How He-Man Changed the World & How It All Fell Apart: The Story of The Masters of the Universe

My mother coming up the driveway with the large box containing Castle Grayskull is a memory that will stay with me forever.

Dude, I'm 44 and He-Man was EVERYTHING when I was a kid. We didn't have a ton of money in my single parent home, but mom somehow managed to get me every single He-Man figure, vehicle, playset... it was the only full "collection" I ever procured as a kid and I was HOOKED. My weekends-and-summers dad even made me a power sword in the workshop, I took it everywhere, and my six year old ass even managed to get it seized at an airport (they gave it back). Thank you for doing this in-depth deep dive. Even as a kid I couldn't figure out why the movie was absolute shit, had no idea til now that the money just wasn't there. Thanks, Dan. May the Sorceress bless you with the light of Eternia.

My favorite character will always be Prince Adam, because he seemed to be the only one in on the joke. Bad guy attacks, Adam runs for “help” behind a rock, lightning strikes said rock, and He-Man pops out. Then everyone goes: He-Man! Oh, thank god you’re here!!

A 27 minute video about He Man, yes please!

You know, He-Man, Transformers, GI Joe (et al) were 30 minute commercials for the toys, I don't think anyone doubts that. But they were also responsible for some of the best memories I have as a kid. Not just playing with the Toys of course, but also creating whole new stories lines for my toys, using my toys almost as a type of "therapy" for how I wished things in my life were...wish fullilment I guess...and even a specific memory of my mom smiling at me one Christmas morning when I opened up a gift containing Optimus Prime; she saw how happy I was getting this toy, and it made her smile. And, of course, there was countless hours of being with my friends combining our collections and "Playing Transformers" with each other, trading Transformers and long term borrowing until you were bored with that toy, in which case you traded around again.

He-Dan and the Masters of the Toy Galaxy. He has the power…to distract me from being productive. Great video.

I couldn't imagine growing up without He-Man when I was a kid

One of my best childhood memories was getting Castle Grayskull for Christmas. Drove dad nuts trying to put the thing together for me lol

My Grandparents took me to see Masters of the Universe for my 7th birthday. I was staying with them for part of the summer and the town they lived in didn't have a theater, so they drove me to the nearest town that did. We went to Pizza Hut afterwards. One of my favorite birthdays and why I'll always love that movie.

One of the most important parts in remembering/learning about a toyline is watching Toy Galaxy. But is it canon? YES. Because we are here, in the future, where all this has already occurred and explained by Dan.

Got my popcorn ready, and i still watch the original and 2001 version of Masters of the Universe.

There's no one I'd rather hear about this more than Dan and Toy Galaxy. This will be my favorite video of the year so far! 👏

It's weird how short-lived the original cartoon was, yet it holds such huge significance in my childhood. I guess maybe because I played with the toys long after the show ended. Rewatched the show a few years back, and I was surprised how few of the episodes I'd actually seen before. Must have been off riding bikes and climbing trees. While the show doesn't really hold up that well beyond warm nostalgia fuzzies, the music is great.

Between this, Pixel Dan and the Netflix "Toys that Made Us" series I think all of our childhood heroes are covered.

I love that classic MOTU so much. The art design, the animation, the music, the world design, .etc. It's all perfect to me. It was so influential to me growing up and making me want to draw, write and create worlds. I hope that the people behind the show know how much it made a positive influence on kids like me in the 80s.

"Fabulous secret powers were revealed to me the day I held aloft my Magic Spoon and shouted 'By the power of Toy Galaxy!"

He-Man hit me at just the perfect time. I have a vivid memory of walking down a toy aisle with my parents and grandparents where I spotted He-Man figures like a beacon. I was transfixed. I knew that this - THIS - was for me. Star Wars didn't get me. But He-Man, boy did He-Man get me. I loved the toys and loved the cartoon. I even entered a "create a character" contest at my local Richman Gordmands store. I was outraged when they picked some douchebag four year old's character named "Brian-Man" - seriously? Brian-Man? Look, I've loved a lot of things. Transformers, Voltron, TMNT, Batman 89, etc. But I never loved anything as much as I loved Masters of the Universe.

I was a kid in the mid-80s and the Masters of the Universe were my favorite toyline. Within the last couple of years Mattel has re-released a bunch of classic He-Man toys with updated articulation. There is even a Castle Greyskull! Of course as soon as I saw these I bought them all up so that my son will enjoy some of the same magical wonders I experienced as a child. 😃😃😃

He-Man was one of my first action figure purchases as a kid.... but as it was winter in Alberta I had my grandmother teach me how to sew clothes for him as I was convinced he was cold in the snow wearing only fur underwear....

I loved the cartoon back then and had a bunch of the toys (still have them somewhere in a box), now I have trouble getting through the clips on YT and haven't really managed to watch an entire episode. I'm grateful for the reboots because the cartoon is very much on the low end of the "product of its time" scale and those ideas deserve a more watchable execution than what was possible at the time.