Who is New Adventures He-Man in the Masters of the Universe Classics Toy Line? Secrets Revealed!

[@Tim85-y2q]

The "sword raising" articulation was my favorite innovation during the Classics run. (still kind of salty we didn't get an alternate animated style "googly eyed" head for NA Skeletor though.)

[@steve9021oh]

Yea yea!!! Favorite part of my morning! A video by SDN!

[@Skyescavernlibrary]

One of my favourite MOTUC figures. Soooo cool!

[@mikeyjhilli]

OK. FINALLY! I'm going to say this. Because I saw something else when it was happening live. I didn't know or "see" until videos like this that you, Scott, was was staying true to the vintage line. Not only that you was trying to carry on and continue the original story. The original intent. Original direction. I get it. A sincere thank you.

[@spectorcreative1872]

Well thank you! The kind words are most appreciated

[@gagaH78226]

Thank you again for another informative video, love listening to you narrate Scott 😊 Oh, I wasn't a fan of the "New Adventures" growing up, but it certainly had some very interestingly designed characters...however, I did fall in Love with the MOTU Classics NA HeMan action figure, you, Mattle and the 4 H worked so hard on...I have to say, its some of my top 5 favourite classics figures to date, he's so beautifully made and still "pretty reasonably priced" on Ebay or elsewhere...so anyone reading this, please get that figure, it's highly articulated as well...mine is always there on the desk at work ☕ Have a fantastic week everyone.

[@lukebaldock4672]

As a kid I loved both cartoon and toyline, still do.

[@spectorcreative1872]

Nice. Toy memories are the best

[@OzzieAstaroth]

I remember seeing the NA He-Man toys on the store shelves as a kid and it was my first exposure to it. Since I loved He-Man, I wanted them all, and later did get a lot of them for Christmas, but He-Man's sword handle would break off, and even after getting a new one, it snapped off too. I was thankful later on that the newer ones were more sturdy and looked really cool too. I wonder if any of these will make it to Origins or Masterverse.

[@spectorcreative1872]

I think I only recall seeing them once at a KB and thinking “huh”?

[@joshuaH75]

Francis is at the end! 😂

[@joverbey123456789]

Thanks I wait for this every week

[@jonathantomala8465]

Wow I didn’t know all that! I think it would have gone better if it had been the kids. I didn’t like the series when I was a kid because it didn’t feel like He-Man. Having Dare prob would have gone over better. Thanks for the video.

[@rodrickadamginsburg8960]

Scott, I don’t know if you remember me mentioning that my wife and I almost moved to NC two years ago as the pandemic was “officially” starting. Well….we’re talking about doing it again…. Simply put, we’re fed up of NY… and have started the process of relocating. We haven’t decided specifically where, but will fairly likely be in and/or around the Concord/Greensboro/Charlotte region give or take.

[@masonj4779]

Who cares already. Just move. NY doesn’t want or need your kind. I guess you are hoping you can meet your man crush. Just wear the Pom poms and that tight skirt you love so much and I’m sure you and scott will live happily ever after.

[@Allison_Troy]

I was between child collector and adult collector when NA came out but my brother had several of them. I enjoyed the sculpts but do remember thinking it was inconvenient that they weren't compatible with the MOTU stuff that were sitting in a box in our closet. His NA He-Man and Nocturna ended up living with my She-Ra figures when I dug them out a few years later as an adult collector to display -- before I traded them both for a mint-on-card Flutterina in 2000. Which still seems like I got the better end of the deal on that one.

[@spectorcreative1872]

Yeah that was the age gap this extension hit most of us at

[@Beedo_Sookcool]

Neat video! Thank you! I was never a big fan of the "New Adventures" stuff -- the cartoon didn't really do it for me, and I got three of the figures to "try out" -- but for the most part, I gave up on it with Wave One. And then Classics happened, and I wanted all the New Adventures figures in that style, because this time, they looked like they FIT IN. Oh, if only Classics had gone on a couple more years . . . .

[@rodrickadamginsburg8960]

Spector Creative binge day for me 😎🥳🥳🥳🥳🤑🤑🤑

[@masonj4779]

Make sure you wear your skirt and Pom poms.

[@keithunlimited]

I am recently becoming a HUGE fan of The New Adventures of He-Man. Could you do more videos on this. On why you think it failed (for me it was the SHOCK that suddenly all friends and famiy were GONE!), what it could have done to succeed and what good are fans missing out on? Cuz yeah, I'm now loving this altnernate way of "playing He-Man" through a Flash Gordon/Star Wars lens and it's a lot of fun! If Origins would put out New Adventures figures, they could have my money for probably the whole line. And this would be the first time I ever tried to get an entire line. Anyway. I hope enough time has passes, fans have relaxed and they really give the intergalactic adventures a try. I'm liking it way more than Revelation and there's 66 episodes! Keep up the great work. Flipshot rules!

[@spectorcreative1872]

I will indeed!

[@keithunlimited]

@@spectorcreative1872 My personal take. As a kid I really was pretty hurt and furious that suddenly He-Man the biggest deal cartoon ever up and just stopped for what seemed no reason from my kid point of view. Then the New Adventures was on as the weirdest freaking how I could never track. And when I finally could find it.... first thing you find out is you're never going back to Eternia and all his friends and family are freaking gone?!?! It felt Last Jedi levels of betrayal, so it was hard to give the show a chance. But now.. in part due to how you framed it in Classics..... if this is just another adventure He-Man goes on and was able to be more back and forth if he wanted.. and know Eternia was still there, it would soften the blow a lot. Now I take it as a pretty awesome side story where he does Flash Gordon adventures with animation that's like Transformers Season 3, which was my favorite. Dare I say... I think it's one of the best He-Mans we've ever gotten, but I always loved turning my toys into space operas. And that's another great thing about the show. It is a very good mimic to mix matched toybox figures pulled together to make a play pattern. Anyway... I'm now a huge fan of the cocky Flipshot and his figure is currently my favorite of the Classics. He always has the most fun one liners in the show. ^_^ Thanks for bringing back so much fun with He-Man and keep up the great work. -Keith

[@MTB214]

The insterspersed live action reminded me of the three stooges cartoon which did that. I had watched some of the shows and liked a lesson at the end. The movie with Lundgren in it was great! I like how it’s like a mix of Star Wars and Conan the barbarian.

[@mikeyjhilli]

Interesting. Thanks. Don't think I have NA He-Man but I might have He-Ro II.

[@johnmorey720]

It’s funny, because I have absolutely no memory of the NA show and only one vague memory of seeing the toys at Wal-Mart. I wonder if making it about the son of He-Man would have been more successful.

[@bladestar2322]

I liked this more proportioned line. But unfortunately this was the time I was establishing my own Comic Book Store. I only ended up with 2 of the He-Man, both of which I used make customs, and the long ponytail Teela.

[@rodrickadamginsburg8960]

Sadly and honestly I was one of the kids that overlooked this line back in the day even though I remember the toys at Macy’s and how cool the Starship Eternia was! However, when they released the series on DVD I went back and watched it and I am glad I did! Even though it’s no Filmation, it’s still a great series in its own right.

[@masonj4779]

And of course someone like you would think that.

[@rodrickadamginsburg8960]

@@masonj4779 😍

[@daximil]

Hope the current lines go deep enough that we get to see some of this stuff.

[@spectorcreative1872]

Hope kids get into it!

[@titronox]

7:15 Hi! What's the title of the video about heads?

[@spectorcreative1872]

Getting Heads

[@elextrano7597]

1:20 yes in the american continent

[@frankpryor6920]

Great video they should have used the original He-Man body for new adventures and I think it would have went over better .In classics you definitely nailed it A +++++++++

[@spectorcreative1872]

If only they did!

[@darkwoods1954]

I'd have loved to get all the NA cast. I wish Mattel would let Super7 finish off the Galactic Guardians and Mutants. Though hopefully we'll get the characters not made in Classics in Masterverse to fill the gaps.

[@n_explosion8199]

Oh, you want S7 to screw up your favorite characters with a high pricepoint, bad paint, iffy articulation and construction and crappy plastic issues? That's weird. Why would anyone want S7 to make figures of characters they love? I consider them scalpers, even if they produce the things themselves.

[@darkwoods1954]

@@n_explosion8199 I haven't had a problem with any of my Super7 figures quality luckily. Though the high price and loooong wait after pre-order have made me limit what I buy. But I found their TMNT and MOTU Movie figures fantastic. The Conan villains too.

[@darkwoods1954]

@@n_explosion8199 The articulation is the same as Mattels MOTU Classics. They're all designed to fit into that aesthetic.

[@n_explosion8199]

@@darkwoods1954 really? You think their motu figures were ok? Do you remember the 3 pack where the hip-pegs were to long so the legs stuck out like crazy or the following 3 pack where they, after promises for the better, they made the exact same mistake with the added bonus of making the plastic way to hard so limbs just sheared of at the joints and it made the replacement parts useless unless you heated them for like 10 minutes. They couldn't even make decent 1 to 1 copies of the Thundercats without having to release a set of stuff to make them look half way good. And don't get me started on their tmnt or their reaction line. They NEVER should have gotten the license for motu classics imo. That's what started all their crap.

[@n_explosion8199]

@@darkwoods1954 find a positive review for even one of their figures from an honest reviewer who isn't on their payroll or get's stuff shipped for free to review. I dare you.

[@KosoLePa]

Aloha I had a question and wasnt sure where to put it up. But it is about Dupli Cat I noticed there isnt much info on Dupli Cat on the net besides the package deal with Faker. Was Dupli Cat made for the origins line or is there more history to the character I love the Bio's and I also love the Channel. Id also like to learn more about the history of Tri Clops. Mahalo!

[@spectorcreative1872]

Origins is the first time Mattel did Duplicate. We never got that far with classics. Maybe suggest connecting with Mattel on any questions?

[@kevinconn]

Thank you for showing some Unemployed Skeletor stills. 😊 Still grateful you all enjoyed my stupidity (always a MOTU fan, from 82 until the end) Funny story the first time I saw He-Man in store it was the 2 pack and for some reason I thought it was a knock off. I was so mad that some shit company was trying to take the names of characters I loved and-oh, it says Mattel, well, looks like I’m buying this now. A child’s brain is strange, lol

[@Beedo_Sookcool]

I felt the same way about the Power of the Force figures from 1985. There wasn't a movie called "Power of the Force," and I hadn't seen these figures before, and I certianly hadn't seen them advertised, so I thought they were rip-offs. After about half an hour of browsing them, I determined they must've been the real deal, but I didn't buy any, because they were in Kay*Bee and cost FIVE WHOLE DOLLARS. 🤣

[@kevinconn]

@@Beedo_Sookcool lol, I miss KayBee. Luckily I only bought one. Sadly I didn’t hold onto him. But I had Stormtrooper Luke at one point 😍

[@Beedo_Sookcool]

@@kevinconn Yeah, I never saw another POTF item until they started showing up for $75 minimum at comics shops in the mid-1990s. And yeah, I miss Kay*Bee, too.

[@ZeeHarv]

Wait! Was Scott in the NA line?

[@RetroActionUK]

4:16: Another lightning strike against Scott Neitlich! (For some that believe toys can be entirely online that is).

[@n_explosion8199]

I really don't get why we don't get ball-peg joints on the hands. They offer the best wristarticulation. These horizontal hinges are useless for posing with most accessoires (swords, axes, stafs, ...) and toydesigners seem to be allergic for vertical wristhinges.

[@JinzoCrash]

I don't even know what to think of the He-Man franchise anymore. All my Walmart has is the new kiddy stuff not selling, Revelations not selling... and humorously... they have "New for 22" Origins figures that keep coming in, but they DON'T SCAN AT THE REGISTER. They've been taking up shelf space TWO MONTHS, unable to be sold! It's not just Walmart either, as Target employees found it too! Of COURSE the sales will be bad... they CAN'T be SOLD.

[@spectorcreative1872]

And this part of the reason I have been confused as to the future of the line

[@JinzoCrash]

@@spectorcreative1872 Feels almost like it's been intentionally sabotaged, doesn't it? Toys on toy shelves... that you can't sell to customers? 2 months and not fixed, across different retail chains? What? This is some corporate espionage up in here lol.

[@ericleavitt6615]

Scott, you keep saying MOTU dominated the toy aisles, but did it? GI Joe ARAH was bigger wasn’t it? It allowed Hasbro to become the behemoth it became buying other toy companies. It was it that Hasbro had GI Joe and Transformers that allowed this? I love the book Toy Wars.

[@mikeyjhilli]

I gotta take a guess. SPOILERS!!!! Multi Bot.

[@yellowgut]

Skeleteen at eighteen became skeladult!!

[@spectorcreative1872]

Well I suppose

[@GustHal]

Maybe I am one of few in the world but I really was waiting an NA Adam Figure. There are not figures of that Adam

[@FallenGemini]

It is a shame that we didn't get more New Adventures He-Man female figures. I absolutely liked how Teela was shown in the series as it had a more high fantasy feel to it. If she was made in the line, I wonder if the misconception that she had never appeared in the show would have died swiftly. Then again, it is easy to debunk this misconception by showing naysayers a KZbin clip of Teela in NA.

[@spectorcreative1872]

She was next on the list!

[@tawdryhepburn4686]

Wait… which version of He-Man is “lost?” Do you know what date is attached to the series bible? About how long was it? …any chance it’s 59 pages, dated 1996, credited to Lou Scheimer Productions in collaboration with Dic Entertainment? Is it full of character sketches? …I’m asking for a friend.

[@t-train7492]

I am still salty you gave us all the He-mans EXCEPT the MYP version

[@spectorcreative1872]

We were working on getting there but the new team went in a different direction

[@andrewvierling5839]

Why do you think that MOTU wasn’t able to have the longevity of something like Barbie? Is I just because boys flocked to video games and girls didn’t? It does seem that Barbie has changed very little over the years, particularly in terms of how she is played with. Did MOTU spend to much time chasing gimmicks?

[@spectorcreative1872]

Essentially they over shipped third tier characters and you were not able to get he man.

[@andrewvierling5839]

@@spectorcreative1872 And retail just lost faith in the line after that? I guess my point is that it doesn’t seem like there was a problem with the toys, just the crucial error of making the main characters unavailable, which is fixable. I assume that the Barbie line can’t be free of mistakes, but retail and Mattel kept her going for decades. Is it just apples and oranges?

[@Jake_E57]

I'm a little bit disappointed that this video is more of a New Adventures in MOTUC overview than it tackles this specific figure and how the decision was reached to give it the new wrist articulation and what went wrong with the ponytail head in between the prototype and final release of this figure.

[@spectorcreative1872]

Those are great points. If anyone has details they want discussed in a future fig’s video feel free to let me know ahead of time. I am going in release order

[@ricconway8719]

"Almost every character was a complete tool." Aaaaand, I'm out. :) In all seriousness. Nice video, thanks for the info.