Thundercats Week :: Mumm-Ra

Thundercats Week wraps up (haha get it?) with Mumm-Ra!

Mumm-Ra, a mummy with the power to not be a mummy sometimes, is the sworn enemy of the Thundercats. Why would a mummy be an enemy of cats, you ask? Have you ever seen what a cat can do to a roll of toilet paper? Now imagine being wrapped inside that roll of toilet paper!

As a child, Mumm-Ra watched as his parents (his daddy and...wait for it...his MOTHER...) were brutally torn apart by a pack of wild Siamese, and swore from that day forth to get angry and buff every time cats were around.

This Mumm-Ra action figure originally came with some weapons, a flashlight type thingamajig that lit up his eyes and his pet doggy named Mumm-Rover or Ma-Mutt or Ravage or something like that. I don't know, I barely remember that part of the cartoon either, but I know as well as Mr. Cool that every cartoon character of the eighties needed a pet sidekick. And since dogs hate cats (hey, they were finally on to something!) Mumm-Ra got a dog.

Well that does it for Thundercats Week. I hope you have enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed putting it together, which wasn't all that much to be honest.

Just kidding! It was good for me too.

Thundercats Week :: Wileykit and Wileykat

 

As a 'thank you' for posting about his awesome custom Feline Hero Stands (Go buy some now,) Soundwave810 sent me Wileykit and Wileykat from the new Thundercats action figure toyline by Bandai!

Even though I have yet to see an episode of the new Thundercats cartoon, I fell in love with these cute kitties when I saw them appearing on toy store shelves. So I am super stoked to now have them; thanks again Soundwave810!

These new Thundercats action figures are cute and simple and well designed. Articulation is limited (that is a good thing!) and both 'kit and 'kat come with some cool accessories.

Wileykat comes with grapple-type claws that fit into each hand, and his hover/skate/surfboard in blue, which is apparently armed with machine guns. Kids and machine guns, always a winning combination.

Wileykit comes with a halo, or maybe it's a frisbee, or possibly some bladed death weapon. I'll leave the final decision in your hands. She too comes with a hover/surf/skateboard with retractable armament.

Both of these toys are super cute in their own right, even without following the cartoon. I hope I don't watch it and find out these two are annoying little $#!($, or else I may not like them as much.

Thundercats Week ain't over yet; see ya' tomorrow for the finale!

Thundercats Week :: Cheetara

Somewhat appropriate for Catwoman Purrrsday, today's Thundercats Week entry is none other than the genuine cat woman herself: Cheetara!

Cheetara is the real reason I picked up the Thundercats lot I've been reviewing this week, because I've never actually seen a Cheetara action figure in person. And because they were cheap and gave me an excuse to create a themed week of entries on this here blog.

She's a little roughed up, and appears to have had her head re-attached with glue at some point in her illustrious career, or maybe it's just a little cracked. But hey, she's a leotard clad cheetah chick, so we can overlook the flaws, right?

Tune in tomorrow - same Thundercats Week time, same Thundercats Week channel.

Thundercats Week :: Panthro

We interrupt your regularly scheduled Harley Qwednesday to bring you continued Thundercat Week coverage...starring Panthro!

I've owned Panthro in the past. Not as a kid, but as an adult. I am pretty sure I sold him off a while ago...now I have him again. Thus is the life of a toy collector.

Panthro was of course my favorite Thundercat back in the day. He looks like a badass wrestler (he even has the championship belt) and swings clawed nunchucks and doesn't wine like Lion-O. What's not to love?

There's more Thundercats Week tomorrow, kitties. Stay tuned.

Thundercats Week :: Vultureman

 Vultureman was a Thundercats villain, because as we all know...birds are natural enemies of cats?

Whatever. He's a pretty ugly cuss, as Vultures are apt to be. When I found him at the flea market I was worried he may be missing his wings, as my memory of Vulutreman was thin at best. But no, he has no wings. Maybe he should be called Manvulture instead, then? I don't know. I found him sans weaponry, but he does have that shiv molded onto his lapel, so I suppose that's enough blade to handle a bunch of Mancats, right?

Tune in tomorrow as Thundercats Week continues!

Thundercats Week :: Grune the Destroyer

Let's kick off Thundercats Week with the Thundercat figure/character I know the least about: Grune the Destroyer.

When Thundercats were new I watched the cartoon but did not pursue acquisition of any of the toys. Apparently I missed the episode with old Grune here, because he sparks zero awareness in my 'stuck at age ten' mind.

In fact, I know so 'nothing' about this guy that I have indeed seen him at the flea market in the past and have passed on him due to my total lack of knowledge of who he was.

I got him this time as part of the lot of old TC characters I picked up, even though he's a little rough and has no weapons. But lo and behold, I actually own one of his weapons already...a mace found along with this guy over a year ago. Now I just have to find his mace in my boxes of toys and accessories and reunite them!

Until then, Grune will have to just get by on looks alone.

I do know there's a swell new version of him out there in the new Bandai toyline, and I will probably seek him out someday.

Tune in tomorrow for another sweet Thundercats action figure!

Thunder Thunder Thundercats Weeeeeeek!

I had no intentions of going to the flea market this morning, with last night's heavy rains and looming clouds overhead this A.M. But I went anyways, and it was worth it as I found a handful of original Thundercats toys. In addition to my Thundercats nouveau Wileykit and Wileykat sent to me recently by Soundwave810 of Confessions of a Plastic Junkie, I now have a nice little collection of Thundercats on hand.

So I decided to make this week THUNDERCATS WEEK! Keen, right?

Stay tuned, ToyRuffians, for a week full of these guys you see right here.