Chilla (ThunderCats (Super7)) Review

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Chilla (ThunderCats (Super7)) Review

Chilla
ThunderCats (Super7) (Super7)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, such as the horns, the nose, and the crescent symbol on her forehead, er, hair. The hair, and by extension the horns, are soft plastic, as to reduce fears of breaking the horns. The likeness is accurate to the show, save for the hair having more detail, and she bears her default stern expression. The alternate head is much more displeased, with red eyes, mouth wide open, and hair flowing back. The mouth is sculpted with some depth, and there's a reason for that that I'll go over in a bit. The paint is very clean on the heads, and these figures certainly look nicer now that Super7's trying more to make them look less glossy.

Chilla stands 6 1/4", and befitting her powers, she has an icy color scheme, utilizing light purple and a few different blues. The paint lines on the body are very clean, save for a small speck above the right boot. The body sculpt itself is good too, with proper proportions and great blending with the articulation. The lower part of the dress isn't soft plastic, but it doesn't get in the way of leg movement thankfully. The icicle-like bits on the gloves are also tough plastic, so take some care when handling the arms not to jab yourself. Since Super7 likes tailoring, Chilla's cape is fabric, with an integrated wire, so that it can be posed dynamically. Holding the cape in place is a collar glued into the back, and it's made of soft plastic to keep it from restricting the shoulders.

Chilla has the standard movement, with a barbell head, swivel/hinge shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees, and ankles, ball-jointed (maybe barbell) chest, and swivel waist and thighs. Most of the joints move with no issue, but the leg joints were really stiff out of the box, and needed heat to get moving. They move fine now, but the thighs aren't all that great. The chest has some decent range, but I would've liked a little more tilt to it, and I'm not sure if the waist is a ball or just a slightly loose swivel, but some tilt there would've been good. On the positive side, the heads and hands swapped easily, with no need for heat.

The accessories for Chilla are pretty good, and most of them come from specific episodes whose names I can't remember. I already mentioned the extra head, and coming with it is an ice breath effect that plugs into the mouth with no issue. It's a little smaller than I would've liked, but it looks great. She also has sets of closed, gripping, and grasping hands, as well as a pointing right. Chilla has not just ice powers, but heat powers as well, made evident by the heat laser beam that plugs into the pointing hand. Going back to the ice powers, she has an icy grenade and a ice collar that can be placed around another figure's neck, but the latter can't be worn by Chilla herself. Less fantastical accessories include an antifreeze bottle, a spray can, and a handbag, and I know the last two come from "Sideswipe." If you pre-ordered the whole ninth wave from Super7 directly, you'd get a head pack with a smirking head for Chilla. That's something I really would've liked to get with the figure itself, rather than being locked behind a pre-order you have to pay upfront for.

The Lunataks were some of the many characters who never got figures in the original LJN line, and Super7 has finally done them justice. Chilla is a well-made figure, aside from some quibbles with articulation, and with Alluro having been out for a while and Luna and Amok having just come out, I'm holding out now for the remaining two Lunataks. It looks like there's nothing new going up for pre-order yet, so it's a good time to get the previous releases in this line.

- 3/19/25