Recommended music: T78 & A*S*Y*S – Dragon Walker
Happy Monday, He-Fans and She-Ravers! On this #MastersMonday, we’re moving on to 1984 vehicles from the vintage Mattel Masters of the Universe toy line: it’s the Dragon Walker!
As a kid, and even 40 years later, I still think the Dragon Walker is a silly idea for a vehicle. Even though the Golden Book story The Rock Warriors showed the vehicle carrying He-Man over an “impassible mountain gorge,” I was skeptical. The Filmation He-Man and the Masters of the Universe animated series showed the Dragon Walker carrying multiple passengers, which the toy version clearly could not. If I needed a troop carrier, I still relied on Battle Bones, and any single hero could be transported to battle via cat, a vehicle with wheels, or a vehicle that could fly. 😄
While the “Sidewinding Beast/Vehicle” looks great in the packaging art painted by William George, the physical toy was not as practical. The motorized head/seat seemed to not stay attached to the base very well and had to be separated to change out the C batteries. When you did have fresh batteries in, the gear mechanism was unnecessarily loud in slowly moving your heroes a few feet ahead into battle in the playroom. Like the Road Ripper, the inclusion of a lap belt helped hold your figure in place (and even fits a Masters of the Universe Classics Battle-Armor He-Man after some adjustment).
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