When Pumyra was announced, I took it as a good sign that Mattel planned to make a good number of Thundercats figures. When I first heard rumblings of the line ending, my first thought was that I selfishly wished they had made Cheetara, one of my personal favorites, instead. Having the figure in hand, I find a lot to like, but a lot to critique as well. Let’s take a look at Pumyra!
Pumyra is one of the Thundercats introduced in the second season, so I’m a lot less familiar with her character. I do love the design aesthetic for the Thundercats the most out of everything on that show, so I was looking forward to this figure despite my lack of familiarity.
The sculpt seems pretty close to some drawings of Pumyra, but not others. Sometimes she is drawn with a much more rounded face and this figure has a bit of a longer face, though it’s still instantly recognizable and close enough for my taste. I have a little mold flashing along the jaw line of my Pumyra that mars the overall appearance. I also feel like the head is a little too high on the neck or the neck is a little long, I’m not sure, but something is off there.
The outfit has the appropriate details and looks on model. The only real flaw would be that she is a little too tall when compared to Lion-O. I think it’s a combo of Lion-O being a bit too short and Pumyra being a bit too tall.
The belt is removable and it took me a bit to figure how it should sit on the waist. If you move the knot slightly behind her left hip and below the waist cut, the straps on the right side will rest on the pouch sculpted on the skirt. It doesn’t really want to stay put well, and I would glue it down if it weren’t also her weapon.
There is a separate sling weapon piece that is sculpted to look like the belt has been removed and is used as a weapon. It works pretty well for an in-action pose. The figure also comes with a couple extra hands: two grasping, one fist, and one spell-casting. I appreciate the variety as some of the alternate hands lately have felt redundant.
Pumyra also comes with a spinning star weapon and some sort of wand. I did look around to find out the origin of these items since they weren’t familiar to me, but i came up empty. Any help identifying the origin would be appreciated.
The articulation is pretty MOTUC female standard with:
- Ball-and-socket neck
- Swivel/hinge shoulders, wrists, hips and ankles
- Swivel waist, biceps and hips
- Single-hinge elbows and knees
The hips are slightly blocked by the skirt and the head is a little blocked by the sideburns, but it otherwise moves well.
The paint is pretty simplistic. One of the pupils on my figure is off a bit, so it looks like she has a slight lazy eye.
Overall, despite some of the significant flaws, I really like this figure. It’s so cool building a little group of Thundercats in this style, but like every new Thundercats Classics figure I open, it’s a little bittersweet because I want more. At least Cheetara, Tigra, Slythe, Monkian, and Mumm-Ra in his powered-up mode.
