Custom Guerr-Or
Ever since I saw this figure in the Power and Honor
Foundation Catalog I wanted to own him. I was even more excited when The Fwoosh
did a review on him after Mat ‘O Toole (The Castle of Power) made a custom head
for this figure. So I went ahead and bought the head and I am now the proud
owner of Guerr-Or.
I am also very excited to use this figure for my very
first review here on the MOTU Universe Blog.
As you know, Mattel hasn’t come around to make this
figure in the Classic MOTU line as yet. Maybe it’s because of some licensing
agreement or whatever other legal reasons or maybe Mattel feels that this
figure isn’t important enough at the moment to bring out in the MOTU Classic
Line. If Mattel makes him one day, he will be a great addition to The Grayskull
Faction and it will be great to see him stand tall next to the other concept
figures that has already been made in the Classic Line.
The history basically around this figure is that it was
originally sculpted by Tony Guerrero. This figure made it all the way to the
prototype stage and you can clearly see the physical resemblance of He-Man. It
was decided to drop the helmet and to go with the blonde haired Heroic Warrior,
He-Man.
This is the Original Prototype Figure, Sculpted by Tony Guerrero on
display at Power-Con 2011
The Fwoosh named his figure, “Guerr-Or”, which I think is
the perfect name for this figure. Firstly it pays homage to Tony Guerrero for
all his hard work that he put into the MOTU Line and secondly the name just
sounds barbaric. A perfect name to put
fear into those who dare try stealing the secrets of Castle Grayskull.
As stated before the head was made by Mat ‘O Toole (The
Castle of Power) and the body that I used was a He-Man body, painted by the
talented Frikkie Stroebel (Blue Hands Customs)
I added the Classic Castle Grayskull Silver Ax as a
weapon. The prototype figure had a similar Ax. The Castle Grayskull Ax works
perfectly with this figure. The weapon makes Guerr-Or fit in perfectly with
Vikor and Vykron which basically also uses the Ax as their preferred weapon.
In my canon I have these three Vikings that protects the Secrets of Castle
Grayskull.
Even though Guerr-Or is a custom figure, I believe that
he deserves his rightful place between the Heroic Heroes of Eternia!!!
If you want to see and read more about this concept
figure, you can have a look on page 24 and 25 of The Power and The Honor
Foundation Catalog Volume 1.
Please check back regularly for more reviews!!!
I’m in the process of making my own Guerr-Or figure (I planned to name him Gu-Ro in honor of Tony Guerrero, but Guerr-Or is much better). In my head cannon, Guerr-Ro was a close associate of King Grayskull. When Grayskull died, his wife tasked Guerr-Ro with hiding the two halves of the sword of He (technically making him the first He-Man). On his travels, he met Vikor, who aided him in his quest. When Guerr-Ro was mortally wounded in battle, he passed on the responsibility of protecting the swords of He to Vikor. To honor Guerr-Ro’s sacrifice, the queen had an image of Guerr-Ro’s famed helmet carved into the door of Castle Grayskull, where it remains to this day.
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