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<\/a>We\u2019re pretty behind on just about everything, but it seems like the MOTU figures have been piling particularly high.\u00a0 So in an attempt to cut down on our backlog, I thought I\u2019d follow up Noisy\u2019s MOTU review with one of my own.\u00a0 So let\u2019s take a look at Fang Man!<\/p>\nEven though the Filmation subscription hasn\u2019t started yet, Fang Man does kind of give off the vibe of its first unofficial release.\u00a0 Originally appearing in the episode The Time Corridor<\/em>, Fang Man follows Skeletor and Tri-Klops back in time to destroy Castle Grayskull before it\u2019s even built.\u00a0 They never say what happened to the character after He-Man defeats him in the past, but it\u2019s revealed in the new bio that Skeletor just left him there.\u00a0 (While doing an image search I did find a picture of him in the background of a foreign MOTU comic book, but he was colored green.\u00a0 Very odd.)<\/p>\n Fang Man is one of those characters I didn\u2019t really expect to be made.\u00a0 Even after the issue with the Filmation license was sorted out, he was still a pretty obscure character with an oddly shaped body.\u00a0 Luckily for us the Four Horsemen are pros when it comes to working out these kinds of design issues.\u00a0 You may not know it by looking at him, but Fang Man\u2019s body is almost entirely reused pieces.\u00a0 It\u2019s easy to see on the arms, legs, and feet.\u00a0 What I was surprised to discover is that his torso is just a blue version of the scaly chest and abs.<\/p>\n What really gives Fang Man that extra bulky look is the soft rubber shirt piece.\u00a0 It\u2019s a bit bigger than the average muscle-man tunic and has been designed to set hunched over the shoulders and forcing the body underneath to bend forward for its natural look.\u00a0 The back of his shirt has also been given some really fantastic sculpted details giving the regular torso the impression that it has back spines and wide shoulder blades.\u00a0 This is a fantastic effect and a great way to add more diversity to the MOTU body type.<\/p>\n As for the rest of the pieces, Fang man also has some new trunks with a nicely sculpted metal face on the belt.\u00a0 His hands are also new and have long fingernails.\u00a0 Interestingly, the index finger of his right hand isn\u2019t in line with the others.\u00a0 To top off F-Man\u2019s unique look, he has a newly sculpted head and neck piece.\u00a0 The sculpt is pretty accurate to the Filmation series.\u00a0 I love the extension that the extra neck piece gives the figure.\u00a0 It really adds to the feel that he\u2019s hunched over.\u00a0 I do think the head sculpt is a bit cartoony, but it still fits into the line without any issues.\u00a0 (And I wonder if that tongue is a hint at what we might see with Tung Lashor.)<\/p>\n Fang Man\u2019s paint job adds a nice amount of detail to his figure also.\u00a0 He\u2019s got some airbrushed highlights over his skin which really brings out the muscles and wrinkles.\u00a0 His shirt and loin garment also have a similar highlight, only this time in dark maroon.\u00a0 This really does a great job of bringing out all those sculpted details on his back.\u00a0 That yellow center line and orange bracelets and collar also do a great job of breaking up the reds and blues.\u00a0 I think his eyes are my least favorite part.\u00a0 Those beady dots look very cartoonish.\u00a0 I was surprised with his shin guards though.\u00a0 They seem to be molded from a glittery red that isn\u2019t anywhere else on his body.<\/p>\n Fang Man has the same standard articulation that we know from MOTU, but there also a couple of added bits.\u00a0 Both his head and neck piece are on ball joints.\u00a0 You\u2019d think this would give him an extended range, but the shapes of the two pieces actually hinder him a bit.\u00a0 He can look in all directions, but not extremely well in any one way.\u00a0 I really wish he could look from side to side a bit better.<\/p>\n The other new piece of articulation is his tongue.\u00a0 It\u2019s held into the back of his mouth with a swivel joint and can move back and forth.\u00a0 F-Man\u2019s jaw isn\u2019t actually articulated, but it is made of a soft plastic and can be pried open so that you can move his tongue to the sides if you want.\u00a0 Continue to page 2…<\/a><\/p>\n Fang Man comes with three accessories.\u00a0 First is his double pronged weapon that he appeared with in his Filmation episode.\u00a0 It has a neat futuristic design to it, so it\u2019s kind of odd to see a dragon man wielding it.\u00a0 I don\u2019t remember him actually using it in the episode, so I don\u2019t know exactly what it\u2019s supposed to do.\u00a0 But it does look like an electric prod of some sort.<\/p>\n Fang Man\u2019s second accessory is the Wheel of Infinity, which also appeared in the same episode.\u00a0 Once the Wheel starts spinning it can\u2019t be stopped, so Skeletor decided to travel back in time and place it where 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