Hydron and Mara were dating?

In the first episode of The New Adventures of He-Man we see Hydron and Mara in the early stages of a date. It is odd that their date took place via a video screen, but things on Primus are probably carried out slightly different. In any case, this possible sub-story was dropped almost immediately and we never saw either individual show interest in the other. Which is a shame as Mara would go on to take interest in both Adam and He-Man, which could have led to interesting conflicts with Hydron...


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Talking dogs?

An earlier gag in this story from issue fifty-three of the UK Masters of the Universe comic had Orko fool Snout Spout into thinking that a dog was talking. Given that a variety of creatures on Eternia have the ability to speak I think Snout Spout is well within his rights to believe that a dog can talk...


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Acrobad!

Acrobad the villain who appeared in the She-Ra season one episode "The Wizard" is one of the least acknowledged villains, and yet should be noted as the villain who more than any other nearly became a toy! During production of the series Mattel gave Filmation a conceptual illustration of a new jester like character whose toy action feature was to perform great leaps; Filmation turned this proposed Mattel toy into Acrobad. However, at some point Mattel decided not to pursue a toy of the character and he was quite literally left on the drawing board; though Filmation gave the character some screen time...


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Two more movies?!

Here is a quite stunning and unbelievable answer from Scrollos in the letters column of issue forty-nine of the UK Masters of the Universe comic. The reader asks if there will be any more live-action movies, to which Scrollos dares to respond that according to his Galactic Computer there will be two more movies! I think Scrollos needed to take his Galactic Computer to the scrap yard!


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He-Man's shield...

Writers and animation directors must hate shields. In the Filmation series we never saw He-Man with the shield that came with his action figure. Yes, the shield appeared briefly in "She-Demon of Phantos" used by Prince Adam, but that does not really count. The same applies to She-Ra; she never had her toy shield, and would rarely transform her sword into a shield. When it came to The New Adventures of He-Man series we saw He-Man once or twice wield the shield that came with his action figure, but like previous shields it rarely if ever appeared again!


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I've written a book! :)

I have just completed the book some would say I was destined to write! The unofficial cartoon guide to He-Man and the Masters of the Universe meticulously covers all 130 episodes of the Filmation series. Within its 300+ pages are 700+ pieces of trivia, 460+ deleted scenes, 360+ examples of animation reuse, 380+ quotes, 50+ abandoned episodes, and a LOT more! You can pre-order the book on the website now. The more pre-orders I receive the sooner I can publish the book!

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Red Ripper?

The UK Masters of the Universe comic often created a variety of color schemes for the vehicles that belonged to both the Heroic Warriors and Evil Warriors. Issue seventy-one features a unique, and dare I say better, color scheme for the Road Ripper. Here we see that the vehicle is red instead of the garish green that adorned the toy. That said, I am not sure what to make of the yellow wheels; I think that may be a genuine coloring error!


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The Snake Lord!

I always thought that this panel from issue sixty-two of the UK Masters of the Universe comic gave us a unique and pretty impressive title for King Hiss. Whilst the illustration is nothing spectacular I love the text in the corner box which refers to his true snake form as the "Snake Lord"! No doubt many would have passed over this piece of text and not really given it a second look, but it is a striking title nonetheless.


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Shakra was Mara?

We know that on many an occasion Filmation would reuse character models in both the He-Man and She-Ra series. However, a notable character model was almost reused in a season two episode of She-Ra. Mara from Filmation's Blackstar series was originally going to be reused as the model for Shakra, the character that appeared in the episode "The Caregiver", and who was revealed to have taken care of Adora during her time spent with the Horde. Now while I am pleased that they created a new model for Shakra I think it would have been interesting to see Mara and Adora side by side...


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The Snakemen never served Hordak...

What I loved about the letters column that appeared in the UK Masters of the Universe comic is that either they did not want to associate themselves with the cartoon, or more likely they did not know too much about the cartoon. The writer of this letter that appeared in issue sixty-six is clearly referencing the She-Ra episodes in which we saw both Rattlor and Tung Lashor serve the Horde. I like how Scrollos flat out denies that the Snakemen ever served Hordak!


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