He-Man, and also the Masters of the Universe

[Platypus Prime]

What's the big deal? You have a multi-million dollar toy-flagship IP launch, you certainly don't want a bunch of AMATEUR nouns running it...

"Prince Adam (he/him) takes up the mighty Power Sword (it/that) to gain the Power of Grayskull (that and/or there) to defeat Skeletor (he/it depending on the Keldor/interdimentional demon origin) and the Evil Warriors (they/them) to save Eternia (there/that place and/or planet)."

 

[Fullstrength Motleypuss]

What most of these rubes fail to realize it's a joke on the name "He-Man" - nothing else.

 

[Platypus Prime]

That was what I was expanding on in my own 'rebuttal'...I thought it was an obvious pun, people seriously took offense at Adam's intro shot?

 

[PrimalxConvoy]

That was what I was expanding on in my own 'rebuttal'...I thought it was an obvious pun, people seriously took offense at Adam's intro shot?

I just thought it was meant to reflect the everyday drugery of office life? The use of pronouns being yet another (semi?) mandatory chore to do, like wearing "flair" in the film, Ofice Space?

(I'm not saying pronoun use is a bad thing, though).

 

[Bainreese]

Er...

Fair.

 

[Bainreese]

The sheer amount of talking heads and propaganda bots whining about He-Man having pronouns in the trailer just make me laugh so damn much. It is genuinely funny to me.

Sorry for the political post

Some people live to be offended.

 

[Steevy Maximus]

The Spielwarenmesse Toy Fair is in full swing, and while typically a closed off event, Mattel has been VERY open about their offerings concerning Kpop Demon Hunters and Masters of the Universe.
Some of the first images of the MOTU Chronicles film figures have gotten out. First looks have been of Man At Arms and Evil-Lynn, with looks at the MAA packaging, which features a peak at He-Man and the film's version of Triklops on the co-sells.

Mattel Masters of the Universe Movie Figures First Look

Shown below via the overseas MOTU website Die Welt der Meister Magazine we have our first look at some of Mattel's new Masters of the Universe Movie figures w

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It has already been confirmed that Mattel will also be producing a more kid-centric product line in conjunction.


And for the kid at heart, orders are going up for an 8 foot inflatable Castle Grayskull entrance:

https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/VariationDetails/354085

 

[Shadewing]

Evil-Lyn looks incredibly bored by all this.

 

[Tuxedo Prime]

Evil-Lyn looks incredibly bored by all this.

That would be in keeping with the 2002 version....

 

[LBD "Nytetrayn"]

 

[Caldwin]

And they wonder why 80's children always fell in love with the villains!

 

[The Predaking]

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Man, I miss that show!

 

[Steevy Maximus]

I would readily argue that the 200x show is the reason I have a MUCH stronger preference for Snakemen as a supplemental villain faction than The Horde (which always came across as Evil Warriors 2.0, especially as I've gotten older).

 

[Steevy Maximus]

With that handy dandy feature film launching in a few months, Mattel has rolled out a new FAST channel for He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. Focused on the classic Filmation series thus far, we'll see what they show when they finally cycle through the 130 episodes of the old series. It is available on Amazon Prime.

Meanwhile, Mattel's Hot Wheels Action channel on PLEX has opted to diversify by adding the 2002 He-Man series into rotation. Or maybe it has been there for a while I just never knew?

 

[Badgertron]

With that handy dandy feature film launching in a few months, Mattel has rolled out a new FAST channel for He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. Focused on the classic Filmation series thus far, we'll see what they show when they finally cycle through the 130 episodes of the old series. It is available on Amazon Prime.

Meanwhile, Mattel's Hot Wheels Action channel on PLEX has opted to diversify by adding the 2002 He-Man series into rotation. Or maybe it has been there for a while I just never knew?

130 episodes? Wow! Is that the most of any 80's cartoon?

 

[NovaSaber]

Thundercats had the same number.

TMNT eventually had more, but by then it was the 90s.

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe might be the only one that got two full 65 episode seasons, though, instead of getting that many by lasting for at least four seasons.

 

[ZacWilliam1]

Ironically that may have actually hurt the line a lot.

I've seen a bunch of places say that having hit that high episode count early is why the powers that be shut the show down. Because they had plenty for syndication and didn't "need" to spend money on more.

And I've likewise seen the lack of new cartoon episodes to support the line and keep kids invested and excited as a reason the toyline tanked sales-wise when it did.

If the Cartoon kept going for more seasons with Preternia or Horde episodes that weren't She-Ra and Snake-Men episodes it might have survived further into the 80s.


ZacWilliam, or who knows maybe not, kids do move on to newer things and Joe and Transformers had Cartoons that were significantly better animated and written IMO, but I think the show not cutting off so quick could only have helped.

 

[LBD "Nytetrayn"]

As I recall, He-Man was ended to focus resources on She-Ra.

Which... if I'm being honest, did little to help sustain my interest in He-Man when Transformers and ThunderCats were knocking.

I mean, I watched She-Ra, even convinced my parents (who had reservations about it) to get me her figure, and I had the initial wave or two of Horde figures, but... kinda fell off, even though I was watching the show.

I think it was a mistake to simply go with just one or the other, but I can only speak for how my childhood experience there played out. Can't imagine I was alone, though.

And they wonder why 80's children always fell in love with the villains!

Incidentally, I prefer her more without the headpiece:

 

[The Predaking]

I would readily argue that the 200x show is the reason I have a MUCH stronger preference for Snakemen as a supplemental villain faction than The Horde (which always came across as Evil Warriors 2.0, especially as I've gotten older).

I really don't remember much about the original show. I watched a few episodes of it a couple years ago, but it's hard to watch now. I know that I liked it as a kid, but it's not something that I can come back to like G1. For me the 200X series is the definitive show for MOTU. It laid out a good story, had neat characters, good action, and setup a whole world with an epic backstory. I loved the King Greyskull backstory, how the snakemen got banished, and Keldor's transformation to Skeletor was epic to see.

I hate that the show had to end before we could get the return of the Horde.

 

[Steevy Maximus]

Entertainment Weekly got the exclusive reveal for the initial slate for MOTU Chronicles (ie, renamed Masterverse) collector oriented figures. The initial wave(s) will feature:
He-Man, Skeletor, Man At Arms, Teela, Evil-Lynn, Trap Jaw and Triklops for $24.99. Also launching will be the deluxe BattleCat at $39.99

See Nicholas Galitzine, Camila Mendes, Alison Brie's 'Masters of the Universe' action figures

Take my money already! Check out EW's exclusive first look at Nicholas Galitzine's He-Man action figure, along with the full 'Masters of the Universe' line from Mattel, including Skeletor, Teela, and more.

ew.com

And if you don't want to deal with EW's burdensome site, ToyArk mirrored the images:

Masters of the Universe Movie Figures Officially Revealed

The first official images and details for the upcoming Masters of the Universe Movie Figures has been released. The images and details come courtesy of Entertainment Weekly, who was give an exclusive first look. The figures give us our best look yet at the designs for a number of the characters...

www.toyark.com

Note that these are our first good looks at BattleCat, TrapJaw, Triklops, and Teela's Filmation-ispired hair bun.