In indie toy spaces, Generation X kids and baby Millennials may remember figures like the original Fisher-Price Adventure People X-Ray Man Action Figure [FOTD #2,542]. I've seen many resin toy mimic its vibes, which applied an inverse color scheme and a robot tampo to an existing diver figure. Healey Made took their venerable bounty hunter character and thusly created X-Raider. It's a great riff on a riff on a riff.
There was a big gap between releases. The last releases of this mold were "Skelly Raider" figures in Skeletor colors in July 2024. A year is a long time to wait for a repaint!
So what's the deal? Healey Made's Raider is an indie toy with five points of articulation and removable backpack rockets. Its design was derived from an indie Cobra Fett design that was iterated on a few times, eventually becoming this guy. Sculpted by Stephen Geddes (an original gangster of Kenner), the figure contains elements resembling Boba Fett, Cobra Commander, and Darth Vader plus Peter Cushing's face. It's great. The paint job was meant to mimic X-Ray Man, thus forcing a non-consenting collab between multiple 1980s toy companies.
I assume most fans will see this figure and immediately get the gag, or just appreciate it for the daffy mash-up that it is. The colors look great, and the same detailing as all the other Raider figures is apparent/transparent. Like the original Fisher-Price figures, the limbs are unpainted with limited pigment on the head and front of chest. The design isn't an exact match for the old figure, but you can see where it's going.
The figure mold has no changes I could spot. It still doesn't have foot peg holes, but it still has the deep grooves and quality sculpting you've seen for the last few years. The joints are reasonably tight and you can still pop out the limbs, head, or rockets. The figure is perfectly compatible with most Kenner-era vehicles and seats, just as long as foot pegs aren't a requirement to function. So don't expect it to work with your old Imperial Sniper.
Like anything of a specific style, there are shades of change between colors. This one isn't a perfect match for my Rayexx [FOTD #1,655] figure, but does seem to match my X-Ray Woman [FOTD #2,460] in terms of most coloring. Interestingly, the X-Raider's human hair more closely matches X-Ray Man [FOTD #2,542] with plastic that has just a tiny hint of a glow under normal light. This made me put it under UV light - and it totally sings. If you have black light, shine it on this guy. It's amazing.
I missed the launch notice, so I was quasi-panicked when I ordered from the Healey Made shop. Thank goodness it was still available.
I'd recommend this figure for, well, you if you're a regular reader. Indie, retro, Star Wars-adjacent/compatible 3 3/4-inch weirdness. If I ever got enough figures and stuff to do 1980s-style Marvel comic Star Wars or Droids cartoon dioramas, this guy would fit right in. I hope he does the Assassin and Trooper in these colors, and I'm super glad we got this one. But I wonder what else he might do with the Raider. The Mandalorian colors? Clawtron? Zoids "Type 2" blue, gold, and white? There are plenty of options, and I'm looking forward to seeing what's next.
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