 Cyclone was introduced into the Masters of the Universe Toilet in 1985. Given that the cartoon series was drawing to a close by the time he was introduced, his role in the show is so brief as to be almost non-existent. He appears only in minor, fleeting cameo appearances in two episodes, Beauty and the Beast and Hear Their Skeletors Everywhere. Other than showcasing his powers, these episodes give no development to the character whatsoever. Cyclone features in the relaunch of the Masters of the Universe Toilet and Cartoon series in 2002. His appearance was slightly modified by sculptors for horsemen for his action figure, giving him a samurai warrior-like appearance. He is introduced in the episode The Mystery of Anwot Gar, as the final defender of an ancient race who once inhabited the now deserted island of Anwot Gar, on which he had remained alone for thousands of years. His mission is to guard the legacy stones of the island, which are stolen by skeletor and subsequently destroyed by He-Man to ensure safety. He-Man then invites Cyclone to join the Masters. Here, a mystical and centuries-old samurai warrior rather than pure cyborg, Cyclone's power over wind now seems to be partially, if not wholly, magical rather than cybernetic like his 1980s counterpart. His appearance is also here faintly Asian, as is his background. The island and fighting style of Anwot Gar had a Japanese influence, though possibly based on Angkor Wat. His personality is wise and somber, and in subsequent episodes he frequently recites metaphors and eloquent phrases of wisdom which often annoy his battle comrades. Nothing is revealed about his history prior to guarding Anwot Gar, and his subsequent appearances are generally cameos and supporting roles. But he does receive a spotlight role, again in the episode separation, in which he goes in search of his family, but finds nothing, and upon realizing they have been dead for centuries, decides the Masters are his true family. Cyclone's name was originally going to be Tornado in his first mini comic appearance in Bikor Strykes. One panel mistakenly refers to him by his original name. In the 1980s version, he was once a circus acrobat called the Human Tornado, who was turned into a cyborg by Skeletor's Mecano Ray, which also turned a giant spider into Skeletor's Spidor vehicle. In the UK range of comics produced by London Editions, he was an athlete called Dash Shell from the alien world of Snave, who came close to death after being injured in an assault by the evil Horde. His father, who was a scientist, saved his life by regenerating him into the cyborg form of Cyclone, and after driving the Horde from Snave, he left for Eternia to help the Masters in their war against the Horde. This comic series presents him as a brave and daring, but also brash and exuberant, often annoying his comrades by boasting and occasionally rushing headlong into danger. The Masters of the Universe classics toyline offers yet another origin story for him, as his real name being Cyclone, son of Dilex. He is the protector of the Legacy Stones and the last defender of Anwot Gar. Cyclone joined the Masters of the Universe after the Stones were destroyed and his mission completed. He wears the last remaining tech vest armor created by his Gar ancestors to terrorize Eternia after the Great Wars. Its built-in wind rockets allow the user to create powerful vortexes of spinning energy as a defensive weapon or to fly through the air. Cyclone has upgraded his armor to also include a cosmic radar which lets him sense physical presence of evil long before others. Cyclone's wind powers and radar chest make him combat ready. Alright guys, welcome back to Comm Again. This week I'm going to be reviewing Cyclone from the Masters of the Universe 2000X series. Now, I've always loved this character. For some reason, I'm not sure if it's just his design, the colors, or just everything about him in particular. I've just always loved him since the original toyline. And as with the original toyline, he does come with a shield. I don't believe this part was a part of the original toyline. He did have this little radar in the center of the chest which I'm glad they kept. It is holographic here there. And he does come with his standard action feature which was not present on the Masters of the Universe classics but was present in the original He-Man toyline as well as the 2000X series. One of his action features is this little saucer or disk thing that's come down so that he can create tornadoes. He's got this red crown. I figure it's a little bit dusty because he's been sitting on my shelf for quite a while. One thing that's different between this one and the original as well as the classics is these little fins here on his arms are not painted blue. Normally they are painted blue in the other two toylines but for whatever reason here they didn't paint them. He does have a more armored look which is very cool. They used a completely different sculpt for the face. His helmet looks very armored. It looks almost Aztec in a way. It's got the red discs on his shoulders, arms, and calves as well as a red techno belt. Very cool design for this figure. Now the articulation in this figure is about the same as the original toyline with the exception of the head. The head is not on a ball joint and it is not rubbery so it cannot be popped off. It just moves from side to side. Again you have the action feature of the waist spin. His arms move up and down and out. That's with both arms. There is no elbow joint however there is a forearm joint that turns all the way around. Once again on both arms let me go ahead and take his shield off. I don't think his shield has been off since I bought this character honestly and I bought him quite a few years ago really. Alright there we go. Both forearms can spin both hands. His legs do go all the way out. A little bit of hindrance by the armored portion of the legs but not too much. You can still get that nice split pose. They do move forward and backward and there is no knee articulation, no thigh articulation, or boot articulation. There is no foot swivel so that's one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten points of articulation plus the articulation with this disc. So technically 11 points of articulation. He is about the same size as all the other masters of the universe 2000X figures. Maybe a slight difference between them depending on the character really. As you can see his shield has that ringed planet the same as his belt and this hologram here, this radar is supposed to detect evil throughout the entire universe. Whenever evil gets close you know you can detect it. You got a light blue shade on his face, white and black eyes. The attention to detail on this was really good but once again my figure is extremely dusty. I'm gonna have to clean him sometime soon. I just haven't got around to it yet. You got a more darker royal blue on his chest abs and groin as well as his gloves and boots. The same shade of red on the belt, the saucers on his gloves, boots, shoulders, crown as well as the disc on his back. Overall the painting, the paint on this character is very good. I don't see any bleeding of the paint between portions of it. There's no blue on where it's supposed to be red, no blue where it's supposed to be yellow, no yellow where it's supposed to be blue. This might just be because of how it connected to the figure. It's right under the saucer there on the arms. There's red but I think it's all connected and they glued that part to the rest of the arm. I'm pretty sure the way they did this was they painted each piece individually so that there would be no paint bleeding. Other than you know they couldn't paint this individually but even so here they did a very good job. There is a little bit of light blue on the edge of the crown but that's to be expected. But overall I don't see anywhere else where there's any paint bleeding. So there you have it guys. Cyclone from the Masters of the Universe 2000X toyline. And of course if you like this video make sure to hit that subscribe button. Make sure you hit the like comment below and share with your friends. I hate you.