Review: Eternian Palace Guard 2-pack

January 2010 was a busy month for Masters of the Universe fans, who dug deep to get their hands on not only Mattel's first ever $40 army bulider two-pack, but also fits full of the company's limited run of display stands, ________(who else?). I picked up four sets of the fiugres that month, and after some wheeling and dealing on the Org's marketplace foum, I ended up with 16 guards

Masters of the Universe fans dug deep when Mattel released its first army bulding two-pack in January 2010 in the form of

It's safe to say these are far more succesful than the MTOUC vs. DCUC figures that.....

You get a generous four heads with this set, all of which wear a blue helmet nearly identicle to the one worn by Man-At-Arms, except that each has holes in the sides of the front of the helm to allow for the addition of a blue faceplate. One of the heads is decidedly snakelike, and makes me wish that had released a scaly version of Man-At-Arms as he was depicted in the 200x animated cartoon series in which King Hssss transformed the "masters" into slithering minions by the power of the fabled Ring of Serpentos. In honor of Mattel Marketing Manager Toyguru's (a.k.a. ____'s) 1983 Create-a-Character contest entry, one of these heads comes with the name Lieutenant Specter, who is mentioned in the set's bio as _____. Numerous fans have likened the (African-Eternian?) head to Clamp Champ. The fact that guards' bodies are covered chest to toe in armor makes it easy.... (include pic of warewolf guy).