How did Beastman wind up with Skeletor? His secret Masters of the Universe origin explored!

Scott Toy Guru Neitlich from Spector Creative explores the hidden history of Beastman and his people. His toy origins, his story-lines and how his powers work! All this and more, only on Spector Creative! Tell your friends!

[@sunnydutta6568]

Many many thanks for this video

[@spectorcreative1872]

Pass it along if you can! It helps the channel a ton

[@Aeric98]

Great video.

[@spectorcreative1872]

More to come! Share if you can!

[@Aeric98]

@@spectorcreative1872 I’ve been getting the cousins I grew up with to take a look.

[@heinrichku6023]

The yellow-armour variant looks eye-soaring.

[@spectorcreative1872]

Right?

[@rodrickadamginsburg8960]

One of the best!

[@spectorcreative1872]

He is!

[@Froyns_Castle]

Beastmaster is my all time favorite movie! Love the reference.

[@Beedo_Sookcool]

Very fun film! It's got a muscular blonde guy, a grizzled veteran, a gorgeous redhead, a fighting tiger, a fighting eagle, creepy flying allies, a savage spike-armoured enemy, unnerving witches with sultry bodies, withered faces, and raspy voices . . . about the only places it DOESN'T match up with MOTU are 1) the ferrets, and 2) the main evil sorceror is a lot more Gargamel than Skeletor.

[@spectorcreative1872]

Nice’n

[@jasonsantos3037]

I like the movie beastmaster too

[@jasonsantos3037]

You know for me Beastman the most memorable character in master of the universe

[@spectorcreative1872]

You are not alone in that!

[@machineman6498]

Thank you for making this

[@spectorcreative1872]

Glad you enjoyed! Any help passing it along is most appreciated

[@PortableXombie]

So many things I never questioned when I was young.

[@spectorcreative1872]

Yet none of them are true

[@The_Cosmic_Yog-Sothoth]

*You're also wrong about there only being one of Skeletor.* Check the first minicomic out. We quite clearly see Skeletor is one of a race of skull people, who tried to invade Eternia though an interdimensional portal.

[@berwinenzemann3468]

In the German audio dramas Beast Man was once a brilliant scientist from a highly developed civilisation until Skeletor conducted some fringe experiments on his brain. Thus he became the stupid and obidient henchman of Skeletor. The German audio dramas had a lot weird backstories like this. I personally like to think of Beast Man as the archetype of the wild man from the woods. Like Bigfood if you will. I imagine something like Beast Man being this dreadful monster-man from the Vine Jungle who was recruited by Skeletor when he came to Eternia from another Dimension and was looking for some fearsome evil warriors in his quest to conqure Castle Grayskull.

[@ZeroAnalogy]

Your "German radio drama" popped into my head as "Der Ring des Nibelungen". No doubt this will spark one of our drawn-out discussion?

[@berwinenzemann3468]

@@ZeroAnalogy They were never on radio. They released them as audio cassettes and they sold very well in the 80ies. In the early episodes they actually used some musical themes from Wagner's Ring des Nibelungen like when Adam raised his power sword to transform into He-Man. So you're not too far off.

[@ZeroAnalogy]

@@berwinenzemann3468 That was a Freudian slip. Audio, radio, and music all got jumbled together to describe drama.

[@berwinenzemann3468]

@@ZeroAnalogy I don't even know if audio drama is the best term to describe it. I once heared Pixel Dan use that term in this context. That's why I used it now. Audio play would maybe be a better term. It would also be closer to the German term.

[@ZeroAnalogy]

@@berwinenzemann3468 My attraction to The Ring was the Teutonic mythology.

[@kontroller1]

Great video, as always!!!

[@spectorcreative1872]

Well thank you much! Pass it along if you can

[@Phantasia_Workshop]

Good ol' Biff Beastman

[@spectorcreative1872]

I should do a video on that!

[@Phantasia_Workshop]

@@spectorcreative1872 You totally should

[@johnmorey720]

It may not show on his silhouette, but his Mandrill face markings are one of the most important parts of his design.

[@spectorcreative1872]

Oh yes!

[@oliverl.5834]

Another excursion into the German Audioplays for you, Scott. Beast Man is one of the few characters that received an origin story in those. But 1st things 1st: He is Skeletor's servant (while Trap Jaw was Skeletor's bodyguard). He was dim-witted but a dangerous foe and a regular in the early episodes. Later on he was faded out to feature other characters. In his very few returns he had a differnce voice actor and became totally stupid. The power to control animals is never part of the stories. In episodes 16 & 17 Webstor finds a tablet which contains formulas by some ancient magicians. Skeletor knew it from years ago. Beast Man is instantly frightened. Webstor gets curious about Beast Man's warnings and tries to find out more. But Beast Man doesn't really remember anything. However, Webstor has a way to jog his memory. He takes Beast Man to the forest to introduce him to some sort of Spider. Interestingly enough Beast Man is frightened of Spiders. The Spider's venom restores Beast Man's faculties. Originally Beast Man was a scientist. The greatest scientist of his people in fact. The species remains unnamed. Skeletor discovered said tablet once before. It was Beast Man who took it from him. He tried to destroy it but that didn't work. He could change the content however and threw it into a volcano (that's where Webstor found it). Skeletor got to him. He tortured him and destroyed his mind, making him the dumb Beast Man (Beast Man's words). Unfortunately Webstor can't restore Beast Man's mind permanently. But he's plenty scared, especially once Skeletor puts his plan in motion and actually turns to He-Man for help. Webstor's portrayal in that episode is also quite interesting. He considers He-Man and his friends enemies. But he's a creature of nature. His Spiders aren't cruel, they have their function and contribute to a healthy life in the forests.

[@spectorcreative1872]

Man I really need an English version of all these German tapes!! Thanks so much for posting this

[@oliverl.5834]

@@spectorcreative1872 You're welcome. I guess an english version might have to cut through a lot of legal issues as far as rights are concerned. I do think that the label (Europa) is still around, though.

[@user-dk9vt2eq3u]

Ok important question here. Can Beastman control cringer/battlecat? Why or why not?

[@spectorcreative1872]

Yes. He can also control Man E Faces in his beast form

[@user-dk9vt2eq3u]

@@spectorcreative1872 WWWHHAT>? How come they never do this in the show? That would be wild seeing He-man have to fight battlecat

[@mrbluesteen]

Love your channel scott. You're very well spoken and extremely informative. You truly are the toy guru!💚

[@spectorcreative1872]

I am so glad you are enjoying! Any help sharing videos online is most appreciated!

[@iaincampbell6959]

Roar!!!! I still have my Beast Man figure even though he survived long storage time during my teenage days. My fondness for this character was rekindled due to the various Robot Chicken sketches that he was featured in.

[@spectorcreative1872]

A good figure to still have

[@TrevorStasik]

I'm part way through the new CGI Netflix series, and I'm really digging the weird, different direction they are going with Beastman. Gives him an unpredictable edge that I hope they capitalize on and expand in later episodes.

[@spectorcreative1872]

It is quite well done

[@lewisgreen5921]

Where did the idea come from that the Vikor sketch is an early sketch of He-Man and the Demo Man sketch is an early sketch of Skeletor?

[@Phantasia_Workshop]

It comes from Mattel

[@lewisgreen5921]

@@Phantasia_Workshop I am not sure that it did. M. Taylor has said that these were not sketches that were done for the MOTU IP and were done for a different IP while at Mattel. I am just curious where the idea that they were done for MOTU came from?

[@lewisgreen5921]

Maybe Scott can shed some light on this?

[@spectorcreative1872]

Because they factually were in the design process. Those are actual sketches of the characters before they were finalized! Torak was not done for MOTU but those were.

[@lewisgreen5921]

@@spectorcreative1872 The Red Beast design was factually part of the design process for Beastman. The other 2 were actually preliminary design sketches that Mark did while working on the Conan IP. This was before Mattel decided not to go ahead with that IP. They were done around the same time as his work on MOTU but they are not preliminary designs if He-Man and Skeletor. Mark has mentioned this in several interviews, where he talks about working on the Conan IP around the same time that he was working on the MOTU IP. Somewhere along the way, someone has collected all these old Taylor sketches and miss labeled some of them as MOTU.

[@papersackstudios2801]

He looks more like a bear than a wolf

[@spectorcreative1872]

I can see that

[@Beedo_Sookcool]

Never really thought much of Beast Man as a kid, even though I had the original figure. Nifty backstory, though! Funny thing is, thanks to Mattel, I now can't look at golden snub-nosed monkeys without thinking of Beast Man, especially when they display their fangs.

[@spectorcreative1872]

Ha!

[@andrewgrant2990]

Beastmaster was the sole reason I wanted a ferret growing up! Loved that movie when I was younger! Another great video sir- so thanks!

[@spectorcreative1872]

Ah Ferret love

[@elextrano7597]

I like the idea of the spicies but i prefer the idea that his power is unique

[@spectorcreative1872]

And it is!

[@elextrano7597]

We love our evil warriors xD

[@DracosDiabolis]

Tho I think it would be a contest of wills. Could Beastman take control of Battle Cat? Either form.

[@spectorcreative1872]

I think he could

[@DracosDiabolis]

@@spectorcreative1872 I think so also. Tho could be contested with Gringer into Battle Cat Either way, I think He-Man would have a hard time dealing with it.

[@clintfrederici3928]

the all red classics repaint Beastman from the early mini comics is AMAZING. I remember the all red Beastman from the mini comics and the box art, always wished they made him like that in the toy line, cool to see he came out in classics.

[@spectorcreative1872]

I wish we could have gotten to more of those!

[@Allison_Troy]

It's cool you can see the original "Accessories = Powers" in that scan of the original Beast Man write-up. I often wonder what the line would have looked like if they'd stuck closer to that "powers via dress-up accessory set." Of all of the original 8 only Teela retained anything close to that with the whole, "Armored up she's the Goddess character! Take off the armor and it's Tee-La!"

[@spectorcreative1872]

Very much so!

[@Allison_Troy]

@@spectorcreative1872 I know you've addressed it and talked about it a little bit in other videos, but it might be interesting if you did a full video on that specific side of the development of the line and at which point they decided to shift to new characters & "deluxe figures" rather than just dress-up/accessory packs.

[@tonlito22]

And if you take off his armor and arm him with almost any other weapon than a whip, Beastman makes a great less Heroic Warrior.

[@spectorcreative1872]

More or less!

[@FNHot]

MOTU: Beast race, Spider race, Snake race, Blue (Gar) race, Fish race, Bee race, Crab race, Rock race, Flying Monkey race, Demon race, Dragon race, PLUS MORE! Woke Left: Needs more black people. Change King Grayskull, Zodac, and give Teela a black girlfriend. WHUT!? At least back in the day, they made new characters like Sunman.

[@spectorcreative1872]

Everyone gets a race!

[@FNHot]

@@spectorcreative1872 haha I have no issue with that, I just dont get watching such a show and STILL having a problem because you dont see black people. I dont watch Blade or Spawn and have a hard time getting into it because the hero is black and the main villain is white, but maybe that's because im not racist, and that's the only thing blacks care about.

[@jesseperry9602]

Beast-Man was the second MOTU figure I ever got (my first was the original Skeletor). I always really liked him because well...I really like the color orange and I was always a fan of those 80's era second in command to the main bad guy characters who was always trying to overthrow them and take over like Beast-Man, Starscream, and once G.I. Joe introduced Serpentor, Cobra Commander. It made me respect Skeletor even more when it was revealed that he kinda played that role to Hordak too!

[@spectorcreative1872]

I so wish I was lucky enough to have him

[@derheadbanger9039]

In the german audio plays from the 80s, Beast Man was the the smartest scientist of his race. When he uncovered an ancient stone tablet and realized it actually was an instruction for a machine to melt the pole caps, he altered the plans, rendering the machine useless. When Skeletor found out about the machine, he tortured Beast Man over a long period of time so he would restore the blueprints - without success. As a final step Skeletor messed with his brain - turning him into a loyal, but stupid subject without any memories of his former life. Skeletor: "Beast Man, you are a fool! Which, however, I am not entirely innocent of." *Hey Scott, if you are ever interested in doing a video about the canon of the german audio cassettes, I'd be glad to help! ^^*

[@spectorcreative1872]

Thanks! Do you have them in English? Drop me a line through Spector Creative!

[@vermis8344]

I had picked it up from somewhere that Beastman was originally a human from Earth, an animal trapper or something. I can't remember where I heard it or why it differs so radically from the actual origin here.

[@spectorcreative1872]

Yes he also had an origin as Bob Biffman. More on that soon!

[@elextrano7597]

2:47 it reminds me of a wookie

[@spectorcreative1872]

What’s a Wookiee?

[@matthewmartin8315]

I love Beastman. I can even remember when i got him as a kid. My parents told me I could either have him or a calculator for school. of course, I got Beast man. it was a small town corner store that i got him in.

[@Emolga6274]

Don’t really seem like good parents if they didn’t get u a calculator

[@spectorcreative1872]

You made a great choice.

[@superjoe7]

@09:10 I believe you meant to say Vykron. We’ll let it slide

[@spectorcreative1872]

What can I say, I am wrong all the time

[@drfunkypunk]

As a kid watching the 1987 Masters of the Universe movie, I remember thinking that Beast Man in the film looked more like Grizzlor than what I expected.

[@spectorcreative1872]

Oh hé totally did!!

[@MrJtmendoza180]

I remember when I was a kid watching MOTU, I always see Beast Man as the bungling simpleton right hand man of Skeletor. Classic comic relief of the series. He was my third most memorable minions of Skeletor, behind Trap Jaw and Tri-Klops.

[@spectorcreative1872]

Yeah they really dumbed him down

[@psibernight2177]

Him, Evilyn and Merman were the greatest of Skeltor's lieutenants.

[@spectorcreative1872]

What about Trap Jaw?

[@psibernight2177]

@@spectorcreative1872 "He is more machine than man now."

[@vincentfranklin17]

On the Filmation MOTU cartoon, Beast-Man was always Skeletor's stooge. He always schemed for power, but could never get it. I always thought he could be a threat if put in the right context.

[@spectorcreative1872]

I like the way he uses the royal we

[@EternalRoman]

@Spector Creative I find it strange that you did not mention the Image Comics 2002 MOTU BeastMan Icons of Evil. That run of comics gave an in depth look as to how Keldor recluted Beastman. The Icons of Evil were the individual looks and backstories of the evil warriors with as said Beastman, Triklops, TrapJaw and Merman. On the TrapJaw story it changed the mini comics origin of Kronis and how he became TrapJaw, giving him a heroic change after Keldor change to Skeletor but only after he tried to take over and Skeletor banished him. He had joined some warriors and amassed a force to attack Skeletor only to be defeated and blasted in the face by the much stronger Skeletor and had Triklops save his life with the cybernetics, but a funny thing that Trapjaw was not supposed to be able to live outside Snake Mountain for a long period of time for some reason. On Beastman, it showed that Keldor was in the Berserker Islands and the King of those Islands was called King Trinok. All of the inhabitants were Anthropomorphic animals like Beastman, and he was part of the tribes. Keldor was shagging it up with a Tribal Cat Girl when a Wolf guy confronted him over the girl and in the fight Beastman appeared and killed the Wolf guy. Keldor praised BM and tried his almighty approach only to be stopped when Beastman said he would eat him. And they fought, and BM wiped the entire floor with Keldor even taking blasts from him straight on. They were both captured by beastmen that were pursuing Beastman, and they were imprisoned to be cooked for the King. Keldor proposed to help BM escape and when they got to the arena they fought and Keldor's power had become amplified by the talismans of a Beast Shaman that predicted to Keldor that he would run into Beastman and he would join Keldor. After they killed the King they ran away and BM with no were to go and being banished had no other choice but to pledge his alliance to Keldor. Those MOTU 2002 Comics were really good and dealt very deep into the mythos of Eternia and obviously were more for Teenagers and Adults compared to the cartoon itself that was slightly more toned down.

[@spectorcreative1872]

Oh those were gréât comics and the trap jaw bio came right from them!

[@EternalRoman]

@@spectorcreative1872 It would be cool if you made a video regarding the 2002 MOTU Image comics which of course includes the Icons Of Evil stories, and how their regular run in fact had the non animated episode published as the last issue of the comics that basically ended the series ending in a cliffhanger. Also you could retell how they influenced the stories in the lines that came after.

[@OzzieAstaroth]

I didn't much care for Beast Man as a kid, but I do prefer the bumbling Filmation version myself. As far as looks go, I find that I much prefer the LOP look myself. Much more menacing and a much more interesting look to me. Strange that the amulet plot point hasn't come up in any animated media. Maybe in the new Netflix show they could do something with that.

[@spectorcreative1872]

He is a fuzzy fiend to be loved

[@OzzieAstaroth]

@@spectorcreative1872 Except when he isn't. I just watched some more of the new He-Man show and he looks more human in this one, and seems to have an amulet of sorts. ;-)

[@masterfarr8265]

Him and Keldor killed a king

[@spectorcreative1872]

All kings must die

[@masterfarr8265]

@@spectorcreative1872 and in the latest Iteration Beast Man is a jungle savage recruited by Skeletor and transformed into Beast Man

[@daximil]

So in the original story, He Man wasn't the only one with chest armor that gave him power. Huh.

[@spectorcreative1872]

Well it wasn't the armor but an amulet around the neck but yes

[@SimbasGuardWT]

Beastman is definitely a dangerous villain. I did not know most of His backstory. (Especially the part about his medallion).

[@spectorcreative1872]

The 200x show and classics really fleshed things out

[@SimbasGuardWT]

@@spectorcreative1872 Then I must have missed some very important details.

[@jcarret26]

That's very interesting. I am a big fan of He-man and I never knew that. You should make more segments about different places of eternia and the different types of races. More like a history of eternia

[@spectorcreative1872]

Oh i will!

[@tonyjackson4078]

I always saw Beast Man as a failed king. He wasn't the most efficient leader so he threw in with Skeletor, same as Mer Man. They weren't lackeys, more like lesser rulers of their own territory trying to expand their power through associating with Skeletor.

[@spectorcreative1872]

Well he kinda was

[@tonyjackson4078]

@@spectorcreative1872 hah, I meant as a kid, seeing him goof around in the cartoon, but all that cool card art, mini comics, and storybooks made him come off like Kerchak from Tarzan.

[@ZeroAnalogy]

Beast Man and Red Beast? There is bearly a resemblance.

[@spectorcreative1872]

Super easy

[@adamn.4615]

I don't know about anyone else, but I think the final Beast Man looks more like Chewbacca than the wolf-like concept art.

[@spectorcreative1872]

You are not the only one

[@Dented_Battle_Armor]

I would so want a Classics figure of the Chewie-like Beast Man that Mark Taylor did. He looks so badass

[@spectorcreative1872]

We came so close to getting one too!

[@Dented_Battle_Armor]

@@spectorcreative1872 for real??! Damn it 😪

[@shawnkarg3794]

Revalations did an excellent job of giving characters like Beast Man and Mer Man the gravitas they were robbed of by Filmation. I never got to watch many episodes for reasons, but they nerfed the baddies into Looney Tunes territory.

[@spectorcreative1872]

I like Lunney Toons

[@shawnkarg3794]

@@spectorcreative1872 Beast Man deserved better.

[@berkajr3685]

Great video. Love Beast man. One nit pick though. You forgot to mention that he is probably the most recognizable of Skeletors henchmen to the point that he is the only (besides Evil Lynn) to be featured in the Live action movie. Saurod, Blade and KArg were all created for that movie.

[@spectorcreative1872]

Oh yes!

[@rodrickadamginsburg8960]

Now if we went to a street by power con we would find people who know who Extendar is 🤡🥸😇

[@ZeroAnalogy]

That's a bit of a stretch?

[@spectorcreative1872]

Well that is cherry picking for sure!

[@ZeroAnalogy]

Extendar is great for cherry picking, especially for those highest of branches

[@tikielvis]

I miss the days when HBO seemed to stand for "Hey, Beastmaster's On!!!" That joke can never, ever die....:)

[@spectorcreative1872]

Oh i should have brought that up!

[@elextrano7597]

7:14 i actualy un ironicaly like gungans xD they only need a Scimitar and the would be creature from a barbarian series

[@vermis8344]

The only thing wrong with the gungans is that we were saddled with the one that even the other gungans can't stand. If Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan were guided about by Captain Tarpals? Completely different story.

[@elextrano7597]

@@vermis8344 xD i am also a jarjar defender he is an idiot but i like him for who he is.

[@spectorcreative1872]

Well put

[@Franklin_41]

Beastman is awesome, the story in the comics are great Thanks for the video, amazing #motu imagecomics omnibus

[@spectorcreative1872]

Glad you continue to enjoy

[@v78michel]

I always thought the Humanoid Lion king we saw in the 200X series was a part of Beastman's species

[@spectorcreative1872]

That was Carnivus. He is a Quadian

[@RetroActionUK]

Retro Battles Episode I Intro now uploaded!

[@spectorcreative1872]

I am loving this!

[@RetroActionUK]

@@spectorcreative1872 this is a countdown to the Day of the Debate!

[@Gurmushr]

Scott I am a boardgame player, do you think you can make a video about the Masters of the Universe: Clash for Eternia and Masters of the Universe: Fields of Eternia? I am sure many fans of the property don't know about them and the reasons why there are two different games from different companies. I think this is a very rich topic that you haven’t explored yet.

[@spectorcreative1872]

I am looking into it!

[@Gurmushr]

@@spectorcreative1872 Thanks Scott, can't wait to hear your oppinion.

[@OSJ81]

One of my first villans ever bought. I love this channel so much!

[@spectorcreative1872]

Glad to have you as part if it

[@Cacalotlraven]

First time visitor new subscriber. Great informative video. 41 year old graphic artist amd art teacher and father of three little boys: question, going off by your previous experience working at Mattel, how can an old artist like me get an opportunity to work on toys?

[@spectorcreative1872]

Welcome to the channel! Glad to have you. I have several videos about working in the toy industry. Here is a good place to start: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b2S8nmafZ6p6ebs

[@wretchedthe638]

I guess you never explained the level of power,or sort of what can beastman can control and what it cant like for example cringer or panthor? Or it depends on what will power an animal has

[@spectorcreative1872]

Most animals pretty much

[@troycrawford3569]

We love Lord skeletor beasts man and trap jaw and evil Lin and he-man and the rest of the lord skeletor and beasts man and trap jaw and evil Lin characters and shows and movies and tv shows and internet and comic books and video games and reality and cartoons and songs and epic rap battles yeah because they are awesome and the best and the greatest and amazing and all ways wicked!!!!!!!!.

[@babsbrit6300]

Beast Master was/is a great parallel to Heman. It is an awesome property. 1980s film is awesome. Your opinion on The Beast Master dude?

[@spectorcreative1872]

Very much so

[@CartoonerAnimationist]

Do you have any plans to review the new Netflix He-Man and the Masters kids show? I’d love to hear your take. I personally loved it, and the new look is really fun.

[@spectorcreative1872]

Oh yea indeed! Very soon

[@robd1329]

Revalations is a real dissapointment

[@theblackgoatofthewoods]

Allways had the feeling that all of Skeletor's main men were rouges or outcasts from their own people

[@spectorcreative1872]

Very much so!

[@theblackgoatofthewoods]

@@spectorcreative1872 So.... He is a democratic dictator

[@MezTZO]

Beast Man's power to control beasts coming from a magical amulet feels kinda like a letdown. I would've preferred it if it was Beast Man's own unique power, something that set him apart from the rest of his beast-man tribe. I mean, what's to stop someone else (like He-Man or a very angry Skeletor) from just snapping the amulet off Beast Man and chucking it into hot lava or something?

[@spectorcreative1872]

The problem with that it makes his species way too powerful if everyone can do it

[@MezTZO]

@@spectorcreative1872 Although I did say it should be his "own unique power, something that set him apart from the rest of his beast-man tribe".

[@maxdimuro8066]

Quick question: is the amulet the last one in existence? It mentions in goat man's bio that his race were enslaved by the beastmen, or was it just one amulet that control the entire race at once?

[@spectorcreative1872]

Just the one

[@fuzzd0rk]

I was at the Fisher Price store yesterday and they had a SHITLOAD of origins Beastman!🤣

[@spectorcreative1872]

That is what happens when you can't ship to retail proper!

[@paladox1771]

Great video! Thanks for delving into the lore of the character. I have a bunch of extra Beastman Mega Construx characters and wanted to know if he was unique and it's good to know I can basically army build with him, making them look more unique by using various parts from other extra figures.

[@evilchaosboy]

Whoa! That first sketch was by far in a way the best! I didn't really see the "Chewbacca" element at all. The mixing of "soft" (the fur) and "hard" (cold steel) complimented each other with deadly intent! It truly emoted an "evil" creature. (more so than the later "king" version.) Great stuff! An off-topic question I have to ask since I always forget. Who was more powerful...Skeletor or Hordak? Thanks for another fascinating show. \m/

[@MungkaeX]

Hordak trained Skeletor in many continuities; but when battling they tend to be fairly equivalent in terms of power, assuming no surprise elements giving one the advantage over the other.

[@spectorcreative1872]

Well you may not have but Mattel execs did

[@aaronwood8012]

did he ever have a proper given name ?

[@spectorcreative1872]

Yup. See the MOTUC bio

[@Jarjarbinksreallife]

Don’t diss Extendar like that

[@spectorcreative1872]

But he is so dis-able

[@collincutler4992]

Man have you noticed the Neckbeard hit piece video about you on Retro Blasting? Dude is salty and jealous about....something. He's also not very knowledgeable. As for BeastMan, that's one thing Revelations got right...he was a massive hulking strongman enforcer...badass

[@spectorcreative1872]

Well we are set to debate this Sunday night to set the record straight!

[@justinclark397]

So, the jewel gives Beastman the ability to control all beasts and the Thunderians are a race of cat people. So, does this confirm that Beastman has the ability to control the Thundercats, which would then force Lion-O and the others to do battle against He-Man and his fellow Masters? Sounds like an idea for another crossover to me.

[@spectorcreative1872]

That would be tight!

[@justinclark397]

@@spectorcreative1872 thank you! I'm glad you liked the idea and keep up the great work. I always love your videos!

[@Mighty-VizioN]

Why is The paint deco on the amulet that beast man wears poorly applied? It seems like a last minute rush job. It's thin with a lot of overspray that bleeds onto the armor he wears. Maybe it supposed to have a glowing effect.

[@spectorcreative1872]

deco costs

[@robledoeugene1975]

You just made want to get a bunch of beastmen and make customs by interchanging parts. Great video

[@spectorcreative1872]

Mattel needs to send me a thank you check

[@johnmorey720]

“How did Beastman end up with Skeletor?” I assume charm, charisma, shared interests, a few good dates…

[@spectorcreative1872]

That and a shared passion for arbor day

[@jameshowlett8521]

Lol long walks by rivers of lava

[@nicholasdickens2801]

And don’t forget he’d attract all those mosquitoes and bugs. ;)

[@nicholasdickens2801]

@@spectorcreative1872 … 🤫 I thought it was macro may .

[@Purple_Sloth]

@Pop-Actor (RICK) Sistor

[@TheLordUrban]

The great thing about Beastman as a toy is that he gives an excuse to include all your other toy monsters and beasties in your MotU action.

[@spectorcreative1872]

Heck yeah!

[@adrionjones]

Yep. I had him controll my Hook Horror and Dragonne figures from D&D.

[@TitularHeroine]

@@adrionjones I love those figures. Two of the best D&D figures ever in my opinion.

[@NinjaKnight]

No doubt his concept art version will be in the New Eternia line.

[@spectorcreative1872]

Clearly

[@howzyerfather]

Scott, I see some comments here mentioning the German audio books or audio plays... what were those? Was there something like that in English?

[@spectorcreative1872]

In Germany they did not have filmation instead they had audio dramas that were a bit different with unique origins for some characters. I will get to a video on them soon!

[@williamthompson5504]

So are there Mer-Men in Eternia? Who’s the dude in green and yellow charging with Randor bye?

[@spectorcreative1872]

Yes. They are a species as well

[@ZeroAnalogy]

9:03 Lord Chollo / Lord Cholo? Really? I'm caught between 2 feelings. 1 - "That's derogatory!" 2 - "Orale ese vato loco!"

[@spectorcreative1872]

Well it’s from the old dc comics!

[@mikieson]

interesting

[@spectorcreative1872]

Isn't it?

[@LowellLucasJr.]

Beastman is alot of things: Once a Bearlike Chewbacca, master of terrain, master of all ferral beasts/ creatures of Eternia( outside of Dragons & oceans)and a beloved evil warrior! ...but to Skeletor...he's nothing!

[@spectorcreative1872]

Yup. He has had a lot of origins and looks like in the CGI show yet another one!

[@benflay6038]

One of my first toys one of the og 4, you should see my custom origins ,.he can control "some" animals not at all good magical etc Love in the art he has a axe as well as whip , in ladybird books I grew up with he he has minions had his own vine jungle territory is half beast and had a fun adventure being a boss in the past

[@spectorcreative1872]

I wish I could do customs

[@benflay6038]

@@spectorcreative1872 dollar store paint and figure sit and paint soon get hang of it lot of you tube videos

[@misterformerlyknownascolad2859]

Wow, Didn't know that about Beast Man, I thought his control over animals was something that he could do on his own. So I guess Mer Man's control over sea life is part of him instead of a medallion? Also, I didn't know BM was an outcast. Then again, it makes sense seeing that we see several Gar running about.

[@spectorcreative1872]

And knowing is half the knowing

[@misterformerlyknownascolad2859]

@@spectorcreative1872 Very true, I really think I'm going to restart my collecting because of your channel. I've even ventured onto restoration channels, I'm not selling my stuff so I shouldn't be an issue. And Thanks for the show

[@corneilusmcgillicuddy]

Does Beast Man have the ability to control Battle Cat and Zoar?

[@spectorcreative1872]

Hé sure could

[@comeasyouarent]

Did you work with comics artist Dan Fraga in any way?

[@spectorcreative1872]

No, but I bought many comics he did

[@nbaldwin45]

I think you downplayed Beast Man's abilities when you talked about his battles with He-Man. Yes, he doesn't even begin to approach He-Man's level of power but Beast Man's still probably the strongest guy on Skeletor's side apart from Faker - he's hardly defenceless without his animal controlling powers.

[@qui-gongimli4665]

Beast man was one of the few figures I didn't have in my collection as a kid. I did get extendar at a flee market. I didn't know his name because he wasn't in a box with his bio. I called him stretch. I didn't find out his real name until I saw him in a youtube video. I got a few of my He Man figures from the flee market. Every time I went there with my parents I would go off on my own to look for toys just like I did at any story we went to.

[@spectorcreative1872]

Me too! But my best friend Shaun had him

[@TitularHeroine]

I'm really looking forward to getting the Origins LoP version when that hits shelves locally. The Weapons Pak was kinda BS in a way. I could never get that damn yellow harness onto anybody. (Of course it actually works now, because Origins guys' heads pop off.) I would really love to see an Origins Weapons Pak though! (And head pack too please!)

[@spectorcreative1872]

That will be a cool toy

[@mostafafarweez3161]

WOW, very interesting video :) I didn't know that Beast man came from a species of Beast men, and some of them were actually good. I also thought thought that his power to control animals was am ability he has and didn't know it came from his amulet :) He also had a very different origin from the He-man bible, who was a man that was transformed into beast man when he and Evil lynn landed on he dark hemisphere of Eternia. Awesome video, I like it a lot :) And hope that Evil lyin video origin is coming soon. Not much is known about her past, except from the Mike Young series. That she is the daughter of the faceless 1 and met Skeletor when he was Keldor and helped him reach the temple of Hordak when he became Skeletor.

[@spectorcreative1872]

Oh yes and I plan to get to that bible soon!

[@mostafafarweez3161]

@@spectorcreative1872 Awesome, Can't wait and hopefully a video on Evil Lynn too :)

[@The_Cosmic_Yog-Sothoth]

*UNTRUE, factual errors once again from Scott.* Beastman was not the original main villain. See Mark Taylor's various interviews on this subject, you know, the man who actually invented He-Man and Skeletor for Mattel. He-Man was originally known as *"Torak"* and Skeletor was known as *"Evil Incarnate"* in his early sketches and was later renamed *"De-Man".* De-Man sounds a bit like Demon and is obviously an opposite idea to "He-Man". The idea of Beastman being the evil leader was invented by Don Glut, in his original draft of the early minicomics story, when Mattel asked him to flesh out the world of He-Man. Don Glut called this new universe "The Fighting Foe-Men". Later, this was changed to "Lords of Power" then the eventual "Masters of the Universe". Scott, while you keep claiming to be a "Toy Guru" you don't half make some huge errors when it comes to your MOTU history knowledge.

[@NobodieZ26]

2:33 to 3:00 Honestly I think should have stayed with the original design if they wanted to avoid looking like chewie.

[@spectorcreative1872]

Everyone should look like a wookie

[@elextrano7597]

I WANT A WEAPONS PaCk!!!... I may be salty about negative he man just got clamp cham looking for merman buy if i see Beast man he is mine

[@spectorcreative1872]

Well we made a few!

[@Patrick2480]

the dos equis meme, cholo is spelled 1 L and means gang member in mexican american street slang.

[@shinra358]

Rakkaaaaz 🤣

[@spectorcreative1872]

My favorite part too

[@johnthwaites5976]

I'm not sure why but I never liked beastman. I didn't buy his figure in the 80s and haven't bought the new origins version. I do however like the Lords of power version and the super 7 retro 5.5-inch version of beastman

[@spectorcreative1872]

Well to be fair no one likes him

[@masterfarr8265]

You need to apologize to Joe Amato for stealing his ideas and lying to fans

[@spectorcreative1872]

noted again