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Not only did we get some movies at the Flea Market but we also got this as well! There were quite a few tables with toys and collectables which I did look at. There was also some bins of loose toys which I dug through. My goal when going to flea markets or yard sales or anything like that is always Battle Beasts. That is the main thing we look for all the time! but they did have some interesting stuff but the main thing is I got this for $8 which I thought was awesome.

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Thundercats Character Retrospective: Tygra

Okay, so design wise, this was always a cat I dreaded drawing. I mean, come on, what's with Tygra's design?! Who let him walk off the cutting room floor with that hair? I get that tigers don't have 'manes' the like Lions do, but really? I never even attempted drawing him as a child because of just how hard it looked. Although, to be honest, Tygra was never my favorite, so that might've also been a factor. Which is funny, cause I heard a lot of fans actually liked Tygra back in the 1985 series. I can't speak for all of them, but I think they just like the fact that Tygra, surprisingly, is more of a damsel in distress than the original two Thundercat ladies. This guy is practically Mr. Fanservice and he's the only guy fully clothed-save for his shoes. As a kid, though, I didn't see it. As an adult? I...kind of like him, but I feel the writers didn't know what to do with him half the time. Let's get the nitpick out of the way; why can't he normally swim? He can only swim with his whip turning him invisible and I just can't get why. Maybe it's a placebo thing, like he feels he can't do it without it? I feel that could make a neat episode if they ever got around to explaining it, but I guess since the main audience of kids, we were just suppose to not think about it. "Oh, he's a cat, of course he can't swim". Except, you know, Tigers are one of the few cats without a natural aversion to water-in fact, most Tigers are proficient at swimming since they hunt in jungles with lots of water. So, no Thundercats, Tygra is the one cat who SHOULDN'T have a swimming weakness-if anything, it should kinda be his gimmick. Now for the big problem with Tygra: his role, both from a narrative standpoint and in-universe. In the show, he's a scientist and archaeologist, with seemingly a specialty in chemistry. And that chemistry degree rarely comes in handy in the 30-ish episodes I've lost. It's so odd too, cause you think more-or-less being the Team Alchemist would give him the most to do in forms of story telling. If anything, he should have a utility belt of different potions and substances, but that's more of Panthro's thing. Okay, what about explosive capsules? No, that's the Wilykitten's thing. I mean, he's got his whip and invisibility...and that's it, really-for the most part. Narrative, he's the Lancer. When Lion-O's away, he's usually put in charge of the Thundercats and he has a lot of moments with Lion-O. These two are almost a perfect duo, in a way. Lion-O's young and hotblooded, Tygra's older and more experienced. In "The Fireballs of Plun-Dar", when he gets captured, Lion-O doesn't hesitate for a second to go running to him, even forgetting his Claw Shield. In "Feliner - Part Two", when Lion-O is sad Snarf is going to leave(he doesn't, sadly), it's Tygra who consoles him for a brief moment. See? There's enough shipping material between these two without the creepy step-brother context. Jokes aside, let's get to that last ability of his before I make my peace with 2011 and Roar's interpretation; his 'Illusion Powers'. It comes out of nowhere for Lion-O's trials later on down the road, under the context that 'well, I've been saving it for just this moment'. It's kinda dumb, but I like to think of it like this; Tygra is a Psychic and he uses his whip as a focus for his powers, hence why he wraps it around himself and why he needs it for his invisibility. It doesn't explain why he can't swim, but I like this theory-I didn't come up with it myself, but I fully support it. And projecting the trials is a feat that's usually done with multiple Master Illusionists, hence why Tygra uses the powers sparingly and only does Invisibility since it's a low-level Psychic power and it doesn't use up too much of those 'Master Illusion Points' that he knows he'll need for the eventual trial for Lion-O. That's the power of hindsight. Now for 2011 Tygra...I don't like it. I get what the writers were going for, to really buckle down on that brotherly angle the OG series was going for, but it really kind of falls flat to me. But maybe that's because I'm a younger brother and I had to deal with an asshole brother exactly like Tygra was in the reboot. It's nice to see his and Lion-O's relationship prosper and improve over time, but he's pretty insufferable most of the time. Like, half the time, I just want him to put a sock in it and I really didn't feel Tygra and Cheetara's romance was well handled. Now, in terms of the OG series and the Wildfire comics they got, the ship totally makes sense. But since we follow Lion-O's perspective and we rarely see Tygra and Cheetara interact, it just kind of came off as 'shock' and a blow to Lion-O for almost no reason-and the less we talk about 2011 Pumyra, the better. And as for Roar...I mean, I guess I get that Tygra didn't have a lot of personality outside of being noble and wise, so of course they gotta make him the Robin-I mean the nag. Someone, I guess has to be the Butt Monkey. I gotta feel bad for Tygra; a dozen different science degrees and no respect from the writers outside of the OG series. But at least he has a kickass theme song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZNHpMTTU_k&feature=emb_title

Makes me wanna workout and fight the heavyweight champ! Wait, wrong tiger song...nah, no it's not.

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Thundercats Character Retrospective: Lion-O (+Snarf)

Since I've been chipping away at classic Thundercats and it's such an influence on my tastes and interests, I decided to talk a little bit about the characters that I hold so near and dear to me and how I've felt about them so far-emphasis on 'so far' since I'm on episode 30 and, like, this show has, like, 100 episodes or something. So this first one goes to Lion-O (and Snarf). Lion-O is an interesting idea for an action hero. He's basically a man with the mind of a child after his stasis pod malfunctions. "He grew in size, but he did not grow up". In a way, that's kind of dark: he lost, like, 10-12 years of his life at the LEAST. The advantage of this is that you can base him off of the badass action figures you wanna sell to kids-cause kids want toys of badass action heroes; everyone wants Batman, nobody wants a Robin-but he can still be the character who learns the lesson of the series. And since he's also an adult, you can also write him as the one dispensing the lesson, even if its to the audience and not to anyone in particular. The only thing I don't like is...well, there's almost no point to that plot point. Hell, in a lot of episodes, you can not know that's part of Lion-O's backstory and you'd never know and just think he's reckless cause he's adventure-seeking. Not that I personally care for it, I think it's a dumb part of the show. But, like, it's an element of the show and I feel it's kind of forgotten by episode 10. Meanwhile, like, everyone still calls Lion-O a 'boy' and, okay, the Mutants maybe should know, but why does, say, Hachiman call him a boy in "The Thunder-Cutter"?! Just out of disrespect? It's still so weird to me... It's not uncommon for a Team Leader to not be the physically strongest member of a group, but Lion-O is constantly portrayed as being more skilled and agility-based. Like, yeah, he has the sword of omens, but if he's not kicking ass, he's jumping around like an acrobat. Like in the episode "Safari Joe", when fighting...well, Safari Joe, he doesn't go in Rambo-style, he sneaks around in the shadows. I think the only time Lion-O out-muscles someone is when he arm-wrestles the caveman in "The Time Capsule" and...well, I mean, just look at this!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Qio-iOvFNI&feature=emb_title

Top 10 Anime Fights. I'm not even joking, where's my Arm Wrestling anime? Someone get on that shit! Everyone compares him to He-Man, but that's totally wrong. Yes, Lion-O is our audience surrogate and carries a magic sword. But there's two differences. 1. Lion-O has to work for his wins. Yeah, this is an 80s cartoon and he wins pretty much every fight. But you watch Lion-O fight for his wins. He struggles with every fight-even the Mutants can push him into a corner when its him on his own. He-Man is pretty much on God Mode. He's the 80s One-Punch Man, the only time he's in any 'real' peril is in the She-Ra two parter. Not that I don't like He-Man or The Masters of the Universe, it's just that Thundercats has a much bigger place in my heart. 2. Lion-O's just cooler. Forgetting the fact he's an anthropomorphic lion with a sword, which in itself is badass, he's a person who's just fun to watch. He's adventurous and noble, determined and honorable. He's curious, often to a fault, but slowly develops into a proper leader. He-Man is just a flying brick, with Prince Adam being basically a less interesting Clark Kent. And when you're less interesting then Superman's alter ego, you're pretty bland. And I can't talk about Lion-O without talking about Snarf. (Well, I mean, I can, but I didn't wanna make a dedicated post for Snarf, so we're not doing that.) When I started watching this, I thought I'd hate Snarf. Not that I wholeheartedly believe that the collective fandom ever knows anything, but on principal, I don't like animal sidekicks in cartoons and I vaguely remembered not liking Snarf as a kid when watching this with my Stepdad, so figured it'd just be more of the same here. So far...I've been happily surprised. Yeah, he's a nagging nurse maid for Lion-O and I wish for less of him, but he never got to the point where he grates on me. His voice is...tolerable. It's kind of annoying, but I've heard much worse. And he never really gets in the way. Hell, I actually really like the episodes when he ends up saving the Thundercats. "Snarf Takes Up The Challenge" so far is the best of these episodes-granted, it's an episode where half of it is Snarf learning how Mumm-Ra and the Mutants captured each of the cats, but it's pretty neat to see Snarf talk to animals and BREAK INTO MUMM-RA'S PYRAMID, WHAT?! Is he the load? Yeah, yeah he is. But I'm never annoyed when he's on screen.

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