Hey, it’s Zarak, everybody’s favorite half-orc assassin. He’s another of the smaller scaled figures from the LJN Dungeons & Dragons toy line. Like the others so far this week, he is also first wave, from 1983. I never understood why they made the half-orc smaller than the humans, but the choice does make for a nice skulking sculpt — he’s the only thief-ish character in the line. Unlike just about every other toy in the action figure line, he only has one accessory — his often-lost dagger.

He’s got an odd, lop-sided thing going on that I think is supposed to evoke a hunched posture and an uneven gait, and which is a pretty unusual design decision for a toy. His outfit is great, I love the pointy hood, and red and black are always a smart combo. Green skin, warts, lots of detail, though I feel like the facial sculpt is more reminiscent of the sort of gruff, middle-aged minor antagonist in a bad suit that would be a gadfly for a TV character like Magnum or Michael Knight before getting knocked off a pier or something. Anyway, a solid, fairly malevolent looking creep.

I will say, though, that the NECA Ultimates of Zarak is a massive upgrade. Holy wow, he looks dangerous. Like, as is — I can picture that little weirdo running around my house causing trouble like the goblin in Cat’s Eye.