LION-O 4"

Take a look at the new Lion-O from the cartoon series ThunderCats (TC). This series dates back to the '80s & they're making a comeback. When I first saw images of the toy line online, it made me all excited hoping for the toys to enter the market. One thing confusing about the toy line is that the assortments come in a few different sizes. There is the Classic 8", normal 6" and smaller 4" assortment. The Lion-O you're looking at is from the 4" assortment. The reason I'm collecting the 4" assortments is because I want my entourage to compliment the Thundertank.

In the meantime while waiting for the toys to be on the shelves, I started watching the first season of TC to reminisce my childhood years. The storyline this time was slightly different from the '80s and the graphics have improved a lot. Having finished watching the first season, the toy line has yet to appear on the market. Thus I started hunting for them on eBay.

There were a couple of folks selling the toys but they didn't come cheap. I was fortunate enough to get hold of a few other characters from a flee market seller, of which I will be reviewing in future posts.

Finally a Lion-O that's not in a wrestling outfit. This Lion-O is actually from the Wave 2 assortment. The Lion-O from Wave 1 comes with an ordinary claw shield whereas this Lion-O comes equipped with a Thunderclaw. Besides that, it also comes with an interchangeable ordinary left arm, and the full length Sword of Omens.

Both the swords are made of low quality plastic. When the long sword is left to pose in a slanting position over a period of time, it would probably start to bend.

Here, you can see Lion-O with the Thunderclaw that makes his arm look like Captain Commando. This time around, his claw is gold in color as compared to the crimson colored claw from the vintage series.

After being equipped with the huge claw, this figure is still quite articulate. Heavily armed, even the enemies would think twice before launching an attack at the Cats.

As reference, here's Lion-O next to his arch nemesis, Mumm-Ra.