Masters of the Universe Revelation Stinkor review

Stinkor has always been one of the more humorous of Skeletor’s henchman. His whole gimmick is that he stinks to the point none of the other Evil Minions want to be around him either. With his skunk motif and fun design, he’s a visually distinct character in a line full of memorable villains.

He didn’t have to wait too long to get included in the Masters of the Universe Revelation Masterverse line. Stinkor had a brief, but fun encounter with Teela and Andra in the first half of Revelation that showed he could be somewhat of a threat. Especially for folks without proper breathing apparatuses.

Let’s take a look at Stinkor and see if this figure deserves a spot in the garbage bin or a well-ventilated portion on the display.

Packaging:  There’s not a lot of lines with blue packaging and while green seems more of a base color for any Masters of the Universe line, it’s hard to argue with this setup. It definitely helps stand out on the shelves.

Mattel went with a nice wide window so you can actually see the figure and the accessories. This is becoming less common with changes to packaging materials, so I appreciate it. The right side has a fantastic portrait of Stinkor and it’s even cooler that the rear has its own unique art as well.

The writeup is so much fun as it paints Stinkor in an awful light thanks to his smell, but does it in a way that makes him sound extremely formidable.

Likeness: Stinkor looks great.  The Revelations Masterverse line has been very good about enhancing some of the vintage design without making a massive visual overhaul to the more fringe characters. So far only Orko, Teela, Beast Man and Mer-Man have had drastically different designs from the classic look.

Stinkor is definitely more classic-focused with just a bit of enhancements. The detailing on his head sculpt is fantastic with a terrifically fierce expression. The original figure had his Power Vest Gas Mask with a strip coming up to his nose as if to keep him from smelling himself.

His Power Vest has just the right amount of detail without looking too complex.

I really like the detailing on his fur, which further helps with the skunk visual. His loincloth stretches down further now while he still retains the thick boots for his three-toes.

Paint: Stinkor’s paint job is very impressive. Mattel did nice work to ensure the white doesn’t have a lot of the black bleeding through. Some areas are fainter than others, but overall the consistency is noteworthy. Black is normally not the best base color for a secondary white paint application.

The detailing around his face is commendable with the white, blue and yellow eyes. I really had to peer close to catch minor flaws, but they’re imperceptible from a standard distance. His loincloth has a darker wash, which is helpful to break up the dark red and brown.

Linework on the Power Vest is also very nicely done as well. Considering the color combinations, Stinkor could have been a real pain to find a figure with a good paint job and that’s not an issue at all. Mattel definitely deserves applause here.

Scale: The Revelation line is a 7″ scale so they’re taller than the Masters of the Universe Classics figures. So far, all the figures stick to the same basic height, which is fine until we get to Extendar and Ram-Man.

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Articulation: The Masterverse line sports 30 points of articulation making for the most poseable MOTU figure in this format ever.

I wish he had more range in his arms as even with double-jointed elbows his punches seem restricted, but he’s very fun to pose and torment the Masters. My figure had a spinning shin joint that should get fixed up with some superglue or tiny rubber bands. That was the only real problem in terms of posing him.

Masterverse Stinkor has:

• neck
• ball-jointed shoulders
• bicep
• elbow (double-jointed)
• wrist
• wrist hinge
• torso
• waist
• hip
• thigh
• knee (double-jointed)
• ankle

Accessories:  Mattel has been pretty good about packing in a decent amount of accessories with the figures.

Stinkor gets an alternate head sculpt with his gas mask. It’s a nice portrait with his squinting and more focused. The mask isn’t overly detailed, but is really well done.

He’s also got swappable hands with a grip right hand and an open palm left hand. Finally, he’s got a blue shield. It’s a cool addition that throws back to his original figure. Too bad his blaster wasn’t included.

Worth it?  I picked up Stinkor for $20. At this point it’s a matter of what store you hit up between paying $19.99 or $21.99. So far my luck has held out just fine on that front. Mattel is trying to pack in a bit more overall value with the size, detail and accessories to be a better value at the higher price point.

Rating: 9.5 out of 10

Even with the slightly restricted articulation this is a fantastic version of Stinkor and another excellent addition to the Revelation line.

Where to get it?  I found Stinkor at Target, but he’s also available at Walmart. Failing that, he’s easy to grab on Amazon and Entertainment Earth.