PALLANTIDES OF THE BLACK DRAGONS CONAN SERIES 2

by Conan

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• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0007KL7B4
• Item model number: 787926402445
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #89,361 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Best of the Best, May 3, 2005

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Ezekiel K. Best, III (Charlottesville, VA.. USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: PALLANTIDES OF THE BLACK DRAGONS CONAN SERIES 2 (Toy)

This action figure is superb in detail as well as quality. The figure really brings you face to face with the Conan legend and really stirs the imagination to visualize heroic battle scenes where the battle prowess of this warrior, along with that of Conan, will really make the difference. Hats off to McFarlane for a job well done!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Pllantides, the command of Conan's Black Dragons, May 18, 2005

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Lawrance M. Bernabo (The Zenith City, Duluth, Minnesota) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: PALLANTIDES OF THE BLACK DRAGONS CONAN SERIES 2 (Toy)

McFarlane Toys has put together characters from Robert E. Howard's only Conan novel "Hour of the Dragon" (a.k.a. "Conan the Conqueror" to those of us who read the Lancer paperbacks with the Frank Frazetta covers as our introduction to the character) for the second series of Conan action figures. The story is of Conan when he is the middle-aged king of the ancient kingdom of Aquilonia who has to fight a final battle against Xaltotun, a resurrected sorcerer. But while armies are clashing Conan has to find the fabled Heart of Ahriman to defeat his enemy. He also meets a slave girl in Nemedia that he will make queen of Aquilonia. But while Conan is going after the Heart he needs somebody to command his army in his absence.

This 6" figure is of Pallantides of the Black Dragon, Conan's field commander in the Aquilonian army. He is shown in full battle armor, including a shield, and is about to draw his sword (there is also a the ruins of a small column as the base). If you want to pass him off for a Roman or Greek warrior you will be able to get away with it. This figure actually makes the character look a lot stronger than he did in the novel, where Pallantides had a tendency to be a bit subservient (much was made of the fact that Pallantides was a civilized man and had trouble understanding Conan given the rather interesting route by which the Cimmerian came to the throne of Aquilonia). Howard may or may not have gotten the name from Greek mythology, where the Pallantides were the people that Theseus defeated right before the decided to go to Crete and stop the sacrifice of Athenian youths to the Minotaur.

Series II includes the King Conan of Aquilonia on his throne that is pretty much the last shot we have of the character in the "Conan the Barbarian" film (admit it, this is the one you want the most) and Battle Conan (a.k.a. Conan the Warrior). The rest of Series II consists of Zenobia, the dancing girl and Conan's future queen; Xaltotun the Undead, the skeletal sorcerer; and the Man-Eating Haunter of the Pits. This last one explains why Battle Conan is suspended in the air on a really long support peg, because the base of this figure connects with Haunter of the Pits to form an interactive diorama. You can have Pallantides going after Xaltotun, but it would not be an "official" diorama.

5.0 out of 5 stars FINEST DETAIL..., November 2, 2009

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J. Morales "DONG@TETAY" (L.A.,CA USA) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: PALLANTIDES OF THE BLACK DRAGONS CONAN SERIES 2 (Toy)

THIS FIGURE IS VERY MUCH DETAILED, ANOTHER MASTERPIECE OF MCFARLANE FOR A 7 INCH FIGURE! MABUHAY MCFARLANE!!!