Thundercats lion o and cheetara4/30/2024 ![]() Lion-O gets the Sword of Omens and Claw Shield in the vintage toy colors, and that means red takes the primary colors here. I will say the ThunderCats logos here don’t match the LJN versions as closely as the original renders, but I have heard some hints that was a licensor choice, not a Super7 design change. ![]() ![]() That is not something that is easy to pull off in a collector line, but having a premium figure with garish colors and design tweaks is a nice storm to make you remember your plastic adventures of yore. It is funny to say, but I love it when toys look like toys. Yeah, I gravitate towards the cartoon designs, but I have to admit that the oranges and blues here are lovely, and I would love to see a cartoon design combined with these colors for my perfect Lion-O. The colors are what get me the most about these, and Lion-O has those bright colors I have been wanting for a long time. Looking at Lion-O and Cheetara today, I do like both of these figures, but Lion-O is clear winner of the two for me. In one series, this proves that there is absolutely room for these versions in this line, and as I mentioned above, I look forward to more. I didn’t have a complete ThunderCats collection as a kid, but I had a lot of them, and these new figures let that vintage collection wash back over me in the best way. I am going to say that I hope that the majority of the ThunderCats U! line remains true to the cartoon designs, and gives us as many unique characters as possible, but boy oh boy – these figures are a huge nostalgia bomb. Some of them are not perfect, and I do have one big complaint, but that is trending in the right direction. It might be a little trite to say, but there are no concerns when swapping parts/etc., so that means the correct choices are being made in these situations, and that must continue. I love that these figures feel solid because that has been an ongoing issues with ULTIMATES!, so I really, really, REALLY hope this is what turning a corner feels like, and we can look back on this assortment as the re-establishment of premium figures. Yeah, I have a little bit of paint chipping on Mumm-Ra’s sword (I will get to that in a couple of days), and the hands could be made of softer plastic, but those are mostly minimal. All of the engineering of the joints, the plastic quality, durability, and paint lines are all top-drawer. With all of that: the final products in this series are, for the most part, very nice. ![]() Damn it, I LOVE the colors and designs on these, and now I am going to need vintage toy versions of all of the core heroes and villains. Well, you need more than one series to be a trend, but from an overall quality and execution standpoint, these are some of the nicest ULTIMATES! yet. I mentioned the lack of new characters that originally failed to excite me, but also, ULTIMATES! as a whole have had rough couple of months with some issues nagging other series. As I said, one of the best parts about it is that I just wasn’t expecting it. Well, as tends to happen, fast-forward to today, and oh my, do I LOVE these figures. So, I would add these to my shelves because I thought they looked neat, but during the solicitation time, I wasn’t as excited as I typically would be for a new TCats announcement. Plus, the ENTIRE series would follow this pattern, and at the time, I felt that was a big of overkill. It’s not that it wasn’t a good idea, just that I am big on getting unique characters as a priority in any line I collect, and this line-up of Lion-O, Mumm-Ra, Cheetara, and Monkian did not offer that. Now, I know what you are going to say, “ c’mon you have made it obvious that you love the ThunderCats property, and that you collect the ULTIMATES! figures.” Yes, that is absolutely correct, but if I am being completely honest, when Super7 announced this sixth series of figures would be “vintage toy” versions of some core characters, I wasn’t over the moon. Well, there is nothing better to shock you out of drab state of being by a bit of the unexpected. It’s not the fault of the new stuff, just a general malaise with me that might just be the doldrums of winter creeping in my collecting. Adding new stuff to the shelf felt a little too formulaic as of late, and I hate when that sets in with this hobby that I love so much. I hate to admit it, but while there have been some good toys released over the past few weeks, I have been in a bit of a rut.
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