I've dropped hints that I've been aching for a Sagitar
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in MOTUC... Sure, he's no Glimmer, but he's one of the more interesting New Adventures heroes. (From a visual standpoint, a toyetic standpoint, a canonical standpoint, and makes sense for Mattel.) As you can see he is a Large Scale Beast and at first he seems like he's a 100% New Sculpt. I think he's a 70% new Sculpt, but It's up to the fourhorsemen and Mattel to decide. Also I'm getting ahead of myself.
Let's go back to Sagitar and talk about his looks. OK His American name: Sagitar... Sounds familiar Sagittarius:
The Centaur Archer. See where I'm going with this? Sagitar is kinda the Love Child of a Centaur and a Shokan Warrior.
Now the Centaur part fits quite well with MOTU due to the fantastic nature of a Centaur. The Four arms look like a Gimmick Worthy of MOTU. Also it's a Frigging Centaur Man that He-Man can ride like a pony into battle...
Then there's the whole Gygor/Shadow Beast thing... MOTU tends to have some symmetry. He-Man/Skeletor, Teela/Evil Lyn, Battle Cat/Panthor, Castle Grayskull/Snake Mountain...(Granamyr and Procrustus are Neutral... TECHNICALLY SPEAKING) You get the idea... even if Snake Mountain is not happening in MOTUC. We have Gygor and Shadow Beast. Two Villains (One an Army Builder) who are taller and wider than the Standard Figures. Before anyone screams Ram Man, the "Wider" evil is Leech... Well, Sagitar would fill in that spot nicely. Now, he's a galactic protector who has a couple of cartoon appearances under his belt. That makes him popular enouogh. Now He makes sense for Mattel due to his "Beast nature". Guys like Tuskador, Darius or even "Not really obscure, but Toyguru thinks he's obscure" Kayo are normal figures. We have too many POP and MOTUV figures MIA to be "wasting slots" on NA. The Beast/Variant slots, well, he fits in perfectly. Now He CAN Reuse some Ram Man Parts to save some money cause Logistics... (Thinking Arms and Crotch (The inner part, not the Loincloth,) Of course the Lower arms would require new Biceps and hands, while the upper arms need new shoulders. (the band on the right arm could be removable like the Horde band. Or a full new sculpt. It depends on Mattel and the Horsemen.) Now as you can see the Toon version of him is slightly different than the toy... I really hope that if he gets made, he gets a second head with the Glasses or Removable Glasses with the default head.
I understand that New Adventures isn't everyone's cup of tea, but Sagitar is one of the coolest designs from that line and I know that with a Little Horsemen Magic He can Kick serious amounts of butt!
The question is: WHICH 80s Action Hero should he look like. We know that galactic Protector He-Man
looks more like Lundgren than He-Man, Flipshot looks like Val Kilmer, What little we see of Hydron looks like Tom Cruise... I'm going to suggest that his face should look a bit like Steven Seagal.
In any case he's a cool addition and a big bone for NA Fans to help them even out the odds in their displays.
He-Man vs Skeletor
Hydron vs Slush Head
Flipshot vs Flogg
Sagitar vs Karatti
Mara vs Optikk
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