He-Man and The Masters of the Universe (Mattel Toy Co. and FILMATION c.1983-1988)
Nov 15, 2020 15:49:55 GMT
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Post by Energizer Bunny 211 on Nov 15, 2020 15:49:55 GMT
Just last night I watched a very interesting documentary on the Matel toy company and its creation of HE-Man and the MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE toy line, comics and later FILMATION cartoon series. Growing up I had many of the original action figures including He-Man (and Battle Cat), Teela, The Sorceress, Man-At-Arms, RAM-Man, Fisto, Orko, Stratos, Beast-Man, Mer-Man, Evil-Lyn and of course Skeletor (and Panthor). I also had Castle Grayskull and I would spend many hours creating my own stories and adventures and scenerios between the characters as they fought for the protection or power of Castle Grayskull. I even played the Mattel Electronics videogame MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE for the Intellivision (which I have mentioned in a different post), and that was a very difficult game, but it continued the ever-evolving story of Skeletor's conquest to control the powers of the Castle. There were even scenes where the two warriors would enter the Castle, do battle...and upon his victory, HE-Man would then chase Skeletor out of the Castle and away from the surrounding property.
As a child of the 1980s, the character of He-Man was certainly my favourite of all the cartoon characters then and there seemed to be a magic about the show (in particular surrounding the Castle) that always fascinated me. I was greatly disappointed that it only ran for two seasons, but having watched this documentary...I now understand why.
For any BSNer who like me grew up in the 1980s, played with the toys and enjoyed the FILMATION cartoon as much as I did (yes, I admit, I even enjoyed the feminin counterpart, SHE-RA)....If you have not already seen the documentary on Netflix, I highly recommend it. It's not only informative, but also brings back a flood of nostalgia. It even explains the much-maligned 1987 movie (which I can say even as a kid, I am not sure I liked it....because in my mind, the true version of He-Man was the FILMATION cartoon)...But it was an interesting perspective nonetheless into a movie that helped launch Dolph Lundgren's career.
If nothing else....That documentary, called "The Power of GraySkull" brought back some really fond childhood memories.
As a child of the 1980s, the character of He-Man was certainly my favourite of all the cartoon characters then and there seemed to be a magic about the show (in particular surrounding the Castle) that always fascinated me. I was greatly disappointed that it only ran for two seasons, but having watched this documentary...I now understand why.
For any BSNer who like me grew up in the 1980s, played with the toys and enjoyed the FILMATION cartoon as much as I did (yes, I admit, I even enjoyed the feminin counterpart, SHE-RA)....If you have not already seen the documentary on Netflix, I highly recommend it. It's not only informative, but also brings back a flood of nostalgia. It even explains the much-maligned 1987 movie (which I can say even as a kid, I am not sure I liked it....because in my mind, the true version of He-Man was the FILMATION cartoon)...But it was an interesting perspective nonetheless into a movie that helped launch Dolph Lundgren's career.
If nothing else....That documentary, called "The Power of GraySkull" brought back some really fond childhood memories.
) over Skeletor or Hordak....But Alan Oppenheimer is/was a great voice actor. I can say I liked skeletor (as I got older) because I liked Alan Oppenheimer. Even now looking back, I can appreciate his talent and work.
My boy immediately took a liking to them and absorbed both into his play (after I had checked they weren't collectible) 
My boy immediately took a liking to them and absorbed both into his play (after I had checked they weren't collectible) 
