The current fate of the Thundercats toy lines from Bandai are dubious at best. With the show being moved from Friday evenings to Saturday mornings, and with not much news coming out for the second season, and the latest waves of the 3 3/4 inch and 6 inch toy lines being near impossible to find anywhere, fans are left wondering if it’s just the end of the Thundercats.
According to Bandai themselves, the toy lines are not cancelled, and they have no plans to cancel them any time soon. Likewise, WB has said that the second season has been ordered and they are currently recording the episodes now. Still though, with how haphazard the toy line property has been handled, it doesn’t leave much confidence in fans. This figure in particular, Tygra, is possibly the hardest Thundercats toy to find. He’s from the 6″ modern toy line, and with him he completes the four main Thundercats in 6″ form. Because of this, he’s of course highly sought after. But due to distribution problems, or perhaps due to stores just not ordering any cases with him in it, means the best way to find him is to pay a high premium on the secondary market.
Try as I might to wait to find him in stores, I just couldn’t hold out any longer. I broke down and bought him on the secondary market. I just couldn’t wait to complete my main Thundercats team in the 6″ scale. Yes they still need to make Snarf, Wily Kit, and Wily Kat in 6″ scale, but to me as long as I have the four main cats I think I’ll be ok for now.
Tygra is definitely the best 6″ Thundercats figure released so far, but is that saying much? Was Tygra worth the wait? worth the price? Keep reading to find out!