History of Masters of the Universe Toys: Vintage Mattel MOTU He-Man Action Figure Review
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The Christmas I received HeMan, Skeletor and Castle Greyskull was a very special time in my life. These toys where so much different from anything I had played with in the past. I especially loved reading the mini comics, so I understood who the new character was, when I received them as gifts. Plus the accessories where bigger and didn't get lost as easy. It seemed with each new offering of figures that the excitement got stronger. Great Video and thank you for your time and effort in producing them.
Thanks for sharing your memories, that's why Iove collecting the toys are cool and the memories are priceless
Wow what a time warp, im 38 and am pretty sure i have that he man with the chest damage panel and skeletor and possibly that one at back with the springy green legs at my mums house in loft
@@woody555kl that's cool dig them out if you can be bothered
I never got to read the comics because I only ever got to play with these characters second hand except for She-Ra. So I guess my only frame of reference is the cartoons
I remember when I was so happy it was one of the best Christmases when I sexually got Castle grayskull
9:50 So weird hearing Peter Cullen narrating a MOTU commercial! Nothing like hearing Optimus Prime mention He-Man 😆 So cool.
Except maybe telling the legend of "Voltron: Defender of the Universe"
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I'm a comic book artist and creator. I've always been into Thor, Hulk, batman ect. And I currently have over 70 characters of my own creation. But long before I was into marvel or DC it was all about He-man and the masters of the universe. I remember waking up on Christmas mornings still half asleep, bumping into walls as I made my way to the living room like a 5 yr old whino because my sister woke me up at like 5am screaming "Santa came!" Once I entered the living room my eyes would clear and light up brighter than any bulb (glass) on the tree. All the latest motu action figures would be lined up and castle grayskull and snake mountain fully assembled. And the cookies and milk we left Santa would be gone. Just a swallow of milk and a few cookie crumbs left. The excitement, and surprise was so overwhelming that our squeals of joy would wake our parents. Lol. Id play with them until id fall asleep on the floor in a nest of action figures, swords, shields and vehicles. I grew up and left all of those toys behind. But now I'm a husband, father and recently became a grand dad. I've started collecting the entire motu original vintage toyline. I have them in display cases, mounted on the wall like fine art because they represented such a wonderful time and a large part of my child hood. Thanks mom and dad. I love you
(Sniff) that was beautiful.
i hope when i have kids they will have cool toys like this.
I remember having a MOTU theme for my 5th birthday, so the invitations and cups and plates etc had pictures of He-man and Skeletor.
My dad used to have a cinefilm camera and captured the moment in 1985 when I unwrapped a curiously big box on Christmas day to discover Castle Greyskull inside. I was four years old and couldn't believe what I was holding in my hands. It was the happiest, most vivid memory from my early childhood and it's caught on film.
I'm 37 now and haven't seen the footage since I was around 20. I was suffering a bit from the 'coming of age blues' in my late teens and my dad helped me through it somewhat by dusting off the cinefilm projector, sitting me down and playing the Christmas day 1985 footage. Of all the techniques that helped me through those dark times, psychiatry, books, meditation...this was the one thing that connected me back to my own path. Thanks He-Man ha ha.
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@@kungpaopizza2126 that's a bloody good idea. I return to England in September for a week (I live in France), and I'll film it via my phone or something. I'll give you a link to my CZcams page when I get it sorted.
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Great toys those were the Days so Many toys and Great cartoons...keep up the Good work 👍
My favorite was Trap jaw. Got it for Christmas and was so excited. I remember when easter rolled around we always got lil chocolates shaped like eggs so naturally in my great imagination it became a football and he-man and skeletor were QB's for their teams.
I remember when Xmas day came I always woke up at 5:00 to rip all presents under the tree He Man was my 1st best time of my life as a kid
Been watching a lot of MOTU videos lately to learn about the history. This has been my favorite so far - succinct, informative, and entertaining.
Great stuff. Its a blast from the past seeing those old commercials and toys. I grew up with it all, and was even one of the rare ones to like the "New Adventures" line, as well as the movie. He-Man was a very big part of my childhood.
Really good video. I absolutely loved the Masters of the Universe as a child. I saved every last penny I got from my pocket money, doing chores and mowing lawns to buy new he-man toys every month. Sadly I ended up giving them all to my brother when I grew out of them in the late 80's. They would have been worth a lot today if I'd kept them.
I'm 16 and I love Masters of The Universe. I've seen all the 80's cartoon,the 90's cartoon and the 2002 reboot along with the new Netflix She-Ra series. I own quite a lot of the classics line by Mattel too. My intrest in the series started when I was 4 and my dad gave me his old figures from the 80's and he had quite a lot too. My favourite characters from MOTU are Man-at-arms,The sourceress and Skeletor.
Thank you very much for evoking fond childhood memories from the 80's and the He-Man figures, which remain my all-time favourite.
You’re very welcome
Terrific documentary. Never knew that the toy came before the cartoon. Great job Team Analog Toys
Greatest toys ever made. Very versatile. Easy to play with. Durable.
The mini-comics were key at the beginning. The backstory was very cool. The cartoon ruined the backstory and turned the bad guys into comedic characters, but it was still a good cartoon.
Merman was my favorite thanks mostly to Battle in the Clouds, the greatest of the mini-comics.
FYI, Roger Sweet's prototype was based on a drawing by Mark Taylor. Mark was really the designer for all the early toys, except for the vehicles. Nice video!
The initial design for the Wind Raider is from Mark as well, not sure about the Battle Ram.
@@ActionfigureGeek Wind Raider yes. The Battle Ram was pretty much designed from scratch by Ted Mayer
I remember,I always loved watching He-man in the 80's & never owning any of the He-man figures,I'd go to the Toy shops pick up the boxes with the figures,and just wish I could afford them. They definitely were toys like no other,so yes if I can get my hands on any of them now,I sure will do. (The original Transformers figures from the 80's is another collection im gonna try find too. Great nostalgic video by the way. 🙂
great video.. i remember getting my first he-man figure in the fall of 82 and my obsession was born
Hello again - thanks for another trip down memory lane. Between my younger brother and I, we acquired He-Man, Skeletor, Castle Greyskull, Trapjaw, Beastman, Man-at-Arms, Beast-Man, Man-E-Faces and probably a few others I've forgotten. I loved the mini-comic books that came with each figure, and the even the smell of the Masters of the Universe line was sort of unique (maybe it was something in the plastic, paint or boxes).
Having said all that, I always had an issue with the quality - while the molding was great, the lack of articulation always struck me as weird, weapons/grips were terrible, and Castle Greyskull itself felt like an underscaled facade, nay a FARCE of the fantastic artwork on the box. Consequently, my brother and I would roleplay Masters of the Universe as SATIRE, where nothing ever went to plan or worked properly, and looking back I wouldn't have it any other way: it was like a premonition of Robot Chicken, all those years ago!
I was an 80s child and I enjoyed He-Man and She-Ra. They don't make cartoons like this anymore. Also remember the toy and the toy line.
80s child all the way right here
I know that Mattel said She-Ra killed He-man because they thought boys didn’t think it was cool anymore because of a girl head lead but it’s not true and probably should haven’t mentioned it in the video. Like you I loved them both a lot. Going back on the memory train I remember that everyone was looking for something outside of Star Wars. It was the beginning of a boom so LOTS of other cartoon selections killed it
Cool video,watching this again after 2 years!
He-Man, the Sorceress, Man-at-Arms, Fisto, Skeletor, Evil-Lyn, and Beast Man were my fave characters. Great video as usual, Mr. Tony.
well worth the re watch awesome as normal well made ,,,,a huge thank you
Used to absolutely love playing with skeletor as a kid and impersonating his voice
I love that you have made this! I love the history behind toys... whats more hard to find is information on complete lists of popular toys from first incarnation to ever evolving imaginings of a certain character
Remember watching this on stv about 430 in the early 80s
Same here. I remember watching it after school
An amazing motu history lesson...i lovedddd it!!!!
Awesome 👍🏾👍🏾 was good to watch the tv series back in the day 😁 never had the toys but my school friends or other kids I knew had them 😀
This video is spot on! What a concise analysis of the rise and fall of my beloved childhood action figures. Thank you for this video!
i watched this video again today..great job!
I remember my brother got He-Man, sister got Teela and I got Stratos. Needless to say I carried on with the collecting and got a whole lot more later.
Amazing video
Great video! The Elders of Eternia would be proud!
Love this!! Such a well-put-together video!! Thank you!!
Filmation's use of a moral tag at the end of each episode originated with the Filmation "Shazam!" live action show beginning in 1974. My friend Jackson Bostwick (Capt. Marvel) originated the idea. Filmation used the end moral tag for many of their shows ever since.
Thanks for the interesting trivia!
I have never forgotten getting Castle Greyskull in 1985.
My very first two figures ever were Battle Armor He-Man/Skeletor
I had to remove the castle from my collection in 1995 to move.
In 2015 my mom found one in a resale shop. I got it for Christmas again 30 years later. And the collecting began.
Minus I believe ti is called "Monstroid" I have all the original figures from the lines (Screw the Meteorbs or dino beasts") I have 2/3 of Etnernia.
I did retain some of the figures from the 2002 series, and have been collecting the Revelations lines with a ferver.
But the big collection is the re-issues of the last two years. Above the rest, I am going after these. They remain in their boxes, and are hung on the wall or shelved.
And it was great to see that green skinned sorceress placed into this line recently. So both non-cartoon and cartoon figures are being done. Perhaps this will be the spot to get figures for Catra. Evil Seed, etc.
Woooaahhh!! Great video! Thanks for sharing this!
The first friendships in my life were formed by playing with he man toys!
I never knew that about Battle cat. A good cost saving measure that fooled us all! Thank you for the video it was very entertaining! Subscribed!
Lovely!!! Great!!! Beautiful Video!!!
Another well researched and well presented informative piece. Keep up the stellar work!
I’m learning so much, and I’m loving it. Keep up these amazing videos!!💜💜💜✨✨
Zodac reminds me of DC Comics Metron, of the New Gods.
Great video! I love how informational these videos are.
Nice to see a Dad playing with the kids in that old Mattel ad. Much nicer ads than the obnoxious kids on the Transformers commercials. Thanks for the excellent video, Analog Toys are pretty much to blame for me picking up the Origins line.
"Psychedelic characters" - well said!
Another great review! Keep it up brother!👍
I was born in the 70s and got my first He-man at age 10 right around the same time I got gaming systems from Atari, Colecovision and Intellivision and I still have both Master Of the Universe for both Atari 2600 and Intellivsion and also still have all my childhood Mattal toys from figures, playsets and vehicles and still love displaying them in my room.
Superb history lesson
You do a great job with your videos! This one really brings me back.
i remember, i have this 1988. he-man. i missed my childhood days.
Wicked Tony, and indy is my favourite character so looking forward to that!
Another great video fascinating tales of childhood
Martin Anderson mine too
My all time favorite, this is the action figure that made me the collector I am today, great video Tony!
Merry Christmas 👍🏼✌🏼
Great video as always. MOTU was my toyline growing up (other than Lego and a few other things, it was the only one I really collected). I've been a life-long, hard-core fan and still am to this day. The first two waves and the early "barbarian" mythos (there was no Prince Adam, originally) have always been my main love. As much as I respect Princess of Power as part of the universe, I felt it watered the line down, making it too girly and young-child friendly, and with that and more gimmicky later figures it eventually killed the line, in it's original form at least.
To note though, even though Roger Sweet is mentioned, it was Mark Taylor who came up with the earliest designs of what would evolve into He-Man, Skeletor etc. (from stories he created in his youth). It's always been debated, but Sweet formed the "MOTU" concept of these but in many's opinions also swept up the claim to having created these many characters (Taylor developed his early ideas into all of the characters of the first and most of the second wave); Taylor is the 'true' creator of Masters of the Universe.
When I was a kid and I first saw that commercial introducing The Evil Horde, and they scared the crap out of Skeletor, I was so impressed and went Team Horde and bought them all. Then they used them to bring She-Ra into the multi-verse. :/ Ahh well, the show was actually pretty good, so I can't complain.
Awesome history lesson! Thank you!
I can see lots of effort when in to this. I thank you sir.
Great video! Very, very well done.
This was a great video, thank you!
Awesome video. Great work.
Very well done.
Thank you for a great video
Another great video Tony! Have a great New Year!
The “Lords if Power” title is interesting. There was a range of figures that were comparable, if somewhat higher end, that appeared around the same time, The Powerlords. I suspect you will know them.
I had every he man action figure including both snake mountain and castle greyskull. I threw it all away when I was about thirteen. Oh well.
I enjoyed the first He-Man animated series as a teenager. I wanted an action figure, but I was too old for them.
Vincent Franklin:So u think
that’s gonna stop #PixelDan and the rest of us?,no!
your never to old to revisit your childhood tv shows or toys
I have my He Man and Skeletor Figures from the early 1980s, hidden in my MOTU Lunchbox.
Awesome video dude! :-D
Great video guys i had the toys and the mini comics before i saw the cartoon so when i finally saw the cartoon i was like who the hell is prince adam.... i always perfered the mini comic origin
Great video
The Toys That Made Us, a documentary-series on Netflix, has a full episode on He-Man which covers this in more detail. Definitely worth a look if you're a fan of these toys, or this channel.
Great vid btw (yes, I know I'm a little late to the party)
Awesome! Keep it up! :)
Brand new subscriber to your Channel. I think it's great lol of information lot of good stuff looking forward to more.
sidekickfanboy welcome aboard my friend
Just now discovering your channel and after 1 video I'm loving it! I like your theory on the "Wonder Bread" He-Man. Not sure if I've heard anything like that before and it does make a lot of sense. I'll be watching the majority of your previous videos. Great work!
Happy to have you onboard!!!
Good documentary :)
The day care I went to as a kid had a really large He-Man collection since some guy donated loads of figures to it.
"The wimpy Prince Adam". Hay! Take that back.
the rare black haired heman probably is just a Black Star from the looks of it. Fitting since much of the black star animation is re-used in the masters of the universe cartoons
Good stuff man ..you know they still showthe cartoon here on CZcams there's a official he man channel..thumbs way up
0:29 lol "war horse". Its name was Stridor. Wonderful times being a kid in the 80's XD
Cool 😎
I really enjoyed that Tony
Excellent Review.
Scott Linting thanks mate!
I think my dad and my nephews enjoyed playing with mine long after I stopped, maybe more than I ever had, I don't know.
LOL! The kid playing He-man in the commercial is Kirk Cameron.
Thanks!! 😎😎
Great Videos you make man, gotta love MOTU, been a fan since Day 1, i did a 1st impression review over a Netflix Series right up your alley called The Toys That Made Us, you should definitely check it out, great job on this retrospect man, peace ✌🏿
the movei skeletor by frank langella is still my favourite skeletor. oscar performance in a school theater play;)
Unpopular Opinion: The New Adventures of He-Man had pretty good figures. I like Skeletor's design and the fact they made him a cyborg after surving an explosion from Adam becoming He-Man.
Another great report!
I am agree with you that the best characters were the first 2 seasons of MOTU. They came to Spain in the fall of 1984.
You forgot to tell that SNAKE MEN were the result to translate the concept of the snake enemy of CONAN: Thulsa Doom... the result was THE SNAKE MEN: Cobra Khan, Rattlor, Tung Lashor, King Hiss, Squeeze and Reptikor...
J. R. Action figures collector & Writer. Spain.
Eu tenho o ''Savageman''
Cara incrível não sabia que ele era parte de uma promoção totalmente fora da linha Mattel.
O ganhei em 84/85 De um tio de um amigo meu que foi para os EUA.
These toyline is the best
Great work but where was the holy grail eternia playset ? The best playset ever made.
" STAR .... WARS ?? " , I never ever heard of it .
Yeah, it sounds like some woke, Disney trash.
Sammy Lane Nice “The Video Game Years” reference.
I used to spend my pocket money as a kid as soon as I got it.
But the first thing I ever saved my money for, was to buy the Prince Adam MOTU figure, so that I could play my own adventures of "He-Man & The Masters Of The Universe".
This was a great line of entertainment for a long time. I do think they got desperate when they released some of those toys
I was one of those kids in the 80s who was totally into He-Man. I had various action figures including He-Man and Battle Cat, Skeletor, Man-e-faces, and Teela Na. Also I developed an unhealthy obsession with muscles. Luckily by the time I was old enough to do anything about that obsession I had already moved on from He-Man. Still, anyone who says only girls suffer from body image problems due to mass media are clearly not paying attention.
why no discussion of the 200x reboot?
I need that shirt!
thashoeboy I got it on eBay