Back in 1986(ish) I had to make a stand one Saturday morning in Woolworths. I wanted one of the new Masters of the Universe (MOTU) line, the evil Horde- Mantenna. But my dad had an issue with him, "That's one of the baddies from She-Ra. That's for girls". Do I give in and settle for a less interesting toy? Or do I stand my ground and double down on the rationale that the Horde figures come in the same "boxes" as the other He-man toys? With a combination of supreme logic and expert whining I'd won him round, and Mantenna was mine. The first of several Horde members I would get as a child. I loved the Horde, they all had unique designs above your average henchman and cool play gimmicks (Grizzlor notwithstanding). I had nearly all of them, except one. Being a pedantic little geek, even at the age of six, I didn't want a Hordak figure because he didn't look like how he did in the cartoon show. Cartoon Hordak had a angular, robot-like face, blue skin and a laser gun arm. Toy Hordak had bad acne on his forehead, gray skin, and red bat thing that rested on his arm. But 33 years later, Super 7 have corrected that mistake by remaking vintage Hordak in the cartoon design. Will he live up to six-year-old me's expectations?
