Tuskador, aka Insyzor is an action figure from the Mattel He-Man toy line and a character from the 1990 animated series The New Adventures of He-Man.
Character history[]
Toyline Biography[]
Mighty and Mysterious Inter-galactic Trader from the star system Polarides. He is ready to fight fist and tusk for He-Man to keep the starways clear of evil mutants. There is no escape for an evil mutant caught in his swivelling tusks.
Mission: To search the star system for the supplies that He-Man and the Galactic Guardians urgently need to battle Skeletor and his evil mutants.
Battle Equipment: Swivelling tusks & mega blaster.
The New Adventures of He-Man[]
Tuskador.
Tuskador was a powerful fighter, proficient in hand-to-hand combat techniques. He wore armour which had two large tusks, which he used to pick up enemies and toss them aside. He was a man of few words, and took a methodical, serious approach to fighting; adeptly analysing his enemies weaknesses before he attacked.
Tuskador was a visiting soldier to Primus who signed up for a dangerous, potentially one way mission to intercept the spaceship Blatazeen 5, which was carrying deadly Deenos Gas. Before Tuskador was allowed to join the mission, he had to prove himself in battle against Sagitar. While acknowledging that Sagitar was a powerful opponent, Tuskador proved his abilities by using his own size against him, and bested Sagitar in combat. Tuskador was subsequently allowed to join the mission and, after successfully carrying out the mission, was officially admitted into the ranks of the Galactic Guardians[1].
Behind the scenes[]
- Tuskador was portrayed as a human in the animated series, but his original action figure and Masters of the Universe Classics figure show him with more alien features.
- Though featured prominently in a number of episodes of the cartoon, Tuskador's origins were never explored and he was given little characterization.
Appearances[]
The New Adventures of He-Man[]
- The Pen Is Mightier Than the Sword... Or Is It?
- The Festival of Lights (non speaking role)
- The Gift
- Skeletor's Victory
- Escape from Gaolotia (moral only) (non speaking role)
- Fading Star
- Skeletor's Revenge (cameo) (non speaking role)
- The Mind Lens (cameo) (non speaking role)
- Adam's Adventure
- Collision Course (non speaking role)
- He-Caz
- The Galactic Guardians
- The Children's Planet
- Zone of Darkness
- Once Upon a Time (cameo) (non speaking role)
- A Plague on Primus (non speaking role)
- The Test of Time
- The Sheriff of Gorn City (non speaking role)
- The New Wizard in Town (non speaking role)
- The Nemesis Within' (non speaking role)
- He-Fan (non speaking role)
- The Dream Zone
- You're in the Army Now (non speaking role)
- No Easy Way
- The Guns of Nordor
- Dreadator (cameo) (non speaking role)
- Mutiny on the Mothership
- The Power of the Good and the Way of the Magic (cameo) (non speaking role)
- There's Gems in Them Hills
- A Time to Leave (cameo) (non speaking role)
- The Games (appears in flashback)