Aug 11, 2012

It Came from the Toy Chest: Nobody loves me Edition

Horde Prime and Snake-Man-At-Arms are still MIA, but my July Matty Figure has arrived: Spikor!
All Spiky and awaiting his release!!
While he's not a character that I had in My childhood I did have some experiences with Spikor... I remember Balls at the end of his trident though... Which I'm glad the Horsemen got rid of them!!


Sadly there is no MOTUC figure Brave enough to  do this!
 His Trident being spiky IS a good thing... Also, having Skeletor's Blacksmith is the best way to explain most of Skeletor's variants! In the 80s Toyline he created the Terror Claws for Skeletor!

Now we move on to the ratings part where 1 = as crappy as some crazy 200X Variants and 5 = as awesome as the expectations for a MOTUC Grayskull!

Articulation:
Kleffton has the same Articulation as a Standard MOTUC Figure... Perhaps 1 Extra POA on the Trident, but his Right Shoulder is kinda stuck! (Just like a Barbarian who plays dress-up!)
3.5

Paint and Sculpt:
As you can see he's pretty much like Vintage Spikor, but there's a slight hint of Filmation on his face, He's got new forearms... (I actually expected Mattel to reuse the Tri-Klops forearms cause of Logistics) Now Paintwise, we've got another story... Like Vykron before him (or after him) Spikor is made of black plastic on his arms and legs while painted in purple... Not a cool idea! (Probably why his right shoulder gets stuck)
3.5


Accessories:
Spikor has his left Trident, the red base on his arm, an alternate extended Trident, his Spiked Mace (sadly it's as gummy as MAA's Mace) AND a spare Left hand for those Filmation Spikor fans... His left Arm is compatible with Trap Jaw, Roboto, Hurricane Hordak, Horde Prime AND Tallstar parts.
5.0

there is a pill for that...


I think it would have been easier to make the small trident and an extension...
They complain about tooling budget, but sometimes they make weird decisions...

I knew his arm was compatible with other figures, but Damn! this IS Ridiculous...
Overall:
Spikor gets a 4.0 as a final score. If he didn't have the paint issues from the black plastic, he would've fared a lot better. He is a cool addition to a MOTUC Display even if in my Fan Continuity, he's almost a talking head.

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