Rotar
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Rotar is a fictional character in the popular toy line Masters of the Universe.
A member of the Heroic Warriors, he is a part-human, part-cybernetic warrior with no legs, whose lower body is shaped like a spinning top, enabling him to twist mechanically along the ground at super-speed. This enables him to trick opponents and easily dodge attacks.
[edit] Character history
As one of the last figures to be released in the 1980s MOTU toy line, Rotar is one of the line's lesser-known characters and has received little exposure. The only official medium to feature Rotar was the Mattel mini-comic "Energy Zoids". In this story, he was an ordinary Royal guardsman who was critically injured in battle, and his life was saved by Man-At-Arms, who turned him into an energy zoid, using a machine he had designed to create robot warriors. Skeletor later stole the machine and used it to create Rotar's evil rival Twistoid. Rotar also made a cameo in Marvel Comics' MOTU issue # 12.
Mattel had also designed a vehicle called the Gyratakker which was intended to launch Rotar and Twistoid into combat. This vehicle featured in the comic, but the toy line was cancelled before it could be released.
