Mosquitor
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Mosquitor is a character in the popular toy line Masters of the Universe by Mattel, one of the best-selling toy lines of the 1980s.
A member of the Evil Horde, he was packaged as the 'evil energy-draining insectoid'. He is a cyborg creature with a long, pointed metal head, with a needle on the end of the nose-piece which he injects into his opponents to drain the blood from them. He has a transparent metallic chest through which the blood of his opponent can be seen, filling him up to charge him with energy.
[edit] Character profile
Mosquitor was introduced into the MOTU toy line in 1987. He was one of the final figures to be released before the toy line's demise, and as a result is one of the rarest. His action figure's special feature was a switch on his back, which when pressed caused his chest to flow with blood.
His figure came packaged with the mini-comic "Enter: Buzz-Saw Hordak!". The comic revealed him as an android creation of Hordak, and his main function in the story was draining the energy of The Sorceress, enabling Hordak to create a fake, holographic Sorceress from her life force. At a later stage in the story, he was set upon He-Man himself, and almost overpowered him. The comic also hinted at a tension between himself and Dragstor- after serving as a 'test object' for Mosquitor's ability, Dragstor clearly resented Mosquitor's great power and his value to Hordak.
Mosquitor also appeared in the MOTU Marvel comics, where he was able to fly and shot beams from the needle of his nose-piece.
Given that he was released so late into the MOTU toy line's run, Mosquitor's exposure was minimal throughout the various story mediums and he never made an animated appearance. However, despite his lack of widespread exposure he has a strong cult following among the MOTU fanbase.
[edit] Trivia
A short while before the release of Mosquitor's figure, Mattel published advertisements for an upcoming 'evil robot' figure to be used by the Evil Horde. This toy appeared to be very much a prototype and was never released in the end, although it bore more than a passing resemblance to Mosquitor, and his character could possibly have been developed from this design.
