King Arthur and the Knights of Justice

King Arthur and the Knights of Justice - Lord Viper

I recently saw a tweet that stated that the best things of the 90's were really just backwash from the 80's. I'm still not sure if that is true but it does come up here with King Arthur and the Knights of Justice. It didn't last long but I loved it, especially that theme song! Definitely brought back feelings of Boorman's Excalibur. Also, the Round Table and Suit Up moments felt a lot like M.A.S.K. The biggest connection might be Masters of the Universe. A lot of the same voice actors from the New Adventures of He-Man show up in this series. Garry Chalk, who played He-Man in the New Adventures and Man at Arms in the 200X MYP series plays our main henchman and leader of the Warlords, Lord Viper.

Also, let's not forget the Black Wing/Stratos similarities:

One further connection, is that Mattel also created the toys for the short lived series. The figures were close in scale to both the vintage line and the New Adventures. The Horde Slime Pit was even planned for the series but I'm not sure if it was ever released before cancelation.

Continuing on my 5.5 figure binge that I have been on, I decided to pick up the Lord Viper figure.

He stands slightly shorter than the vintage figures but it is still pretty close to scale. His helmet has been changed from the show to operate more like a visor that covers his scarred face. That is a little bit unfortunate since he was a well designed character but I do enjoy the disfigured face. But, it would have been nice to have had this:

Lord Viper came with an oversized sword that features a cool snake head. Another neat feature is that the inside of his cape looks like snake skin!

Obviously, I plan to align this guy with the Snakemen. King Hiss could use a conniving younger sibling who plots to usurp him.

By the way, the show is available through Amazon Prime

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