Dan sometimes it seems that you enjoy every figure you get to review, but I appreciate your objective criticism of this figure while still retaining what you did like about it. Great review and solid critique

Rio Blast was always my favorite heroic warrior figure as a kid. I so wanted him to make an appearence in the cartoon series but alas it never happened. This figure looks amazing, another great job by the 4 Horesmen!

@barrydavid6634

4 жыл бұрын

quite a few characters were never featured in the Filmation cartoon series

He seriously needs a set of Bravestarr pistols! Pose him on 30/30, and it would be awesome!

Great review! Thank you! As well-sculpted and heavy on the new parts as this figure was, I still wish they'd've just gone that little bit further and made a hollow torso for re-use on later figures. Now I've got to figure out how to swap parts around to see if I can get a Buzz-Saw Hordak torso in there, somewhere . . . .

I always appreciate your honesty in your reviews, Dan! Thanks for talking about the good AND the bad.

I have to agree with you Dan, the fact that the flap doesn't go flush with the rest of the shirt if really disappointing.

One thing that I REALLY like about your videos, Dan, is that you're always honest. It's so rare to see that these days. And I totally agree with you about all of the gripes about this new figure. I had the vintage figure when I was a kid and while I do really love the sculpt on this new Rio Blast figure, there are some things that are left to be desired. I think this is one of those figures that can still be bought, however, and again, I appreciate your honesty, Dan. Keep up the excellent work!

Awesome job as always Dan. And, missed you on the last 2 RGD podcast. Hope all is well.!!

Im so happy for this figure! I always liked the cyborg Cowboy look. It fits in with the MOTUC world. He needs a cowboy hat now. Where can I find one....

Even with the flaws this figure looks AMAZING!!! Thanks Dan I can't wait for him. I was never able to get the original so this is a FANTASTIC update.

just a personal thought of how to fix the problem with the peg on the action feature in the chest, if you don't mind a little after market modification. punch a hole just big enough for the peg on the under side of the armor, so when you close the flap, it pegs right into the armor, that'll get it to close as flush as you like it. again it's after market modding, but it still works. just might have to touch up the silver paint around the hole so you don't just see it warn away when you punch the hold in the armor. hope this helps you

Apart from the lack of articulation on the wrists and the flap not closing flush, he looks good.

The Rio Blast of 80's seems like Charles Bronson. Hahahahaha!

@GreyHulk2156

8 жыл бұрын

+Julius Aravena You're right. In fact, I would say it's blatantly modeled after him.

Great review, Dan! Agree 100%!

I guess anyone who says his reviews aren't balanced needs to be referred to this one. I look forward to the figure, but I appreciate the honesty in this review.

I never had this guy as a vintage figure. My intro to him was the mini comic. I think I will always see Bravestarr here.

Great and honest review, Dan. I really don't get why they messed up the flap on his chest. Would it have been that hard to include a little hole in the armour piece so that it closed properly? I may take a drill to it and see if I can make it work. If you paint part of the torso silver underneath where it shows, it could look pretty good. I'm not as bothered about his visor not lining up but it's a ridiculous mistake for them to make.

Dan, do you ever do any customizing? If so, then maybe you could drill a hole into the armor for peg on the flap to go into. That might allow the flap to close completely. Just a suggestion.

This seems to be the most disappointed you have been with an MOTUC figure.

The chest flap has bugged me for a while now, seems like it could have been an easy fix if they had just sculpted an indentation on the chest for it to fit more snug against. The visor not lining up seems dumb too. Still a nice figure though.

I think the figure came out great. In regards to the visor piece. If you lift rio s head and crunch his abs down the visor will cover his eyes completely . The chest piece could have been better executed agreed but rio blast usually always has his chest blaster exposed any way. So no grips from me there . All in all my favorite he man character as a kid and I'm happy with him . Thanks Dan for all you do for the MOTUC brand .

@user-do2ev2hr7h

3 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure the chest piece could have been done all that better on this particular line. The obvious solution would be to have a recessed hole for the plug piece, but the armor isn't thick enough for that and all the figures had to use the basic buck. It's a shortcoming of construction.

Still worth the money to me. These are not cheap to produce. I'll take any MOTUC over a TMNT Dogpound and April any day.

The bucks are ready, time for a MOTUC BraveStarr, Matty!

He looks like Ben Stiller as White Goodman from "Dodgeball."

I actually think he looks great, hope I can pick one up.

he looks Michael Biehn when he played Johnny Ringo in Tombstone

Well, when I get him I'm sure going to customize some of the parts. I'll make a hole on the chest to make sure that flap closes. Then engineer something to make the visor move closer to his eyes...

Finally Rio Blast!

Great figure!

Great Review Dan!! I can't believe the 4 horse man are loosing their edge!! You can see the dissapointment in your face!! No fake!!

I like this guy. I like the clip on stuff better than the embedded weaponry. Makes him less of a cyborg.

Your reviews are awsome! I spend alot of cash because of you😜

I'm jealous, cause Rio was one from the vintage line I wanted BADLY. lol I love the look of the new version, with his hair & mustache. I have to admit I always wondered why the MOTU line had a sheriff?!? I thought Rio would fit more in line w/ Bravestarr's line and wondered if Rio was on the table for Bravestarr when it was canceled and Mattell said well he looks good and we might be able to salvage something out of Bravestarr. Any thoughts Dan or anyone?

Glad to hear Pixel Dan give his honest opinion (as always) about the FAILs this figures has. So glad Ruben is gone.

Is his bio in reference to anything. It reminds me of that space ranger cartoon from the 80's in a way.

They really dropped the ball here. I'm the first to say MotU redesigns are better than the originals, that is not the case at all here. I think I've decided which vintage figure I'll buy first now.

The green bag on his belt is full of sensu beans.

Try Putting his head on Man At Arms body or soldiers, It'll look badass!

why not just make a hole for the peg on his flap in his armor? and then paint it to look like a black void of some kind where the gun is stored? .... as it is now, the flap doesnt close and when it's open, there is no conceivable place the chest gun was stored to begin with ....

mmmm....I feel like they try so hard to keep the cost down on this guy they run out of time to improve the action features... They could have easily solved that chest piece problem by having a hole on the silver circuitry for the peg on the flap for the chest gun, keeping the flap tightly onto the chest armor. Circuit design could hide the hole. And since they went the trouble of sculpting a brand new forearm piece, they should have recreated the spinning gun fast draw gimmick, having the gun on a peg and be able to fold back in in its holstered state. They just got lazy with that visor... Could have been one of the best MOTU figure.

Dan do you get paint smears and flecks of off colour paint on your motuc figures? if so... does it bother you ?

@GavinAttitudeStrike

9 жыл бұрын

I do,it pisses me off!

People had seem Rio Blast as an Bravestarr character.

his head looks exactly like Micah from Red Dead Redemption 2

I never understood Rio Blast's name.

Its christmas time

Here's the question who would want him no one did back then ,no one does now his character was made for BRAVESTAR

Rio blast/ Brave star

This is the closest we'll ever get to getting a update to Bravestaar

@masterfarr8265

3 жыл бұрын

what's bravestar?

I wish he would have come a bit later so Brandon would have been in charge for this- not horrible but yeah :(

I just realized that he has armor. There's no reason why he shouldn't have a hole in his chest.

This figure remains me of Jesse the body from the movie the running man lol

Buzz saw Hordak had chest opening why not Rio Blast. Mattel cheap out on this figure

Oh, Rio Blast. I remember one of my friends owning one and me being so jealous of him! Little disappointed with this. I was very excited about finally getting a MOTUC Rio Blast but it has so many small issues. Making the weapons separate pieces is just lazy design! They should have at least made the chest piece internal. Also that visor would have been so easy to make properly, but Matty had zero effort. I hate that the weapons are just unpainted plastic. I don´t mind the head sculpt and paint-job on the body itself looks good, but there´s so much wrong with it. I should just get the vintage one instead!

I completely disagree. I actually really like how they incorporated the accessories. The flap on his chest does not bother me in the slightest because the vintage figure really creeped me out when I was a boy. I would imagine that they cut his heart out to put a gun and that grossed me out.

@brendastone8940

5 жыл бұрын

Jaime-Artur

This version of Rio Blas is so cool, best interpretation so far

The only thing missing is a cowboy hat

I love how they are selling the 2015 sub as "vintage" yet not a single damn vintage figure has been announced yet.

@TheTrans22

10 жыл бұрын

Ninjor

@LionstarofGladeClan

10 жыл бұрын

They need to sell the non-vintage fans too, and the vintage fans already know what's coming to them.

Rio Blast looks like Captain Freedom FROM THE Running MAN movie.. Jesse Ventura. Lol.

He kicks Bravestar's butt, and I'm sure Mattel did that on purpose :)

..... woohooo!!!!!

@vertigoink

10 жыл бұрын

Lol Kelvee it's not up yet :P

Maybe one of your third your third party friends will make a fix for the chest and back pack.

...Liked the video, but not much the new figure :/ . When me and my brother played as children, we own the vintage figure, as it extracted the weapons in fight with foes from many "figure universes" we made it yell:" Here's come the appetizers(for the legs guns), the fishes(for the arms ones) and the roast chicken(for the chest cannon)...now, pay the bill you filthy b4$74r%!!(so, finally we estracted the backpack blasters and make him overwhelm all the bad guys)"...Old good time that never come back again. Coll review: LIKES!! :)

too bad the weapons are not incorporated.... for the rest it's a great action figure

@airwatching2

6 жыл бұрын

one of the few cases when the vintage is better

a pass for me. hated the vintage figure and still 30 years later not a fan. must be the mustache or something. lol

Pretty close to being perfect? You count more flaws on this one then on any figure you have presented... and it is close to being perfect? Come on. I mean, it is beautiful looking... for a statue -- but they botched the "gun job". Funny thing is, compare this figure to Double Trouble. That figure should NOT have had an action feature as the thing ruined it. They should simply have made two heads instead and given us, oh I dunno a Horde emblem to put on her chest when she was a horde member... and maybe a horde armband? Meanwhile Rio Blast NEEDS the action features. Those guns, where do they appear from? Where are the hole in his legs from where the guns should appear? How can store a canon in his chest when there is no hole? They didn't even bother trying to hide this using a paint job that would have given the illusion of a hole in the chest. The problem with Matty when they do this kind of thing isn't just that they are cheap -- it is that they are dumb beyond belief. Figures that would have been waaay better without the action feature or the "nod" are ruined because Matty believes that fans would rather have the "nostalgia" than a figure that actually looks good. And then they do the opposite with figures like Rio Blast where the "nod/nostalgia" was actually important and needed.

@TrevorToonArt

10 жыл бұрын

Agree, the sorceress was a good example of not needing the action feature. They ruined a perfectly good figure.

@ExodusCore

9 жыл бұрын

***** Because his body was ripped apart. Rio Blast is a cyborg.

Wow man. Biggest disappointment of the entire line for me! Rio Blast is for me what Mosquitor is to you!!! Can't believe they blew the articulation and THE VISOR!!!! IT FOESNT EVEN COVER HIS FREAGIN EYES??? Geez. Horsemen putting work into their own lines now and totally cutting corners on a Mattel as Motuc draws to a close. So much for finishing strong.

The only thing I like is the sculpt of the face for this figure. The rest is a total FAIL!

Ill pass on this one. They really screwed the pooch on this one.

Nutlick REALLY screwed fans with this figure

@DonJasonDeMarco

10 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@ia5662

10 жыл бұрын

yep.

@DonJasonDeMarco

10 жыл бұрын

A lot of people were looking fore to this... even dan is not impressed how bad it turned out

@Reach008

10 жыл бұрын

whose Nutlick??

@NitroCigarette

10 жыл бұрын

Alberto Trujillo lmao

I can't remember, has this MOTU 'Captain America' had his Eternia horse or these cowboy spurs were used for steering meteors?

wow such bad and lazy engineering! The vintage figure looks and works so much better.

@TrevorToonArt

10 жыл бұрын

AlphaTrion92 So was Filmation Hordak :( Sub up everyone! (heavy sarcasm)