THE BLEEDING CHEST
Mosquitor
Mosquitor, the Horde's insect warrior, came out at the end of 1986 with red fluid pumping behind the clear panel in his chest.
Mosquitor is an Evil Horde insect warrior from Mattel's Masters of the Universe line, released late in 1986 with red fluid pumping behind a clear panel in his chest.
The record
The facts
THE VINTAGE FIGURE
Blood behind glass
Mosquitor joined the Evil Horde at the very end of 1986, an insect warrior in black, brown and purple with a long stinger for a nose and a clear window in his chest. Red fluid runs down behind that window, collects at the bottom and is pumped back up to the top, so he looks as if he is full of whatever he has just drunk; the card says it plainly: "Chest pumps red fluid!"[1]
Pat Dunn designed and sculpted him, by David Wolfram's account, and Wolfram's concept drawing is close to the finished shape, though it gave him a blue body, solid black eyes and separate toes. Every part of the figure was new, and none of it turned up on another toy. He came with a purple Roto-Laser Blaster, which the card art paints silver, and Errol McCarthy drew the scene on the back of the card.
[1] ^ Battle Ram dates the US release to around November 27, 1986: Mosquitor was one of a few figures from the 1987 assortment that reached stores early. Mattel had used a pumping-fluid feature before, on its 1980 vampire bat Gre-Gory.
THE STORIES
Draining He-Man
His power is the one his toy shows off.[2] In the minicomic Enter: Buzz-Saw Hordak!, his first story, Mosquitor nearly beats He-Man by draining his life force, and in the newspaper strip story Terror Takes Time he drains so much from He-Man that Adam has to stay Adam while Grayskull's power recovers. Star Comics drew him with a browner, more organic head in its eighth issue.
No cartoon ever used him, and he is not in either film.
[2] ^ Battle Ram reports that some Top Toys releases have black "blood," and the Spanish release came with a blue gun in place of the purple one. Mattel's 1987 Style Guide says he "Drains enemies of their power with his bionic stinger."
LATER FIGURES
Wings and a hose
Mattel's collector figures belong to a later chapter than the 1986 toy and its comics. Masters of the Universe Classics made him at seven inches in 2012 for that year's subscription. The Masterverse New Eternia figure gives him articulated wings, a blaster with three attachments, a chest harness with a spare front panel and a hose that runs from his head to his back.
THE FIGURE TO OWN
Masterverse New Eternia Mosquitor
No vintage-style Mosquitor is on sale now. The Masterverse New Eternia figure keeps the 1986 colors and the bloodsucking head, and BigBadToyStore has it in stock.
Masterverse New Eternia Mosquitor
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IN BRIEF
From Gre-Gory to Masterverse
Gre-Gory
Mattel's vampire bat toy pumps fluid years before Mosquitor.
The vintage figure
Mosquitor reaches US stores around the end of November, ahead of the 1987 assortment.
Masters of the Universe Classics
A seven-inch Mosquitor in that year's subscription.
Masterverse
The New Eternia Mosquitor, with wings and a hose, in stock at BigBadToyStore.
Questions
Mosquitor, answered
Who is Mosquitor?
An insect warrior of the Evil Horde who drains the energy of his enemies.
When did the Mosquitor figure come out?
Battle Ram puts it at around November 27, 1986, ahead of the rest of the 1987 assortment.
How does his chest work?
Red fluid runs down behind a clear panel, gathers at the bottom and is pumped back to the top.
Who designed Mosquitor?
Pat Dunn designed and sculpted him, according to David Wolfram, who drew the concept.
What weapon did he come with?
A purple Roto-Laser Blaster. The card art shows it in silver.
What is his first story?
The minicomic Enter: Buzz-Saw Hordak!, where he almost beats He-Man by draining his life force.
Is the blood always red?
No. Battle Ram reports black fluid in some Top Toys releases.
What comes with the Masterverse figure?
Articulated wings, a blaster with three attachments, a spare chest panel and a hose from his head to his back.
Is a Mosquitor figure in stock?
Yes. BigBadToyStore has the Masterverse New Eternia Mosquitor.
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Compiled by the heman.org desk from Battle Ram's history of the vintage figure (Adam McCombs, October 20, 2016), Mattel's product copy for the Masterverse figure and BigBadToyStore's current listings.
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