{"id":32285,"date":"2015-11-24T00:39:53","date_gmt":"2015-11-24T06:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=32285"},"modified":"2015-11-24T00:40:54","modified_gmt":"2015-11-24T06:40:54","slug":"motuclassics-com-new-adventures-mara-of-primus-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=32285","title":{"rendered":"MOTUClassics.Com
New Adventures Mara of Primus Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a> “I will handle the Gleanons. Don’t forget I’m a Galactic Guardian too!”<\/strong> \u2013 Mara, The New Adventures of He-Man (1991). <\/p>\n

As I was going through my stack of unopened 2015 figures, I had to stop and rub my eyes\u2026 I couldn\u2019t believe it\u2026 a New Adventures figure? I didn\u2019t realize they were still making those\u2026 <\/p>\n

Ironically, when I first heard that Mara was added to the line, I wasn\u2019t very happy. She was included in one of Mattel\u2019s attendee polls and paired off against two figures I really wanted. Worse still, this was done at toy fair when very few folks were present. A few dozen people pushed Mara into the line and cast aside some fan favorites. I suppose that\u2019s no different than the whims of a handful of dudes in a cubicle meeting, but I was bummed. Luckily, I\u2019m open-minded enough to not take all that out on the Mara figure and, hey, those other two guys are coming next year. Win-Win.<\/p>\n

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New Adventures is still the one MOTU show where my knowledge is the weakest, but I remembered enough to think of Mara as a toga-wearing assistant, not this badass warrior chick that we got a figure of. It turns out that she got a costume upgrade later in the show and that costume is more or less, mostly less, the one that\u2019s presented her. The main difference being that it was a full one-piece suit in the cartoon; no midriff. <\/p>\n

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But it\u2019s not like they just tried to sex her up for the figure. Mara did have a prototype figure for the old NA line and that figure was sexed up with a bare midriff. So it\u2019s grandfathered sexing up and that\u2019s totally okay. I tease, but I do like the overall suit. It\u2019s a good blend of the figure and from the show \u2013 it\u2019s also awesomely unique in a way. She\u2019s able to step out of MOTU Classics if you wanted her to. Her suit has a futuristic vibe that would let her mix in with some other lines. I\u2019m not sure which ones really, but I just like that she potentially could.<\/p>\n

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The sculpt on the costume is really well done. There\u2019s a lot of nice sculpting here with a new torso, new forearms, and new legs below the knee. I love all the details and the figure\u2026 could really step into another line\u2026 I\u2019ve gotta quit saying that. The level of detail is really nice though and can be found throughout the figure. <\/p>\n

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Sitting atop the figure is probably one of my favorite head sculpts all year. Mara brings a new face type to the line. It\u2019s not really show accurate \u2013 that show veered towards having an anime feel and this head sculpt is very much not an animated head. I still love it though. The pony-tail is a soft-plastic add-on to that head sculpt. It\u2019s segmented into two parts so you can change the length if you\u2019d prefer. On mine, the peg attaching the hair comes out with the extra attachment, so I can\u2019t add the mace back on the end without getting some pliers. I figure she can keep her full length of hair. Continue to Page 2…<\/a><\/p>\n

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The paintworks helps sell the figure. The bare skin is all molded so the figure has no word discrepancies as you look it over and the pastel blues and bright whites are done sharply to make the figure really stand out. The purple in the gold areas doesn\u2019t quite match up with the mold lines, but it\u2019s within reason. I got a very nice painted face with even eyes. The eyes are painted a little large, but they look good. <\/p>\n

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Articulation is the one area where the figure fails a bit. Some older pieces, intended to preserve aesthetics are reused here and they\u2019re not articulation friendly. The neck & arms are what you\u2019ve come to expect. The torso features only the waist swivel and no ab crunch, which is fine, but the legs bug me. They only feature a ball-joint at the hip, single-hinge knee & single-hinge ankle. The lack of any swivels really locks the legs up. The thigh swivel is gone to remove an ugly cut, I get it, but the lack of a boot cut just doubles down on the legs not being able to move as much as a regular figure. <\/p>\n

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Mara included two accessories \u2013 a shield and a staff. The staff is a nice sculpt and I like that it features the same mace again on one end, but it\u2019s hurt by the lack of paint. The shield is a little better, but neither piece really does much for me. I think she\u2019s destined to go up on the display accessoryless.<\/p>\n

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Overall, Mara is a pleasant surprise. The figure is overall well executed with a nice sculpt and sharp paint lines that really bring the aesthetic home. The hair pegs not staying where they\u2019re supposed to is a bigger issue, but one I can work around. The articulation in the legs is a bit more troublesome and really keeps Mara from being a great figure. I really wish they\u2019d take any of those limited articulation pieces out of the rotation and find some better solutions. The nice thing though is that Mara finally gets a figure. It’s always nice when a character that got left on the cutting room floor gets a second chance (it’s rare). Now the only travesty is that the lack of a girl NA figure kept us from getting Demolition Man Lenina Huxley figures back in the 90s. Oh, is that just me that wanted that? My bad…<\/p>\n

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