The Mattycollector.com 2014 Club Eternia subscription kicked off with a bang this month with one of the last vintage evil warriors from Skeletor’s crew — Two Bad! Unfortunately he will not be for sale this Wednesday as Two Bad is exclusive to Club Eternia subscribers. That’s a shame because this figure turned out pretty great.
Two Bad® Bio
Real Name: Tuvar and Badra
Originally hired as bounty hunters to track down He-Man®, Tuvar and Badra were magically fused together in an unrepeatable spell by Skeletor® in retribution for their failure. Now called “Two Bad®,” this new multi-headed creature became a mixed blessing for the Evil Warriors. When his two heads are working together Two Bad® is nearly as clever and devious as Skeletor® and his advantage in battle is doubled. However his two heads rarely get along. Quite often the two heads will bicker with one another just at the wrong moment. Two Bad® is double trouble, twice the plotting power of other evil foes.
This bio is pretty much a retelling of the Two Bad origin episode from the 2002 cartoon, which is not really a bad thing, but not terribly interesting either. I do like the idea that he can, when not bickering with himself, be extremely dangerous.
Accessories
Two Bad comes with a double-headed mace and a shield and both are cast in solid plastic with no warping. The shield has a Two Bad-specific arm clip that is designed to slide on and off the fins on the left forearm.
This works pretty well, but it limits the shield’s utility to use with Two Bad as it doesn’t even clip on the right arm. The other issue I have with the shield is that it is a bit too glossy, and they dropped the metallic orange accent paint.
I hate to see them drop paint aps that were present on the prototype, and those metallic accents always add a lot to the final figure.
Sculpt
The sculpting on Two Bad is really impressive. As always, the 4H delivered on a truly monstrous visage, this time times two.
The blue face has an evil sneer with sharp vampire fangs protruding from curled lips. I’m reminded of the creepy Calibos creature from Clash of the Titans, which is a good thing in my book.
The purple head sculpt has an interesting squat wrinkled texture to him. The prominent jaw and brow make me think that Ron Perlman should play this guy in the live action film.
The other great thing about the purple side is all the detail packed into his boot and gauntlet. There are a couple different rough metal textures in there, and the paint adds to the rough metallic feel of the sculpt. The rough metal knuckle duster on the left hand is also a unique touch.
I like how the smooth blue side contrasts the purple scaly side in texture. I also love how there are two pretty unique-looking monsters mashed together here and the beauty of each side makes me want separate Tuvar and Badra figures more than I ever have in the past.
A cool feature of the sculpt is that the clips of the armor are actually integrated into the shapes on the armor itself and blend in perfectly. The only issue I have with the sculpt is that the heads are just slightly too close together, so close they bump against each other when looking straight ahead. A little separation between these two heads would have been nice.
Articulation
Two Bad has the standard MOTUC articulation, and his loin cloth allows for good leg movement. Unfortunately the sculpt on the blue side’s ankle does limit forward movement on that joint quite a bit.
Paint
Paint is decent on Two Bad except for the previously mentioned dropped paint aps on the shield. I would have liked a little wash to highlight the beautiful hammered metal texture of the left side boots.
The right side has the standard MOTUC muscle-defining shading, and the armor has the metallic orange highlights that the shield was missing.
Overall
A few nitpicks aside, this figure is quite good. I’ve never been a big fan of the character or the design of Two Bad, but I can appreciate it now that I have this extremely detailed figure.
Previous Features:
- Plundor
- Articulated Draego-Man head sculpt
- General Sunder
- Hover Disc
- Battlelord
- Teckno Jackal
- Conan
- Horde Troopers
- Geldor
- Nepthu
- Mantenna
- Lord Dactus
- Karatti
- He-Mike Skeleton Warriors
- Duskfang Conversion Kit
- Castaspella
- Batros
- Sky High and Jet Sled
- Shokoti
- Fighting Foe Men
- Icer
- Octavia
- Snake Face
- King He-Man
- Fang Man
- Ram Man
- Jitsu
- Netossa
- Granamyr
- Eternos Palace Randor
- Snake Men Two Pack
- Sir Laser-Lot
- Vykron
- Snake Man-At-Arms
- Stinkor
- Spector
- Draego-Man
- Thunder Punch He-Man
- Kobra Khan
- Fisto
- Fearless Photog
- Demo-Man
- Battleground Evil-Lyn
- Star Sisters
- Class of 2011
- Class of 2009
- Icarius
- Hurricane Hordak
- Man-E-Faces
- Megator
- Queen Marlena
- Clawful
- The Faceless One
- Battleground Teela
- Catra
- Panthor
- Battle Armor Skeletor
- King Hssss
- Bow
- Palace Guards
- Vikor
- Class of 2010
- Buzz-Off
- Grizzlor
- Roboto
- Chief Carnivus
- Whiplash
- Count Marzo
- She-Ra
- Keldor
- Optikk
- Evil-Lynn
- Moss-Man
- Faker
- Stratos
Amazing fight scene pics. I’m waiting on my Two-Bad’s to arrive this week in the mail.
boy, those mutants go down easy… you’d think, as massive as they are, they could take more of a beating.
SWEET PHOTOS Matthew K… You really make these MOTUC figures look 110% much better!!!