Monday 21 January 2013

Thundercats 15cm Panthro figure





For my latest post I bring you the last of the Thundercats that I bought in the last while. The last one was Panthro, the loyal soldier to the king. Out of all the three figures he is the one who they have changed the most from the original figure. This version of the character is a lot broader and stockier build the old version that was much taller character. When it comes to this character, he gets the least amount of extra weapons and no extra hand parts. With Panthro you only get an open pair of nun chucks for him to hold in his hands, you also get a second nun chuck that is tied up that can be connected to his back of his belt. He is the only one that does not include any extra hands; this causes a lot of problem because it is very tight to get his weapon into hands. They kept some of the look character by keeping the spikes on the character but they also changed by adding even more spikes to the character, they are not just on his straps. He has the spikes on his wrists and shin guards. So he looks even more vicious then the older version.


Panthro comes with lots of articulation much like the other range of figures. He comes with over 20 points of articulation much like the other figures in this line. Out of the three figures, I found Panthro the loosest in places and also because of the size of his torso, he is a lot tougher to get to stand up and pose.  His hands have no articulation at all so you only have him with closed fists. This is very disappointing after getting the other figures were you get lots of extras that you could do lots of poses for the character. The colour scheme of the character is very much like the old version some minor changes but its more about the build of the Panthro that is different. They kept different grey tones and dark blue /grey tones.


At the moment, this will be my last Thundercat review unless I get a chance to order the set that came out only in the states. This is the biggest failing that this series had; they brought out to many versions of the character, ranging from different sizes and quality. They should have pick only one version or at least stick to two and then go from there after they saw how popular the line was then they could have created more. But sadly the toy line and the show have both been cancelled. I may get some of the smaller scale version of the other characters and if I do get more I will do more reviews on these but next I will be looking at some Marvel Universe figures.


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