Imaginext Battle Arena Tiger the Hunter

I spotted this guy at Target the other day and immediately fell in love. Like the Playmobil Headhunter before him, this little Tiki masked pre-school toy just had to be mine.

'Tiger the Hunter' actually comes packaged wearing a Lion skin/mask. I know I know, is name is 'Tiger' but he's wearing a lion's head. Don't look at me, I didn't design him.

A caveat: that lame backpack weapon to the left comes glued to the back of his lion mask. I had to pry it off, and it came off relatively easily for me, but your mileage may vary. There's a large attachment point on the mask's back, which means once removed it can be returned with ease, and it gives the impression that these toys were originally designed to have removable weapons but safety (or some other) concerns led to them being glued on. Regardless, had I known it was glued on to begin with I may not have bought the figure, and I may avoid future figures too for fear of the weapon being more difficult to remove.

But I got 'Tiger' mainly for his Tiki mask, which isn't hindered by anything. Each Battle Arena figure comes with two different masks, one with attached weapon and one without.

Here he is sans mask. Still pretty badass with that skull facepaint!

Tiger the Hunter is a fun little Imaginext figure and fits nicely into my superhero themed collection.

Other figures in the series include:

Axemin the Viking
Roman the General
Sir Peter the Knight
Cliche the Pirate
Wasabi the Samurai

The Fisher-Price Imaginext Battle Arena and associated figures are all Target exclusives, so don't bother looking anywhere else for them!