Thundercats Movie

Thundercats - Season One, Volume Two
$64.98
I love the Thundercats. I remember watching it with a passion, when I was a kid along with G.I. Joe and Transformers and the appeal has lasted into adulthood. If you're nostalgic and want to re-experience a great cartoon (despite highly glaring reality issues (i.e., Thundercats breathing and talking in space)), then this is a great buy as a series.

However, the massive problem I have with this is the order of the episodes. It's the worst possible thing you can do to a boxed set, considering that you're creating the boxed set for nostalgic fans. Do the producers of these boxed sets actually think children are looking for Thundercats cartoons? That's about as likely as a 30-year-old looking for Felix the Cat cartoons.

Basically, this volume deals with Lion-O's trials to officially become the Lord of the Thundercats. These trials take place back to back, which is highly obvious due to:

1. The Thundercat's missing their logos after each defeat (Lion-O wears them now)
2. The mutants having conversations about the trials
3. Lion-O being physically tired from previous trial levels

If you watch the dvds, though, you'll quickly find that the trial episodes are split up between the disks--about one episode per disk. The episodes are so badly reordered that the season narrative looses any sensibility. (For instance, in Episode 5: The Demolisher, Mum-Ra specifically uses video from Episode 10: The Rock Giant, to convince the Demolisher to fight Lion-O. The video in question is of Lion-O defeating the Rock Giant.) This happens time and again and not only is it annoying, it's insulting. It's like watching seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer out of order--the narrative just doesn't make sense.

1 star for the absolute worst boxed set ever and I've seen the TMNT (2003) and original FOX X-Men boxed sets (not new) so that's saying something.

ThunderCats Lion O Statue by Hard Hero

Movie Replicas Direct is proud to present another Hard Hero Sculpt! The ThunderCats Lion O Statue! Another '80s phenom is being brought back. With a big-screen movie in the works and slated for 2010 release, this is perfect timing for Hard Hero to begin a Thundercats statue line. The first in the series is the Lion-O Statue. Lion-O is the Young Lord of the Thundercats. He is known to receive advice from the Ghost of Jaga and is the keeper of the Sword of Omens. As his names suggests, he has the appearance of a mighty lion. Pre-Order your ThunderCats Lion O Statue by Hard Hero and let Movie Replicas Direct deliver your statue in March 2010

Thundercats - Liono's Sword of Omens 34" - Movie Replica Sword
$83.54
34" Overall. ; ; Tell Pantho and Tygra to step off, grab Cheetara and roll out baby! Lion-O the Lord of the Thudercats, is not as he appears. Although his body is fully developed, his mind is that of a child. With the Sword of Omens and enchanted claw shield at his side Lion-O has powers that rival those of all the Thundercats. With Jaga's guidance, in "spirit" form, Lion-O has learned to trust in the Sword of Omens and the Code that binds all Thunderians.

Thundercats - Season One, Volume One
$64.98
Well, Wal-Mart finally got the Thundercats on DVD. They are selling each volume for 19.99!

Now the good news!! The Season 1 Vol 1 set now has the background music restored on the 2nd episode!!

However, the bad news is that they didn't fix the rolling on the first episode...GO FIGURE!!

The Thundercats is one of the greatest cartoons of all time and has some of the best writting ever.