Masters of the Universe

Masters of the Universe
Publication information
First appearance	1982[1]
Created by	Mattel
In-story information
Base(s)	Eternia

Masters of the Universe (commonly abbreviated MOTU and sometimes referred to as He-Man, after the lead hero) is a media franchise created by Mattel.^[2][3][4] The main premise revolves around the conflict between the heroic He-Man, aka Prince Adam, and the evil Skeletor on the planet Eternia, with a vast line-up of supporting characters in a hybrid setting of medieval sword and sorcery and sci-fi technology. Later spin-offs also featured He-Man's sister She-Ra and her struggle against the Evil Horde, along with other planets/settings; however the main premise usually remained the same. Since its initial launch, the franchise has spawned a variety of products, including six lines of action figures, four animated television series, several comic series, and a feature film.

Origin of the franchise

In 1976, Mattel's CEO Ray Wagner declined a request to produce a toyline of action figures based on the characters from the George Lucas film Star Wars.^{[5][6][note 1]} Upon the commercial success of the film trilogy during the next few years and all related merchandise, Mattel attempted to launch several unsuccessful toylines, none of which captured the public's imagination or made a significant dent in the toy market.^{[5][note 2]}

In the race to design the next hit action figure, Roger Sweet, a lead designer working for Mattel's Preliminary Design Department throughout much of the 1970s and 1980s, realized simplicity was the key to success.^[5][6] According to his book Mastering the Universe: He-Man and the Rise and Fall of a Billion-Dollar Idea published in 2005, Sweet knew that if he gave marketing something they could sell, he would have won 90% of the battle (although this is not officially acknowledged by Mattel and is disputed by some other contributors).^{[5][7][note 3][8][note 4][9]}

The earliest storybooks and much of the original backstory were written by Donald F. Glut.^[10][11][12] Two other designers, Mark Taylor and Jill Barad, have also taken credit for creation of the superhero.

"The only way I was going to have a chance to sell this [to Wagner] was to make three 3D models—big ones. I glued a Big Jim figure [from another Mattel toy line] into a battle action pose and I added a lot of clay to his body. I then had plaster casts made. These three prototypes, which I presented in late 1980, brought He-Man into existence."

"I simply explained that this was a powerful figure that could be taken anywhere and dropped into any context because he had a generic name: He-Man!"^{[note 5] [5]}

—Roger Sweet^[6]

Roger Sweet presented the He-Man concept to Ray Wagner at the Mattel Product Conference, in the form of the aforementioned three large three-dimensional plaster prototype models, which Sweet dubbed the "He-Man Trio". These prototypes were molded from an extensively modified Big Jim action figure, and had some painted formed sheet wax outfit parts. The He-Man Trio models were a barbarian, a soldier, and a spaceman. Out of the three concepts, the barbarian version He-Man was chosen to be the basis of the toyline (this original trio-prototype idea was released around thirty years later as the figure Vykron, and the barbarian concept on its own as Vikor, in the 'Masters of the Universe Classics' line).

In 1980, the rights-holders of Conan the Barbarian began negotiating the character's toy rights with Mattel. They entered in an agreement the following year regarding characters from the Conan movie. Upon Mattel introducing a toy line starring He-Man, the rights-holders sued the toy company claiming the character was a copy of Conan. Mattel eventually won the lawsuit.^[13] Taking in consideration that the Conan character was created almost 50 years prior to the development of the He-Man franchise, it is likely that the Masters of the Universe borrowed many aspects from Conan, but it appears that it was not intended to be a toyline for the film after legal agreements were dissolved.^[13] Additionally, Roger Sweet has claimed also to have been "real impressed" by the paintings of fantasy artist Frank Frazetta when creating He-Man.^[6] and the barbarian sculpt was based on an illustration by Mark Taylor.^[14] The decision to change He-Man's hair to blonde was made by Mattel's Tom Kalinske. To further expand on this initial barbarian theme, Mattel hired comic book writers such as Donald F. Glut and artists like Earl Norem (who painted covers for the Marvel Comics Savage Sword of Conan since issue #16 in 1976^[15]) to create additional characters and their backstory, posters, package inlays, box art and mini-comics to be distributed with the action figures.

Series overview and main characters

From these early concepts, Mattel would finally produce the original 'Masters of the Universe' action figure toyline in 1981. Released as 5 1/2 inch action figures, the lore of Masters of the Universe would first be explored through minicomics that accompanied the toys through the duration line. The two primary characters, 'the most powerful man in the universe', He-man and his nemesis, the evil skull-faced sorcerer Skeletor, were the first released in action figure form, along with other core characters of the entire series; He-Man's allies, Man-At-Arms, Teela, Battle Cat, and Stratos, and Skeletor's henchmen Beast Man and Mer-Man. He-Man was given his power by the Goddess/Sorceress of Castle Grayskull and would defend his planet Eternia from the evil forces of Skeletor (originally described as an evil warlord/demon from another dimension). Set in a hybrid world of sword and sorcery and technological sci-fi, they would battle over the possession of the 'Power Sword', as He-Man tried to stop Skeletor from his ambition to rule Eternia and discover the Secrets of Castle Grayskull.

After the original toy releases, DC Comics would adapt the franchise into special insert appearances in their regular comic series and a three issue mini-series in 1982. These issues introduced elements to the series, such as He-Man being the secret alter ego of Prince Adam, son of the royal family of Eternia; as in Adam's father King Randor and mother Queen Marlena. However, the Masters of the Universe franchise would become much better known through Filmation's He-Man and the Masters of the Universe cartoon series; debuting in the fall of 1983, running 130 episodes through two seasons until the end of 1984 (primarily featuring various moral-themed encounters between He-Man, Skeletor and a wide and expanding cast of heroic and villainous characters; with the notable additions of the childlike Orko and the sinister witch-like Evil-Lyn characters). With the release of the "He-Man and She-Ra: The Secret of the Sword" movie in spring 1985 (introducing He-man's twin sister She-Ra, and her arch-villain Hordak on the planet Etheria), Filmation produced 93 episodes of the She-Ra: Princess of Power series, which ran until the end of 1986, along with the He-Man & She-Ra: Christmas Special.

Various children's books, magazines, comics, read-along records/cassette tapes and other merchandise were also released worldwide around this time, with much of the content based primarily on the Filmation He-Man and She-Ra series. Masters of the Universe, a live action movie was released in 1987 by Cannon Films, starring Dolph Lundgren and Frank Langella. The later action figure minicomics continued the adventures of He-Man and She-Ra past the end of the two Filmation series; but popularity had waned by the end of 1987 and a planned continuation of the original toyline under the heading of 'The Powers of Grayskull' (set in ancient Eternia, featuring the villain King Hiss, and He-Man's ancestor He-Ro) was started, but eventually scrapped.

He-Man would be brought back in 1989, in an entirely new, and space-based cartoon series and toy line known as the 'New Adventures of He-Man'. Under the name 'He-Man', Mattel released an entirely new line of action figures, featuring only He-Man and Skeletor as the main returning characters to join the battle between Galactic Guardians and Space Mutants on the planet Primus. Jetlag Productions would go to produce 65 episodes of the New Adventures cartoon, while minicomics and a few adventure magazines were also created for this new series. Ultimately though, the series would not be as successful and the entire franchise would go on a hiatus for more than a decade (although a series about the son of He-Man was pitched in 1996 by Lou Scheimer, but rejected).^[16]

After some success with a 'Commemorative Series' re-release of the classic action figures in 2000; Mattel relaunched the toyline with all new action figures, playsets and vehicles, sculpted by Four Horsemen Studios in 2002. As part of the relaunch, a modern updated animated series was also created by Mike Young Productions, lasting for 39 episodes; featuring He-Man and his ensemble of heroic warriors, now called the 'Masters of the Universe', battling Skeletor's minions and later King Hiss and his Snake Men. Several volumes of comic books were also produced to go along with the series by Image Comics and MVCreations. Although popular with longtime fans and collectors (with mini-statue figures being released by NECA until 2007), the new series failed to catch on with a larger audience and was cancelled in 2004.^[17]

From 2007 to the present, a new assortment of Masters of the Universe action figures has been released under the banner of 'Masters of the Universe Classics'. Primarily geared towards the collector's market, the series took into consideration all aspects of previous Masters of the Universe lore, with characters from all previous incarnations (and also featured a continuation of the original minicomics line, produced by Dark Horse Comics). DC Comics would soon follow suit, and relaunch a new grittier, contemporary version of the Masters of the Universe franchise, releasing various new comic book series from 2012 until present; featuring crossovers with the DC Comics Universe, and a new origin for She-Ra, culminating in Hordak's conquest of Eternia. The current ongoing series is entitled 'He-Man: The Eternity War'.

History and versions of the franchise

As with many toy franchises which have been transferred to several different media there are a number of story differences between the various versions of Masters of the Universe. Complicating matters further, several media have made implicit attempts to change details to realign with other versions, with the result that internal discontinuities arise.

Early action figures and comics

Original action figures releases (1982-1988)

Created by Mattel in 1981, the 'Masters of the Universe' toyline was first released as 5 1/2 inch action figures in 1982 (as opposed to the 3 3/4 inch size used by Kenner Star Wars and Hasbro's G.I. Joe). Brief descriptions of the characters would appear on the toyline's unique packaging and box art (with illustrations by Errol McCarthy, William George and others); however, the lore of Masters of the Universe would really first be explored through minicomics that accompanied the toys through the duration line. The two main characters, He-man (the muscular blonde hero and most powerful man in the universe) and his arch-enemy Skeletor (the blue-skinned, skull-faced master of evil and sorcery) were the first released in action figure form, along with other core characters of the entire series; Man-At-Arms (He-man's friend and scientific master of weapons), Beast Man (Skeletor's master of beasts and main henchman) and Battle Cat (He-Man's large green, Tiger-like companion).

Later on that year, first wave of action figures in 1982 would also include Teela (a heroic female warrior, and an essential character through most of the Masters of the Universe franchise, serving as a potential love interest for He-man), Mer-Man (an aquatic henchman of Skeletor, master of the seas, featured in most He-Man incarnations), Stratos (a bird-like winged warrior and one of He-Man's main allies) and Zodac (an ambiguous neutral 'cosmic enforcer' character, who appeared far less in the series than the other characters released at this time). Also alongside the first wave of figures were the Battle Ram and Wind Raider vehicles and the Castle Grayskull playset. Additional waves of action figures, creatures, vehicles and playsets were released every year until 1987; totaling 70 distinct figures in all (including 24 creatures, 12 vehicles, 6 playsets and 10 accessories) with the final two overseas releases from the original line coming from Italy in 1988. Other major characters introduced in these early waves of action figures and minicomics included He-Man's heroic allies Ram Man, Man-E-Faces and Zoar (an alternate falcon form of the magical Sorceress of Castle Grayskull); along with Skeletor's evil warriors Tri-Klops, Trap Jaw and Faker (evil robot clone of He-Man). Many of the original characters, vehicles and playsets, including Castle Grayskull, were designed by Mark Taylor & Ted Mayer.^[18] The final production sculpt of the 1982 He-Man action figure was done by Tony Guerrero.^[14]

Early mini-comics (1981-1982)

All of the original Mattel action figures came with minicomics that told stories involving the characters, with 49 distinct comics being issued from 1981 until 1987. In the earliest series, featuring the original four minicomics made by Mattel (written by Donald F. Glut with artwork by Alfredo Alcala), He-Man is introduced in 'He-man and the Power Sword' as a wandering barbarian, leaving behind his jungle tribe on Eternia; a world dealing with the aftermath of a Great War that has devastated the civilizations that once reigned, but has left behind fantastical machinery and weapons. The events of the Great War opened a rift between dimensions, which allows the evil warlord Skeletor to travel to Eternia, and he has now set his sights on obtaining both halves of the power sword (split in two in these early stories) and gain entry into the ancient Castle Grayskull, the 'fortress of mystery and power' (depicted, in these early comics, as being inhabited by the ghostly 'Spirit of Castle Grayskull'). Whoever attains control of Grayskull will gain the power to become Master of the Universe. To prevent Skeletor from achieving his goal, He-Man has been given special powers, armor and weapons by the Sorceress (referred to as 'The Goddess' in early stories, appearing to have green skin in her debut appearance and Caucasian skin thereafter, she is shown wearing 'snake armor' similar in appearance to Mattel's first Teela action figure; instead of adorning her later more familiar bird-like attire). He-Man (not yet with the dual-identity of Prince Adam), is supported by several heroic allies, such as his loyal pet Battle Cat (without the dual form of Cringer), Man-At-Arms, the Eternian master of weapons (clean-shaven, without moustache), Teela, (often shown with long blonde hair and accompanied by a horse in these early depictions), and Stratos, the winged warrior. Skeletor, in-turn, enlists the help of the brutish Beast Man and aquatic Mer-Man to battle He-Man and his heroic warriors. Vehicles introduced in this early series include the Wind-Raider and Battle Ram.^[19]

The second series, consisting of seven minicomics, released in 1982, were produced by DC Comics, written by Gary Cohn and featured artwork by Mark Texeira. This second wave of comics would introduce the Eternian Palace and Royal Court with King Randor and Queen Marlena (yet unnamed, looking decidedly older than in the later series), along with the heroic warriors Ram Man, Man-E-Faces, the mystical bird-creature Zoar (not yet an alternate form of the Sorceress) and the vehicles known as the Attak-Trak and the Talon Fighter of Point Dread. Skeletor was joined by the evil warriors Tri-Klops and Trap Jaw, portrayed as inter-dimensional bounty-hunter types. The primary characters of Prince Adam, Cringer, Orko, and Evil-Lyn did not yet feature in the series, although the storyline of Teela being the daughter of the Sorceress and adopted daughter of Man-At-Arms was first introduced.^[20]

DC Comics - 1980s series (1982-1983)

He-Man and company would then make appearances in the actual pages of DC Comics, starting with DC Comics Presents issue #47, followed by a special insert comic in many DC's titles from November 1982, finishing up with a three issue mini-series at the start of 1983 (all written by Paul Kupperberg, with artwork by Curt Swan and George Tuska). In the first two tales of these notable DC publications, Superman ends up joining with He-Man on to combat Skeletor and his minions. This series would introduce Prince Adam and his transformation into He-Man into the series (although Adam was originally portrayed as a blue vest-wearing womanizer, rather than his more wholesome later character and would transform inside 'Cave of Power' instead of his famous 'By the Power of Grayskull!' line). Other entries into the series mythos, such as Zodac the neutral cosmic enforcer, Stratos' home world of Avion, and Adam's mother, Queen Marlena, as an astronaut hailing from Earth, were also partly introduced in these early DC issues.^[21][22]

Filmation animated series

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983-1984)

The animated series He-Man and the Masters of the Universe was created by Filmation and made its television debut on September 5, 1983 with the episode 'The Diamond Ray of Disappearance', through 2 seasons, totaling 130 episodes until 'The Cold Zone', airing on November 21, 1985.^[23] The series was produced by Lou Scheimer (who also provided the voice for Orko, King Randor, Stratos, Trap Jaw, Tri-Klops and many others), Gwen Wetzler and Hal Sutherland; and featured the voice talents of John Erwin (He-Man/Adam, Beast Man, Ram Man, Whiplash and others), Alan Oppenheimer (Skeletor, Man-At-Arms, Battle Cat/Cringer, Mer-Man and others) and Linda Gary (Teela, The Sorceress, Evil-Lyn, Queen Marlena and others).

The series is set in Eternia, which is ruled by King Randor and Queen Marlena (the latter was born Marlena Glenn, an astronaut from Earth who married Randor after she was marooned on Eternia by the crash of her spaceship). Their son is Prince Adam, who pretends he is lazy, clumsy, careless, irresponsible and almost as cowardly as his pet tiger Cringer (who transforms into Battle Cat). However, Prince Adam possesses a magic sword, and when he holds it aloft and says the magic words, "By the power of Grayskull...I have the Power!!!" Prince Adam is transformed into He-Man, "The Most Powerful Man In The Universe".^[2] Prince Adam's secret identity of He-Man is known only by the Sorceress of Castle Grayskull (magical bird-like guardian of Castle Grayskull who often takes the form of Zoar the falcon), Man-At-Arms (veteran soldier, scientist, inventor and most trusted ally; also known as Duncan) and Orko (a floating childlike Trollan magician, often used for comic relief). Rounding out the main cast of heroes is Teela, the Captain of the Royal Guard (who is the adopted daughter of Man-At-Arms and secret child of the Sorceress), who serves as a teasing and semi-antagonistic love interest of Adam and He-Man throughout the series. Stratos (the flying leader of the birdpeople of Avion) and Ram-Man (a dim-witted bouncing warrior) also feature in the series with semi-regularity. Appearing with less frequency in the series are He-Man's recurring allies Mossman, Fisto, Man-E-Faces, Mekaneck, Sy-Klone, Zodac, Lizard-Man, Melaktha, Dree-Elle, Montork, Squinch and the Widgets and Granamyr the Dragon.

He-Man's nemesis, the powerful skull-faced evil wizard Skeletor wished to rule Eternia and conquer Castle Grayskull; often seeking ancient and mysterious artifacts to try and stop He-man and his allies. Skeletor usually hosts his rogues gallery in his bone-filled throne room inside Snake Mountain. Skeletor's most dangerous counterpart is the cunning sorcerer Evil-Lyn, and most his frequent sidekicks are the often bumbling, master of beasts, Beast Man and the equally bumbling weapon-armed Trap Jaw. His original henchmen in the cartoon also included Tri-Klops, Mer-Man and his purple pet feline Panthor. Other rogues would make a few appearances later in the series such as Webstor, Kobra Khan, Clawful, Spikor, Two-Bad, Modulok and Whiplash (appearing the most out of the later henchmen). Several memorable heroes and villains would appear only once or twice in the Filmation cartoon, such as Faker, Jitsu (called 'Chopper'), Count Marzo, Evilseed, Batros, General Tataran, Shokoti, Negator, Icer, Fang-Man, Strong-Arm, Plundor, Delora, Hawk, Roboto and Adam's grandfather King Miro to name a few.

Despite the limited animation techniques that were used to produce the series, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe was notable for breaking the boundaries of censorship that had severely restricted the narrative scope of children's TV programming in the 1970s. For the first time in years, a cartoon series could feature a muscular superhero who was actually allowed to hit people (although most of the time wrestling-style moves were utilized instead of direct violence), though he still couldn't use his sword often. The cartoon was controversial in that it was produced in connection with marketing a line of toys; advertising to children was itself controversial during this period. In Britain, advertising regulations forbade commercials for He-Man toys to accompany the program itself (either before or after the episode, as there were no in-show commercials). Similar to other shows at the time (notably G.I. Joe), an attempt to mitigate the negative publicity generated by this controversy was made by including a "life lesson" or "moral of the story" at the end of each episode. This moral was usually tied to the action or central theme of the episode. In the United Kingdom, where the episodes were usually edited for timing reasons, these closing "morals" were nearly always edited out of their original broadcasts.^[24][25][26]

The cartoon series was also remarkable because it was one of the first animated series produced directly for syndication, as opposed to most other syndicated cartoons of the time which were re-runs of old Saturday morning cartoons. The most notable production fact of the series was that it was the very first animated series where a bulk quantity of 65 episodes were produced so that the series could be stripped across 13 weeks.^[23] Writers on the show included Larry DiTillio, David Wise, Ron Schultz, Sam Schultz, Marc Scott Zicree, Robby London, Michael Reaves, J. Brynne Stephens, Robert White, Don Heckman, Douglas Booth, Rowby Goren, Tom Tataranowicz, Robert Lamb, Antoni Zalewski, Jeffry O'Hare, and many others. The series is also noted for featuring early script-writing work from Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski, and Paul Dini of Batman: The Animated Series fame^[27] One episode, "Battle Cat," was written by Star Trek's D.C. Fontana.

The series, although still popular, would not be renewed for a third season. Instead Filmation opted to create the She-Ra: Princess of Power Series, and deliberately crossover the existing He-Man and the Masters of the Universe characters and continuity into the new series. The original He-Man series would end and She-Ra begin with animated movie The Secret of the Sword, released theatrically in the spring of 1985, featuring most of the main characters from both cartoons. The two animated series, would however, join up one last time for He-Man & She-Ra: A Christmas Special in December 1985; in which two children from Earth end up accidentally on Eternia and are protected by Skeletor, who in a rare act of kindness, is overtaken by the Christmas Spirit. The very last appearance of Filmation's He-Man and Skeletor was in one of the final She-Ra episodes, entitled 'Assault on the Hive', airing December 13, 1986.

She-Ra: Princess of Power (1985-1986)

In 1985, Mattel and Filmation decided to diversify the Masters of the Universe line beyond its traditional realm of "male action" in the hopes of bringing in a young female audience as well.^[23]

Mattel's toyline Princess of Power featured almost exclusively female characters, all of whom featured an emphasis on hair and clothing, with "real" hair and partially softgoods costumes. Essentially, the line attempted to fuse the appeal of Masters of the Universe with Mattel's successful line of fashion dolls, Barbie.

The 'Princess of Power' toyline ran from 1985 to 1987, for which Mattel would release 22 action figure/dolls (with 12 creatures, 2 playsets and 16 clothing accessories). Apart from the main Princess of Power line, the preeminent villains of the She-Ra series, Hordak and the Evil Horde (originally created by Filmation in collaboration with Mattel), were released by Mattel under the Masters of the Universe branding. So, Hordak and the other male Evil Horde characters (Mantenna, Leech, Grizzlor and Modulok), although featuring heavily in the She-Ra cartoon series, were also sold as a new group of villains battling He-Man on Eternia, with the mini-comics debuting them as such. The character Catra was the only Evil Horde villain to be released in the first wave of the Princess of Power toyline, with Mattel downplaying her connection to the Horde (she is later joined in the toy-line by fellow Horde-Villainess Entrapta).

In conjunction with the new action figure line, Filmation created a new animated series titled She-Ra: Princess of Power, with She-Ra as its feminine warrior-woman heroine. Filmation had the task of revealing that Prince Adam had a twin sister, Princess Adora, who was first introduced in the animated feature The Secret of the Sword in the spring of 1985. This film was a compilation of what would become the first five episodes of the cartoon series, first airing 'The Sword of She-Ra Part 1: Into Etheria' on September 9, 1985. The series would run for 2 seasons, and 93 episodes from 1985 to 1986. She-Ra: Princess of Power was produced in lieu of continuing He-Man and the Masters of the Universe for a third year; however, He-Man often appeared in special crossover episodes of She-Ra to aid his sister, and many other characters from He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, both heroic and evil, also appeared in multiple crossover episodes. She-Ra would also feature in 13 of her own minicomics (packaged with the figures), along with several children's books, comic magazines, and read-along record/cassette-tape books.

She-Ra she was born as Princes Adora on Eternia, Prince Adam/He-Man's twin sister and daughter of King Randor and Queen Marlena. Adora is kidnapped by Hordak and Skeletor as a baby and taken to the world of Etheria (the main setting of the She-Ra series), which is dominated by the Evil Horde. She is raised and brainwashed by Hordak and his powerful confidant Shadow Weaver, to eventually becomes Force Captain of the Horde. After encountering her brother He-Man (who is on a mission from the Sorceress on Etheria to find her), she eventually dons the Sword of Protection, becomes She-Ra and joins the Great Rebellion fighting to free her planet from its tyrannical ruler Hordak. Just as Prince Adam transforms into He-Man with the use of his Sword of Power, Adora transforms into She-Ra via her Sword of Protection, a replica of He-Man's sword featuring a smooth white gem in its hilt. Adora's transformation into She-Ra is similarly triggered by holding her sword over her head, and by uttering her own unique invocation; "For the honor of Grayskull... I AM SHE-RA!". Unlike He-Man's sword, however, She-Ra's possesses the ability to transform into different weapons and accessories, such as a lasso, a shield or a flaming blade, when commanded by She-Ra. Similar to He-Man and Cringer/Battle Cat, She-Ra also transforms her horse Spirit into the flying unicorn Swift Wind.

Hordak rules Etheria from his dreaded base known as the Fright Zone, enslaving the people through his legions of Horde Troopers and his Force Squad. The Force Squad lead originally by Adora, and now by Catra; consists of the goofy Mantenna (whom Hordak loves to torment), beastly Grizzlor, energy-draining Leech and scorpion-woman Scorpia. The Horde was later joined by others including Skeletor's former henchman Modulok, the robotic Multi-Bot, the future Snake Men Tung-Lashor and Rattlor and others. Several major villains from the She-Ra cartoon did not receive an original action figure release, such as the aforementioned evil sorceress Shadow Weaver, or brutish Scorpia; nor did other recurring evil characters such as the mischievous Imp, the octopus woman Octavia, the Horde zoo keeper Vultak, Hunga the Harpy and the robot Dylamug. The overarching inter-planetary supreme leader of the Horde, Horde Prime, who held leadership over both Hordak and Skeletor was also introduced during the She-Ra Filmation series.

The premise of the She-Ra TV series was the reverse of the He-Man cartoon, where the heroes are actually rebels countering an evil establishment (rather than Skeletor trying to conquer Eternia).^[28] The Great Rebellion, hidden within the Whispering Woods, is led by Queen Angela and her daughter Glimmer, with the main cast of the Princess of Power cartoon also featuring Adora/She-Ra's steed Spirit/Swift Wind, the main male heroic character of the series, Bow, the timid owl-like Kowl, the inept magician Madame Razz and her wise-cracking sidekick, Broom. Also appearing in many episodes are the small imp-like forest-dwelling Twiggits (mainly Sprockett, Spritina, and Spragg) and the mystical character Light Hope, who served as a 'Sorceress of Grayskull-type' guide to She-Ra, residing high atop Mount Skydancer in the Crystal Castle. Throughout the series recurring characters and members/allies of the Rebellion included Adora's swashbuckling love interest Sea-Hawk, the flirtatious Frosta, magical Castaspella, butterfly-like Flutterina, the mermaid Mermista, peacock-like Peakablue, Perfuma, Netossa, Sweet Bee, Sorrowful the dragon, the elephant warrior Snout Spout, and the comet warriors Granita, Rokkon and Stonedar. Some of the other popular one-off heroes and villains were Spinnerella, Huntara, General Sunder, False-Face, Colonel Blast, the Red Knight, King Micah, the Meteorbs and the Star Sisters. She-Ra: Princess of Power would air its final episode 'Swifty's Baby' on December 5, 1986; with no real conclusion or finale for neither the She-Ra nor He-Man Filmation series.

Later comics, books and other media

Later mini-comics and 'The Powers of Grayskull' (1983-1987)

Series three of Mattel's minicomics would follow a more similar canon to that of the Filmation animated series, sometimes taking stories straight from episodes of the show in 1983. Series four in 1984, would also follow Filmation's continuity, but showcase new stories featuring the introduction of Princess of Power villain Hordak and the Evil Horde (focusing more on Hordak's attempts to attack He-Man and invade Eternia, rather than anything She-Ra/Princess of Power related). Series five and the final series, six, in 1986 and 1987, would continue on the adventures past the animated series and its sequel in the She-Ra line, introducing new characters not seen in the cartoon series such as Stinkor, Rio Blast, Clamp Champ, Dragstor, Extendar, Blast-Attak, Ninjor, Scare-Glow, Snake-Face, Sssqueeze, Mosquitor and the Energy Zoids (along with live action movie characters Blade, Saurod and Gwildor). More importantly, the main storyline included the new major villains known as the Snake Men. Kobra Khan, Tung-Lashor and Rattlor (previously appearing in the He-Man and She-Ra cartoon series with Skeletor, and/or as members of the Horde), were now under the leadership of the ancient Eternian King Hiss, whose snake men army rose from Eternia's past, joining forces with Skeletor to once again rule Eternia. Other notable storylines included the introduction three-towered fortress of Eternia, and the suggested origin of Skeletor as Keldor; all leading towards what would have been a continuation of the series in the 'Powers of Grayskull' line, before being discontinued. Issues from series 3 through 6 were often edited by Lee Nordling, included writing by Steven Grant, Michael Halperin, Tim Kilpin, Phil White, and Christy Marx; and often featured the artwork of Bruce Timm, Jim Mitchell, Chris Carlson, Alfredo Alcala or Larry Houston.

The proposed exploration of the distant past of Eternia, dubbed "Preternia",^[29] forms the basis of what was originally to be the next incarnation of the toyline, entitled The Powers of Grayskull. However the toyline was canelled very early on, with only a few toys released (like the dinosaur-themed creatures Turbodactyl, Bionatops, Tyrantisaurus Rex and the rare Italian-only released giant figures, Tytus and Megator). The main story information originates from the final mini-comic The Powers of Grayskull—The Legend Begins!, which was intended as the first of a three-part series, however only this issue appeared.^[30]

The proposed storyline was to focus on Ancient Eternia, which was populated by many creatures, including the aforementioned cybernetic dinosaurs and giants. When the Sorceress and He-Man arrive, followed by Skeletor, they find King Hiss leading an attack on a village in the hope of drawing out "The Elders", using some of the cybernetic dinosaurs to their advantage. Hiss serves an "unnamed one" and agrees to unite with Skeletor on the basis that he might be an emissary. Seeing Skeletor's interference, the Sorceress allows He-Man to enter the battle but, "for reasons that will be made clear to you in the future," he had to be disguised. He finds himself overwhelmed, but then a shadowy figure appears who turns the odds with a powerful wand. The stranger then sends the Snake Men back to their base and all the time travellers home. The Sorceress describes the intervener as "the Greatest Sorcerer of all" and He-Man is left asking, "But who is he?". No further story information is given, and it remains unclear how the giants mentioned and released as toys would fit into the story. However, some marketing press releases and prototypes have shed further information.

The wizard was to be He-Ro, an ancestor of He-Man. Raised by his mentor Eldor and discovering special powers in a cave, He-Ro would have led the fight against the Snake Men. According to the mini-comics' writers it was intended that the central antagonist would be Keldor, a character revealed similarly late in the line to have been He-Man's uncle and also strongly hinted to have been the former identity of Skeletor. Whether or not Keldor was also supposed to be the "Unnamed One" Hiss served is not clear, although in an interview writer Steven Grant vaguely recalls that the intention was that the Unnamed One would be a greater evil who, as the Emperor was to Darth Vader, was intended to be the one who caused Keldor to become Skeletor.^[31]

Other comics, books, magazines and international publications (1983-1988)

Generally going along with the established Filmation continuity, Marvel Comics would also release a younger-skewing Star Comics Masters of the Universe series that ran from 1986 to 1988 bi-monthly and produced 13 issues. Comics strips could also be found at this time in newspaper syndication, and various He-Man adventure magazine issues containing Masters of the Universe related comics were released in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Argentina, Brazil, Spain, Italy and others.^[32] Some of the magazines included the 'He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Magazine', which was a fan club magazine featuring puzzles, fan letters, feature stories/comic strips and very well rendered covers and posters by artist Earl Norem (running 16 issues, 1985-1988; She-Ra also with a similar magazine, running 6 issues). Egmont's London Editions in the United Kingdom, published 72 issues biweekly of their 'By The Power of Grayskull... Masters of the Universe' comic magazine from 1986 to 1988 (also publishing 14 issues of 'For the Honor of Grayskull She-Ra' and 3 specials). The series is often noted for expanding the origins of many characters, and introducing the character 'Scrollos'. Egmont also ran a monthly comic magazine entitled 'Masters of the Universe Adventure', which ran for 18 issues before turning into a 'New Adventures' themed magazine 'He-Man Adventure' for 10 more issues.

Masters of the Universe and Princess of Power featured in many children's books in the 1980s as well. One of the main producers of these titles was Golden Books, which published several series of hard and softcover children's books from 1983 to 1986 (with the earliest four books being more in line with early minicomics rather than the cartoon series). World I.P. also produced annual Masters of the Universe and Princess of Power storybooks from 1984 until the New Adventures line in 1990 (with the 1984 edition written pre-Filmation, notably naming Orko as 'Gorpo' and King Randor as 'King Miro'). Also notable in the 1980s were the various combination book/record/cassette-tape read-along/tell-a-tale adventures produced by Ladybird Books out of the U.K., by Kid Stuff Records out of the U.S., and by Mattel themselves.

Games and other media (1983-1987)

Various video game adaptations of the franchise have been released. Masters of the Universe: The Power of He-Man was released by Intellivision for Atari 2600 and Intellivision in 1983. Two games, Masters of the Universe: The Arcade Game and Masters of the Universe: The Super Adventure, were developed by Adventure Soft and released by U.S. Gold for Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum in 1987. A video game based on the movie, Masters of the Universe: The Movie, was released by Gremlin Graphics for Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, MSX and ZX Spectrum in 1987. Various board games were released in the 1980s and FASA produced The Masters of the Universe Role Playing Game in 1985. Throughout the 1980s a wide array of He-Man merchandise was released, including colouring books, activity books, a Panini Sticker book and much more. Also notable was a complete Masters of the Universe audio-only adventure LP record, which was released by Kid Stuff Records in 1983; written and produced by John Braden, complete with a new He-Man theme song and original voice acting.

Live action film (1987)

In 1987, a live action He-Man film was made by Cannon Films entitled Masters of the Universe. The release date in the USA was August 7, 1987. The film starred Dolph Lundgren in the title role of He-Man, Frank Langella as Skeletor, with Courteney Cox, Robert Duncan McNeill and James Tolkan in supporting roles (as Julie Winston, Kevin Corrigan, and Detective Lubic, respectively). The other characters from the original cartoon to appear in the film are Evil-Lyn (Meg Foster), Man-At-Arms (Jon Cypher), Teela (Chelsea Field), Beast Man (Tony Carroll), and the Sorceress (Christina Pickles). The character Gwildor (Billy Barty) is included, apparently in place of Orko, because the special effects of the time would have been insufficient and too costly to create him. Skeletor's henchmen Blade (Anthony De Longis), Saurod (Pons Maar) and Karg (Robert Towers) were also introduced, in place of other more familiar villains from the series.

Many viewers reviewed the motion picture by comparing it to the cartoon, when reality it was an adaptation of the toys only, which initially depicted He-Man as a barbarian with no secret identity (the early mini-comics story did not include Prince Adam or Orko). Ed Pressman was interested in the property before the cartoon was even aired and Filmation had no involvement whatsoever in the film.

In the movie, Skeletor has finally conquered Eternia after stealing the Cosmic Key from the locksmith Gwildor, which allows him to gain entry to Castle Grayskull. The villain imprisons the Sorceress of Grayskull within an energy-draining field which gradually transfers her powers to him. After a failed attempt to rescue the Sorceress, the heroes He-Man, Man-At-Arms, Teela and Gwildor escape to the planet Earth using Gwildor's prototype Cosmic Key. Stranded on Earth, they are faced with the task of retrieving their Cosmic Key (which has fallen into the hands of several unwitting humans) and getting back to Eternia before Skeletor can gain the full power of Grayskull. Skeletor sends his minions to Earth with the mission of recovering the Cosmic Key prototype, and chaos ensues as the war between good and evil is transferred to Earth.

Numerous parts of the previously accepted history of the series are omitted in the film, including all references to Prince Adam, as well as Randor and Marlena, in fact it is implied that Castle Grayskull itself is the ruling point of Eternia rather than any royal city. The story concentrates more on the science fiction elements of the franchise rather than the fantasy. Aside from The Sorceress and Skeletor there is little reference to magic powers, with most of the characters relying instead on futuristic technology. He-Man himself uses a gun in some scenes in addition to his Power Sword, and he only displays superhuman strength in one scene, when toppling a huge statue. Although He-Man twice utters his catchphrase "I Have the Power" while holding the sword aloft in the iconic manner, he does omit the prefacing clause "By the Power of Grayskull".

Although Mattel had hoped that the movie would boost sales of the toyline, it instead had no effect on the line's falling sales, and the MOTU toy line was finally discontinued in early 1988 under immense financial difficulties. A sequel to the film was written, but by 1989, Cannon Films was in such severe financial troubles that it could no longer afford to pay the license fees to Mattel. Thus the script was transformed into the action film Cyborg, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme.^[33][34]

The New Adventures of He-Man (1990-1991)

The New Adventures animated series.

In 1990, several years after the financially disastrous ending of the original Masters of the Universe product line, a second He-Man animated series titled The New Adventures of He-Man, was created by Jetlag Productions to promote Mattel's short-lived attempt to revive the MOTU brand with a new toyline, simply titled He-Man. The new series is radically different from the original fantasy-oriented milieu, shifting to an almost purely science fiction setting which sees He-Man transported to the futuristic planet of Primus. As He-Man leads the heroic Galactic Guardians, Skeletor bases himself on the mutant world of Denebria, forming an alliance with Flogg and his band of Evil Mutants, who are hellbent on conquering Primus for themselves. The series contains clear continuity links to the original Masters of the Universe, and was intended as a continuation of the existing mythology, although some fans see it as a separate canon from the original series due to the differences in style and character portrayal.

Other than He-Man and Skeletor, the Sorceress of Castle Grayskull is the only character from the original series to make regular appearances, acting as a guide to He-Man. Several other characters are featured in the pilot episode, including King Randor and Queen Marlena, who learn of the dual identity of Prince Adam and He-Man. Teela also makes a later appearance in the series^[35][36] Other main characters introduced in this series are He-Man's new allies, the wise sage Master Sebrian, his assistant Mara, and the lead Galactic Guardians Captain Hydron and Flipshot. Other frequently appearing heroic characters included the young shepherd girl Drissi, her little brother Caz, Grot the gardener, councilman Werban, the cyclops Meliac, the Scientists (Alcon, Gepple, Krex and Meldoc) and the remaining Galactic Guardians Sagitar, Tuskador, Spinwit and Artilla, with the final members Kayo, Vizor and Nocturna rarely featuring in the show (although they did appear in the comics and series intro). Skeletor's other allies in Flogg's band of Evil Mutants consisted mainly of Flogg's incompetent second in command Slush-Head, Skeletor's new love interest Crita, and other mutants such as Quakke, Staghorn, B.H., Hoove, Karatti, Optik and Lizorr (with the last few mutants rarely appearing or featuring in the cartoon series).

The majority of the cartoon episodes were written by Jack Olesker, resulting in a tight continuity, which was almost entirely lacking in the earlier Filmation series. Neither the New Adventures animated series or toyline were nearly as popular as the originals, lasting sixty-five episodes, with a few waves of less popular action figures; totaling 28 distinct figures in all (including 7 vehicles, 2 playsets and 2 accessories).^[36][37]

The New Adventures of He-Man series was also featured in its own series of 4 minicomics, and in a monthly comic magazine entitled 'He-Man Adventure' (which ran for about 6 issues before returning to adventures on Eternia), and was published by Egmont's London Editions Magazines in the U.K. World I.P. also produced a New Adventures themed annual in 1990. These publications differed somewhat from the animated series; one change being the character Darius, who did not appear in the cartoon series at all, in a major role as leader of the Galactic Council.

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe modern series (2002-2004)

Toyline

In 2002, Mattel launched a new Masters of the Universe toyline with sculpts designed by the Four Horsemen (a prior "commemorative" re-release of some of the action figures from the 1980s toyline has been released in 2000). The new toyline was made surprisingly faithful to the original line, with the characters gently "re-imagined" and updated in terms of sculpting detail rather than radically reinterpreted.^[38]

One point of contention for many fans of the original Masters toyline was the redesign of He-Man's Power Sword. According to the Four Horsemen, this was due to their original re-sculpts being intended for a continuation of the original storyline in which Skeletor had obtained both halves of the Power Sword (hence the new Skeletor figure's dual blades with clear "good" and "evil" hilt designs), necessitating a new sword to be built by Man-At-Arms and endowed with the properties of the original by the Sorceress. However, Mattel decided to reboot the continuity for a new generation of children, and thus the "new" Power Sword design became the "original" version for the new continuity.^[39]

The line's faithfulness to the original series made it very popular with collectors, however, suggesting it would have been better served as a collector-based line, akin to DC Direct. This theory was borne out in the wake of the discontinuation of the mass-market toyline, with NECA taking the rather unprecedented step of continuing the toyline through action figure sized mini-statues scaled and sculpted to be aesthetically compatible for display alongside the Mattel toys, thus allowing fans to fill out their collections with other Four Horsemen redesigned characters that had yet to be produced as figures when the toyline was canceled. According to a December 8, 2005 interview with a Mattel representative on he-man.org, NECA offered to produce fully articulated action figures for Mattel without taking any credit, but permission was denied. Instead, NECA was only permitted to produce nonarticulated statues.^[40]

New animated series - Mike Young Productions

A new animated series was produced to accompany the toyline, made by Mike Young Productions and lasting for 39 episodes. This series involved much tighter continuity and a somewhat greater depth of characterization than its Filmation predecessor.^[41]

Later episodes of this series were re-titled Masters of the Universe vs. the Snake-Men, and sidelined Skeletor as chief villain in favor of King Hiss, leader of the reptilian Snake Men. Hordak and The Evil Horde were to be the main antagonists for the third season if the show had continued.^[42]

Comic series by MVC and Image Comics

An ongoing publication that mirrored tales of the 2002 Mike Young Productions show, the comic series elaborated and added to the mythos by introducing characters that never made it in after the 39 episodes of the television series. The first issue of the comic was seen in September 2002 in the form of a white preview, the series would continue on through 2004/5 where it would see a switch to Image and several successful trade paperback volumes.

Video games

A game based on the 2002 series, He-Man: Power of Grayskull, was developed by Taniko and published by TDK Mediactive in October 2002. A follow up developed by Savage Entertainment and published by Midas Interactive Entertainment, He-Man: Defender of Grayskull, was released for PlayStation 2 in February 2005. An iOS game, He-Man: The Most Powerful Game in the Universe, was developed by GlitchSoft and published by Chillingo and Mattel in late 2012.^[43][44]

Current Masters of the Universe properties

Masters of the Universe Classics (2008-2015)

In 2007 a new incarnation of Masters of the Universe was announced. Based on the look of the original 1980s MOTU toys, this new toyline was aimed primarily at the adult toy collector market. The first action figure released at San Diego Comic Con 2008 was King Grayskull, a character that appeared in one episode of the 200X TV series 'He-Man and the Masters of the Universe'. It came housed in unique Castle Grayskull packaging and was only sold in the USA. Sculpted by the Four Horsemen, these toys were updated versions of previous figures as well as characters that never before had a toy. Not only did the toyline feature action figures from the originals line from the 80s, but it also included Princess of Power, and the He-Man line from 1989-1992. Eventually characters that had exclusively appeared in She-Ra: Princess of Power and 'The New Adventures of He-Man' were added. Characters from other media, such as comic books, are also included. In February 2010, the figures of He-Man and Skeletor are available as Toys R Us exclusives packed in two-packs with Superman and Lex Luthor respectively, from Mattel's DC Universe Classics action figure line. Both lines are designed by the Four Horsemen. This dual line expanded to include two-packs featuring Aquaman and Mer-Man, Hawkman and Stratos, Bizarro and Faker, Supergirl and She-Ra, and finally Green Lantern and Zodac.

Masters of the Universe Classics has surpassed the original 1980s toyline in terms of length, running continuously for 7 years. Over 150 different figures have been made available since its launch in August 2008.

Dark Horse Comics produced mini-comics to be included in Mattel's Masters of the Universe Classics line of toys, continuing the series of mini-comics first introduced in the original He-Man toys of the 1980s. The mini-comics will be written by Tim Seeley and drawn by Wellinton Alves, with covers by Eric Powell. According to Seeley, the current mini-comics will finish off the story that was supposed to be the new direction of the original action figure line, before it was cancelled. The story will deal with the The Powers of Grayskull line, which included King Hsss, Tyrantisaurus Rex and He-Ro, tying the toy continuity to the He-Man line, also known as "Preternia He-Man". Seeley also states that the current Mattel line intends to blend the different He-Man continuities and select the best stories and ideas from MOTU history.^[45]

DC Comics - Current series (2012 to Present)

A comic book series by DC Comics was relaunched 2012. The series is made up of two ongoing series, two standard mini-series, a digital mini-series and several origin one-shots.

New film

Grayskull: Masters of the Universe was an announced science fiction/fantasy film based on the toy line. According to Variety, it is produced by Joel Silver, and written by Justin Marks, and employing visual special effects to a large degree, as was done with the 2007 war film 300.^[46] Warners announced that John Stevenson, director of Kung Fu Panda will direct the upcoming feature. On 12 May 2009, it was announced that the scripting duties had been handed to newcomer Evan Daugherty, with John Stevenson still attached to direct.^[47] In September 2009, Sony took over the rights from Warner Bros. to produce the Masters of the Universe live action film after Mattel and Silver couldn't agree on creative direction for the film.^[48] Sony and Escape Artists' Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal and Steve Tisch will now start developing the project from scratch for Columbia. In April 2010, Sony hired screenwriters Mike Finch and Alex Litvak to draft a new script.^[49] Deadline reports that Jon M. Chu is in talks to direct the film.^[50] Original He-Man actor Dolph Lundgren did an interview with IGN about possibly appearing in the film as King Randor.^[51] On October 12, 2012, Richard Wenk was hired to rewrite the script for the film.^[52] On March 28, 2013, Chu said that the film is still early is in the experimentation and also it would not be campy but an origin story.^[53][54] On October 7, 2013, The Hollywood Reporter reported that Terry Rossio will write the film & Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal and Steve Tisch are producing the film and it will be set on Eternia, the site also report that Chu will not direct the film.^[55]

On February 26, 2014, it was reported that directors Jeff Wadlow, Mike Cahill, Harald Zwart, and Chris McKay are on the short list to direct the film.^[56][57] On April 9, 2014, Schmoes Know reported that Wadlow will direct the film, but The Hollywood Reporter announced that he was rewriting the script.^[58][59] Columbia Pictures Senior Vice President, DeVon Franklin has tweeted that the film's script has been completed by Jeff Wadlow.^[60][61] Franklin later tweeted a photo on his Twitter page of Battle Cat.^[62] On August 19, 2015, Variety reports that Christopher Yost will rewrite the script.^[63] Mike O'Hearn announced on his instagram account that he's training to star as He-Man.^[64] On January 22, 2016, Deadline reports that McG will direct the film and will also oversee a rewrite of the latest script by Alex Litvak and Mike Finch, while Escape Artists’ Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal and Steve Tisch are on board as producers.^[65]

Mattel toy line releases

The action figures themselves were often repaints and head-swaps of existing characters, outfitted with different equipment; for example, Stinkor was originally a color-swap of Mer-Man wearing a re-colored version of Mekaneck's breastplate. For much of the original line, there were limited molds. Two chests, hairy and smooth, one belt/pair of shorts, and three sets of arms and legs (smooth muscular, evil 'claw' fingers/toes, and hairy). Teela had her own mold, which was later duplicated for Evil-Lyn. When the second wave appeared, several new molds were used (Ram Man, Man-E-Faces, and Trap Jaw all had new mold pieces). Wave three incorporated the same torso for Whiplash and Buzz-Off. New legs were shared with Whiplash, Buzz-Off and an early release of Clawful. Wave Four saw the introduction of more unique body parts (i.e. Leech, Mantenna, Sy-Klone and Two Bad) with Moss Man and Stinkor being the only new characters to be entirely created using old body parts. Wave 5 featured completely unique parts for almost every new character, while the final waves largely returned to the "classic" look of shared sculpts.

Each 1982 action figure featured 5 points of articulation (poseable head, arms and legs), removable armor, a weapon accessory and a spring-loaded "Power punch" at the waist. All 8 characters featured the twist waist action, but it was Wave 2 that saw the introduction of additional action features unique to the character, such as Tri-Klops' rotating visor and Ram Man's spring-loaded legs. Each figure would also come packaged with a mini-comic. The line debuted in 1982 with just four figures to begin with: He-Man, Man-At-Arms, Skeletor and Beast Man. Later that year the remaining four characters from Wave 1 were released. They were Stratos, Teela, Mer-Man and Zodac. Each figure came with removable armor, a weapon and mini-comic. The Comet Warriors, Stonedar and Rokkon, arrived in the UK a full year before the rest of their wave 5 counterparts. This may have been due to their appearance in the UK Masters of the Universe fortnightly magazine in 1986. Originally Beast Man was going to be He-Man's arch rival, Stratos was an Evil Warrior and Mer-Man and Tri-Klops were both intended to be Heroic Warriors. This changed by the time of their release.

Masters of the Universe vintage toys (1982-1988)

Wave 1 / 1982

Name	Log Line	Allegiance	Type
He-Man	Most Powerful Man in the Universe!	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
Man-At-Arms	Master of Weapons!	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
Stratos	Winged Warrior!	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
Teela	Warrior Goddess!	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
Skeletor	Lord of Destruction!	Evil Warriors	Action Figure
Beast Man	Savage Henchman!	Evil Warriors	Action Figure
Mer-Man	Ocean Warlord!	Evil Warriors	Action Figure
Zodac	Cosmic Enforcer!	Neutral	Action Figure
Battle Cat	Fighting Tiger	Heroic Warriors	Creature
Battle Ram	Mobile Launcher	Heroic Warriors	Vehicle
Wind Raider	Assault Lander	Heroic Warriors	Vehicle
Castle Grayskull	Fortress of Mystery and Power for He-Man and his Foes	Heroic Warriors	Playset

Wave 2 / 1983

Name	Log Line	Allegiance	Type
Man-E-Faces	Human...Robot...Monster!	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
Ram Man	Human Battering Ram!	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
Faker	Evil Robot of SKELETOR	Evil Warriors	Action Figure
Trap Jaw	Evil & Armed for Combat	Evil Warriors	Action Figure
Tri-Klops	Evil & Sees Everything	Evil Warriors	Action Figure
Zoar	Fighting Falcon	Heroic Warriors	Creature
Screeech	Barbarian Bird	Evil Warriors	Creature
Attak Trak	Battle Machine	Heroic Warriors	Vehicle
Point Dread & Talon Fighter	Frontier Outpost	Heroic Warriors	Playset/Vehicle
Weapons Pak	Arms & Armor	N/A	Accessories

Wave 3 / 1984

Name	Log Line	Allegiance	Type
Mekaneck	Heroic Human Periscope	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
Evil-Lyn	Evil Warrior Goddess	Evil Warriors	Action Figure
Battle Armor He-Man	Most Powerful Man in the Universe	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
Buzz-Off	Heroic Spy in the Sky	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
Fisto	Heroic Hand-To-Hand Fighter	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
Orko	Heroic Court Magician	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
Prince Adam	Heroic "Secret" Identity to He-Man	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
Battle Armor Skeletor	Lord of Destruction	Evil Warriors	Action Figure
Clawful	Warrior with the Grip of Evil	Evil Warriors	Action Figure
Jitsu	Evil Master of Martial Arts	Evil Warriors	Action Figure
Kobra Khan	Evil Master of Snakes	Evil Warriors	Action Figure
Webstor	Evil Master of Escape	Evil Warriors	Action Figure
Whiplash	Evil Tail Thrashing Warrior	Evil Warriors	Action Figure
Stridor	Heroic Armored War Horse	Heroic Warriors	Creature
Panthor	Savage Cat	Evil Warriors	Creature
Dragon Walker	Sidewinding Beast/Vehicle	Heroic Warriors	Vehicle
Road Ripper	Warrior Carrier	Heroic Warriors	Vehicle
Roton	Evil Assault Vehicle	Evil Warriors	Vehicle
Snake Mountain	Evil Stronghold of Skeletor	Evil Warriors	Playset

Wave 4 / 1985

Name	Log Line	Allegiance	Type
Thunder Punch He-Man	Leader of Heroic Warriors Now Packs a Loud Power Punch!	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
Moss Man	Heroic Spy & Master of Camouflage	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
Roboto	Heroic Mechanical Warrior	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
Sy-Klone	Heroic Fist-Flinging Tornado	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
Dragon Blaster Skeletor	Evil Leader and his Dreadful Dragon with the "Paralyzing" Spray!	Evil Warriors	Action Figure
Spikor	Untouchable Master of Evil Combat	Evil Warriors	Action Figure
Stinkor	Evil Master of Odors	Evil Warriors	Action Figure
Two Bad	Double-Headed Evil Strategist	Evil Warriors	Action Figure
Hordak	Ruthless Leader of The Evil Horde	The Evil Horde	Action Figure
Grizzlor	Hairy Henchman of The Evil Horde	The Evil Horde	Action Figure
Leech	Evil Master of Power Suction	The Evil Horde	Action Figure
Mantenna	Evil Spy with the Pop-Out Eyes	The Evil Horde	Action Figure
Modulok	Evil Beast of a Thousand Bodies	The Evil Horde	Action Figure
Battle Bones	Collectors Carrying Case	Neutral	Creature
Night Stalker	Evil Armored Battle Steed!	Evil Warriors	Creature
Bashasaurus	Heroic Combat Vehicle	Heroic Warriors	Vehicle
Land Shark	Evil Monster/Vehicle	Evil Warriors	Vehicle
Spydor	Evil Stalker	Evil Warriors	Vehicle
Fright Zone	Trap-Filled Stronghold of Terror	The Evil Horde	Playset
Thunder Punch Ammo	Rings of Caps for Thunder Punch He-Man	Heroic Warriors	Accessories

Wave 5 / 1986

Name	Log Line	Allegiance	Type
Flying Fists He-Man	Heroic Leader with the Arm Swinging Action	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
Extendar	Heroic Master of Extension	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
Rio Blast	Heroic Transforming Gun-Slinger	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
Snout Spout	Heroic Water-Blasting Firefighter	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
Rokkon	Young Heroic Comet Warrior	Comet Warriors	Action Figure
Stonedar	Heroic Rock People Leader	Comet Warriors	Action Figure
Terror Claws Skeletor	Evil Leader with the Claw Swinging Action	Evil Warriors	Action Figure
Hurricane Hordak	Ruthless Leader and his Wicked Whirling Weapons	The Evil Horde	Action Figure
Dragstor	Evil Transforming Warrior/Vehicle	The Evil Horde	Action Figure
Horde Trooper	Evil Collapsing Robot	The Evil Horde	Action Figure
Multi-Bot	Evil Robot of a Thousand Bodies	The Evil Horde	Action Figure
King Hiss	Dreadful Disguised Leader of the SNAKE MEN	Snake Men	Action Figure
Rattlor	Evil SNAKE MEN Creature with the Quick-Strike Head	Snake Men	Action Figure
Tung Lashor	Evil Tongue-Shooting SNAKE MEN Creature	Snake Men	Action Figure
Mantisaur	Evil Insectoid Steed	The Evil Horde	Creature
Monstroid	The Ultimate Battling Monster	The Evil Horde	Creature
Blaster Hawk	Heroic Land & Sky Disc Launcher!	Heroic Warriors	Vehicle
Laser Bolt	Heroic Road Rocket	Heroic Warriors	Vehicle
Fright Fighter	Evil Dragonfly Attack Vehicle	Evil Warriors	Vehicle
Slime Pit	Evil Pit of Gruesome Ooze	The Evil Horde	Playset
Jet Sled	Heroic Rocket Sled & Jetpack	Heroic Warriors	Accessories
Megalaser	Heroic Wind-Up Beam Blaster	Heroic Warriors	Accessories
Stilt Stalkers	Heroic Battle Stilts	Heroic Warriors	Accessories
Slime Pit Vat	Tub of Slime	The Evil Horde	Accessories

Wave 6 / 1987

Name	Log Line	Allegiance	Type
Clamp Champ	Heroic Master of Capture	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
Gwildor	Heroic Creator of the Cosmic Key	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
King Randor	Heroic Ruler of Eternia	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
Rotar	Heroic Master of Hyper-Spin	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
Sorceress	Heroic Guardian of Castle Grayskull	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
Blade	Evil Master of Swords	Evil Warriors	Action Figure
Blast-Attak	Evil Blast-Apart Robotic Warrior	Evil Warriors	Action Figure
Faker (aka Faker II, reissue)	Evil Robotic HE-MAN Imposter!	Evil Warriors	Action Figure
Ninjor	Evil Ninja Warrior	Evil Warriors	Action Figure
Saurod	Evil Spark-Shooting Reptile	Evil Warriors	Action Figure
Scare Glow	Evil Ghost of Skeletor	Evil Warriors	Action Figure
Twistoid	Evil Speed Twisting Robot	Evil Warriors	Action Figure
Buzz-Saw Hordak	Ruthless Leader with Blaster Blade	The Evil Horde	Action Figure
Mosquitor	Evil Energy-Draining Insectoid	The Evil Horde	Action Figure
Snake Face	Most Gruesome of the Snake Men	Snake Men	Action Figure
Sssqueeze	Evil Long Armed Viper	Snake Men	Action Figure
Bionatops	Heroic Bionic Dinosaur	Heroic Warriors	Creature
Turbodactyl	Heroic Reptile with "Jet" Wings	Heroic Warriors	Creature
Tyrantisaurus Rex	Most Terrifying Dinosaur in the Land of Preternia	Snake Men	Creature
Tytus (Only released in Italy)	Heroic Giant Warlord	Heroic Warriors	Creature
Megator (Only released in Italy)	Evil Giant Destroyer	Snake Men	Creature
Eternia	The Ultimate Battleground Comes to Life!	Neutral	Playset
Beam Blaster & Artilleray		Heroic Warriors/The Evil Horde	Accessories
Cliff Climber	Motorized Mountain Battle Equipment	Heroic Warriors	Accessories
Tower Tools	Motorized for Castle Battle	Heroic Warriors	Accessories
Scubattack	Motorized Underwater Battle Pack	Evil Warriors	Accessories
Astro Lion	Heroic Lion with Amazing Brute Strength	Heroic Meteorbs	Creature
Comet Cat	Heroic Panther is the Fastest of the Meteorbs	Heroic Meteorbs	Creature
Cometroid	Heroic Meteorb with Heroic Might	Heroic Meteorbs	Creature
Tuskor	Heroic Mammoth Busts Force-Fields with Tusks	Heroic Meteorbs	Creature
Ty-Grrr	Heroic Tiger Meteorb	Heroic Meteorbs	Creature
Crocobite	Evil Crocodile with Crushing Jaws	Evil Meteorbs	Creature
Dinosorb	Evil Dinosaur Stomps to Start Quakes	Evil Meteorbs	Creature
Gore-Illa	Evil Ape with Monstrous Muscle Power	Evil Meteorbs	Creature
Orbear	Evil Grizzly Bashes Enemies with Claws	Evil Meteorbs	Creature
Rhinorb	Evil Rhino with Horrible Ramming Horn	Evil Meteorbs	Creature

Wave 7/ 1988 (Europe Only)

Name	Log Line	Allegiance	Type
Laser Power He-Man	Heroic Master of Light Energy	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
Laser-Light Skeletor	Evil Master of Light Energy	Evil Warriors	Action Figure

Unreleased/Prototypes: The following appear in toy catalogs but were never released

Name	Log Line	Allegiance	Type
Evil Robot	Evil Robot with the Long-Range "Laser" Jet	Evil Warriors	Action Figure
He-Ro	Most Powerful Wizard in the Universe	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
Eldor	Heroic Guardian of the Book of Living Spells	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
Gygor	Unknown	Evil Warriors	Creature
Gigantisaur	Unknown	Heroic Warriors	Creature
Gyrattacker	Unknown	Heroic Warriors	Vehicle

Princess of Power (1985-1987)

In 1985 Mattel attempted to broaden the success of Masters of the Universe, by releasing a line of toys aimed at girls. Many of the Princess of Power characters would eventually be incorporated into Masters of the Universe Classics.

He-Man (1989-1992)

Mattel revamped the Masters of the Universe concept for this 1989 toyline, which had more slender-looking action figures, and a storyline which featured He-Man and Skeletor taking their adventures beyond Eternia, into outer space.

New Adventures Line - Wave 1 / 1989

Name	Alternative Name	Allegiance	Type
He-Man		Galactic Guardians	Action Figure
Flipshot	Icarius	Galactic Guardians	Action Figure
Hydron		Galactic Guardians	Action Figure
Skeletor		Evil Mutants	Action Figure
Flogg	Brakk	Evil Mutants	Action Figure
Slush Head	Kalamarr	Evil Mutants	Action Figure
Astrosub		Galactic Guardians	Vehicle
Bolajet		Galactic Guardians	Vehicle
Shuttle Pod	Dreadwing	Evil Mutants	Vehicle
Terrorclaw	Terror Pod	Evil Mutants	Vehicle
Rocket Disk Power Pack		Galactic Guardians	Accessory
Turbo Tormentor		Evil Mutants	Accessory
Starship Eternia		Galactic Guardians	Playset

Wave 2 / 1990

Name	Alternative Name	Allegiance	Type
Battle Punch He-Man		Galactic Guardians	Action Figure
Kayo	Tatarus	Galactic Guardians	Action Figure
Nocturna		Galactic Guardians	Action Figure
Vizar		Galactic Guardians	Action Figure
Disks of Doom Skeletor		Evil Mutants	Action Figure
Hoove		Evil Mutants	Action Figure
Karatti		Evil Mutants	Action Figure
Lizorr		Evil Mutants	Action Figure
Nordor		Evil Mutants	Playset

Wave 3 / 1991

Name	Alternative Name	Allegiance	Type
Artilla	Weaponstronic	Galactic Guardians	Action Figure
Spinwit	Tornado	Galactic Guardians	Action Figure
Tuskador	Insyzor	Galactic Guardians	Action Figure
Butthead		Evil Mutants	Action Figure
Optikk		Evil Mutants	Action Figure
Quakke	Earthquake	Evil Mutants	Action Figure
Staghorn		Evil Mutants	Action Figure
Sagitar	Tharkus	Galactic Guardians	Creature
Battle Bird		Galactic Guardians	Vehicle
Doomcopter	Skull Copter	Evil Mutants	Vehicle
Terrotread	Dread Tread	Evil Mutants	Vehicle

Wave 4 / 1992

Name	Alternative Name	Allegiance	Type
Thunder Punch He-Man		Galactic Guardians	Action Figure
Missile Armor Flipshot	Missile Armor Icarius	Galactic Guardians	Action Figure
Spin Fist Hydron		Galactic Guardians	Action Figure
Battle Blade Skeletor		Evil Mutants	Action Figure
Hook `Em Flogg	Hook `Em Brakk	Evil Mutants	Action Figure
Too Tall Hoove		Evil Mutants	Action Figure

Unreleased/Prototypes

Name	Alternative Name	Allegiance	Type
Darius		Galactic Guardians	Action Figure
Mara		Galactic Guardians	Action Figure
Kayo (variant)	Tatarus	Galactic Guardians	Action Figure
Galactimytes		Heroic Galactimytes	Action Figures
Gleanons		Evil Gleanons	Action Figures
Clawber		Galactic Guardians	Creature
Grr		Evil Mutants	Creature

Masters of the Universe modern series (2002-2004)

Mattel attempted to revive the long-dormant franchise with a new toyline, which was sculpted by Four Horsemen Studios.

Wave 1 / 2002

Name	Log Line	Allegiance	Type
He-Man	Most Powerful Man in the Universe	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
Battle Sound He-Man	Most Powerful Man in the Universe	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
Man-At-Arms	Heroic Master of Weapons	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
Stratos	Heroic Winged Warrior	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
Skeletor	Overlord of Evil	Evil Warriors	Action Figure
Battle Sound Skeletor	Overlord of Evil	Evil Warriors	Action Figure
Beast Man	Savage Henchman	Evil Warriors	Action Figure
Mer-Man	Evil Ocean Warlord	Evil Warriors	Action Figure
Wolf Armor He-Man/Snake Armor Skeletor	Most Powerful Man in the Universe/Overlord of Evil	Heroic Warriors/Evil Warriors	Gift Set
He-Man Eagle Fight-Pak	None	Heroic Warriors	Accessories
Skeletor Bat Fight-Pak	None	Evil Warriors	Accessories
Battle Cat	Heroic Fighting Tiger	Heroic Warriors	Creature
Panthor	Evil Savage Cat	Evil Warriors	Creature
Bashin' Beetle	Heroic Smash ‘n’ Grab Vehicle	Heroic Warriors	Vehicle
Battle Hawk	Heroic Combat Aircraft	Heroic Warriors	Vehicle
Battle Tank (with He-Man)	Heroic Attack Vehicle	Heroic Warriors	Vehicle
Battle Ram Chariot (with Skeletor)	Skeletor’s Demolition Vehicle	Evil Warriors	Vehicle
Terrodactyl	Skeletor’s Attack Aircraft	Evil Warriors	Vehicle
Castle Grayskull	Heroic Fortress of Mystery & Power	Heroic Warriors	Playset

Wave 2 / 2002

Name	Log Line	Allegiance	Type
Jungle Attack He-Man	Most Powerful Man in the Universe	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
Mekaneck	Heroic Human Periscope	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
Ram Man	Heroic Human Battering Ram	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
War Whale	Heroic Attack Watercraft	Heroic Warriors	Vehicle
Attack Squid	Evil Attack Watercraft	Evil Warriors	Vehicle

Wave 3 / 2002

Name	Log Line	Allegiance	Type
Smash Blade He-Man	Most Powerful Man in the Universe	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
Battle Armor He-Man	Most Powerful Man in the Universe	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
Samurai He-Man	Most Powerful Man in the Universe	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
Samurai Man-At-Arms	Heroic Master of Weapons	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
Orko	Heroic Court Magician	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
Teela	Warrior Goddess	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
Spin Blade Skeletor	Overlord of Evil	Evil Warriors	Action Figure
Battle Armor Skeletor	Overlord of Evil	Evil Warriors	Action Figure
Trap Jaw	Evil Mechanical Menace	Evil Warriors	Action Figure
Tri-Klops	Evil Three-Eyed Villain	Evil Warriors	Action Figure
Samurai Battle Cat	Heroic Fighting Tiger	Heroic Warriors	Creature
Samurai Battle Raptor	None	Evil Warriors	Action Figure
Spit Bull	None	Heroic Warriors	Vehicle

Wave 4 / 2003

Name	Log Line	Allegiance	Type
Martial-Arts He-Man	Most Powerful Man in the Universe	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
Battle Glove Man-At-Arms	Heroic Master of Weapons	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
Prince Adam	Heroic Secret Identity of He-Man	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
Sy-Klone	Heroic Fist-Flinging Tornado	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure

Wave 5 / 2003

Name	Log Line	Allegiance	Type
Ice Armor He-Man	Most Powerful Man in the Universe	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
Mega Punch He-Man	Most Powerful Man in the Universe	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
Buzz-Off	Heroic Spy in the Sky	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
Man-E-Faces	Heroic Human... Robot... Monster	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
Fire Armor Skeletor	Overlord of Evil	Evil Warriors	Action Figure
Evil-Lyn	Evil Warrior Goddess	Evil Warriors	Action Figure
Two Bad	Double Headed Evil Strategist	Evil Warriors	Action Figure
Whiplash	Evil Tail Thrashing Warrior	Evil Warriors	Action Figure
He-Man Battle Station	None	Heroic Warriors	Playset
Mutant Slime Pit (with Mutant Warrior)	None	Evil Warriors	Playset

Wave 6 / 2003

Name	Log Line	Allegiance	Type
Shield Strike He-Man (aka Stealth Armor He-Man)	Most Powerful Man in the Universe	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
Sky Strike Stratos	Heroic Winged Warrior	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
Roboto	Heroic Mechanical Warrior	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
Zodak	Heroic Cosmic Enforcer	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure

Wave 7 / 2003

Name	Log Line	Allegiance	Type
Snake Hunter He-Man	Most Powerful Man in the Universe	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
Mecha-Blade He-Man	Most Powerful Man in the Universe	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
Serpent Claw Man-At-Arms	Heroic Master of Weapons	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
Serpent Track Mekaneck	Heroic Human Periscope	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
Battle Fist (aka Fisto)	Heroic Hand-To-Hand Fighter	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
Snake Crush Skeletor	Overlord of Evil	Evil Warriors	Action Figure
Mecha-Blade Skeletor	Overlord of Evil	Evil Warriors	Action Figure
King Hssss (aka King Hiss)	Dreadful Disguised Leader of the Snake Men	Snake Men	Action Figure
Venom Spitting Khan (aka Kobra Khan)	Henchman of the Snake Men	Snake Men	Action Figure
The General (aka Rattlor)	Evil Snake Creature with the Quick Strike Head	Snake Men	Action Figure
Battle Bones Transport (aka Battle Bones)	Figure Carrier	Neutral	Creature
Mecha-Bite Battle Cat	Fighting Tiger	Heroic Warriors	Creature
Mecha-Bite Panthor	Savage Cat	Evil Warriors	Creature

Wave 8 / 2004

Name	Log Line	Alliegiance	Type
Snake Armor He-Man (Only released in Europe)	Most Powerful Man in the Universe	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
Claw Attack Stratos	Winged Warrior	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
Trap 'N' Smash Orko	Heroic Court Magician	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
Ice Armor Skeletor	Lord of Destruction	Evil Warriors	Action Figure

Exclusives

Name	Log Line	Allegiance	Type
Faker	Evil Robot of Skeletor	Evil Warriors	Action Figure
Keldor	Apprentice of Hordak	Evil Warriors	Action Figure
Moss Man	Heroic Master of Camouflage	Heroic Warriors	Action Figure
She-Ra	Most Powerful Woman in the Universe	The Great Rebellion	Action Figure
Snake Teela	Warrior Goddess	Snake Men	Action Figure

NECA Masters of the Universe modern series - Mini-Statues (2005-2007)

Four Horsemen Studios continued the 200X toyline in the form of non-articulated 6" scale resin statues, which were designed to fit in with the 2002-2004 action figures. They were released by NECA, under licence from Mattel.

Stactions / Wave 1 / 2005

Name	Log Line	Allegiance
Snout Spout	Heroic Water Blasting Fire Fighter	Heroic Warriors
Clawful	Warrior with the Grip of Evil	Evil Warriors
Hordak	Ruthless Leader of the Evil Horde	The Evil Horde

Stactions / Wave 2 / 2005

Name	Log Line	Allegiance
Clamp Champ	Heroic Master of Capture	Heroic Warriors
Stinkor	Evil Master of Odors	Evil Warriors
Grizzlor	Hairy Henchman of the Evil Horde	The Evil Horde

Stactions / Wave 3 / 2006

Name	Log Line	Allegiance
Sorceress (& Zoar)	Heroic Guardian of Castle Grayskull	Heroic Warriors
Mantenna	Evil Spy with the Pop Out Eyes	The Evil Horde
Tung Lashor	Evil Tongue-Shooting Snake Men Creature	Snake Men

Stactions / Wave 4 / 2006

Name	Log Line	Allegiance
Webstor	Evil Master of Escape	Evil Warriors
Leech	Evil Master of Power Suction	The Evil Horde
Snake Face	Most Gruesome of the Snake Men Warriors	Snake Men

Stactions / Wave 5 / 2006

Name	Log Line	Allegiance
Rio Blast	Heroic Transforming Gunslinger	Heroic Warriors
Evil-Lyn (& Screeech)	Evil Warrior Goddess	Evil Warriors
Sssqueeze	Evil Long Armed Viper	Snake Men

Stactions / Wave 6 / 2007

Name	Log Line	Allegiance
Battle Armor He-Man	Most Powerful Man in the Universe	Heroic Warriors
Jitsu (& Odiphus)	Evil Master of Martial Arts	Evil Warriors
Mosquitor	Evil Energy-Draining Insectoid	The Evil Horde

Exclusives

Name	Log Line	Allegiance
King Randor	Ruler of Eternia	Heroic Warriors
King Randor (Classic Colors)	Ruler of Eternia	Heroic Warriors
Sorceress (Classic Colors)	Guardian of Castle Grayskull	Heroic Warriors
Evil-Lyn (Classic Colors)	Evil Warrior Goddess	Evil Warriors

Masters of the Universe Classics (2008-2016)

This is the legend (abbreviations) for the CODES used in the subsequent tables:

• M = Club Eternia Monthly released figure
• A = A list variant
• B = Bonus items (not included in Club subscriptions)
• C = Convention exclusive
• R = Charity/Raffle figures, only a few were ever made
• 30 = 30th Anniversary figure
• F = Club Filmation Monthly figure
• E = Club Etheria Monthly figure
• X = Club 200X Monthly figure
• S = Subscription exclusive
• T = Toys 'R' Us exclusive
• O = Oversized figure (creatures, large scale figures, multi-packs)
• P = Playset, small diorama, weapons rack, weapons pack, figure stands
• V = Vehicle
• MOTU = Masters of the Universe.
• POP = Princess of Power.
• MOVIE = The 1987 live action movie.
• NA = The New Adventures of He-Man.
• POG = The Powers of Grayskull.
• 200X = The 2000s era Masters of the Universe.
• Galactic Protectors = Galactic Guardians of The New Adventures of He-Man.
• Space Mutants = Evil Mutants of The New Adventures of He-Man.
• Filmation = Filmation Productions. Appeared in the 1980s "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe" and/or "She-Ra: Princess of Power" TV series.
• MYP = Mike Young Productions. Appeared in the 2002-2004 "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe" TV series.
• Jetlag = Jetlag Productions. Any character that appeared in the New Adventures of He-Man TV series.
• Prototype = Used to be a prototype only.
• Concept = Based on concept art.
• Myth = Unknown figures with unknown origins.
• Date = Date of release of action figure.
• Code = Represented by a letter (M, C, B etc.) signifying whether the toy is a monthly release, convention exclusive, bonus figure release, etc.
• Name = The name of the toy released.
• Real Name = The birth name of the character.
• Log Line = In the original line each toy had a subtitle (e.g. He-Man was the 'Most Powerful Man in the Universe!').
• Hero/Villain/Neutral = Indicates whether the character is good or evil.
• Toyline/Origin = This indicates where the toy first appeared. For example, MOTU 1982-1988 indicates the character debuted in the original 1982-1988 toyline.
• Wave = This indicates the wave in which the toy was released in its debut appearance. For example, He-Man first appeared in Wave 1 of the original toyline, hence the number '1' appearing.
• New = This indicates a toy that has never been previously released.

Masters of the Universe Classics (August 2008-December 2009)

Date	Code	Name	Real Name	Log Line	Hero/Villain	Allegiance	Toyline/Origin	Era	Wave
24 Aug, 2008	C	King Grayskull	(Not given)	Ancestor of He-Man	Hero	Heroic Warriors	Mike Young Productions/MOTU 200X	200X	New
24 Aug, 2008	C	King Grayskull (Bronze, random chase figure)	(Not given)	Ancestor of He-Man	Hero	Heroic Warriors	Mike Young Productions/MOTU Classics	200X	New
24 Aug, 2008	R	King Grayskull (Spirit, translucent blue)	(Not given)	Ancestor of He-Man	Hero	Heroic Warriors	Mike Young Productions/MOTU Classics	200X	New
1 Dec, 2008	M	He-Man	Adam of the House of Randor	Most Powerful Man in the Universe	Hero	Heroic Warriors	MOTU 1982–1988	MOTU	1
1 Dec, 2008	M	Beast Man	Raqquill Rqazz	Savage Henchman	Villain	Evil Warriors	MOTU 1982–1988	MOTU	1
15 Jan, 2009	M	Skeletor	Keldor	Evil Lord of Destruction	Villain	Evil Warriors	MOTU 1982–1988	MOTU	1
16 Feb, 2009	M	Stratos	Stratos of the House of Avion	Winged Warrior	Hero	Heroic Warriors	MOTU 1982–1988	MOTU	1
16 Mar, 2009	M	Faker	Faker	Evil Robot of Skeletor	Villain	Evil Warriors	MOTU 1982–1988	MOTU	2
15 Apr, 2009	M	Mer-Man	Squidish Rex	Ocean Warlord	Villain	Evil Warriors	MOTU 1982–1988	MOTU	1
15 May 2009	M	Zodac	Zodac Zur	Cosmic Enforcer	Neutral	Cosmic Enforcers	MOTU 1982–1988	MOTU	1
15 Jun, 2009	M	Hordak	Hec-Tor Kur	Ruthless Leader of the Evil Horde	Villain	The Evil Horde	MOTU 1982–1988	MOTU	4
15 Jul, 2009	M	Man-At-Arms	Duncan	Master of Weapons	Hero	Heroic Warriors	MOTU 1982–1988	MOTU	1
23 Jul, 2009	C	He-Ro - SDCC chest logo (with random green. red or purple spell stone)	Ro	Heroic Cosmic Warrior	Hero	Heroic Warriors	Prototype	POG	New
2 Aug, 2009	B	He-Ro (with random green, red or purple spell stone)	Ro	Heroic Cosmic Warrior	Hero	Heroic Warriors	Prototype	POG	New
17 Aug, 2009	M	Tri-Klops	Trydor Esooniux Scope	Evil & Sees Everything	Villain	Evil Warriors	MOTU 1982–1988	MOTU	2
15 Sep, 2009	M	Webstor	Araneus son of Raknus	Master of Escape	Villain	Evil Warriors	MOTU 1982–1988	MOTU	3
15 Oct, 2009	M	Teela (with Zoar)	Teela	Warrior Goddess	Hero	Heroic Warriors	MOTU 1982–1988	MOTU	1
15 Oct, 2009	B	Zodak	Kar-Tor	Mystic Enforcer	Hero	Heroic Warriors	MOTU 2002–2004	200X	7
16 Nov, 2009	M	Scareglow (aka Scare Glow)	Karak Nul	Evil Ghost Serving Skeletor	Villain	Evil Warriors	MOTU 1982–1988	MOTU	6
15 Dec, 2009	M	King Randor	Randor of the House of Miro	Ruler of Eternia	Hero	Heroic Warriors	MOTU 1982–1988	MOTU	6
15 Dec, 2009	B	The Goddess	Sharella	Trainer of He-Man	Hero	Heroic Warriors	Mini-Comic	MOTU	New

Mattel Masters of the Universe Classics (2010)

Date	Code	Name	Real Name	Log Line	Hero/Villain	Allegiance	Toyline/Origin	Era	Wave
15 Jan, 2010	M	Adora	Adora of the House of Randor	Leader in the Great Rebellion	Hero	The Great Rebellion	Filmation	POP	New
15 Jan, 2010	A	Battle Armor He-Man	Adam of the House of Randor	Most Powerful Man in the Universe	Hero	Heroic Warriors	MOTU 1982–1988	MOTU	3
16 Feb, 2010	M	Trap Jaw	Kronis	Evil & Armed For Combat	Villain	Evil Warriors	MOTU 1982–1988/Mike Young Productions	MOTU/200X	2
16 Feb, 2010	O	Battle Cat	Cringer	Fighting Tiger	Hero	Heroic Warriors	MOTU 1982–1988	MOTU	1
16 Feb, 2010	P	Castle Grayskull Stands	N/A	None	None	Heroic Warriors	MOTU Classics	MOTU	New
25 Feb, 2010	T	Superman vs. He-Man (Comic colours)	Kal-El/Adam of the House of Randor	The Man of Steel/ The Most Powerful Man in the Universe	Heroes	Justice League/Heroic Warriors	Comic Book	DC/MOTU	New
25 Feb, 2010	T	Lex Luthor vs. Skeletor (Comic colours)	Alexander Joseph Luthor/Keldor	Criminal Mastermind/Evil Lord of Destruction	Villains	Injustice League/Evil Warriors	Comic Book	DC/MOTU	New
15 Mar, 2010	M	Moss Man	Kreann’ot N’horosh	Heroic Spy & Master of Camouflage	Hero	Heroic Warriors	MOTU 1982–1988	MOTU	4
19 Apr, 2010	M	Evil-Lyn (with Screeech)	Evelyn Morgan Powers	Evil Warrior Goddess	Villain	Evil Warriors	MOTU 1982–1988	MOTU	3
19 Apr, 2010	P	Weapons Pak	N/A	Arms & Armor	Neutral	None	MOTU 1982–1988	MOTU	3
19 Apr, 2010	S	Wun-Dar	Wun-Dar	The Savage He-Man	Hero	None	Myth	MOTU	New
19 May 2010	S	Map of Eternia (Came with Wun-Dar)	Eternia	Magical Planet	None	None	Filmation/MOTU 1982-1988	MOTU	New
15 May 2010	M	Optikk	Pronounced through a series of blinks	Space Mutant Spy for Skeletor	Villain	Space Mutants	He-Man 1989–1992	NA	3
15 May 2010	O	Tytus	Tytus	Heroic Giant Warlord	Hero	Heroic Warriors	Powers of Grayskull/MOTU 1982–88	POG	7
15 Jun, 2010	M	She-Ra	Adora of the House of Randor	Most Powerful Woman in the Universe	Hero	The Great Rebellion	POP 1985–1987/Filmation	POP	1
15 Jun, 2010	A	Keldor	Keldor of the House of Miro	Apprentice of Hordak	Villain	Evil Warriors	MOTU 1982-88/Mike Young Productions	200X	C
15 Jul, 2010	M	Count Marzo	Marzo Kalif	Evil Master of Magic	Villain	None	Mike Young Productions/Filmation	200X	New
22 Jul, 2010	C	Orko - colour change (with Prince Adam)	Orko/Adam of the House of Randor	Court Magician/Secret Identity of He-Man	Heroes	Heroic Warriors	Filmation/MOTU 1982–88	MOTU	3
22 Jul, 2010	B	Mo-Larr & Skeletor	Dr. Moe Larrstein & Keldor	Eternian Dentist & Lord of Destruction	Hero/Villain	None/Evil Warriors	Robot Chicken/MOTU 1982-88	MOTU	New
22 Jul, 2010	R	She-Ra (silver, cake decoration)	Adora of the House of Randor	Most Powerful Woman in the Universe	Hero	The Great Rebellion	N/A	POP	New
02 Aug, 2010	B	Orko (with Prince Adam)	Orko/Adam of the House of Randor	Court Magician/Secret Identity of He-Man	Heroes	Heroic Warriors	Filmation/MOTU 1982–88	MOTU	3
16 Aug, 2010	M	Whiplash	Torrant Krazut	Tail Thrashing Warrior	Villain	Evil Warriors	MOTU 1982–1988	MOTU	3
16 Sep, 2010	M	Chief Carnivus	Carnivus Fervelius III	Feline Warrior	Hero	Heroic Warriors	Mike Young Productions	200X	New
16 Sep, 2010	O	Gygor	Gygor	Evil Fighting Gorilla	Villain	Evil Warriors	Prototype	MOTU	New
15 Oct, 2010	M	Roboto	Robot Model 9041	Mechanical Warrior	Hero	Heroic Warriors	MOTU 1982–1988	MOTU	4
15 Nov, 2010	M	Grizzlor	Gur’rull Gu’rrooowarrrk	The Ferocious Figure with Fur	Villain	The Evil Horde	MOTU 1982–1988	MOTU	4
15 Nov, 2010	B	King Grayskull (red cape, with orb)	D’vann Grayskull	Heroic Ancestor of He-Man	Hero	Heroic Warriors	MOTU Classics/Mike Young Productions	200X	New
18 Nov, 2010	T	Hawkman vs. Stratos (Blue wings)	Katar Hol; Carter Hall/Stratos	Winged Avenger/Winged Warrior	Heroes	Justice League/Heroic Warriors	Comic Book/MOTU 1982-88	DC/MOTU	1
18 Nov, 2010	T	Aquaman vs. Mer-Man (Blue skin)	Arthur Curry; Orin/Squidish Rex	King of the Seven Seas/Ocean Warlord	Hero/Villain	Justice League/Evil Warriors	Comic Book/Mini-Comic	DC/MOTU	New
15 Dec, 2010	M	Buzz-Off	Tzzzzt zzz zzTTTzz	Heroic Spy in the Sky	Hero	Heroic Warriors	MOTU 1982–1988	MOTU	3

Mattel Masters of the Universe Classics (2011)

Date	Code	Name	Real Name	Log Line	Hero/Villain	Allegiance	Toyline/Origin	Era	Wave
18 Jan, 2011	M	Vikor	Vikor	He-Man of the North	Hero	None	Concept Art	POG	New
18 Jan, 2011	O	Eternian Palace Guards	Various	Heroic Guards	Hero	Heroic Warriors	Filmation/Ladybird Books	MOTU	New
15 Feb, 2011	M	Bow	Kyle Reccula	Special Friend Who Helps She-Ra	Hero	The Great Rebellion	POP 1985–1987/Filmation	POP	1
15 Feb, 2011	O	Shadow Beast	Various	Evil Creatures of Darkness	Villain	Evil Warriors	Filmation	MOTU	New
15 Feb, 2011	S	Preternia Disguise He-Man	Adam of the House of Randor	Most Powerful Man in the Universe	Hero	Heroic Warriors	Mini-Comic	POG	New
15 Feb, 2011	S	Map of Etheria (Came with Preternia Disguise He-Man)	Etheria	Beautiful Planet of Despondos	N/A	N/A	POP 1985-87/Filmation	POP	New
15 Mar, 2011	M	King Hssss (aka King Hiss)	Hssss of the Viper House	Dreadful Disguised Leader of the Snake Men	Villain	Snake Men	MOTU 1982–1988	MOTU	5
15 Mar, 2011	A	Battle Armor Skeletor	Keldor of the House Of Miro	Lord of Destruction	Villain	Evil Warriors	MOTU 1982–1988	MOTU	3
15 Apr, 2011	M	Sy-Klone	Sy-Klone Son of Dy-Lex	Heroic Fist-Flinging Tornado	Hero	Heroic Warriors	MOTU 1982–1988	MOTU	4
15 Apr, 2011	O	Panthor	Panthor	Savage Cat of Skeletor	Villain	Evil Warriors	MOTU 1982–1988	MOTU	3
15 May 2011	M	Catra	C’yra of D’riluth III	Jealous Beauty	Villain	The Evil Horde	POP 1985–87/Filmation	POP	1
15 Jun, 2011	M	The Faceless One	Nikolas Powers	Ancient Lord of Zalesia	Hero	None	Mike Young Productions	200X	New
15 Jun, 2011	A	Battleground Teela	Teela	Heir to the Sorceress	Hero	Heroic Warriors	DC Comics	MOTU	New
Jul, 2011	T	Bizarro vs. Faker (Battle Armour)	None	Imperfect Duplicate/Evil Robot of Skeletor	Villains	Injustice League/Evil Warriors	Comic Book/MOTU Classics	DC/MOTU	New
Jul, 2011	T	Green Lantern vs. Zodac (Comic colours)	Hal Jordan/Zodac Zur	Cosmic Crusader/Cosmic Enforcer	Hero/Neutral	Justice League/None	Comic Book	DC/MOTU	New
Jul, 2011	T	Supergirl vs. She-Ra (Silver sword)	Linda Danvers/Adora of the House of Randor	The Maid of Might/Most Powerful Woman in the Universe	Heroes	Teen Titans/The Great Rebellion	Comic Book/Filmation	DC/POP	New
15 Jul, 2011	M	Clawful	Pronounced through a series of claw clicks	Warrior with the Grip of Evil	Villain	Evil Warriors	MOTU 1982–1988	MOTU	3
21 Jul, 2011	C	Queen Marlena (& young Cringer)	Marlena Glenn	Queen of Eternia	Hero	Heroic Warriors	Filmation/MOTU 1982-88/MOTU Classics	MOTU	New
1 Aug, 2011	B	Captain Glenn (& young Cringer)	Marlena Glenn	Heroic Space Adventurer	Hero	Heroic Warriors	Filmation/MOTU 1982-88/MOTU Classics	MOTU	New
15 Aug, 2011	M	Man-E-Faces	Perkaedo	Human...Robot...Monster	Hero	Heroic Warriors	MOTU 1982–1988	MOTU	2
15 Aug, 2011	O	Megator	Moleb The Demolisher	Evil Giant Destroyer	Villain	Snake Men & The Evil Horde	MOTU 1982–1988	POG	7
15 Sep, 2011	M	Leech	K’ull’leusshhhh	Master of Power Suction	Villain	The Evil Horde	MOTU 1982–1988	MOTU	4
15 Sep, 2011	A	Hurricane Hordak	Hec-Tor Kur	Ruthless Leader with Wicked Whirling Weapons	Villain	The Evil Horde	MOTU 1982–1988	MOTU	5
17 Oct, 2011	M	Icarius (aka Flipshot)	TC Icarius Kaz	Daring Space Ace	Hero	Galactic Protectors	He-Man 1989–1992	NA	1
15 Nov, 2011	M	Snout Spout	Jaxton	Water Blasting Firefighter	Hero	Heroic Warriors	MOTU 1982–1988	MOTU	5
15 Nov, 2011	S	Princess of Power stickers (came with Snout Spout, subscribers only)						POP/MOTU/POG/NA	New
15 Nov, 2011	A	Bubble Power She-Ra (aka She-Ra 2.0)	Adora of the House of Randor	Most Powerful Woman in the Universe	Hero	The Great Rebellion	POP 1985–87/Filmation	POP	3
15 Nov, 2011	O	Swiftwind (aka Swift Wind)	Spirit	Beautiful Horse, Spirit, Becomes Magical Flying Unicorn!	Hero	The Great Rebellion	POP 1985–87/Filmation	POP	1
15 Dec, 2011	M	Demo-Man	Uqquz'zekul-Mshqx	Evil Spirit of Despondos	Villain	None	Concept Art	MOTU	New
15 Dec, 2011	A	Battleground Evil-Lyn	Evelyn Morgan Powers	Evil Witch of Eternia	Villain	Evil Warriors	MOTU 200X/Mike Young Productions	200X	5
15 Dec, 2012	V	Wind Raider	N/A	Heroic Assault Lander	Hero	Heroic Warriors	MOTU 1982–1988	MOTU	1

Mattel Masters of the Universe Classics (2012)

Date	Code	Name	Real Name	Log Line	Hero/Villain	Allegiance	Toyline/Origin	Era	Wave
17 Jan, 2012	O	The Star Sisters (Jewelstar, Starla, Tallstar) (with Glory Bird)	Devena/Gemma/Cassandra	Hidden Beauty/Bright and Beautiful Leader/ Lovely Lookout	Hero	The Great Rebellion	Prototype	POP	New
15 Feb, 2012	M	Sorceress	Teela Na	Guardian of Castle Grayskull	Hero	Heroic Warriors	MOTU 1982–1988	MOTU	6
15 Feb, 2012	30	Fearless Photog	Jey	Heroic Master of Cameras	Hero	Heroic Warriors	1980s Contest/MOTU Classics	MOTU	New
15 Feb, 2012	M	Fisto	Malcom	Hand-To-Hand Fighter	Hero	Heroic Warriors	MOTU 1982–1988	MOTU	3
15 Feb, 2012	S	Shadow Weaver	Beatrix Lightspinner	Mistress of Dark Magic	Villain	The Evil Horde	Filmation	POP	New
15 Feb, 2012	S	Map of Preternia (Came with Shadow Weaver)	Preternia	Ancient Continent of Hidden Magic	None	None	The Powers of Grayskull	POG	New
15 Mar, 2012	M	Kobra Khan	Khan of the Clan Kobra	Evil Master of Snakes	Villain	Evil Warriors/Snake Men	MOTU 1982–1988	MOTU	3
16 Apr, 2012	A	Thunder Punch He-Man	Adam of the House of Randor	Heroic Leader With A Power Punch	Hero	Heroic Warriors	MOTU 1982–1988	MOTU	4
16 Apr, 2012	30	Draego-Man	(renounced his given Dragonian name)	Evil Fire-Breathing Menace	Villain	Evil Warriors	MOTU Classics	MOTU	New
15 May 2012	M	Stinkor	Odiphus	Evil Master of Odors	Evil	Evil Warriors	MOTU 1982–1988	MOTU	4
15 May 2012	M	Slush Head	Kalamarr	Scaly Goon Squad Thug	Villain	Space Mutants	He-Man 1989–1992	NA	1
15 May 2012	P	Snake Mountain Stands	N/A	None	Villain	Evil Warriors	MOTU Classics	MOTU	New
15 May 2012	30	The Mighty Spector	John Spector	Master of Time Travel	Hero	Time Agents	MOTU Classics	MOTU	New
15 Jun, 2012	M	Horde Prime	Anillis Kur	Supreme Ruler of the Horde Empire	Villain	The Evil Horde	MOTU Classics/Filmation/Comic Book	POP/MOTU	New
15 Jun, 2012	A	Snake Man-At-Arms	Duncan of the Viper Clan	Transformed Master Of Weapons	Villain	Snake Men	Mike Young Productions	200X	New
15 Jun 2012	O	Griffin	Varies	Evil Flying Beasts	Villain	Evil Warriors	Mike Young Productions	200X	New
12 Jul, 2012	C/O	Vykron (Packaged in barbarian outfit)	Vykron	Ultimate Eternian Champion	Heroic	None	Prototype	MOTU	New
16 Jul, 2012	M	Spikor	Kleffton	Untouchable Master of Evil Combat	Villain	Evil Warriors	MOTU 1982–1988	MOTU	4
1 Aug, 2012	B/O	Vykron (Packaged in military or space outfits)	Vykron	Ultimate Eternian Champion	Heroic	None	Prototype	MOTU	New
15 Aug, 2012	30	Sir Laser-Lot	Unknown	Heroic Knight of Grayskull	Hero	Heroic Warriors	MOTU Classics	POG	New
15 Sep 2012	M	Mekaneck	Orius	Heroic Human Periscope	Hero	Heroic Warriors	MOTU 1982–1988	MOTU	3
15 Sep, 2012	A	Dragon Blaster Skeletor	Keldor of the House of Miro	Evil Leader & his Dreadful Dragon with the "Paralyzing Spray"	Villain	Evil Warriors	MOTU 1982–1988	MOTU	4
15 Sep 2012	O	Snake Men	Varies	Slithering Minions of King Hssss	Villain	Snake Men	Mike Young Productions	200X	New
15 Oct, 2012	M	Frosta	Queen Mackenzie	Ice Empress of Etheria	Hero	The Great Rebellion	POP 1985–1987/Filmation	POP	1
15 Oct, 2012	M	Rattlor	Slltyo of the Rattlor House	Evil Creature with the Quick Strike Head	Villain	Snake Men	MOTU 1982–1988	MOTU	5
15 Oct, 2012	S	Time Agents/The Great Rebellion stickers (came with Rattlor, subscribers only)						POP/MOTUC	New
15 Oct, 2012	30	Cy-Chop	Scychor	Evil Horde Bounty Hunter	Villain	Horde	MOTU Classics	MOTU	New
15 Oct, 2012	P	Great Unrest Weapons Pack	N/A	None	Neutral	None	MOTU Classics	MOTU	New
15 Nov 2012	M	Dekker	Dekker	Heroic Trainer-At-Arms	Hero	Heroic Warriors	Mike Young Productions	200X	New
15 Nov 2012	A	King Randor (Eternos Palace)	Randor of the House of Miro	Eternos Palace	Hero	Heroic Warriors	Filmation	MOTU	New
15 Nov, 2012	30	Castle Grayskullman	Not Applicable	Heroic Embodiment of Castle Grayskull	Hero	Heroic Warriors	30th Anniversary Contest/MOTU Classics	MOTU	New
23 Nov, 2012	B/C	Temple of Darkness Sorceress	Teela Na	Heroic Guardian of Castle Grayskull	Hero	Heroic Warriors	Mini-Comic	MOTU	New
17 Dec, 2012	M	Mosquitor	Bliddeon Black	Evil Energy-Draining Insectoid	Villain	The Evil Horde	MOTU 1982–1988	MOTU	6
17 Dec, 2012	O	Procrustus	Procrustus	Giant Guardian of Magic	Hero	None	Mini-Comic	MOTU	New
17 Dec, 2012	O/B	Granamyr	Granamyr the Wise	Great Magic Wielding Dragon	Hero	Neutral	Filmation	MOTU	New

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Mattel Masters of the Universe Classics (2013)

Date	Code	Name	Real Name	Log Line	Hero/Villain	Allegiance	Toyline/Origin	Era	Wave
15 Jan, 2013	M	Netossa	Vivian Redretta	Captivating Beauty	Hero	The Great Rebellion	POP 1985–1987	POP	3
15 Feb, 2013	M	Jitsu	Chopper	Evil Master of Martial Arts	Villain	Evil Warriors	MOTU 1982–1988	MOTU	3
15 Feb, 2013	O	Ram Man	Krass	Heroic Human Battering Ram!	Hero	Heroic Warriors	MOTU 1982–1988	MOTU	2
14 Mar, 2013	B/C	Strobo	Gelpher	Light Powered Cosmic Enforcer	Neutral	None	Comic Book	MOTU	New
15 Mar, 2013	M/S	Fang Man	Scutes Ignis	Evil Fanged Minion of Skeletor	Villain	Evil Warriors	Filmation	MOTU	New
15 Mar, 2013	S	King He-Man	Adam of the House of Randor	Heroic Ruler of Future Eternia	Hero	Heroic Warriors	MOTUC/Mini-Comic	MOTU	New
15 Mar, 2013	S	Map of Subternia (Comes with King He-Man)	Subternia	Hidden Land Beneath the Horizon	None	None	MYP/Mini-Comic	MOTU	New
15 Apr, 2013	M	Snake Face	Cyltho Ssstavvve	Most Gruesome of the Snake Men Warriors	Villain	Snake Men	MOTU 1982-1988	MOTU	6
15 Apr, 2013	O	The Fighting Foe Men	Dawg-O-Tor/Ditztroyer/Shield Maiden Sherrilyn	Evil Eternian Pirate Clan	Villains	None/The Evil Horde	Concept	MOTU	New
8 May 2013	B	Hordak (Spirit)	Hec-Tor Kur	Spirit	Villain	The Evil Horde	Comic	200X	New
15 May 2013	M	Karatti	Stickel-Vat	Bone Bashing Mutant	Villain	Space Mutants	NA 1989-1992	NA	2
17 Jun, 2012	M	Octavia	Polypus Rorqu	Wicked Tentacle-Swinging Warrior	Villain	The Evil Horde	Filmation	POP	New
15 Jul, 2013	M	Clamp Champ	Raenius	Heroic Master of Capture	Hero	Heroic Warriors	MOTU 1982–1988	MOTU	6
15 Jul, 2013	A	He-Man (Galactic Protector)	Adam of the House of Randor	Galactic Protector	Heroic	Galactic Protectors	He-Man 1989–1992	NA	1
15 Jul, 2013	F	Icer	Icleeel of the Outer Stilia Clan	Evil Master of Cold	Villain	Evil Warriors	Filmation	MOTU	New
18 Jul, 2013	O/B	Rokkon and Stonedar	Rokkon/Stonedar	Young Heroic Comet Warrior/Heroic Rock People Leader	Heroic Warriors	Rock People	MOTU 82-88	MOTU	5
15 Aug, 2013	M	Castaspella	Esmerelda	Enchantress Who Hypnotizes	Hero	The Great Rebellion	POP 1985–1987/Filmation	POP	1
15 Aug, 2013	F	Shokoti	Shokoti	Evil Witch of Eternia	Villain	None	Filmation	MOTU	New
16 Sep, 2013	V	Sky High with Jet Sled (aka Sky Sled)	Daril	Heroic Airship Adventurer	Hero	Heroic Warriors	Concept	MOTU	New
16 Sep, 2013	F	Batros	Wiley	Evil Master of Theft	Villain	None	Filmation	MOTU	New
15 Oct, 2013	M	Mantenna	Glieeb-Tolio Jak-Us	Evil Spy with the Pop Out Eyes	Villain	The Evil Horde	MOTU 1982-88/Filmation	MOTU	4
15 Oct, 2013	M	Lord Dactus (aka Lord Dactys)	Dactus of Spelia	Heroic Bat Warrior	Hero	Heroic Warriors	Mike Young Productions	MOTU	New
15 Oct, 2013	O	Horde Troopers	Horde Drones Serial Numbers 2549 and 3849	Evil Mechanical Enforcers of Hordak	Villain	The Evil Horde	MOTU 1982-88/Filmation	MOTU/POP	5
15 Oct, 2013	P	Weapons Pak: End of Wars (includes Kowl)	Kowl	The Know-It Owl	Hero	The Great Rebellion	POP 1985-87	POP	1
15 Oct, 2013	F	Nepthu	Nepthu Sencri	Wicked Sun Sorcerer	Villain	None	Filmation	MOTU	New
15 Nov, 2013	M	Geldor	Geldor III	Evil Barbarian Obsessed with Immortality	Villain	None	Mini-Comic	MOTU	New
15 Nov, 2013	S	Son of He-Man stickers (came with Geldor, subscribers only)						MOTU/NA/MOTUC	New
15 Nov, 2013	F	Sea Hawk	Captain Jeoff Blithe	Heroic Etherian Pirate	Hero	The Great Rebellion	Filmation	POP	New
16 Dec, 2013	B	Standor	Standor	Cosmic Creator of Power	Neutral	None	MOTU Classics	MOTU	New
16 Dec, 2013	M	Plundor	Plundor the Spoiler	Evil Rabbit Seeking Riches	Villain	None	Filmation	MOTU	New
16 Dec, 2013	F	Strong-Or (aka Strongarm)	Dalmus Fu	Evil Power-Punching Warrior	Villain	Evil Warriors	Filmation	MOTU	New
16 Dec, 2013	P	Castle Grayskull	Castle Grayskull	Fortress of Mystery & Power	Neutral	Heroic Warriors	MOTU 1982-88	MOTU	1
16 Dec, 2013	S	Masters of the Universe Checklist (came with Castle Grayskull - preorders only)	Masters of the Universe	Heroic and Evil Warriors Wielding Great Power	None	None	MOTU Classics	MOTU	New

Mattel Masters of the Universe Classics (2014)

Date	Code	Name	Real Name	Log Line	Hero/Villain	Allegiance	Toyline/Origin	Era	Wave
15 Jan 2014	M	Two Bad	Tuvar & Baddhra	Double-Headed Evil Strategist	Villain	Evil Warriors	MOTU 1982-88	MOTU	4
17 Feb 2013	M	Glimmer	Glimmer of the House of Brightmoon	The Guide who Lights the Way!	Hero	The Great Rebellion	Princess of Power 1985-87/Filmation	POP	1
15 Feb 2014	O	Modulok	Galen Nycoff	Evil Beast of a Thousand Bodies	Villain	The Evil Horde	MOTU 1982–1988	MOTU	4
17 Mar 2013	M	Hydron	Daniel Ripper, Jr.	Heroic Leader of the Galactic Protectors	Hero	Galactic Protectors	New Adventures 1989-92	NA	1
17 Mar 2013	S	Unnamed One	Gorpo	Evil Lord of Chaos	Villain	None	MOTU Classics/Mini-Comic	MOTU	New
17 Mar 2013	S	Map of The Horde Empire (came with Unnamed One)	The Horde Empire	Tyrannical Galactic Rulers	None	None	Filmation POP/MOTU	POP/MOTU	New
15 Apr 2014	M	Blade	Ritter	Evil Master of Swords	Villain	Evil Warriors	MOTU 1982-88	MOTU	6
15 Apr 2014	B	Kowl (Filmation) & Loo-Kee	Kowl/Pedraut Edeltran	The Know-It Owl/Hides and Sees All in Etheria	Hero	The Great Rebellion	Princess of Power 1985-87/Filmation	POP	New, 3
15 Apr 2014	B/C	Goat Man	Klacky	Horn-Headed Servant of Beast Man	Villain	Evil Warriors	Golden Books	MOTU	New
15 May 2014	M	Scorpia	Lynda D'ream	Stinging Horde Enforcer	Villain	The Evil Horde	Filmation	POP	New
15 May 2014	O	Battle Lion	Granger	Heroic Steed of King Grayskull	Hero	Heroic Warriors	Mike Young Productions	200X	New
16 June 2014	M	Extendar	Doodon	Heroic Master of Extension	Hero	Heroic Warriors	MOTU 1982-88	MOTU	5
15 July 2014	M	Flogg	Brakk	Evil Leader of the Space Mutants	Villain	Space Mutants	New Adventures 1989-92	NA	1
15 July 2014	E	Double Mischief (aka Double Trouble)	Rebekkah Kettle	Glamorous Double Agent	Hero	The Great Rebellion	Princess of Power 1985-1987	POP	1
24 July 2014	B	Hordak (with Imp)	Hec-Tor Kur	Evil Leader of the Horde Invasion	Villain	The Evil Horde	Filmation	POP	New
24 July 2014	C	Imp as Treasure Chest	Imp	Evil Shapeshifting Spy	Villain	The Evil Horde	Filmation	POP	New
15 Aug 2014	M	Flutterina	Abby De'note	Beautiful "Flying" Lookout	Hero	The Great Rebellion	Princess of Power 1985-1987/Filmation	POP	2
15 Aug 2014	E	Madame Razz (includes Broom!)	Regina Razz	Magical Witch of Whispering Woods	Hero	The Great Rebellion	Filmation	POP	NEW
15 Aug 2014	A	Skeletor (Intergalactic Overlord of Evil)	Keldor of the House of Miro	Intergalactic Overlord of Evil	Villain	Space Mutants	New Adventures 1989-92	NA	1
15 Sep, 2014	M	Rio Blast	Riolus Blast	Heroic Transforming Gunslinger	Hero	Heroic Warriors	Masters of the Universe 1982-88	MOTU	5
15 Sep, 2014	E	Entrapta	Es'tra Vesslelak	Tricky Golden Beauty	Villain	The Evil Horde	Princess of Power 1985-1987/Filmation	POP	2
15 Sep, 2014	S/E	The Great Rebellion stickers (came with Entrapta, subscribers only)					MOTUC	POP	New
15 Oct, 2014	M	Eldor	R'endril the Wise	Heroic Guardian of the Book of Living Spells	Hero	Heroic Warriors	Prototype	POG	New
15 Oct, 2014	S	Heroic Warriors & Evil Warriors stickers (came with Eldor, subscribers only)					MOTUC	MOTU	New
15 Oct, 2014	E	Sweet Bee	Beatrice Castle	Honey of a Guide	Hero	Great Rebellion	Princess of Power 1985-87/Filmation	POP	2
15 Oct 2014	S/E	Light Hope	Lord Ry'gus Hope	Magical Protector of the Crystal Castle	Hero	The Great Rebellion	MOTU Classics/Filmation	POP	New
15 Nov 2014	M	Tung Lashor	Kasssher	Evil Tongue-Shooting SNAKE MEN Creature!	Villain	Snake Men	MOTU 1982–1988	MOTU	5
15 Nov 2014	E	She-Ra (Galactic Protector)	Adora of the House of Randor	Galactic Protector	Hero	Galactic Guardians	MOTU Classics	NA	New
15 Nov 2014	O	Arrow	Arrow	True Blue Horse Flies Bow to Victory	Hero	The Great Rebellion	Princess of Power 1985-87/Filmation	POP	1
15 Dec 2014	M	Mermista	Elaysia	Mermaid Friend of She-Ra	Hero	The Great Rebellion	Princess of Power 1985-87/Filmation	POP	2
15 Dec 2014	E	Spinnerella	Cynthia	Dizzying Defender	Hero	Great Rebellion	Princess of Power 1985-87/Filmation	POP	3
15 Dec 2014	B	Gwildor	G'ww'ld'rrr Wicket Will'ow	Heroic Creator of the Cosmic Key	Hero	Heroic Warriors	MOTU 1982–1988	MOTU	6
15 Dec 2014	V	Battle Ram (with Man-At-Arms)	Duncan	Mobile Launcher	Hero	Heroic Warriors	MOTU 1982-88	MOTU	1

Mattel Masters of the Universe Classics (2015)

Date	Code	Name	Real Name	Log Line	Hero/Villain	Allegiance	Toyline/Origin	Era	Wave
15 Jan, 2015	M	Lizard Man	Gayn	Heroic Cold-Blooded Ally	Hero	Heroic Warriors	Filmation	MOTU	New
15 Feb, 2015	M	Ninja Warrior (aka Ninjor)	Unknown	Evil Ninja Master	Villain	Evil Warriors	MOTU 1982–1988	MOTU	6
15 Feb, 2015	O	Snake Armor He-Man Vs. Battle Armor King Hssss (aka Battle Armor King Hiss)	Adam of the House of Randor/Hssss of the Viper Clan	The Most Powerful Snake Hunter in the Universe/Slithering Leader of the Snake Men	Hero/Villain	Heroic Warriors/Snake Men	Mike Young Productions/MOTU 200X	200X	8/7
15 Feb, 2015	B	Spirit of Grayskull (glows in the dark)	D'vann Grayskull	Heroic Guardian of Power	Hero	Heroic Warrior	Mini-Comic/Mike Young Productions	MOTU	New
15 Mar, 2015	M	Huntara	Tara	Courageous Silaxian Warrior	Hero	None	Filmation	POP	New
15 Mar, 2015	S	Oo-Larr (aka Mini-Comic He-Man)	Oo-Larr, Lord of the Jungle Tribe	The Jungle He-Man	Hero	Heroic Warriors	Mini-Comic	MOTU	New
15 Mar, 2015	S	Map of Castle Grayskull (with Oo-Larr)	Castle Grayskull	Fortress of Mystery & Power	None	Heroic Warriors	MOTU 1982-88	MOTU	New
15 Apr, 2015	M	Angella	Angella III, Queen Regent of Bright Moon	Angelic Winged Guide	Hero	The Great Rebellion	Filmation/POP 1985-87	POP	1
15 Apr, 2015	B	Hover Robots	None	Evil Mindless Robot Goons	Villains	Evil Warriors	Filmation	MOTU	New
15 May 2015	M	Blast Attak (aka Blast-Attak)	Program Robot Serial Number 1710	Evil Blast Apart Robot	Villain	Snake Men	MOTU 1982–1988	MOTU	6
15 June 2015	M	Sssqueeze	Schisszz Shazzz	Evil Long Armed Viper	Villain	Snake Men	MOTU 1982–1988	MOTU	6
15 June 2015	O	Multi-Bot	Serial Number 2312	Evil Robot of a Thousand Bodies	Villain	The Evil Horde	MOTU 1982–1988	MOTU	5
9 July 2015	B	Rotar Vs. Twistoid	Ronur/Gyro Robot	Heroic Master of Hyper-Spin/Evil Energy Cyborg	Hero/Villain	Heroic Warriors/Evil Warriors	MOTU 1982-1988	MOTU	6
15 July 2015	M	Peekablue	Penelope	Watchful Feathered Friend	Hero	The Great Rebellion	Filmation/POP 1985-87	POP	2
15 July 2015	X	Callix (aka Calix)	Callix	Evil Horde Rock Man	Villain	The Evil Horde	Mike Young Productions	200X	New
17 Aug, 2015	M	Mara of Primus	Mara	Heroic Ambassador of Peace	Hero	Galactic Protectors	He-Man 1989–1992/Jetlag	NA	New
17 Aug, 2015	A	Buzz-Saw Hordak	Hec-Tor Kur	Ruthless Leader with Blaster Blade	Villain	The Evil Horde	MOTU 1982-1988	MOTU	6
17 Aug, 2015	X	Evil Seed (aka Evilseed)	Sero Malusto	Evil Master of Plants	Villain	None	Mike Young Productions	200X	New
17 Aug, 2015	S/X	Heads of Eternia (200X Buzz-Off, Roboto, Snout Spout, Sy-Klone, Clawful & Grizzlor heads)			Heroes/Villains	Heroic Warriors/Evil Warriors/The Evil Horde	MOTU 200X	200X	New
15 Sep, 2015	M	Saurod	C'Ngrel Chouluth	Evil Spark-Shooting Reptile	Villain	Evil Warriors	MOTU 1982-88	MOTU	6
Oct, 2015	O	Flying Fists He-Man Vs. Terror Claws Skeletor	Adam of the House of Randor/Keldor of the House of Miro	Heroic Leader with the Arm-Swinging Action!/Evil Leader with the Claw Swinging Action	Hero/Villain	Heroic Warriors/Evil Warriors	MOTU 1982-88	MOTU	5
15 Sep, 2015	X	King Chooblah	K'Rudulak Chooblah	Heroic King of the Kulataks	Hero	Heroic Warriors	Mike Young Productions	200X	New
15 Oct, 2015	M	Perfuma	Tara	Scent-Sational Flower Maiden	Hero	The Great Rebellion	POP 1985-87/Filmation	POP	2
15 Oct, 2015	X	Ceratus	Ceratus Krazut	Heroic Leader of Subternia	Hero	Heroic Warriors	Mike Young Productions	200X	New
16 Nov, 2015	M	Dragstor	Theydon	Transforming Evil Warrior/Vehicle	Villain	The Evil Horde	MOTU 1982-88	MOTU	5
16 Nov, 2015	X	Queen Grayskull	Veena Grayskull	Heroic Guardian of Power	Hero	Heroic Warriors	Mike Young Productions	200X	New
Nov, 2015	P	Point Dread & Talon Fighter (with Teela)	Teela	Frontier Outpost	Hero	Heroic Warriors	MOTU 1982-88/Filmation MOTU	MOTU	2/New
15 Dec, 2015	M	He-Ro II	Dare	Heroic Son of He-Man	Hero	Heroic Warriors	MOTUC	Son of He-Man	New
15 Dec, 2015	X	Prahvus	Prahvus the Untamed	Evil Master of Doom	Villain	None	Mike Young Productions	200X	New
Dec, 2015	O	Laser Power He-Man Vs. Laser-Light Skeletor	Adam of the House of Randor/Keldor	Heroic Master of Light Energy/Evil Master of Light Energy	Hero/Villain	Heroic Warriors/Evil Warriors	MOTU 1982-88	MOTU	7

Mattel Masters of the Universe Classics (2016)

Date	Code	Name	Real Name	Log Line	Hero/Villain	Allegiance	Toyline/Origin	Era	Wave
15 Jan 2016	M	Masque	Masque	Evil Servant of Shokoti	Villain	None	Filmation MOTU	MOTU	New
15 Mar 2016	B	Serpentine King Hssss	Hssss of the Viper Clan	Evil Disguised Leader of the Snake Men	Villain	Snake Men	MOTUC	MOTU	New
Apr 2016	M	Vultak	Vultak	TBA	Villain	The Evil Horde	Filmation POP	POP	New
May 2016	M	Darius	Darius	TBA	Hero	Galactic Guardians	Prototype	NA	New
May 2016	O	Night Stalker	Night Stalker	Evil Armored Battle Steed	Villain	Evil Warriors	MOTU 1982-1988	MOTU	4
TBA 2016	B	Anti-Eternia He-Man (aka Anti-He-Man)		Most Evil Man in the Universe	Villain	None	German Audio Plays	MOTU	New
4 June 2016	C	Beast Man (red)		Savage Henchman	Villain	Evil Warriors	MOTU Minicomics	MOTU	New
4 June 2016	C	Camo Khan		TBA	Villain	Snake Men	Top Toys MOTU	MOTU	5
4 June 2016	C	Granamyr (green)	Granamyr the Wise	Great Magic Wielding Dragon	Hero	Neutral	MOTU Minicomics	MOTU	New
June 2016	S	Despara	Adora	TBA	Villain	The Evil Horde	DC MOTU Comics/MOTUC Minicomics	MOTU	New
Jul 2016	M	Crita	Crita	TBA	Villain	Space Mutants	Jetlag New Adventures	NA	New
Sep 2016	M	General Sunder	Sunder	TBA	Hero	The Great Rebellion	Filmation POP	POP	New
Nov 2016	O	Tuskador	Insyzor	TBA	Hero	Galactic Guardians	New Adventures 1989-1992	NA	3
Nov 2016	M	Horde Wraith		TBA	Villain	The Evil Horde	MYP MOTU	200X	New
TBA	P	Snake Mountain		Evil Stronghold of Skeletor	Villain	Evil Warriors	MOTU 1982-1988	MOTU	3
TBA 2016	B	Horde Trooper		TBA	Villain	The Evil Horde	MOTU 1982-1988/Filmation	MOTU/POP	5
TBA 2016	V	Roton (with Skelcon)		Evil Assault Vehicle	Villain	Evil Warriors	MOTU 1982-1988/Ladybird Books	MOTU	3/New

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2016-)

In 2016 Masters of the Universe Classics will be accompanied by an additional toyline, featuring designs and characters from the Filmation cartoon series. They will also be sold on MattyCollector.

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2016)

Date	Code	Name	Log Line	Hero/Villain	Allegiance	Origin	Era	Wave
Feb 2016	M	He-Man	The Most Powerful Man in the Universe	Hero	Heroic Warriors	Filmation MOTU	MOTU	New
Apr 2016	M	Trap Jaw	Evil & Armed for Combat	Villain	Evil Warriors	Filmation MOTU	MOTU	New
Jun 2016	M	Skeletor	Lord of Destruction	Villain	Evil Warriors	Filmation MOTU	MOTU	New
Aug 2016	M	Beast Man	Savage Henchman	Villain	Evil Warriors	Filmation MOTU	MOTU	New
TBA 2016	S	Evilseed	Evil Master of Plants	Villain	None	Filmation MOTU	MOTU	New
Oct 2016	M	Evil-Lyn	Evil Warrior Goddess	Villain	Evil Warriors	Filmation MOTU	MOTU	New
Dec 2016	M	Clawful	Warrior with the Grip of Evil	Villain	Evil Warriors	Filmation MOTU	MOTU	New

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Masters of the Universe Classics/He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (possible future releases)

Mattel has stated their intention to release as many action figures as possible as part of the current Masters of the Universe Classics/He-Man and the Masters of the Universe toylines. The following is a selection of characters that Mattel own the rights to make toys of:

Origin	Original characters	Variants
Masters of the Universe (1982–1988) / Princess of Power (1985–1987) vintage toys	Evil Robot^[A], Gore-Tusk^[B], Gray (seen on prototype Eldor cardback)^[B], Horde Mummy^[B], Meteorbs, Red Beast^[B], Sharella (seen on the box art of Megator)^[B]	Bird Man (Stratos)^[B], Catra, D-Man (Skeletor)^[B], He-Man (viking helmet)^[B], Man-At-Arms^[B], Mer-Man^[B], Multi Face (Man-E-Faces)^[B], Scratchin' Sound Catra, Sensor (Zodac)^[B], She-Ra, Shower Power Catra, Sorceress (cobra armor)^[B], Starburst She-Ra, Teela (blonde)^[B], Tree Man (Beast Man)^[B]
Masters of the Universe vintage mini-comics (1981–1986)	Bould-Or, Garn, Glorm, Haramesh, Kobolds, Lodar, Manticore, Masks of Power Demons, Peblass (female rock warrior), Prince Dakon	King Randor (elderly), Queen Marlena (elderly), Ram Man (orange & red), Slime Pit He-Man, Stratos (caucasian skin), Trap Jaw (green skin), Tri-Klops (light green & magenta)
Filmation MOTU/POP cartoons (1983–1986)	Admiral Scurvy, Chakra, Chimera, Colonel Blast, Darkdream, Delora, Dragoon, Dree Elle, Dylamug, Enchantress, Facet, Gaeda, Game Master, General Tataran, Granita, Hawke, Hunga the Harpy, Illena, Inspector Darkney, King Ahgo, King Micah, King Miro, King Tamusk, Kittrina, Kol Darr, Kothos, Kowla, Kuduk Ungol, Lady Valtira, Lohni, Lord Tyrin, Melaktha, Melog, Molkrom, Montork, Negator, Red Eye, Red Knight, Slavemaster, Space Pirates (Batty, Frogman, Hisser, Lavaman, Leo, Sticky Fingers), Starchild, the Twiggets (Spragg, Spritina, Sprocker), Zilora	Catra (cat form), Count Marzo, Hordak, Horde Aqua Trooper (General Sunder will be packaged with three new trooper heads, including the naval version), Man-At-Arms, Marlena Glenn (white spacesuit), Mer-Man, Multi-Bot, Teela, Tri-Klops, Tung Lashor
He-Man toys (1989–1992) / Jetlag's New Adventures of He-Man cartoons (1990–1991)	Artilla, Butthead, Caz, Clawber^[A], Crystoll (Karatti)^[B], Detector (Vizar)^[B], Drissi, Galactimytes^[A], Gleanons^[A], Gleep, Grr^[A], Hoove, Kayo, Lizorr, Master Sebrian, Nocturna, Quakke, Sagitar, the Scientists of Primus (Alcon, Gepple, Krex, Meldoc), Spinwit, Staghorn, UR, Vizar	Adam of Grayskull, Battle Blade Skeletor, Battle Punch He-Man, Crita (2nd outfit), Disks of Doom Skeletor, Hook’Em Flogg, Missile Armor Icarius, Optikk (black armor)^[B], Spin Fist Hydron, Thunder Punch He-Man (sword and shield were packaged with Lord Masque), Too Tall Hoove
Masters of the Universe The Modern Series toys (2002–2004) / NECA mini-statues (2005-2007) / Mike Young Productions MOTU cartoons (2002-2003)	Evil Giants (Azdar, Belzar, Chazdar), Hawke, King/Captain Miro, Mutant Warrior (came with Mutant Slime Pit playset), Oracle, Queen Andreeno	Battle Armor He-Man, Battle Armor Skeletor, Battle Glove Man-At-Arms, Battle Sound He-Man, Battle Sound Skeletor, Captain Randor, Claw Attack Stratos, Fire Armor Skeletor, He-Man, Ice Armor He-Man, Ice Armor Skeletor, Jungle Attack He-Man, Keldor (acid face), King Randor, King Randor (snake armor), Martial Arts He-Man, Marzo (old man), Mecha Blade He-Man, Mecha Blade Skeletor, Mega Punch He-Man, Odiphus (not mutated Stinkor), Prince Adam, Queen Marlena (snake armor), Queen Marlena (white dress), Samurai He-Man, Samurai Man-At-Arms, Samurai Skeletor, Serpent Claw Man-At-Arms, Serpent Track Mekaneck, Shield Strike (aka Stealth Armor) He-Man, Skeletor, Sky Strike Stratos, Smash Blade He-Man, Snake Armor Skeletor, Snake Crush Skeletor, Snake Hunter He-Man, Snake Teela, Sorceress, Spin Blade Skeletor, Teela, Trap and Smash Orko, Tuvar & Baddrah, Wolf Armor He-Man
He-Ro - Son of He-Man unreleased 1988 Mattel toy line and 1996 Lou Scheimer Productions cartoon series	Air-Bag, Bug-Eye, Craven/Battle-Bird, Ever-Mean, Fork-Lift, Kay-La, Missile-Toe, Odar, Saw-Tooth, Skeleteen, Slob-Boar	Evil-Lyn, He-Ro II (blonde), Man-E-Faces II, Mer-Man II, Old Beast-Man, Old Man-At-Arms, Prince Dare (brunette/blonde), Queen Teela, Ram Man II, Skeletor, Trap-Jaw II, Tung-Lashor II
MOTUC modern mini-comics (2011-2015)	Bandwidth, Beast Lord, Brainwave, Bubblor, Compactor, Eyebeam, Fang-Or, Gladiator, Goldenrod, Hans Hammer Holder, Jet Pak (Castle Grayskull spacesuit), Lady Slither, Major Header, Man Crystal, Muckman, Netta, Ra-Jar, Red Shadow, Robo Woman, Snarll the Snow Thief, Spin-Whiz, Stretch Neck, The Great Black Wizard, Three-Beast, Tufos, Tug-O'War, Vypor	Sorceress-Teela, Zombie-Skeletor
Other media/miscellaneous	MOTU Power Tour: Songster; Ladybird MOTU books: Delora (Stratos' human wife); UK MOTU magazines: Dream Mistress, Scrollos; 200X TDK Videogame/Comic Book: Illumina, Skeleton Warriors	MOTU DC Comics: Force Captain Adora (blue Horde tunic), Goddess Teela, Horokoth Sorceress Evil-Lyn, Light Spinner (pre-Shadow Weaver), Prince Adam (blue tunic); MVCreations Comics: Blindfolded Tri-Klops; German MOTU audio plays: Anti-Man-At-Arms, Anti-Orko
Masters of the Universe live action movie (1987)^[C]	Comtech, Eternian Soldiers, Julie, Karg, Kevin, Lubic, Pigboy, Skeletor's Soldiers (Air Centurions, Troopers, Warlords)	Beast Man, Evil-Lyn, God Skeletor, He-Man, Man-At-Arms, Skeletor, Sorceress, Teela

^A Unreleased prototype

^B Concept art

^C Mattel currently does not own the rights to make these Masters of the Universe characters into toys

Mini-Masters and Giants 2014-2015

In 2014, Masters of the Universe Minis were released via the Mattel toy collector website, Matty Collector. The figures were packed in sets of two with a hero versus a villain. Also included was a build and connect Castle Grayskull playset.

Name
Battle Armor He-Man vs. Mer-Man (February 2014)
Battle Armor Skeletor vs. Moss Man (April 2014)
Stratos vs. Scareglow (June 2014)
Man-At-Arms vs. Faker (August 2014)
Zodac vs. Beast Man (October 2014)
King He-Man vs. Clawful (December 2014)
Mekaneck vs. Jitsu (March/April 2015)
She-Ra vs. Horde Trooper (May/June 2015)

Masters of the Universe Giants In the fall of 2014, a brand new 12" Masters of the Universe toyline was released. This time the figures were 12" versions of the original 1980s toys.

Giant Action Figures

Name
He-Man (September 2014)
Skeletor (October 2014)
Stratos (November 2014)
Beast Man (December 2014)
Man-At-Arms (2015)
Zodac (2015)

Fuerza T

In 2003, Tops Toys, an Argentinian toy company, used the molds from the vintage Masters of the Universe figures and released eight characters in Argentina.

Action Figures / 2003

Name	Allegiance
Platino	Heroic
Shidoshi	Heroic
Titano	Heroic
Tekno	Heroic
Destructo	Evil
Pantano	Evil
Carnivor	Evil
Felinor	Evil

Super 7 Retro Masters of the Universe

In 2016, the toy company Super 7 licences the MOTU characters from Mattel to release new 3' 3/4" MOTU action figures, in the style of the toys produced in the 1980s by companies like Kenner.^[70]

Action Figures / 2016

Name	Allegiance
He-Man	Heroic Warriors
Skeletor	Evil Warriors
Beast Man	Evil Warriors
Mer-Man	Evil Warriors

See also

• Masters of the Universe – Wikipedia book

Notes

1. The rights to manufacture the Star Wars toyline were later acquired by Hasbro.
2. These included: Kid Gallant, a medieval knight; Robin and the Space Hoods, a sci-fi figure; and the daredevil Kenny Dewitt, pronounced "Can He Do It?"
3. Authorship of the He-Man character has been subject to debate, as designer Roger Sweet claims to be the chief creator of He-Man and MOTU
4. The general consensus among the fandom is that it was the collaborative efforts of many designers and artists (Mark Taylor, Roger Sweet, Anthony G. Guerrero and Ted Mayer), that produced the original MOTU toys.
5. Other names considered by the design team were Mighty Man, Megaton Man, Strong Man and Big Man.

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External links

• The dictionary definition of Masters of the Universe at Wiktionary