{"id":39530,"date":"2023-04-17T21:13:01","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T01:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=39530"},"modified":"2023-04-17T21:13:01","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T01:13:01","slug":"soon-forget-motu-classics-ra-jar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2023\/04\/soon-forget-motu-classics-ra-jar\/","title":{"rendered":"Soon Forget: MotU Classics Ra-Jar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is the latest in a series (of indefinite length and regularity) of blog posts memorializing cancelled toys. Our figure today is Mattel's Ra-Jar.<\/p>\n<p>Back when Mattel was hosting its Create-a-Character contest for the <i>Masters of the Universe Classics<\/i> line, they didn't just jump straight to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/poe\/motuccgm.php\">Castle Grayskullman<\/a> - there were other finalists as well. For instance, Angelia Pettus's creation, Ra-Jar, the Heroic Six-Handed Warrior.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/motucrajar2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/motucrajar2-199x300.jpg\" title=\"click to embiggen\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>Real Name: Rajar Powar Kamal III<br \/>\nPrince of the ancient City of Kundali. For decades Ra-Jar reined over the hidden Jungle Kingdom with great wisdom and justice until the Snake Men army conquered the holy city, occupying the Grand Palace and enslaving his people. After he escaped, he joined the Masters of the Universe in their battle against evil. With his power of Hypnosis he is a powerful ally if the Snake Men strike again.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/motucrajar1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/motucrajar1-300x232.jpg\" title=\"click to embiggen\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Comes complete with: Sword and Shield of Langore, 6 Daggers of Nawab, 4 interchangeable hypnotic Gemstones, Removable holster, Grand Palace Force blaster and his best friend: Langur Taki.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This isn't a \"cancelled\" toy in the usual sense, in that it was just one of six potential ideas that would be made, but this absolutely would have been a fun toy if it had won.<\/p>\n<div class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Posts\"><H5>&lt;i&gt;And now, some more OAFEry:&lt;\/i&gt;<\/H5><ul class=\"entry-meta\"><li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"MotU Classics: The Map of Etheria\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2011\/05\/motu-classics-the-map-of-etheria\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">MotU Classics: The Map of Etheria<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"ATFC '11 - Day 2: Mattel\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2011\/02\/atfc-11-day-2-mattel\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">ATFC '11 - Day 2: Mattel<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"The weakest crossover designs yet\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2025\/10\/the-weakest-crossover-designs-yet\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">The weakest crossover designs yet<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Flippin' through Previews - December '12\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2012\/12\/flippin-through-previews-december-12\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Flippin' through Previews - December '12<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Geoffrey! What is best in life!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2024\/05\/geoffrey-what-is-best-in-life\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Geoffrey! What is best in life!<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the latest in a series (of indefinite length and regularity) of blog posts memorializing cancelled toys. Our figure today is Mattel's Ra-Jar. Back when Mattel was hosting its Create-a-Character contest for the Masters of the Universe Classics line, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2023\/04\/soon-forget-motu-classics-ra-jar\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[331,200,7],"tags":[15],"class_list":["post-39530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cancelled-toys","category-customs","category-mattel","tag-motu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39530"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39535,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39530\/revisions\/39535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}