Dungeons & Dragons Cartoon Classics: Eric The Cavalier

“You’re crazy!”

Always ready with a sarcastic suggestion or a cowardly comment, Eric The Cavalier was one of the funniest characters on the classic Dungeons & Dragons cartoon. He was also the group’s realist. As much as I longed to be as cool and brave as Hank, I identified most with Eric. Despite his somewhat cowardly ways at times, Eric was always looking out for his friends and would often step up when least expected.

Hasbro’s Cartoon Classics version of Eric is something of a letdown. Of all of the figures that I have from this line (all except for Venger and Dungeon Master), Eric looks the least like his cartoon character version. The face is a little bit off, the chain mail is grey instead of blue, and the knee guards aren’t round like the ones in the cartoon. That being said, he’s still a great addition to my collection.

Like other figures in this line, Eric’s joints are extremely stiff. He features the same points of articulation and much like some of the other figures, he’s hindered at the hips by his clothing. He comes with his trademark shield with a removable force-field effect and a ten-sided die. The shield snaps securely to his arm.

Once again I received a damaged box. Once again, I decided to discard it. If you do plan to keep the boxes, they line up to form a mural of the heroes and Venger. Hasbro’s move to plastic-free packaging (which has been put to an end) means that Eric and his accessories were packed in paper similar to the kind used to wrap tennis shoes. The packaging features some great artwork and photos of Eric, Presto, and Sheila.

In a weird turn of events, I managed to snag all of the figures in the second wave over the last couple of days. A review of Presto will be coming soon, but maybe I need to review some of the first wave figures before I get to him. Let me know in the comments if there’s a specific figure you’d like me to cover next and I’ll do my best to tackle it in my next post.

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