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It wasn't the R&B madness of Marvel Comics' 1980s parade floats, but the 1986 Masters of the Universe rig did an admirable job showcasing such crowd favorites as Mosquitor and Snout Spout. Does anybody know what Snout Spout's doing these days? I'd love to interview that guy. Dolph Lundgren narrated this performance on another, blurrier channel. More »
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Take a journey to Eternia, where He-Man's bruised and battered enemies are a little worse for wear. And these realistic takes on Skeletor and his crew show off every rip, wrinkle, and tear. More »
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I will not rest until I see a man in leather ride a green tiger to fight with a purple man with a skull for a head. The He-Man movie must be made, and thankfully Sony is still on it. More »
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We've seen the psychotic amount of detail that went into He-Man advertising art, but that's nothing compared to the dog-and-pony show Mattel brought to America's malls in the mid-1980s. This toy tent would've made your 6-year-old head explode. More »
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When it came to selling action figures depicting a friendly barbarian and his mutated, alternate dimension pals, Mattel spared no expense on the artwork. Here are some ridiculous detailed tableaus depicting the Master of the Universe and his wild gang. More »
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Skeletor is known for his nefarious schemes, wheezy laugh, and for being a 1980s fashion iconoclast (after all, he more or less invented the hood/loin cloth/ram's skull staff combo). More »
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Sculptor Kilroy III built this insane Masters of the Universe igloo in Brooklyn after one of the Northeast's many snowstorms. It took two days of construction and was designed with a Korean soup spoon and bowl. You can check out more photos and information about this project here. More »
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Masters of the Universe animator Robert Lamb has posted a ton of storyboards, concept art, and diagrams from his days on The Masters of the Universe animated series. Here's but a sampling of the show's many awesome cartoon layouts. More »
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During io9's Concept Art Week, we saw the highest echelons of scifi illustration and design. Now that the week's come to a close, it feels right to ease you down to earth with some awesomely bad art...featuring He-Man. More »
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The screenwriters who penned Robert Rodriguez's upcoming Predators have been hired to write a new Masters of the Universe script. I'm sorry, Hollywood. You can remake MotU, but you'll never replace Dolph Lundgren. My He-Man killed Apollo Creed. More »
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In the Kingdom of Eternia, there are fates worse than having "He-Man" or "Fisto" on your birth certificate. You could be a moss-yeti or an anthropomorphic pin cushion. If your parents gave you the following toys, they didn't love you. More »
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Is that He-Man strangling Big Bird? Jon Vermilyea's unofficial Masters of the Universe book He-Man And The 13 Trials of Eternia is filled with all manner of pop-culture weirdness... and our dream reboot for the character. Click through for more. More »
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Their movie may be on-again, off-again, but that doesn't mean that He-Man and the rest of the Masters of The Universe aren't getting a modern-day makeover, thanks to illustrator Adrian Reimann. Masters of The Runway, anybody? More »
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Less than a month after Mattel put the end to plans to make a live-action He-Man and The Masters of The Universe movie at Warner Bros., the project is alive again at Sony. That's the power of Grayskull for you. More »
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We weren't looking forward to the new Masters Of The Universe movie to begin with, but now that we know that the movie will show why magic is better than science? Now we're dreading it. More »
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Warner Bros. and Mattel have finally found the man to remind everyone of the greatness of He-Man and the other Masters of the Universe. After all, if he could make a martial-arts panda convincing... More »
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When I think of Christmas, the first thing that springs to mind is the happy fact that I am going to enjoy eternal life in Heaven. And the second is He-Man. More »
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We tried our best to bring you the highs, lows and news from last week's Comic-Con, but there was one essential part of the experience that we've kept from you... until now. Under the jump, some of the best costumes from the show, courtesy of Maximum PC's "Ultimate Geek Gallery." More »
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You may be sick of superhero movies this summer, but don't worry, the zeitgeist is already shifting. What started with the success of last year's Transformers movie - and will continue with next year's GI Joe - is just the start of what Hasbro are hoping will be the next big movie trend: Toy Movies. More »
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