With the exception of his arms being able to go up and down, the figure was a solid piece of plastic. The figure was mailed in a plastic bag inside of a plain brown box and came with a staff.
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This figure was available between the second and third series by mailing in a set amount of proof of purchases as well as a small shipping fee. A third Ram-Pager, Mad Bubbler was slated for release, but the series was cancelled prior to production.Īs with most toy lines, LJN offered an exclusive mail-away figure of Mumm-Ra as a mummy. The third and final sub series released, which came out during the third series of toys were the Ram-Pagers which consisted of Driller, and The Stinger. They were basically a group of sky pirates bent on pillaging and stealing, and mainly took out their aggression on the Berbils. The Berserkers were introduced late in the series in an attempt to shift the focus off of Mumm-Ra who was getting to be a very tired out villain. Each Berserker came individually packed in a much larger carded bubble than the original figures and boasted some pretty fancy upgrades which included spinning action and rev up and go. One of these subsets included "Companion Packs".Ĭompanion Packs comprised of seven smaller figures from the series (four of which were previously available with the larger figures), but were newly sculpted to better represent the characters on the show.Īnother sub series which hit shelves were the four Berserkers. The third and final series of Thundercats included ĭuring the second series of figures, LJN produced a few sub sets. These characters were eventually found by the original Thundercats and invited to join the already crowded Cat's Lair. This included creating a whole new story arch which included a second group of Thundercats stranded on the same planet. When the final season of the Thundercats cartoon aired, several new faces were introduced in hopes of reviving the series for further episodes. Ratar-O was produced with both black and silver weapon variants. While it contained some known faces, one had to be quiet a fan of the series to recognize all of them.
Several figures from the first series were repackaged for the series, and all the cards included a mail away offer sticker at the bottom right corner.Īs we said above, the second series (and each additional series) was not as popular as the first. An additional seven figures were produced which included a newly sculpted Tygra that more resembled the character portrayed in the cartoon.
Hot on the heels of the first series was the inevitable second. Interesting was that Tygra was sculpted to resemble his younger version as seen briefly in the very first episode of the series. This made it even easier for children to incorporate the toys into their imaginations based on what they were already very familiar with. The first series of Thundercats included Įach figure came with accessories and weapons that were dead on to the original show. While fans were happy to gobble them up from retail stores, this left little to no reason to purchase anything past this series unless you were a die hard fan of the show and easily recognized all the obscure figures that would follow. Probably the biggest mistake that LJN made when producing the Thundercats toy line was that they produced the entire main cast (both good and evil) in the first series. Other figures had options of spinning or lighting up. Almost every figure had a "Battle-Mattic" action feature which was basically a lever in the back which when pressed the figure would move their arm or other various body parts. LJN did not hold back on their extreme detail of sculpting, allowing each figure to look exactly like the character from the show. This would include the honorable Thundercats team to the vile Mutants and Mumm-Ra, and also included many characters that appeared in anywhere from one to all of the episodes. All cast characters of both good and evil were produced. LJN produced 3 main series of figures, with three sub series. The figures stood at an average of 5 inches tall and represented each character from the series better than any toy line for its time. This show was close but quite different than He-Man and still remains a favorite amongst eighties nostalgic collectors.įollowing up the 130 episodes was an incredible line of toys produced by LJN. A cartoon which contained futuristic technology and alien worlds, merged with the fantasy of ancient evil and monsters. Thundercats was one of the biggest hit cartoons of the eighties.
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