THE HORDE'S RANK AND FILE
Horde Trooper
The Horde Trooper is the mass-produced robotic foot soldier of the Evil Horde, armored, interchangeable and expendable by design, the closest thing Etheria has to a stormtrooper.
The Horde Trooper is the mass-produced foot soldier of the Evil Horde in She-Ra: Princess of Power, Hordak's faceless army on Etheria. It has no single voice actor; George DiCenzo and Lou Scheimer are both credited with trooper lines.
THE HORDE'S RANK AND FILE
The Horde's army, built to be replaceable
The Horde Trooper is the Evil Horde's mass-produced foot soldier, armored and faceless behind a glowing-eyed visor and built to be interchangeable. Eternia's war has named lieutenants on both sides, but Hordak backs himself on Etheria with ranks of these troopers, the same job Star Wars stormtroopers do for the Empire: a visible, numerous and disposable army.
The Horde Trooper is on screen in more episodes of She-Ra: Princess of Power than most named supporting characters, and almost never as an individual. They patrol in groups, fire in formation, stand guard in pairs, and now and then get swept away by a flood or buried under flower garlands for a joke.
The voice credits are just as anonymous. George DiCenzo is credited as a Horde Trooper in "Into Etheria," on top of Hordak and Bow, and Lou Scheimer, credited as Erik Gunden, picks up trooper lines in "Into Etheria," "Reunions" and "She-Ra Unchained" alongside Kowl, Swift Wind and others. A small voice cast covering an army of identical extras was ordinary Filmation practice.
The 1986 Mattel figure built its gimmick around the same disposability: press the red button on his chest and the torso collapses, a robot knocked apart in a fight that never quite ends for this character.[1]
The Horde Troopers doing what they are for: keeping prisoners down.
Clipped from our own copy of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Anchors Aloft, Part 2 (She-Ra: Princess of Power, 1985), 3:11 to 5:09, 1 minute 58 seconds. Nothing is added and nothing is sped up. Copyright Mattel.
ON SCREEN
A career of standing guard, firing in formation and losing
Most of what the troopers do comes down to a short list: standing guard, marching or riding in Horde vehicles, firing in formation, and getting swept away, knocked down or otherwise beaten by whichever hero or natural disaster the episode needs. "King Miro's Journey" buries a line of troopers under a flash flood, and "Flowers for Hordak" drapes one head to foot in flower garlands as a running gag.
The same holds in the few scenes that put a trooper beside a named character. "The Inspector" flanks its blue-skinned title character with troopers carrying freeze guns, props for his authority, and "Duel at Devlan" puts one at the controls of a black Horde craft marked with the red bat emblem. Even the best individual trooper moments are support work for somebody else's episode.
THE FIGURE SITUATION
Two in stock now
The Horde Trooper has two figures in stock at BBTS: the Origins Horde Trooper Prime and a Funko Pop! Retro Toys figure.
The figure to own
Masters of the Universe: Origins Horde Trooper Prime
The 1986 vintage figure, the 2013 Masters of the Universe Classics release and the 2017 Super7 follow-up are all retired, and the 2024 Masterverse oversized figure is sold out.
MSRP $26.99
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EVERY FIGURE
Every Horde Trooper release, start to finish
Super7 Classics - Horde Trooper Super7 · 2017 Archive only 
Horde Troopers Mattel · 2013 Subscription Archive only 
Origins The Evil Horde Action Figures Set Mattel Archive only 
IN BRIEF
Horde Trooper, year by year
He-Man and She-Ra: The Secret of the Sword introduces the Horde Trooper
The faceless, armored rank and file of Hordak's occupying army on Etheria, present from the Horde's first appearance on screen.
Mattel releases the vintage Horde Trooper figure
Press the red button on his chest and the torso collapses, as if the robot had been shot apart.
MOTU Classics releases Horde Troopers
A MattyCollector release, now long retired.
Super7 Classics releases its own Horde Trooper
The seven-inch collector format carried on after MattyCollector wound down. Now sold out.
MOTU Masterverse releases an oversized New Eternia Horde Trooper
An 8.5-inch figure whose removable helmet shows a "Horde Goblin" underneath. Now sold out.
Masters of the Universe Origins releases Horde Trooper Prime
In stock at BBTS, alongside a Funko Pop! Retro Toys Horde Trooper.
Questions
Horde Trooper questions, answered
Who voices the Horde Trooper?
No single actor. George DiCenzo is credited as a Horde Trooper in "Into Etheria," and Lou Scheimer, credited as Erik Gunden, is credited for troopers in "Into Etheria," "Reunions" and "She-Ra Unchained," each on top of their main roles.
Is the Horde Trooper a robot or a person?
The vintage toy treats it as a robot whose chest collapses when it is beaten. Mattel's 2024 Masterverse figure says otherwise: its removable helmet reveals a living "Horde Goblin" inside the armor.
Does the Horde Trooper have a current action figure?
Yes, two: the Masters of the Universe Origins Horde Trooper Prime and a Funko Pop! Retro Toys figure, both in stock at BBTS. The 1986 vintage, 2013 Classics and 2017 Super7 releases are retired or sold out.
What was the vintage Horde Trooper figure's toy gimmick?
Press the red button on his chest and the torso collapses, as though the robot had been shot apart.
When did the vintage Horde Trooper come out?
In 1986, packed with a red staff weapon and the minicomic The Hordes of Hordak.
How many episodes does the Horde Trooper appear in?
66 episodes of She-Ra: Princess of Power, nearly always in groups and never with a storyline of its own.
Are all Horde Trooper figures the same design?
Broadly yes. Every release keeps the armored, visored silhouette with the red bat emblem and varies mainly in scale and articulation.
Why doesn't the Horde Trooper have one definitive voice actor?
Because it is never written as one individual. Filmation's small voice cast covered trooper lines episode by episode on top of their named roles.
Compiled by the heman.org desk from Filmation's credited cast lists and episode synopses, He-Man.org's vintage figure entry, and Mattel's and Super7's own packaging and catalog copy.
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