Vault Review:
MOTU Classics Karatti

The rest of Karatti’s body is made out of a standard MOTU torso and shoulders, with Trap Jaw’s armored arms and legs rounding out the extremities.  Just when I think I’m getting tired of seeing these specific pieces, a figure like Karatti comes out and I realize they can still look pretty good.  Somehow his new body armor just meshes really well with them.

Karatti comes with two accessories, both of which came with his original figure.  The first, and coolest, is a blaster that also doubles as an axe.  I really like that the Space Mutants have duel purposes for their weapons.  It gives them a bit more of a dangerous edge, which they sorely need.  The other thing I really like about this axe/gun is how it’s held against the arm.  That’s just cool looking.

Karatti’s other weapon is a dagger.  This is a much more traditional looking piece, but it still has an interesting pirate-like design.  The dagger also has a guard on the hilt so that it can be loosely held by the open Trap Jaw left hand.

Since I’m not as familiar with the New Adventures mythos, I have not expectations to dash.  This is probably one of the reasons why I’ve been pretty thrilled with all of the Space Mutants so far, with Karatti being my new favorite.  My only real complaint is the lack of a clip on his back to store a weapon.  But the figure’s unique head and armor definitely give him some character and help him stand out on the shelf.  I didn’t even mind the reuse of the Trap Jaw parts.  I just hope that the majority of Space Mutants won’t be wearing them.

-Vault

20 thoughts on “Vault Review:
MOTU Classics Karatti

  1. ah, the 90s were never shy about using eye-meltingly day-glo colors were they?
    I do see the Predator influence. When did this guy first debut again?

    Nice detailing on the armor, but I know less about this guy than you do.

    1. somewhen arround 89/90 – he was one of the first wave villains of the NA He-Man figures, so there’s plenty time to take inspiration from the Predator movie (think it was ’87?).

  2. Vault another great review. All that is needed is a “to be continued..” on that last pic.

  3. Great review, excellent pics, and fun comics, as ever.

    Never knew much about this guy back in the day (the 1990s line didn’t catch my fancy, apart from Optikk and Slushhead), but they’ve taken a character I didn’t even know about and turned him into a pretty cool-looking figure I’m actually eager to own.

    1. Just got this guy today. Nifty figure, but I’m still annoyed that the Trap-Jaw / Man-E-Faces left hand was reused, since it can’t hold much, and even the knife doesn’t sit well in it.

      Oh, well. I guess he could be doing a Five Fingers of Death / Kali-Maa move with it.

  4. Great review and pics.

    Won’t go into how no memory of NA at all but, looking at the Classics fig will probably check this guy out. A very neat design and that gun axe is a cool weapon.

    1. on the plus side, if you’re getting NA he-man, which you are, you HAVE to know they’re doing NA skeletor too. so while you might not get a full NA roster, you’re getting the two heavy hitters at least (though i would caution, i suspect you’ll get a lot more than that by the time all is said and done.)

      as for karatti himself, i just don’t like the hodgepodge design. too many recycled bits, and the new is just not my cup of tea. more power to anyone that likes him, you keep the line running till i can get clamp champ. 😉

      BTW, does anyone know, are the filmation sub figs going to be only via sub? i don’t recall if the intention was to sell any day of or not.

      1. I believe it has been said that Sea Hawk (or whoever that sword is for that they revealed) will be sub only. The others that have been revealed should have DoS stock.

  5. I once bought a ton of heavily discounted NA figures when TRUs closed them out around ’90 or so. I don’t remember them moving at all from the start, which explains their brief shelf time. I wasn’t too thrilled with the bunch upon opening ’em up, so off they went to the latest garage sale. I’m pretty sure that Karatti was among them. I think the ones I liked best were the first He-Man, Spinwit, and Lizorr.

    Never watched any episodes except for the pilot, so Karatti’s whole Predator angle went right past my head. Still, a cool tribute by the 4H once more. And good work on your part as always, Vault.

  6. Wow we have the Predator in MOTUC. Even though I’m not a fan of this figure I still had too show it some love. I got 3 of him in my sub for this year.

  7. Those sunken eyes are downright creepy. At least Skeletor is missing his face, but this guy looks like he has no soul. Too bad according to his bio he’s a coward. It seems all the villains are cowards unless they’re a leader.

  8. You know who that really is underneath the piecemeal armor, right? Blanka from Street Fighter.

  9. The thing about THIS bio is that it’s pretty much crap. From what I’ve been able to gather, Karatti actually had some balls back in the 90s. There’s even an episode where he goes toe-to-toe with He-Man, and almost wins! At the very least he is able to knock the sword out of his hand. Does that sound like a coward?

    If he is one of the last NA figs to be made, I hope they at least get around to making Butt-Head!

  10. Lol, I got this guy the same day I got Predator series 8, so it was funny to have the actual Predator and compare him to this guy.

    I must say, Karatti and the Fighting Foe Men made for a disappointing month of MOTUC. Just nothing exciting about them. The Foe Men in particular are uber dull and their weapons just painful. I actually gave the long haired guy two Capt Glenn rifles and he looks better, while the woman got a couple of space pistols/phasers. Hooded guy got his staff at least.

    But back to Karatti… just a horrible late 80s/early 90s design and yeah, not a good idea to get him the same day I got a Predator and two Dutch figures as well. 😛

    Get to the choppa!!

  11. just so you all know this character may remind people of predator there is an episode in the new adventures series that has a charater based on the predator movie and his name is dreadator he is awesome and i hope they make him at matty he was a cool looking lizard type guy do yourself a favor and watch it by the way he wore the old skeltor armor so yeah easy on the outfit for matty if they do it

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