Action Figures From the 70s Through the 90s
Man-At-Arms is the name of this Masters Of The Universe figure from the early 1980s. He is also known by the name Duncan. He is the best friend of He Man and is a soldier, inventor and the foster Father of Teela from the series. He is one of the few who know the true identity of He Man, as explained in the introductory pages of the original cartoon. Man-At-Arms …
Mattel’s Masters of the Universe Mer Man action figure is one of the strange humanoid figures thought up by the earliest comics creators. He is an evil creature from the sea and is the King of his race. Some are led to believe that he is the ruler of all that is under the sea of Eternia. Mer Man is an ally of Skeletor, making him an enemy of He …
Every hero needs a villain to fight and Skeletor makes a good one. Skeletor is a controlling “Gar” being who rules the dark side of Eternia. He would love nothing better than to be one of the Masters Of The Universe. Thankfully, he loses the more important battles. He was previously known as Keldor and was involved in black magic and learned the black arts from a satanic being named …
Mattel’s Masters of the Universe Stratos was a simian created in the early 1980s in the cartoon series “He Man And The Masters Of the Universe”. He had the ability to fly. He was the King of all the “Bird People” and as such was chosen to fight alongside with He Man. He not only could fly but had great eyesight as well. This made him a great spy against …
The story behind Teela has more than one history. Some say she was a clone from the laboratories of Skeletor, while some just say she was given to “Man At Arms” from the Sorceress of Grayskull. Whichever is believed, Teela is a fireball and shows it at times. She does not know who her real Father and Mother are, and it seems to affect her judgment. She is heard to …
The He Man series grew out of an idea in the early 1980s by Roger Sweet, a designer at Mattel. By 1982 Mattel had brought the toy line to market. Mattel the company then began to make original He Man action figures in 1981 which also spawned later incarnations. There were similarities between He Man and “Conan the Barbarian” which happened to have a movie out during the same time. …
