#terror claws

[smbhax]

Masters of the Universe: The Terror Claws Strike!, 1986. Tim Kilpin script, Bruce Timm pencils & inks, Charles Simpson colors, Stan Sakai letters, Lee Nordling editor.

Info from Grand Comics Database

[emperorsfoot]

Question for the hive mind:

Considering all the armor variations of He-man and Skeletor (i.e. Battle Armor, Thunder Punch, Flying Fists) do you yourself have favorites? Any particular reason?

Bonus question: do you feel some of the versions are better in some situations than others, i.e. 1v1 vs siege warfare

You're asking a practical question like hand-to-hand combat, versus melee, versus siege, but you're gonna get a frivolous answer.

The most practical one would be the Battle Armor since it offers the most coverage and protection.

I like the Terror Claw armor better since it shows his midriff and hints at some underboob

But my favorite is the one that I think is most sexy out of all of them; this one:

Dragon Blaster

I just love how form fitting it is, with simple elegance without the neon bat symbol on the chest, he's not wearing his belt with the dangly bits so you have an unobstructed view of the insides of his thighs, and that chain wrapped around him is just... Mmm. It works for me!

Dragon Blaster, that's my favorite.

[cakeinmilk]

Smugly displaying my loot from correctly naming Dragstor, Terror Claws Skeletor, and the Fright Fighter.

Though the Fright Fighter is your basic dragonfly-esque one-man vehicle, the figures I won are from the later period when variations on the key cast were the norm, as well as action features a bit more advanced than your basic twisting power punch.

The Terror Claws were created by Spikor. In his accompanying minicomic they lasted mere seconds before He-Man punched Skeletor out of them. I'm not sure if Spikor is also responsible for the purple crop top this version of Skeletor wears.

While competing in an annual Eternian race, Theydon stopped to help his friend Doodon, who'd unfortunately fallen into quicksand. Both were captured by Hordak who turned them both into cyborg warriors. Doodon, now known as Extendar, managed to shrug off the brainwashing and returned to help the Heroic Warriors with his extendable limbs "attaining invincibility at his full height," but Theydon (now Dragstor) is forced to serve the Evil Horde by zooming around on his belly wheel.