You get the same packaging seen with Lion-O. Once again, I like the collector friendly nature of it, but the deco is a little bland. Ban Dai pretty much gives you a huge window with a clear shot of the figure, and that ain’t a bad thing. The back shows off the figure and accessories as well as some other figures in Ban Dai’s collection.

Everything I said about Lion-O’s glorious toyishness certainly holds true for Tygra. He’s got that same great plastic glossy look and feel. The sculpt features a ton of little detail work in Tygra’s head, but other than his muscules, there’s not a lot of original sculpt on Tygra’s body. I’m also not at all crazy about the way Ban Dai sculpted his lower legs. The calfs are pronounced and it makes his leg structure look strange. I’m not sure if this was intentional or not, but doesn’t quite look right. Apart from that, Tygra features a piece of armor over his left shoulder, some sculpting to his boots, and his clawed feet are exposed.

Tygra’s paintwork is mostly great, except for one glaring problem on mine. His left eye is applied a little too high. In passing, it looks a little pecuiliar, but on close inspection you can really see what happened. I haven’t decided yet whether or not it warrants me picking up a second Tygra. Other than the eye flub, the paintwork on his head is pretty impressive. The orange and black stripes are pretty striking, especially against the blues of his outfit. As with Lion, his Thundercats emblem is very sharp and crisp.

Tygra has almost the same articulation as Lion-O. He’s actually missing one point, despite the package still claiming 18 points. Let’s recap: The head is ball jointed, but the neck is also hinged where it meets the shoulder to give him more of an up and down motion to his head. The arms feature ball joints in the shoulders, hinged elbows, swivels in the biceps, and ball jointed wrists. His legs are ball jointed at the hips, feature swivels in the thighs and just above the boots, feature double hinged knees, and hinged ankles. Tygra also has a ball joint in his waist. What’s he missing? The second ab joint. He’s still a damn poseable figure though.

Tygra comes with two versions of his bolo whip. One is the collapsed version, the other is the whip fully extended. The extended one comes in two halves in the package. It’s nice and flexible and really lends itself well to a bunch of different action poses. Tygra also comes with an extra right hand to better grip the whip at the handle. Just like with Lion-O, I’m not sure why anyone would want the prone hand, but I try not to complain about extra accessories.

Tygra’s a perfectly fine figure with great articulation. On his own, he looks great, but compared to Lion-O he looks like he’s a little lacking. Part of it might be the simpler character design, but it just feels like Ban Dai might have put in a little less effort with this one when compared to Lion-O. At the $17.99 to $20 retail, I still think he’s a great deal. He’s a super fun toy to play with and I still wholly recommend him. And that’s the first wave of the Thundercats Classic figures. Here’s hoping Ban Dai hurries the next wave along quickly. It may take me a little bit, but the next time I revisit the Thundercats toys, we’ll be looking at the 6-inch figuers based off of the new series.