Originally I wasn’t very excited about the September figures from Mattycollector.com. Hurricane Hordak and Leech huh? Well, I guess I’m still not excited, but I’m kind of impressed with the design.
Hurricane Hordak seems to be a re-hash of regular Hordak with gold armor which is pretty cool. I have a rough spot in mine but I really don’t care. The armor is hopefully vacuum plated (it appears to be) so it stays nice regardless of the fact that I probably wont open it. Hordak comes with a few new options such as his right arm having what looks to be a cannon with a female inlet for his whirling hurricane tools–now everyone can pretend that Hurricane Hordak is the Filmation version and have him blow stuff up. As for the attachments, there are three different weapons, a bat-looking blade, a cage/claw thing and a triangle thing with 3 balls. Each of these are pretty cool and they simply press into the receiver on his right arm–there doesn’t appear to be a hand in the package like with Roboto. I don’t think there is a mechanism that makes the hurricane attachments spin so there you have it, Hurricane Hordak–in looks only.
The back of the package has the also available and a bio where it leaves the reader in suspense as Hordak aims for Skeletor…Obviously, Skeletor beats him with-in an inch of his life and Leech and Grizzlor drag Hordak out before Skeletor finishes him–obviously.
Anyhow, Hurricane Hordak is not so bad after all, so I’ll give him a…
GRADE: B-
Leech! Yeah! Maybe… I have this half-baked original Leech and he is one weird dude! I love the head where his teeth are painted into the center of the suction cup that is fully activated by the button on his back. Leech has suction cups on his hands and feet and he can stick to most flat surfaces–windows work best.
New Leech has the appearance of suction on his hands and feet but the cups don’t appear soft enough to stick to anything–I could be wrong, but I’m guessing that because Sy-Klone can’t spin and Hurricane Hordak’s weapons can’t spin that Leech can’t stick to anything except his release schedule. Leech has a great head sculpt with a hole in the center to give the appearance of the original–more or less–and he has a new “buck” or body which is a good thing because it makes him much more original looking than if he had the standard male form.
Leech includes a couple of weapons including a nice Horde crossbow and a red rubber net that has suction cups that will actually stick to most flat surfaces–wet them for even more stick!
The back of the package has a Horde-based also available and a bio which matches Grizzlor’s–it appears that most of Hordak’s minions are just slaves, or lost their memory, why can’t they simply be evil and just want to kill and take over the world…gold, power, land…pure evil! Leech is pretty decent, so I’ll have to give him a…
GRADE: B
Not the most exciting month, it all comes down to November, the big one, the war of Mattycollector.com, can one buyer defeat the evil aftermarket whom buy 10 figures per each person who works in the store–find out in November…!
I’ll leave you with my She-Ra/Horde shelf, it’s going to get bigger with Swiftwind and hopefully something else, if not from this year then the beginning of next year.
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