This video brings back a lot of memories. One of the fondest I have of my dad when I was younger is of us taking 6hrs to set up the Eternia playset, connecting it with Grayskull and Snake Mountain. Dad died in '94... Thank you for this trip down memory lane.

"Who doesn't like a giant purple tyrannosaurus rex?" Anyone who had small children in the 90's.

I actually think the Laser Power He-Man and Skeletor figures actually kind of look more like prototype versions of how they looked in the New Adventures of He-Man line.

I have that knitting pattern with He-ro and He-man together. My mum knitted me the jumper with He-man on one side and Skeletor on the back.

I can't believe i had that same mega toy catalog laying around in my home during my childhood (i'm 41 today). It's lost to history by now.

I had a Tyrantisaurus and it was one of my favorites even after I moved on from He-Man. The jaws were on a spring so he could chomp and swing around action figures, the back opened to sit figures, but could close so it didn't have a gap if you just wanted the t-rex and he had a button that would launch a wind up robot from his belly.

It's to bad the original line didn't finish properly. Bringing giants and dinosaurs into the line was genius. I really appreciate you bringing the giants into the classics line. Maybe one day Gigantosaurus will be made.

Gigantosaurus sounds like it would have been the "Unicron" of the MOTU line! Lol

Cool piece of history. Makes me feel lucky to have had the Eternia playset and the 3 dinos from their limited release in North America.

With Origins, Masterverse, the two upcoming Netflix shows, and the recent DC Comics, it looks like MOTU is making a comeback. Guess I'm lucky that this is the time I chose to get back into it.

Great video. Damn shame that instead of getting the P.O.G. line, we got music executive He-Man in pretend Star Wars.

In my opinion what needs to happen in order to see this lost continuation of the vintage MOTU line come to life would be to create a cartoon that would bridge the two worlds of Masters of the Universe and The Powers of Grayskull for kids in this era. What I don't want to happen is a reimagining of the lore or look. However, I realize kids today aren't necessarily attracted to the vintage look of MOTU, so that might have to be the compromise us old fans need to make. Perhaps Kevin Smith's Netflix cartoon could be the beginning of that since it's a continuation of the original cartoon? Maybe kids will watch it and actually want the toys? How cool would it be to see The Powers of Grayskull toyline in retail stores? Thanks for the upload.

I def had that trex and triceratops as a kid, lived in the us

He-Ro is my favourite character and the Pre-Eternia era is awesome!!! Thank you for doing these videos. I'm learning so much. You are doing a fantastic job :)

Amazing video Scott! I love He-Ro, his story about how he was Preternia's heroic wizard champion is amazing, I wish we had seen more of him in that 87' line. Also, you guys nailed him and the giants in Classics!

Great video. I always wondered what that Powers of Grayskull line was. Thanks for filling in the gaps!

Really great stuff. The obscure stuff was always my favorite part of Classics. Loved getting the "never-before-seen-in-plastic" characters to display.

Once again thank you for this...love learning new stuff from this channel

I'm reminded of the He-man and skeletor with the chest armor that dented with each hit to the chest piece.

I love these videos and I'm a big fan. So amazing that you were a brand manager!

Thanks for finding information on what the ongoing storyline for Masters of the Universe would have been. Dinosaurs would really be a cool addition to the mythos. Hopefully, if Mattel's new Masterverse line is a success maybe they'll make these "DinoRiders" style of figures for 7-inch figures. I would think with the success of their Jurassic World line, Mattel would be open to incorporating dinosaurs with other toylines.

I would love to hear your commentary on the early 2000s commemorative line. Im sure you have a fascinating insight on the processes that went down to make that possible!

Man, just got the recommendation today! I love this channel! Greats posts!

Thanks for this excellent video sir! I had 2 of the 3 dinos (not the pterodactyl) growing up & some friends later thought I was nuts for remembering them (they didn't have them). I forgot until I found Bionatops accessories a year or so ago. I've heard pieces of this puzzle elsewhere but I like how you bring the story together!

I can confirm the T. rex did ship to Canada as I had it.

Thanks for the history lesson. The fun creativity of the 80s is in a class by itself. It's tragic that it's gone, but I love that I got to live through it.

I am so anticipating watching this at work tomorrow morning, I start at 6am, this is on at 7, hell yeah, this is going to be great I already know, Thanks Guru!

Great video! Thank you! I managed to get the three dinosaurs back in the day, but never managed the Giants, Laser Leaders, or Eternia. Would've been great to see this line continued, back in the day. Would've loved too have seen the dinosaurs in MOTUC, too, but . . . oh, well. C'est la guerre! One thing I've been wondering, since the discussion of Eldor reminded me: why no holograms, any more? Back in the 1980s, they were everywhere for a while, it seemed. "National Geographic" had several holographic covers. You had entire toy lines built around holograms (Supernaturals, Visionaries), and you even had Tonka giving away hologram stickers for free with every little $3 GoBot, for a while. And now we're well past the Future Space Year 2000 . . . nothing! Seems such a shame.

I wasn't big on MOTU but that "Turbo dactyl" got a lot of play from me.

I remember going to Toys 'R Us in the UK not long after the brand opened there and seeing Eternia high up on a shelf. I was over He-Man by that point as were most kids who had grown up with him but damn did my jaw drop at the concept! In a way I'm glad I never got it or it would have been even more painful to have it donated to some charity shop and later see it become a huge ebay rarity!

Let's hope the upcoming Netflix cartoon has a Powers of Grayskull story arc that sends He-Man back in time to Preternia and introduces He-Ro and Eldor. Then Mattel can make the toys!

I always keep hearing this...and I'm not one to argue in the face of facts... but i truly and honestly SWEAR my cousin did some mail away thing for laser light he man and skeletor... i played with them even. He def never went to Europe either.

I managed to get an old Bionitops back when they were released, as a kid. I really loved that "Powers of Grayskull" comic, but was so frustrated that I only ever got the 1 of 3. It wasn't until almost 30 years later and the hardcover anthology of all those old comics from He-Man and She-Ra was released that I finally got some closer. Great video!

Fantastic video , well done 👍

TY for talking about this.

I've been watching Phelous' videos on Galaxy Warriors and the bit about the dinosaurs made me realize something. In one of the variets from GW, there was a series that came packed with random dinosaur figures with no explanation. IF the line had been a Europe only release, this wave may have been the reason WHY those toys came with them; they were trying to copy the Grayskull Dinosaur line. You should really hit up Phelous on this because I think you'd both be able to answer a lot of questions between He-Man and Galaxy Warriors in terms of what the latter was trying to copy.

WOW the nostalgia from this...I remember the He-Man figures had a particular smell to them when opening them, I can still smell it when I think about it. I had grayskull and snake mountain and a ton of the figures but lost both in transit when we moved away from california, I was so heartbroken as they were my favorite next to my ghostbuster stuff

Flippen awesome. Thanx for this video.

Hey big guy this is sledgemaster and u do a wonderful and professional job on ur videos. Have a happy Sunday and god bless u and ur family.

Just now seeing video. Nicely done. This is good for people not familiar to the line or the history. Consider me subscribed and keep the videos coming.

I never knew about the Giants or Eldor until around 20 years after the fact. When I bought the bionic Dinosaurs I thought the three issue mini-comics would have been included with each one. That was a bummer how the line ended with a cliffhanger like that.

I think its fun to peek behind the curtain at what might have been, but it also reminds me how thankful I am that all things should end. Mattel was really starting to dilute the line to where it was almost unrecognizable, so it was likely a very good thing none of this came to pass (at least in the states).

I have a Bionatops, but was always disappointed that only its jaw was articulated. I saw all of the released toys in stores. I definitely remember seeing Eternia in a store, but it was $100 and another like Fortress Maximus of Transformers that there was no way I was going to have. Heck, the only MOTU playset I have is the Fright Zone, and only because I found it at Big Lots for $5. I still have the box, but I colored the back in Filmation-style (Hordak's limbs blue, Mantenna's eyes yellow, Modulok with pants and armor, etc.. I'd show it, but it's in a storage unit far from where I live.

Learned a lot. Thanks.

The staff of He-ro reminds me a bit of the Cosmic Key from the live action MOTU movie

I remember in Bakersfield CA my cousin and I got all three of the dinos at some place for super discount. I also remember when I was a kid they had a place called pic and save that i think got all warehouse leftover stock of original motu when the line ended.. and had a giant section of he man figures for super cheap. I wish I would have understood it better and went nuts.

I had the large purple T-rex. Was such a cool toy. That green tumbler weapon was a lot of fun. I live in Canada so now knowing how rare they are wish I still had mine. I never seen them in stores myself so not sure where my parents even got it.

I love the "why Gamora" pun you threw in there.

Really fun info! Thanks.

I loved the laser two pack you guys did.

Around this same time, the Captain Power TV show had a character named Mentor, he was a hologram with the appearance and memories of Captain Power's dad. There was never a toy of him, but since Mattel was handling that toyline too, maybe they wanted to keep the option open? That's all I got.

Glad to see I wasn't the only one to instantly think of Barney when purple T-rex was mentioned!

Gigantosaurus, oh my goodness. If I were back in the 80s, I'd be drooling over that toy. You just have to admire the MOTU team's creativity.

Awesome video!!! Love your channel a lot! One of the best! My wish for a video would be about the never produced She-Ra toys 😊

I would like to see more on Eldor. I think that character looked awesome

I had castle eternity. That was my big Xmas gift that year. Never could get the monorail to work lol

Man... this is the absolute best stuff ever. Like could you please do a video on how you got into working in the toy biz? Like what is your educational background and such. If you already made a video then I apologize.

I got all 3 Dinos and still have them they are pretty cool toys. Great content love it

Another nice video keep up the good work broski

I've been a fan of He Man and the Masters of the Universe since the toys first came out.I was a big Star Wars fan at first.Then one day me and my family were in k mart,and the first place I hit when I'd go in a store I knew had toys was the toy aisle.I seen He Man and from then on I really wasn't into Star Wars that much anymore,I still love it though.Anyways,thank you so much for being one of the people that kept Masters of the Universe alive through Masters of the Universe classics.To me,He Man was the ultimate hero and it really pisses me off to see anyone try to bastardise it.Have a great night,and again thank you so much for helping keep Masters of the Universe alive😉❤

I do remember seeing the 3 released dinosaurs and the Eternia playset at Childrens Palace for a short time in the late 80s.

I did have that mini comic for the Powers of Grayskull.

I'm more intrested in what new/old villains would of been released as part of the Powers of Greystone line. Chances would of been good for a new King Hiss, of course. Serpent Man Skeletor seems like an obvious inclusion. Basically Skeletor with green skin and his skull reshaped like a snakes skull. Diamond Front, a serpent man with diamond stone armor on his chest and diamond claws. Name based on the diamondback snake. Arbrock, a cobra like serpent man. Press a button on his back and his 'hood' flairs out. He uses that hood to hypnotize others. (Alternitly we could instead give him bird wings and call him Airbrock). Liz-zorg is a lizard type man and a wizard who is King Hiss' court wizard and a rival of He-Ro. Technically he is slightly more powerful than He-Ro but no match in magic against Elder. Ten-droll is much like Squeeze in that he has long arms. Except he has four of them and two regular, non-streching arms. Of course, I just pulled out these examples out of my ass to show what we could of gotten in the line.

Here's how to differentiate *"dolls"* from other figures. 1. The ability to, and emphasis on changing outfits (dolls are essentially clothes horses or mannequins). This goes beyond simple 'soft goods' like a cape on Skeletor or Dusty Tadur's hat, but means an outfit that can be completely removed, and usually features fasteners up the back. This is the primary play feature of a doll and is the only aspect that is totally unique to them (with some possible exceptions). The easiest rule of thumb is that dolls are naked, and action figures have sculpted-on clothes. Shared features: 2. Limited articulation. This isn't unique to dolls (as exemplified by MOTU), but is usually present in dolls to a greater extent than with action figures. 3. Non interchangeable body parts. Dolls usually never have swappable hands or other parts, whereas action figures often do (especially these days). Again, there are exceptions to this rule on both sides. 4. Rooted hair is a ubiquitous feature in dolls, but it's inclusion doesnt make a figure a doll. Example: A Hot Toys figure with rooted hair is not a doll, because the clothes, while made of fabric, are in most cases not intended to be removed and are often glued on. Also the interchangable hands and extreme posability are un-doll-like. They arent strictly 'toys' or 'action figures' either, as they are intended for display, not play. Obviously, statues, maquettes and figurines are neither dolls nor action figures as they have no posability. Of course, Laymen will often just call any toy a doll, but you just have to ignore their ignorance. 😤

i lived in Europe when the light up figures came out and i had them both wish i still did but my whole collection was lost long ago. the collector in me kicks myself but the kid in me had a blast and isnt't that the point?

I had drifted out of MOTU a little at that time but was intrigued by the prehistoric theme. I have all three dinosaurs released and would have been on-board with it all if they had been released.

I remember having both Bionatops and Turbodactle. I remember them being lower quality compared to a lot of the other MotU toys I had. The head of Turbodactle I remember being really cheap flimsy plastic and breaking at the hinge where it’s mouth opened (I may have been trying to have him bite Hordak or someone. Perhaps it was cause they were lower price point models compared to something like the AttackTrak or that SpiderWalker; but I don’t recall being hard on my toys and they didn’t last nearly as long as my older ones.

Best Christmas memory I had involved eternia, fam even set up my Grayskull and Snake mountain in respective positions. It's totally my patronus memory

I'm so glad you made the giants in the Classics line. Much better than the vintage versions.

Reminds me of how the D&D line by LJN had figures of different sizes, not just to be differently scaled toys, but to represent races of greatly differing size, which I think is unusual in toy lines.

Interesting! About the time I left Masters as a kid was when the dinos came out. Shortly after, I got into Dino Riders for a while!

Another awesome video!

I missed out on picking up He-Ro in the Classics line when they sold off the remaining Comicon stock in the web store. Always hoped for a resale like some of the other figures, but it never happened

I noticed that the color guides had the abbreviation PMS. I had to look that up-- I can't believe Pantone thought that would be a good abbreviation for their color system.

I'm so glad He-Ro & Eldor made it into the Classics line and Super 7 made figures based on the prototypes. Love the poster by Emiliano Santalucia!

Could you do an episode about the decision to axe the He-Man line? Like, what went into it? Why would you end a brand when all the R&D work was already finished? Who fought to keep it? Who had final say in ending things? What contributed to the massive ‘86 sales downturn you mentioned? Also, just an episode about the Eternia Playset. That thing is bizarre and fascinating and delightfully I’ll-advised. I can’t help but think of the movie Wallstreet and “How many yatchts can you jet ski behind?” When I look at it.

I remember being constantly confused about action figure toys vs comics vs tv shows, nothing seemed to make sense, but nowadays it's cool to see all that "Conan meets LSD" artwork and wonder about the abstract story concepts

I just ordered the Super 7 He-Ro after watching this lol Thinking about trying to get the Classics one next lol

Regarding that specific era, I had hoped the Beast man early prototype would show up within the course of the Classics line. By the way, which mold do you think would have been used back then had this figure been planified? Gygor's or Kulatak's? OnlyOneSkeletor

The last of the action figures I remember getting in the line were the battle armor He-man and Skeletor, where the could hit each other in the chest and it would show battle damage in the armor.

If I had to take a wild guess I would say Mentor was changed to Advisor because this was 1987. That same year Mattel funded and released toys for a show called Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future. That show had an A.I. character named Mentor. Mattel may not have wanted any brand confusion between their two properties.

I'm from the UK and had a boxed Megator I've had since childhood (Turtles were the big thing so he never got opened). Sold him a few weeks ago.

I actually *had* the Tyrantisaurus Rex - something that amazes me even more now after hearing how rare it was. God I loved those 'spring-loaded' jaws.

Omg! I had the Bilnatops! I haven't given that a moments thought in decades!

Part of me thinks He-Ro might have ended up as the Rodimus Prime of Motu if he had seen the light of day.

He-Ro for the win! I swear he had black hair originally though :P I also loved my purple T-rex with a weird green wind up attack ball that launched from his belly. That was awesome! It sounds like you're talking about He-Ro like he was never released, but I swear I had him in my collection.

Saw this preview yesterday and have been very eagerly awaiting it, and it did not disappoint! I did have a question about the Powers of Grayskull line: Did you ever find any info on those 6 new characters from "the Lost Wave"? They featured Snake Men as the bad guys so it seemed to me that they'd have gone with this new PoG line had it came out. I've only ever seen them as the black and white line art that would have gone on their cardbacks has they been released. I know Super7 made some of them as Classics figures, but I am curious if Mattel had actually chosen names for them before the line ended.

I remember these, I had the purple Tyrannosaur, it had a thing that came out of its belly, It was like a wheel with two arms that would spin like crazy (like a wind-up toy).

Hi Spector, question: you mentioned about prototypes no longer needed getting thrown away. Are employees allowed to bring them home instead? Or at least buy them?

A friend of mine had the playset and at least one Dino. Not sure how he goes that in the Midwest but it was pretty cool.

You’re videos are addicting. 🐸👍

I`m very grateful, that Super 7 released He-Ro and Eldor on this original card design and vintage look. I purchased them and will never open the package, because I absolutley love the figures on this iconic cards.

I remember some these.sears catalog as a kid they where here .I used to get the he-man magazine I forgot about it

I'm not that much of a MOTU fan but this was very interesting, thanks.

I had Turbodactyl, didn't remember that name tho, but I do remember putting King Randor on him all the time. Maybe I saw that picture of the king riding him.

The dinosaurs were a big part of Masters Of The Universe in 1987. Classics was a bit low on its mounts and creatures. Though it did have an incredible array of figures and very detailed vehicles. As for Tyrantisaurus, the front box art shows Tyrantisaurus in purple yet the back still shows the figure in green.

I managed to score all three dinos this summer. Actually this year was explosive for MOTU for me; bit they def are among my favorites added. The real score was Tyrantisaurus for $1. Right now Catra is riding him in my She Ra display area. I took a picture with it eating She Ra.

Mentor was how Man at Arms was called in brazilian translation. I remember He-Man being huge in brazil, so it was one place that having two characters called Mentor could cause a confusion.

Oh wow....I remember the day when I was a little kid and my mom came home from work and had the T-Rex figure with her. Blew my little mind. Dinosaurs AND He-Man?!

9:48: Maybe that is a reason why it didn’t get produced. Imagine how often figures would lose their legs when falling or being pulled out of the Gigantosaurus.