- Talon Fighter
The Talon Fighter is a vehicle that features in the 1980s
toyline Masters of the Universe and theanimated television series based on the toyline,He-Man and the Masters of the Universe , produced byFilmation .Description
The Talon Fighter is a winged flying vehicle, which can carry two people onboard, styled to resemble a
bird of prey in flight. The vehicle is capable acrobatic feats. OnlyHe-Man possesses the strength and skill to control it. When needed it will obey He-Man's call for help and fly to his aid. When inactive the Fighter rests atPoint Dread . [cite web|title=Masters of the Universe Series Bible p.47|url=http://www.he-man.org/cartoon/exclusivefeatures/exclusive-mastersseriesbible-47.shtml|publisher=He-Man.org]Minicomics
In the minicomic portrayals, the Talon Fighter is an powerful craft capable of swinging the tide of a battle. "Point Dread" is alternately carried by the Talon Fighter or magically appears under it when it lands, including on top of
Castle Grayskull .Filmation
In the Filmation cartoon, the Talon Fighter is rarely used and is portrayed as an airplane. It has no special powers and functions like the
Wind Raider does in earlier episodes. The Wind Raider remains more popular in the series.Toy
The toy was packaged as "Frontier Outpost Point Dread and Flying Talon Fighter!". Point Dread was a one-room base with the same gray-green, rocky exterior as Castle Grayskull and a "perch" on top for the Talon Fighter. Point Dread's upper half could be removed and placed atop one of the towers of the Grayskull playset, allowing the Talon Fighter to rest atop Grayskull as shown in the minicomics. The Talon Fighter toy itself had a yellow-orange hull, a blue canopy and red-orange wings and "claw" landing gear. [cite web|title=Point Dread|url=http://www.he-man.org/primary_sects/toys/html/collector_guides/motu_class/toy_pages/pointdread.shtml|publisher=He-Man.org] A
Book-and-Record set was also included, with one story on each side of a 7-inchvinyl record and a read-along storybook incomic book format. [cite web|title=The Power of Point Dread--Danger at Castle Grayskull|url=http://www.he-man.org/primary_sects/books/html/other/power_of_pointdread.shtml|publisher=He-Man.org]References
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