Amazon MGM Studios entered the summer of 2026 hoping to relaunch one of Mattel’s oldest toy properties as a full-blown movie franchise with Masters of the Universe. The project had spent years bouncing between Sony and Netflix, with the latter reportedly abandoning roughly $30 million in development work before Amazon MGM finally carried the reboot […]
In the 1980s, changes in legislation controlling advertising aimed at kids turned action figure lines into cartoons designed to move product as much as entertain audiences. For instance, Hasbro’s Transformers turned a set of Japanese die-cast robots into the ongoing war between Autobots and Decepticons that spawned decades of sequels and spinoffs. Likewise, G.I. Joe: […]
As iconic as the name “He-Man” are his accessories and appearance: blonde hair, silver armor, sword, shield, and axe. So imagine the confusion when images of this He-Man action figure surfaced online in the early 2000s: brown hair, black boots and belt, totally unfamiliar weapons. Speculation ran rampant, with many fans dismissing the “Savage He-Man” […]
For kids in the eighties and collectors today, one of the things that sets Masters of the Universe apart from other toylines most is its creativity. A unique combination of Star Wars, Conan the Barbarian, and Edgar Rice Burroughs, no other sci-fi or fantasy world looks quite as colorful or weird as Eternia. In the […]
Jon Cypher, the actor know for man iconic television roles of the 1980s and 1990s but for a generation of fans was best known as Man-at-Arms in 1987’s Masters of the Universe has died. He was 94 years old. Cypher’s passing was announced by his family via local news outlet Ashland News. According to his […]
Sometimes, despite collectors’ best efforts, it becomes a simple fact that toys weren’t designed to last decades after their original manufacture. Glue degrades on stickers, leaving them to peel. Plastic degrades, causing figures to develop a sticky, oily sheen. Foam in Kenner Star Wars playsets gradually turns to dust, slowly rendering the task of assembling […]