The Wind Raider is a vehicle that features in the 1980s toyline Masters of the Universe and the animated television series based on the toyline, produced by Filmation.
Description[]
The Wind Raider is a powerful jet-propelled craft that has the capability to fly and also travel above the Harmony Sea. The vehicle is equipped with lasers and photon guns, and can hold five people. The Wind Raider is used by the Heroic Warriors.
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983)[]
- Main article: Wind Raider (DC Comics)
The Wind Raider shown in the 1982 DC comics is relative in size to the toy version. There is only enough room for one person to sit in it, but in some instance a second person will stand on the side of the cockpit, holding on to the driver.
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983)[]
- Main article: Wind Raider (Filmation)
The Wind Raider is one of the most used vehicles in the kingdom of Eternos. Unlike the toy version, the animated Wind Raider is much larger and seats up four or more persons in the front and back. In the episode The Cat and the Spider a different Wind Raider appears, with spider legs. This version is Webstor's personal version of the vehicle.
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2002)[]
- Main article: Wind Raider (2002)
The Wind Raider of the original series was so popular that it appears again in the 2002 MOTU series, where most of the vehicles were new designs.
Netflix series[]
Masters of the Universe: Revelation[]
- Main article: Wind Raider (Revelation)
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2021)[]
- Main article: Wind Raider (Netflix)
Toy[]
The Wind Raider was an olive green hulled toy with dark yellow wings, tailfin, and skull. The toy had wheels to roll on a floor or table and an anchor/winch that would unwind and wind using the skull on top of the vehicle. The toy carried one action figure even though in the minicomics and TV series show the wind raider carrying 2 or 4 people. Possibly because of the similar color schemes, the minicomics presented the Wind Raider as a unique vehicle belonging to Man-At-Arms. On the TV shows, the Wind Raider was typically presented as a vehicle belonging to the Enternian military, whose members were typically portrayed in armor similar to Man-At-Arms. The boat feature is mentioned on the packaging, although rarely used. The Wind Raider toy did not have any offensive weapons but could ram other aircraft. However, it was often shown in the filmation series firing beams out of the eye sockets of the yellow skull, which children often imitated with the toy. Unlike the Battle Ram, the Wind Raider was presented as a transport instead of a military vehicle.
Appearances[]
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe[]
- Teela's Quest
- The Dragon Invasion
- Masks of Power
- Like Father, Like Daughter
- Colossor Awakes
- Creatures from the Tar Swamp
- Quest for He-Man
- Song of Celice
- The Return of Orko's Uncle
- Evilseed
- Ordeal in the Darklands
- Orko's Favorite Uncle
- The Defection
- The Taking of Grayskull
- Search for the VHO (mentioned)
- The Dragon's Gift
- Valley of Power
- House of Shokoti Part 1
- Double Edged Sword
- The Mystery of Man-E-Faces
- The Region of Ice
- Eternal Darkness
- Keeper of the Ancient Ruins
- Return of Evil
- Return of the Gryphon
- Eye of the Beholder
- Quest for the Sword
- The Once and Future Duke (mentioned)
- The Witch and the Warrior
- The Return of Granamyr
- Pawns of the Game Master
- The Huntsman
- The Remedy