davidd's A Doll A Day 2019

[davidd]

Is he staying for Christmas?  Should be fun.  Do post the link to "all" the pix & story.

Yes, the current plan is for the figure to be here through January. If I end up doing a "story" like last time, I shall either link to it or post it here.

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6 December – Karate Guy with Dust & Lint

More by accident than any intent, I ended up learning a lot more about these little off-brand karate and wrestling style figures than I had planned.

There are actually people who collect "knock-off" wrestling and karate figures. This particular figure is from a line called "Ninja Warriors." They can be found on eBay in listings titled MOTU KO figures.

MOTU stands for "Masters of the Universe," a 1980s-1990s TV cartoon and toy line. While not actual Masters of the Universe figures, these inex-pensive copies share the same approximate body type, aggressive stance, and limited articulation of the Mattel Masters of the Universe line.

KO stands for "knock off." While these figures were not exact counterfeits, they tended to be close copies of name-brand professional wrestling (WWF/WWE) figures.

So MOTU KO is the terminology used by collectors of both professional wrestling action figures and Masters of the Universe figures to describe inex-pensive derivative figures.

The uniform of this particular 6-inch (15cm) figure is fairly nicely crafted of cloth... which attracts dust and lint that is more evident in photos than it is to the eye.