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The Toyark › Thundercats Toy News › Mezco Mega Scale Thundercats Tygra – Toyark Photo Shoot

Mezco Mega Scale Thundercats Tygra – Toyark Photo Shoot

Posted on May 16, 2016 at 10:27 am by Joe Moore under Random Photo Shoot, Thundercats Toy News

When Thundercats was relaunched in 2011, many companies jumped in to produce numerous collectibles for fans. One of those companies was Mezco, who acquired a license to produce 14″ tall figures based on the original Thundercats cartoon. Unfortunately, fan interest in Thundercats simply wasn’t there, and many companies dropped their support for the brand. Companies such as Bandai, Hard Heroes, Pop Culture Shock and Icon Heroes abandoned the brand and let their licenses expire. Mezco, however, continued to press on.

In 2011, when the Thundercats boom began, they released their first figure in Lion-O. Then in 2012, they released Mumm-Ra, a SDCC exclusive Mumm-Ra with Ma-Mutt and then a Panthro. At that point, most fans figured Mezc would drop the line. But at Toy Fair 2013, Mezco revealed a Cheetara figure, and they also had a SDCC exclusive version of Cheetara with Snarf. After that release, Mezco’s Thundercats line seemed to end, and they went silent for a few years. At a Mezco Pre-Toy Fair event in 2015, we were shocked to see flyer announcing a Tygra Mega Scale Figure. After numerous teases and con appearances, Tygra was released earlier this month!

We have over 40 high resolution images and a full review of Tygra. The figure was supplied by sponsor Entertainment Earth.

Releated Entertainment Earth links: Mega Scale Tygra, All Thundercats Items

Entertainment Earth

Mezco Thundercats Mega Scale Tygra

Pros

  • Excellent sculpt
  • Great paint work
  • Bendable Bolo-whip
  • Looks great with other releases

Cons

  • Articulation is very limited

Overall
Tygra comes packaged in a collector friendly window box. The packaging is the same style as the previous releases, allowing for a consistent display across the line. The figure sits on a plastic tray, held in by a few twist ties. It’s easy enough to remove and place back in the packaging for storage or display.

Like the previous releases, Tygra stands roughly 14″ tall. It’s made of, mostly, thick vinyl. The figure has nine points of articulation, which has been the norm for this line. Tygra can swivel his neck, has ball socket shoulders, rotating wrists, some hip movement and rotating shins. The arm articulatio is more useful, allowign for some great looking dynamic action poses. The leg articulation, on the other hand, doesn’t feel very natural or useful. Once you find leg positions that allow Tygra to stand, there’s little reason to ever adjust them again. It’s not much, by Mezco was going more for an overall cartoon quality look, than a fully articulated action figure. Construction is handled well. There were no issues that jumped out, which isn’t surprising as the use of vinyl helps to ensure joints will remain tight and limits major quality control issues.

The real draw of the figure is the sculpt. It’s what fans have enjoyed about the entire line so far, and the main reason I’ll support these as long as they keep making them. Tygra looks absolutely fantastic in hand. He has a strong likeness to his 80’s cartoon version, much more so than, say, Lion-O. Paint work is top notch as well, with clean lines, bright colors that pop and no noticeable paint bleed.The included bolo-whip is a great display accessory. The entire whip is bendable, allowing for very natural looking poses whether you have Tygra winding his arm back, or standing in a more relaxed pose.

Tygra is right up there with Panthro as the best of the line. The strong sculpt and great paint work more than make up for the limited poseability. The figure looks fantastic when displayed with other Mag Scale Thundercats. If you’ve already invested in the previous Mezco releaases, there’s nothing that should keep you from grabbing Tygra as well.

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Discussion / Comments (Jump to this Thread on the Forum)

  1. Joe Moore's Avatar Joe Moore says

    05-16-2016, 07:27 AM

    Mezco Mega Scale Thundercats Tygra - Toyark Photo Shoot







  2. suchaname's Avatar suchaname says

    05-16-2016, 07:47 AM

    I have a boxed Panthro.

  3. magma169's Avatar magma169 says

    05-16-2016, 07:56 AM

    God, this is probably the most frustrating line of figures ever, and Tygra especially. He looks sooo good, the sculpt is excellent but the lack of articulation is killing me !!

  4. Joe Moore's Avatar Joe Moore says

    05-16-2016, 08:23 AM

    I wasn't expecting anything different after Lion-O. I knew what Mezco was doing (aesthetics above all else) and I've been ok with it. The thing is, these things are like $25. You just don't get fully articulated 14" tall figures for $25 these days. If it was fully articulated, the material would need to be changed to hard plastic to support the joints, thus upping the tooling and materials cost. You'd be looking at a $60 figure in that case, and the mass release audience just isn't there for expensive Thundercats figures.

  5. Tony_Bacala's Avatar Tony_Bacala says

    05-16-2016, 08:27 AM

    Great figure and set of pics. I'm glad they got the core done. Now, bring on the classics . Or hey, maybe some one12...

  6. magma169's Avatar magma169 says

    05-16-2016, 10:03 AM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Joe Moore View Post
    I wasn't expecting anything different after Lion-O. I knew what Mezco was doing (aesthetics above all else) and I've been ok with it. The thing is, these things are like $25. You just don't get fully articulated 14" tall figures for $25 these days. If it was fully articulated, the material would need to be changed to hard plastic to support the joints, thus upping the tooling and materials cost. You'd be looking at a $60 figure in that case, and the mass release audience just isn't there for expensive Thundercats figures.
    Good points ! I wasnt aware of the price point, which is indeed very low for the quality, even if the articulation is lacking. I actually am seriously considering to buy Tygra and Panthro now....... >___>

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Tony_Bacala View Post
    Great figure and set of pics. I'm glad they got the core done. Now, bring on the classics . Or hey, maybe some one12...
    one:12 would be great !!!

  7. Joe Moore's Avatar Joe Moore says

    05-16-2016, 10:08 AM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by magma169 View Post
    Good points ! I wasnt aware of the price point, which is indeed very low for the quality, even if the articulation is lacking. I actually am seriously considering to buy Tygra and Panthro now....... >___>



    one:12 would be great !!!
    Panthro is the best of the bunch. Includes an extra swappable hand so he can hold his nunchucks in both hands, or how I have him in the gallery. But the sculpts are all fantastic and worth it for the price.

    And yeah, One:12 Collective versions would look amazing.

  8. dCon's Avatar dCon says

    05-17-2016, 05:13 PM

    These look fantastic together! If I didn't have 5000 dollars worth of **** to buy this year already, I'd probably think about getting them all.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by magma169 View Post
    God, this is probably the most frustrating line of figures ever, and Tygra especially. He looks sooo good, the sculpt is excellent but the lack of articulation is killing me !!
    Sculpt makes you hope they put this kinda sculpt work into their One:12 line of Thundercats. I heard the guy at Mezco at toy fair preview say Thundercats are in their licensee for the One:12 line. Although he said it won't be this year unfortunately. But still THAT'S what I'm waiting for. The Marvel Comics version or if they ever get the rights to One:12 marvel cinematic studio figures I'd be all over those too.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Tony_Bacala View Post
    Great figure and set of pics. I'm glad they got the core done. Now, bring on the classics . Or hey, maybe some one12...
    Haha exactly! Good thing they have the license

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