Friday, August 17, 2007

Master of the Universe!!!!

He-Man was the greatest, I had tons of the action figures when I was a kid. (In fact there's a container in my closet filled with them right now! Don't tell anyone.) They were my favorite toys at my youngest before I found Lego. Here I present to you my top ten He-Man Figures.



10. Modulok
Modulok was awesome because you could rearrange all of his body parts to make him look like whatever you wanted, including putting his head(s) on his feet. He even had a removable ass! Points deducted because I lost every damn piece as soon as I got him.




9. Kobra Kahn
See, these figures were a break through in action figure design because you could stand them up without touching them (G.I. Joe's just flopped around like rag dolls), they came with awesome weapons and they brought around innovative ideas to each one. Kobra Khan shot mist out of his FACE! Ridiculous.


8. Leech
Leech was like Kobra Kahn's little brother but just a tad more awesome. he had this button in the back that when you pressed his suction cup face onto something smooth and pressed the button he would stick to the surface. This obviously turned into the greatest bath toy of ALL TIME.


7. Mossman
There were several figures that came out that didnt do anything but were made from a different texture, which most often made them cool(let us not speak of the cuddly Grizzlor). Here is my favorite:

There's nothing like a fuzzy action figure.

6. Hordak
Some of you may recognize Hordak as She-Ra's(He-Man's sister) enemy, but he eventually started duking it out with He-Man. Let's face it, She-Ra was just to get the girls into action figures. Hordak was just bad ass. There were no special powers but he had a sweet ass crossbow and looked like a futuristic Nosferatu.

5. Sy-clone

The dude looked like a blue He-man on acid. Essentially this guy had a little wheel on the back of his belt that you would spin, and his upper torso would spin pretty fast. I remember setting all the bad guys up, then Sy-Clone would take them all out. Now with more spinning action!



4. Roboto

Roboto had a clear torso that displayed all of his roboty innards, and had different weapons you could pop onto the end of his arm. That doesn't seem too great. That's because I didn't tell you that the roboty innards actually moved and worked when you would move his arms and waist. Gimmicky? Maybe but it looked freakin' cool.


3. Thunder-Punch He-Man
Finally! The Master of the universe has made it onto the list(we'll see him again as well). I chose not to include a "normal" he-man because there were better ones out there. With this figure, you would put a "cap ring" into his back, and when you made the punching motion, you would get the loud bang. Until you lose the cover for the back. :(



Im showing you the back because the front looks like normal He-Man. Plus I know you like to stare at his ass. Weirdo.

2. Rio Blast
Okay, he should probably be number one, but I'll explain that later. Rio Blast was sweet. Let me list-within-a-list you why:
- He was a cowboy
- He looked like Chuck Norris "Official king of the internet"
- 7, count-em 7 guns, including one that popped out of his chest! (He kept his heart somewhere else, or he didn't need one



This dude gets all the chicks. 7 guns!


Drum roll please....

1. Battle Armor He-Man
This took the top spot for me for several reasons. There were no pieces to lose. That's always a plus. As far as your imagination would take you as a kid, without breaking them, you action figures would never show evidence of the massive battles you put them through. This changed that. He had a barrel in his chest that would twist to look like He-Man would take a hit when you tapped it in. There were three stages: no damage, one hit, and two hits. Skeletor(sadly missing from this post, but always an essential figure, had a version too.



Okay, I'm done. Im thinking about doing a list of the five worst because there are some real stinkers(literally) out there.