Secrets of Keldor from the Masters of the Universe Classics MOTUC Toy line from Mattel

[@andrewgrant2990]

I had no idea about Keldor until the 200x series, & I thought that was an AWESOME addition to the lore! I never thought about who he was before Skeletor. I bet he was really pissed when Sy-Klone shows up & he's a Master who everybody loves!

[@spectorcreative1872]

200X really put him on the map

[@MattKayser]

I'm a huge Keldor fan. I've written a lot about him ("MOTU: The Bloodline Trilogy") and I don't know how many times I purchased this particular figure (it was a lot of times), so I appreciate this video.

[@spectorcreative1872]

Glad to hear it! Any help sharing online helps the channel a ton!

[@AintNobodyAtAll]

Keldor was way cool. I loved that 200X Keldor figure; I wish the burning skull head could have found its way into Classics.

[@spectorcreative1872]

Yeah I wonder why we never did that?

[@oldemceemoney1651]

Thoroughly enjoying all these commentary videos. As I've said before you guys did an amazing job with such a wide variety of characters. Absolutely impressive!

[@spectorcreative1872]

All were made with love!

[@marvelcollectoruk4505]

Loving all the insight to behind the scenes of MOTUC. Only discovered these videos last week so plenty to watch but upto now really enjoyable. Thank you for sharing.

[@spectorcreative1872]

Glad to have you on the channel. Any repostings of videos are also most appreciated!

[@Beedo_Sookcool]

Great video. Thank you! I loved this figure. I ended up using the Millennial Relaunch Skeletor's dual swords for this guy until the Weapons Paks version was released. I might someday try replicating the customised version you showcased here, so thanks for sharing that! Now, to pester Mattel to get MOTUC going again in a couple of years, and push for a "burning head" pack-in!

[@spectorcreative1872]

Go pester them!~

[@Beedo_Sookcool]

@@spectorcreative1872 Already started! 😉

[@raziel4435]

Don’t forget the “Keldor boots”, probably the most used part after generic body parts.

[@spectorcreative1872]

True dat!

[@Tim85-y2q]

I think the Trap Jaw legs may have them beat.

[@trence5]

I love the added layer the 200X series brought to the characters and I like how the Classics incorporated that into the line.

[@spectorcreative1872]

Well thanks so much!

[@raziel4435]

In the origin of skeletor mini comic at 07:30, who is the old man saying “where am I”, was that ever revealed?

[@spectorcreative1872]

That was just a guy who was being controlled by Hordak. The cover is the hint that Hordak is pulling the strings

[@adrionjones]

Another awesome video from your perspective. How I miss this line.

[@spectorcreative1872]

I do too. I hope it comes back one day

[@mannymangoat2897]

Wow I really love that idea for his power sword. That classic sword in different colors and abailty to change colors is so Superior to that double handle sword from the 2000 series. Also it must be amazing to see a line you worked for be so beloved and watch its value rise on the second hand market. Keep it up Scott.

[@spectorcreative1872]

Yeah, crazy that it keep appreciating! I can;'t imagine a MOTU line that will top this one. Definitely is definitive for me!

[@SimbasGuardWT]

Keldor is a great figure. I like having a cape I can put on Skeletor too.

[@spectorcreative1872]

That was the idea!

[@SimbasGuardWT]

@@spectorcreative1872 It was A Great Idea.

[@beldin3013]

By far my favourite skeletor variant and motu classic figure

[@spectorcreative1872]

Get that a lot. He was popular!

[@MRay-zj4ro]

Hopefully MOTU Revelations is a great success and is given another season that explores the Keldor storyline a bit more as animation in depth. I can dream...😍

[@spectorcreative1872]

I share that dream

[@cinnamonbun1379]

I thought it was heavily hinted at in the minicomic. Idk, I grew up with a few episodes of 200X on VHS as well as a handful of figures I got from garage sales, so my familiarity with that interpretation may have influenced how I read the minicomic, as I only read the minicomics back in like late 2018 or 2019, because I got back into MOTU because of the She-Ra reboot and the Injustice crossover (one of my biggest disappointments is that we will never get Shazam He-Man as a figure).

[@spectorcreative1872]

What would Shazam He Man be? Sounds cool

[@BillyWhack]

These videos are fun, I just wish you’d fix the audio a bit. The intro is loud, but then it gets to the dialogue, and it’s much quieter.

[@spectorcreative1872]

Yes! Thank you. I forgot to lower the vol in the opening on this one. I'll do better to remember!

[@ThatGuy-zj8kg]

Is there a reason why the Classics head sculpt for Keldor was so different from the 200X sculpt? The other 200X heads were very faithful to the source material but not Keldor..?

[@spectorcreative1872]

It was not meant to be in 200X style but in the style of a hypothetical vintage figure updated to classics.

[@justinmohan7103]

Do you still work for Mattel. It seems they are not doing well financially. I wish Classics would come back, not gonna buy Origins. Thanks for all your hard work, we just needed a few more vehicles and doing the new characters in MOTUC format would have been cool. We didn't get a mimi-comics Try-Klops. I think he had different variations in the mini-comic, but I think Loyal Subjects did some of the variants.

[@spectorcreative1872]

I left Mattel in 2014.

[@justinmohan7103]

@@spectorcreative1872 Since my comment has originally been written. I have changed my mind about Origins and am all in. The Masters of the WWE stuff sold me on it

[@williammcclanahan1792]

The origins figure is what got me.

[@spectorcreative1872]

In a good way?

[@williammcclanahan1792]

@@spectorcreative1872 yeah. It was my first figures (the 2 pack). I have everything so far that’s available.

[@aesopfrogox4310]

I’m sorta behind the times. You keep mentioning mini comics that, from what I’m understanding, we’re made during the MOTUC era. What were they? Is there a video about them? Is there a direction I can be pointed towards? 🐸

[@spectorcreative1872]

Here you go:kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXTHpIKYbMpgqsk

[@aesopfrogox4310]

Thanks. Turns out, I watched this one before ( and now again because, fun ). So, my new question is, how were these mini comics available? Were they an on line thing? 🐸👍

[@peterrohloff6205]

I would have loved to see the original line finish the story of Keldor. I bet it would have been quite different.

[@spectorcreative1872]

I can only imagine!

[@justinmohan7103]

Why didn't you do a battle armour that flipped around, like the vintage toy. You guys did a good job with this line, I wish it would come back and we could finish some of the characters off. It would have been nice to get a MOTUC Tri-Klops from the mini-comics. The new origins line is horrible. I hope Classics come back for sure, if Mattel survives, it all makes sense about why Super7 lost MOTU. Mattel needs the money. It would have been nice to even get the concept characters, and some of the other stuff floating around online.

[@spectorcreative1872]

Doing the actual flip around function would have required a new tool for the chest with a mechanism in it, and MOTUC did not have the tooling budget for that! (based on sales).

[@justinmohan7103]

@@spectorcreative1872 Thanks so much for answering that. I always wanted that feature in the Classics version. Now I don't have to wonder anymore.

[@darkwoods1954]

I never liked Keldor being a good prince before turning bad. I always imagined his bitterness came from not being a part of the royal family. Being the result of an affair Miro had with a Gar then being left growing up in poverty, knowing he should have been prince. Maybe Miro didn't even know Keldor existed. Could play into the racism against Gars and how Miro would never admit to loving or having a relationship with one in the past. The good prince gone bad is too cliche and a copy of Anakin/Vader.

[@Beedo_Sookcool]

That's also a great take on it! Love it! Thing is, though, there are really only about five or six different stories out there, that have been "ripping off" previous similar stories for millennia. And the most successful ones usually stick to the outlines Joseph Campbell worked up from comparing them all. Might as well stick with what works. 😉

[@trence5]

I think some of that was involved in how he turned out. Sort of like Loki from the first Thor movie and that last Thundercats series. He could not be king because his mother was a Gar, despite the possibly that he may have even been first born.

[@spectorcreative1872]

Yeah but even Anakin/Vader has roots in classic mythology.

[@sledgehama]

You really made a rod for your own back by sticking to internal story & design logic with Keldor’s swords! I remember the ongoing ‘controversy’ over that and how people just couldn’t seem to grasp the concept of both Classics and 200X being reinterpretations of the same Platonic Forms of MOTU characters and concepts. Still, that split blade classic style power sword in orange and purple idea does look cool!

[@spectorcreative1872]

Yeah kinda wished we did that!

[@nwobw]

The fact that 10 years later (A decade) the overwhelming majority of fans still bring up the 200x sword controversy against you should tell you how stupid your decision was. Fans understood what "classicizing" a figure meant. The entire 200x Keldor sword controversy could have been avoided with some honesty: "Hey we didn't have the tooling budget. But we'll get to them eventually". Instead of trying to justify the decision creatively and talk to customers like they were idiots. "You just don't understand what we're going for here." No, we get it. You didn't have the money then lied about it. ---------------- The figure itself was pretty close to perfect. The headsculpt remains one of the best in the line, the cape was appreciated, and the more vibrant blue you used on Keldor was much better than the base Skeletor's washed out blue. It's just a shame that a pretty great toy was marred by yet another dumb self inflicted wound. There were a lot of them in MOTUC over your tenure. No 200x heads for Buzz Off or Clawful. No Filmation head for Filmation Hordak, Snout Spout's rotting trunk, 200x Evil Lynn being a cheap repaint despite having the tooling budget, no 200x Keldor swords, attempting to sell a cheap repaint Snake MAA, reverse shoulders on King Hsss, black plastic on the figures. Others were clearly not your fault - defective breaking Green Goddess, reverse shoulders King Hsss, cracking torso's on Roboto, I generally thought you did a good job with the line, but you were rightly ridiculed for the lack of 200x Keldor swords. It's like packaging Darth Vader with no lightsaber or one of the 4 Ninja turtles without their iconic weapons.

[@spectorcreative1872]

Well hey, we got to the sword in time, so now 10 years later and into the future we can all be happy. But hey you bring up great points.