One good (or bad) thing about a toy line sticking around for a long time is that previously off-limits characters, like this Filmation-inspired Eternos Palace King Randor can get made. It's good because a few loud fans have been asking for a Filmation Randor for years, and it's bad for that exact reason. The figure didn't sell out, and while it looks supremely cool it's a big step back from previous MOTUC toys in terms of articulation. Compared to the rest of the line, this one is a statue due to the incredibly stiff (I didn't get mine to move) ankles, the coat which keeps the hip joints from moving at all, and the newly-tooled arms (good) that no longer has a bicep swivel joint (bad).
As Randor will most likely be a display piece for collectors at this point, his 19 points of articulation has been functionally reduced to pretty much the arms and neck. The hips are blocked by his royal skirt, the coat prevents the ab crunch from providing much value, the stiff ankles make it so you won't want to touch the knees. Randor's good for standing around and waving his spear with his arms, or drinking. Which is about as much as I tend to remember him doing on the old TV show, so really, that's not bad.
The sculpt is great, and he's a beefy update of the original Filmation animation model reusing the 2009 Randor toy's head. The necklace is held in place with a rubber band (keep an eye on the band, it'll turn yellow and start crumbling in about 5-6 years) which was a really clever idea so your figure looks good without anything flailing while in the packaging. I really dig the wacky vac-metal goblet, but it feels like it may have been made of a more flexible plastic which can be bad for flaking in the long run. You want to use hard ABS when doing vac-metal, which is why your C-3PO still looks pretty good after 35 years. The spear is an update of the 1987 figure, and oddly the 2009 figure did not include the spear. Why? I guess it doesn't matter. But it's good to have it here so you can give it to the other figure, were you so inclined.
While not a bad figure, it's certainly a step back from most of the line in terms of movement. If ever we get a throne, Randor can't sit on it. If what you want is a pretty awesome 1982-style Randor to stand around on your Eternia toy shelf, this is perfect. He feels less likely to tapple over than most figures due to the stiff joints, so hey, there's a plus-- it's not like I was going to play around with this one much anyway. I'd say overall it's a good execution of a character of this nature, but it's a few notches below the other figures in the line in terms of articulation... so it's pretty good.
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