Chilla
ThunderCats (Super7) - Ultimates
Rated 4.45 stars by RMaster007
Thundercats was a pretty standard 80s action cartoon: you had a group of heroes facing off against a supervillain and their henchmen on a daily basis, with some child characters and a funny animal sidekick thrown in. Season 2 shook things up a bit with the inclusion of not only more Thundercats, but a new group of villains known as the Lunataks. They didn't work for Mumm-Ra, and also didn't get along as well as the Mutants did, but nevertheless presented new problems for the heroes, and were well liked by fans. Super7 waited until wave 8 of their Ultimates to start doing them, but my first Lunatak, Chilla, is the second one they've put out. The Lunataks had some pretty funky designs, and Chilla is the most humanoid of them, but she shared some of the same design aspects as the others,...[See More]

Slithe
ThunderCats (Super7) - Ultimates
Rated 4.75 stars by RMaster007
Getting into a line late has its drawbacks, Super7's Thundercats Ultimates line being a good example. It wasn't until around when wave 10 or 11 got revealed that I started getting the figures, missing out on some of the long sold-out figures and exclusives, including Slithe. He was $45 at release, before the Ultimates price hike, and he's now worth up to $150 on eBay. The thought of getting him was priced out for me, but guess who happened to be one of last year's Christmas gifts? The Reptilian leader of the mutants isn't a pretty face, but we all know how good Rankin-Bass was at designing all sorts of strange creatures. Slithe has a great portrait, done by Four Horsemen Studios, in one of the first Thundercats figures they did for Super7 and not Mattel. He has big, fin-like ears, making...[See More]

Captain Shiner
ThunderCats (Super7) - Ultimates
Rated 4.85 stars by RMaster007
The world of Thundercats is quite expansive, with plenty of unique characters and species. The old LJN line did much of those characters, but there were still some left unmade in figure form that now have ones thanks of Super7. I thought Captain Shiner was S7 only since he only appeared in two episodes, but no, LJN did him too. Both of his appearances showed he was a mercenary for hire employed by Mumm-Ra, but he was willing to help out the heroes in his debut, so in a way, he's the TC Ultimates line's first "neutral" character. Shiner's face reminds me a bit of a Sphynx cat, especially with the pinkish skin. The ears aren't very catlike, though, being rather small and pointed. I'm not sure if he's supposed to be a catman not associated with the Thundercats, but one thing's for sure, the...[See More]

Snarf
ThunderCats (Super7) - Ultimates
Rated 4.45 stars by RMaster007
A few days ago, I finally started watching Thundercats after leaving it sitting in my Hulu watchlist for over a year or so, and it's damn good. As in, probably the best 80s cartoon I've seen (yes, even more than the old TMNT cartoon). It was a well-written and occasionally surprisingly dark show for the time, and the anime-like style helped (mainly cause it was animated overseas). We all know about Super7's Ultimates lines, and I unfortunately didn't get into it soon enough to get some of the figures, like the super-popular Slithe or the Ghost Jaga exclusive that makes more sense in a display, but I've been getting what I can find, starting with Snarf, the… snarf. The packaging is fairly simple in design, making use of black and red colors, alongside the slip cover (which is no longer...[See More]