MOTU Chronicles Ram Man

If there's one thing I would have liked to see a little more of in the recently released Masters of the Universe movie was a small snapshot of some of the supporting character's backgrounds. Even though I grew up with the cartoons and witnessed Ram Man duking it out on many occasions, I really didn't know much about him. After looking it up, it seems as though Ram Man has a couple of different origin stories. One of them states that he  gets his power from an inherited suit of armor. Another refers to him as a "brutal loner". This figure embodies the latter. I'm good with that 👍 

It feels weird but also super satisfying being able to articulate and pose Ram Man's lower half. Those of us who grew up with the vintage figure know just what I mean.
Aside from a couple of minor QC issues, I'm genuinely enjoying this line. Every figure is unique and does a good job of bringing our favorite cartoon characters to life. I'm also digging the personalized weapons, like, check out Ram Man's axe handle for instance. The knob is actually a skeleton head and it's painted in a shiny silver color making it look  metallic. Could that be a reference to Ram Man's skull composition? 

As much as I love displaying Ram Man with his battle axe, Mattel made a great decision to include a pair of punching fists. 
 I'm definitely going to be adding more Chronicles movie based figs to the collection. I still need to pick up Man-at-Arms, Fisto, Teela and Evilynn. Stay tuned! 

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