ANOTHER HORSE.Collecting requires rules. Rules serve two purposes - to keep you from buying things on impulse that you’ll later regret, and to give you a little thrill of insouciance when you break them.
My rule for Masters of the Universe a VERY hard line. For characters, it is Cartoon Collection and Cartoon Collection only. For everything else, I can dip into Origins for a certain combination of weirdness, coolness, compatibility, and price. Which brings us to the Origins Night Stalker.
Weirdness: A repaint of He-Man’s also robot horse thing, Strider.
Coolness: The black and gold repaint is much better-looking than the He-Man one, which looks like ass.
Compatibility: This is why it has to be Origins. Origins are the toyalikes, so they also don’t bend at the waist FOR SHIT. Ergo any steeds or accessories or whatnot have to take this into account, as Night Stalkers’s deep cockpit does.
Price: This was half off in the recent Mattel Creations sale. The shipping would have eaten up most of that but Cathy also wanted a doll fromt he sale so it became worthh it.
It is, as you can see, insane. It has a butt cannon. It has three firing effects for the three cannons. It has an elaborate stand (not shown) that may or may not be removable once it’s been installed. I can’t get it out currently but some heat may do the trick. It has a springy mouth to hold the bit. It looks completely fucking insane and a little bet metal.
For the pic, it took me an hour to track down the phrase “show jumping” from the concept of “horsie obstacle course thng in the Olympics” in order to find a workable gate for him to jump over while blasting the ever-loving shit out of He-Man.
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