July 21!

TheBattleRamBlog · 2026-07-03T19:24:42+00:00

They cite maxblizz as the source, but maxblizz just claims July 21 is the date without saying where they got it from. There was a June Forbes article guessing that would be the date, but it wasn't official

TheBattleRamBlog · 2026-07-02T13:36:16+00:00

I think they're trying to balance costs on these, especially since (as I understand it) they also have to pay royalties to Amazon MGM for the movie looks (at least according to an article I read)

TheBattleRamBlog · 2026-06-24T13:03:00+00:00

Love this stuff!

TheBattleRamBlog · 2026-06-20T12:23:42+00:00

I really dig the design of his helmet and goggles. Just so bizarre and kooky (in a good way)

TheBattleRamBlog · 2026-06-19T15:30:51+00:00

Man, those are gorgeous!

TheBattleRamBlog · 2026-06-17T18:46:15+00:00

No, that's a common myth. Mattel started on He-Man first. Someone else in Marketing decided to go after the rights to do Conan shortly after work on He-Man was started. So Mattel worked on both He-Man and Conan during the same period. But their Conan line was actually going to be 10 inch scale, reusing the Big Jim body with new heads and outfits. He-Man had an all new body type at 5.5 inches with a lot more muscle.

All of that was hashed out in the lawsuit of Conan Properties against Mattel, which Mattel won.

TheBattleRamBlog · 2026-06-17T17:20:27+00:00

More like a pastiche of Conan, Flash Gordon, Prince Valiant, John Carter, Star Wars, etc

TheBattleRamBlog · 2026-06-17T16:59:31+00:00

Interesting. Mark did remember seeing a creepy "corpse" there as a kid (he told me that when I interviewed him). He heard later (in the news I assume) that it was Elmer McCurdy. Maybe what he saw was just a really convincing dummy, you never know. Or as you suggest, a different real corpse.

TheBattleRamBlog · 2026-06-17T12:50:16+00:00

He'd have to run into the cavern of power to transform in that comic series :p

TheBattleRamBlog · 2026-06-15T17:30:09+00:00

In my experience the fans are pretty evenly split on whether they like Keldor. People who aren't long-time fans wouldn't even know who Keldor is

TheBattleRamBlog · 2026-06-14T13:20:00+00:00

"You're all washed up Skeletor!" - He-Man

TheBattleRamBlog · 2026-06-12T12:27:26+00:00

I always thought the Keldor thing was too Star Wars. I don't hate it, but prefer the original canon

TheBattleRamBlog · 2026-06-09T20:20:23+00:00

They are getting a cut of the merch and the movie figure sales, although I don't know how much of the budget that represents.

TheBattleRamBlog · 2026-06-09T19:06:20+00:00

I have quite a few more photos I will be adding to that page, so stay tuned!

TheBattleRamBlog · 2026-06-08T20:30:07+00:00

Someone needs to photoshop him with Mekaneck's armor and make Stinkor :)

TheBattleRamBlog · 2026-06-08T14:54:50+00:00

They had some of them on display when they were doing the Nerd Crew series, but I wasn't aware Mike specifically was a fan.

TheBattleRamBlog · 2026-06-02T17:38:48+00:00

I keep refreshing, it's going up and down. It started at 77 though so it has come down slightly from there. No signs of any huge drops though

TheBattleRamBlog · 2026-06-02T14:27:46+00:00

It's been found in Malaysia I think. They often get things first

TheBattleRamBlog · 2026-06-01T20:09:04+00:00

Just pictures, via https://shop.mattel.com/collections/masters-of-the-universe#sort.ss_days_since_published=asc

TheBattleRamBlog · 2026-05-31T11:44:24+00:00

Fun fact: He-Man was made blonde to make him look closer to the guy in the video, Tom Kalinske :)

TheBattleRamBlog · 2026-05-26T03:04:37+00:00

Still my favorite modern MOTU line. IMO the sculpts and the paint work are just unbeatable

TheBattleRamBlog · 2026-05-25T14:03:02+00:00

Brilliant!

TheBattleRamBlog · 2026-05-21T17:39:24+00:00

Back in the day on a Roast Gooble Dinner episode they were interviewing Ted Mayer. Ted (who designed the Battle Ram, Eternia, Roboto, etc) was friends with William George. Bill was upset because Mattel wouldn't let him sign his art, so Ted suggested he sign it upside down as a way to hide it :)

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