ever!
I was very glad to have Dekker included in MOTUC. I’d love to see more Millennial characters make it into the line, but I’m afraid my Wants List for that is unrealistically long. I’ve got 24 possible MO2K products listed that I’d love
to see released, including six Beasts/Giants/Oversized slots. So, yeah, I feel I may be disappointed at some point down the line.
LOL @ the last pic..
I am getting a Samuel Jackson vibe from this Dekker review.
The figure has a great headsculpt, but loses points on the wonky mace and slitless skirt..
Woah, where did all those logs of wood come from?
Duh! Trees, ya bloomin idjit. 🙂
OK, legit question. I assume either Hobby Lobby or the backyard. the big pile has some photoshopped look to it so it may not be that many logs on hand. 🙂
there’s a part of me that really, really wants to make a pederast joke after the phrasing “puts the Man in Man at Arms.” yikes…
I know, right? 😉
Last pic, is the top word balloon pointing the wrong way?
Dekker looks like he needs to be a part-time worker at the Eternios Weapons Shop 🙂
BIG BOSS!!
That is all…
OK, that’s not all… I seriously don’t get the Dekker-hate; Aside the fact that he came before (Insert unreleased character’s name here). the only flaw on him is the lack of slits on his skirt…
Hey Noisy, can we get a photoshopped version of the young Dekker head with Man At arms skins color?
Great review!
Is all that wood shopped? or do you really have like a thousand tiny logs?
You guys are really fixated on noisy’s wood…
Ya know, if Noisy is gonna whip out that much wood and wave it around our collective faces, it’s kinda hard to ignore… 🙂
Oh My! 0.0
Agree with Clawful, we need a slightly different orange mace for the next weapons pak.
I actually like this figure since I 1st seen on the 200x cartoon. Cool pics & review as always.
Another nice one. I am slowly rewatching the 200x series as I watch a couple movies mixed in. I hqve to look up Calix or wait to see the ep he is in.
I don’t remember him from the 2002 cartoon, so he’s more of an open book civilian character for me. If anything, I hope they re-use his boots for Sea Hawk.
“Dekker was introduced as the guy that put the Man into Man-At-Arms.”
well, with so many men and so few women, and three of the main four coming from questionable origins (2x sorcery, another planet, and time travel) you gotta figure they gotta get their lovin’ from SOMEwhere!
heh. 😉
This is the first I’ve heard of the dude but any character that wears an eye patch AND a scar underneath deserves to be made into a figure.