Review: Dungeons and Dragons Cartoon Hank

Forty years ago, six children disappeared on what seemed to be a normal day. They were sent to a mysterious land full of magic and danger. Each Saturday morning, you could watch them struggle to find their way home, forced to match wits with an evil demon lord at the behest of a mysterious man. This was Dungeon and Dragons and Hasbro has released figures based on that group’s leader, Hank.

Hank is a fifteen-year-old male from Earth who was brought to “the Realm of Dungeons & Dragons” by the Dungeon Master. He was given an energy bow as his weapon. Popular and charismatic, Hank is a natural leader and he does his best to keep the team and their hope of returning home alive.

Hank is a white male with blonde hair. He is wearing an olive green tunic with a brown belt around his waist and a green shirt underneath. He has green tights and brown boots on.

He has a head on a ball joint, with the usual range of motion, and is not hindered by his hair. The arms are on ball hinges, with single-jointed elbows with rotation instead of a bicep swivel, and a hinged hands-on peg. He has a ball joint at the hips, which allows for movement forwards and back, and side to side. His legs are on a t-bar joint and can kick forward, back and to the side, though the bottom of the tunic does hinder it a bit. He has double-jointed knees, a swivel at the boot and rocker ankles.

His accessories include two versions of his bow. One is a powered-down version, a light brown bow with no drawstring. The other is made from clear yellow plastic, with a drawn magical arrow drawn back, representing the weapon’s magical attack. Finally, all of the figures in the cartoon line come with a die, and Hank has an 8-sided die.

With Diana, Bobby and other Hasbro D&D figures

The figure is a decent representation of the character from the cartoon. My main complaint with this line stands with this figure: the articulation is subpar. Hasbro has been sitting on this property and can’t even give it proper consideration. I would expect more for my buck for a CAD$35 figure from a property that Hasbro owns outright. But, these are probably the only version of this property we will get. Most cartoons do not get a mass-market toy line 40 years after its debut. Too bad Hasbro doesn’t seem to care about it.

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The Dungeon and Dragons Cartoon Classics Hank is in stores now.

This Review is for entertainment purposes only. I have not received anything from Hasbro, Walmart, or anyone else for this review. The items were purchased myself with my own money. All opinions are mine; any pictures were taken by me and are for review purposes only.

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2 responses to “Review: Dungeons and Dragons Cartoon Hank”

  1. Johanna Casiddy Avatar

    I love this
    Great blog post! It’s interesting to see that Hasbro has released figures based on the characters from the classic Dungeons and Dragons cartoon. Hank seems like a really cool character and the figure looks pretty good, although, it’s a shame that the articulation is subpar. Do you think Hasbro will improve the articulation of these figures in the future or are we stuck with what we have?
    Johanna
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    1. xcalibar25 Avatar

      I think these are the only versions of these characters we are going to see for a while unless there is a reboot or they make a version based on their “cameo” in the live-action movie. The other lines have better articulation (Marvel Legends, G.I. Joe Classified) at the same price, so it points to Hasbro not caring enough about a property that they own.
      Thank you for the like and the Comment
      James aka Xcalibar

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