Since I now have a working relationship with Spy Monkey Creations, I’m not going to do a “review” of the Dark Arsenal of the Space Pirate set. Instead, I’ll just say a few words about it, and then let you check out the photos.

There are five pieces to the set: the “energy bow,” the sword, the fly swatter, a sword-style hilt, and a “blaster” handle. All of the attachments–as well as Trap Jaw’s own attachments–can be plugged into the hilt/handle to create independent weapons, allowing for some awesome accessories for both Trap Jaw and Kronis. They even have hooks so you can hang them from Trap Jaw’s belt.

All three of the new attachments are inspired by the Filmation cartoon, as you can see on this page of He-Man.org. They’re not identical to the Filmation versions–for copyright reasons–but they definitely can be considered “Classics-ized” versions of them.

I particularly like making Trap Jaw’s blaster rifle into a hand-held one for Kronis. I imagine this could have been Kronis’s favorite weapon, and after he lost his arm and got the prosthetic one, he adapted the rifle for the robotic arm.

This is the best product yet from Spy Monkey Creations. Let’s put it this way: I was almost as excited for this as I was for Gygor. If you’d like to order your own set, go here.

I haven’t received the silver version of the weapons yet, the Tools of the Master Strategist (which are intended for Roboto), but I should have them in a few weeks.

And now, on to the pics. Click on any of them for a larger version.