Another vintage MOTU puzzle, this one 200-- nope, make that 199 pieces. I judged the missing piece worth it since I got the puzzle dirt cheap. This action scene shows He-Man sideswiping Mer-Man with the Wind Raider while Skeletor, having apparently stormed Point Dread and stolen the Talon Fighter, prepares to take out his bitter enemy as Buzz-Off tries to intervene. Interestingly, He-Man is depicted in his battle armor, while Skeletor remains in his standard garb. Mer-Man is depicted as he appeared in cross-sell art, rather than the actual toy. It was fairly unusual to see this version of him as late as 1985, but it fits with artist Fred Carillo's rendering of the character. Carillo illustrated storybooks and other licensed items for the vintage MOTU line. He also added a dorsal fin to Mer-Man, as seen in this illustration from the Golden storybook The Sword of Skeletor. This was a nice bit of artistic license I appreciated, and it led me to always draw Mer-Man with that fin when I was little. His facial expression here just kills me; he's basically just been run over, and he's like, "Oh well, that's life!"
Like the last of these vintage MOTU puzzles I did, the pieces are thin, and some have a bit of slight warping. This particular puzzle has several pieces with pegs that are splitting apart. I like that the box still has the K-Mart price sticker on it! I should note that the puzzle is untitled, so I made one up that fits with the other titles in the series.
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