While there are figures that are essential, we've already got most of those. When it comes to He-Man's cartoon foes, Plundor rates as one of the more memorable because of his sheer goofiness in the episode The Quest for He-Man. Before the 1990s, this sort of thing wasn't all that uncommon - as a matter of fact, Star Wars fans have been asking for the character Jaxxon, a meat-eating green rabbit from Marvel's Star Wars comic books. People like bunnies!
Reusing bits of the Beast Man buck, the 7-inch Plundor is mostly existing parts. The furry gloves of Stinkor, the boots of Zodac, and a new outfit make a pretty nifty figure. The joints move freely, and I was surprised how the unrestricted battle briefs allow for this figure to have an exceptional range of movement as this line is considered.
Plundor's purple head may or may not have come to pass as a result of Hal Sutherland's colorblind condition, which resulted in some interesting pink and purple characters in other Filmation series like Star Trek. To him, pink/purple and light grey were often confused - it's possible the looks of Prince Adam, the Kzinti, and even Plundor came about as a result. The Four Horsemen gave him a menacing - but still somewhat silly - head sculpt that accurately replicates the cartoon look. The bent ear and exquisitely sculpted fur look just perfect, and the buck teeth, well, they're a little goofy. I wouldn't have it any other way. His chest armor goes over the shoulders, which looks and feels much better than the clamshell outfits which add some bulk and heft to the figures. He's still plenty beefy, but it's a little more pleasant.
He has two accessories. One is Webstor's gun, colored dark grey with silver highlights. He has no problems holding the weapon in both hands, so I'm very much digging it. The other is a newly-tooled axe for Skeletor, based on the episode "Diamond Ray of Disappearance." It has a crystal ball at the tip, and Mattel accomplished this by casting the entire weapon in clear plastic. There's so much paint that it isn't immediately obvious, but if you hold the dark metallic blue edges up to a light source like your computer monitor you'll notice you can sort of see through it. This gives the figure a quasi-energized effect, and that's a nice bonus.
I'm genuinely surprised that Mattel gave us He-Man's rabbit before Hasbro gave us Star Wars' rabbit, but here we are. Kudos Matty Collector on a very long run, and here's hoping you can keep going a little bit longer. If more figures like this are on deck, we're all in for a treat for sticking it out this long.
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