Toy Bender

While I don’t really count myself as a tried and true He-Man fan, he does hold a special place in my heart. I’m really hoping Mattel’s new attempt at making He-Man fans for collectors is really successful, not so much because I’ll be collecting them (due to a high price point and previous toy line commitments), but because I love a world where He-Man is in production.

There are a few characters that may tip the balance from admiration to a purchase:

Rio Blast

Rio Blast is not only a cowboy in a sci-fi/fantasy world which is ultra cool in itself, but he’s also loaded with enough firepower to take down a city block. This guy has guns hidden everywhere, and I mean everywhere… wink wink. I can only imagine how hard a modernly sculpted Rio Blast would rock with all of his hidden weapons that could flip out to transform him into a killing machine (I wasn’t a big fan of the gigantic gun arm on the statue, I prefer the lower key approach.). Just make sure he comes with a removable hat. Every cowboys needs a hat like they need a sad, sad song.

Mosquitor:

This is a character that really would only work if he had his special action feature, which Mattel has pretty much stated they won’t be doing. It’s a shame if they don’t, because Mosquitor had one of the coolest action features around. He had a button on his back that made it look like blood was flowing through his clear chest piece! It was the only way to give He-Man malaria back in the day. Bring him back and Mosquitor can give him West Nile!

Roboto

Roboto deserves a spot in my wants because he’s an awesome robot that could come with interchangeable weapon hands. He also could be made with a clear chest that showed off all his robo-parts. You could either go with an updated look on this or what might be even better is a steam punk kind of a look inside him with all the old school gears and what not. I guess it would be too much to ask to see some of his parts moving, but I can dream can’t I?

Hordak

Who knew She-Ra’s arch-nemesis would be such a bad ass? I mean, here’s He-Man fighting Skeletor and snake men day in and day out like it’s some big deal and his female cousin and her ultra gay friends are fighting a dude that’s much, much more evil and powerful. That’s got to be pretty emasculating. Hordak has a really cool look that I think would translate very well into a more modern sculpt by the Four Horsemen.

She-Ra

She-Ra was meant to be a girl’s toy, but I’m going to bet that a lot more dudes like her now-days than girls. Hot damn, She-Ra is fine. A She-Ra figure is a must buy for me, no questions asked. And don’t make it some stupid Comic Con Exclusive. Enough people will want She-Ra to warrant putting her on MattyCollector.com straight up.

If you still want more He-Man related wishing, I’d recommend checking out Poe Ghostal’s want list. He just happened to come up with one this week as well. Sneaky devil.