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Join Jay Glatfelter (Geek. Dad. Life.) and Dan Larson (Secret Galaxy) along with special guest Ted Biaselli (Masters of the Universe: Revolution) as they discuss the Masters of the Universe film staring Dolph Lungren, Frank Langella, and a young Courtney Cox. They dive into the crazy lead up to making the film and discuss whether or not its better than critics and fans deemed it when it was released in 1987. They’ll also dive into the unreleased 1988 toys, Wonder Bread He-Man and their closing thoughts on the original toy line.

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We have arrived at 1987 the LAST year for Mattel’s Masters of the Universe toy line. Even though this was the end there were plenty of new figures including ones supporting (and not supporting) the 1987 Masters of the Universe film. We have the start of the line that never got to be in the Powers of Grayskull. Join Jay (Geek. Dad. Life.) and Dan (Secret Galaxy) as they cover everything from 1987.

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1986 still brought some iconic Masters of the Universe toys to the aisle but some toys showed how the line was running out of steam in its second to last year. Join Jay Glatfelter (Geek. Dad. Life.) and Dan Larson (Secret Galaxy) with special guest Ryan Doell (Toy Anxiety and Gotham City Tonight) as they break down every release from Mattel for the Masters of the Universe line in 1986.

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If 1984 was the rise to the top. 1985 was the beginning of the end for Masters of the Universe. This year had the MOST new toys released and introduced the Horde but sales fell $50 million short of expectations. Join Jay and Dan with special guest Nate Baertsch (MOTU and Four Horsemen artist) as they talk about this pivotal year in MOTU!

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Join Jay (Geek. Dad. Life.) and Dan (Secret Galaxy) with special guest Pixel Dan as they dive into the Masters of the Universe toys released in 1984. 84 was MOTU’s first BIG year and we dive into everything from every release, the Masterverse New Eternia toyline starting to rival Masters of the Universe Classics and Pixel Dan weighs in on the “Is Wonder Bread He-Man a Real Action Figure” debate!

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Join Jay Glatfelter (Geek. Dad. Life.) and Dan Larson (Secret Galaxy) with special guest James Eatock (Cereal Geek) as they talk about the animated Filmation series He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. James wrote He-Man and She-Ra: A Complete Guide to the Classic Animated Adventures and brings his extensive knowledge of animated He-Man to this discussion. We dive into the effect of the FCC easing its ban on toy based cartoons that opened the door for the Filmation series, our first experiences with the Internet, and whether or not James is a believer in Wonder Bread He-Man.

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Join Jay and Dan with special guest Jay from Sludge Central and the Purple Stuff Podcast as they talk about Masters of Universe in 1983, the second year of the toyline. MOTU still didn’t reach its peak in ’83 but there were a lot of iconic releases like Trap Jaw, Tri-Klops, Panthor and Point Dread. ’83 had the best run of Mini-Comics and the start of the Filmation series. It also had the infamous “Wonder Bread” He-Man or as he was later dubbed Wun-Dar. We’ll talk about all of that and more on this episode of Toy Geeks!

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It’s 1982, the first year of the Masters of the Universe toy line from Mattel. With the first 8 figures including He-Man and Skeletor. The first vehicles, beasts and the legendary Castle Grayskull. Year one of MOTU had a lot to offer kids of the 80s. Join Jay and Dan as they dive in to 1982’s Masters of the Universe toys!

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Learn from Nate Baertsch who with Axel Giménez and Roy Juarez created the beautiful artwork for Mattel’s upcoming Castle Grayskull from the Masters of the Universe Origins toy line. Nate Baertsch shares insider stories behind the making of the MOTU Origins Castle Grayskull, like why they chose the more vibrant color scheme as well as stories about the new characters and planets that show up in the art.

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Join John and Jay as they talk about Mattel Creations and that new clear Art of Engineering Skeletor. They also talk about the surprise reveal and pre-order of MOTU Origins Castle Grayskull. They also talk about the 4th wave of Super7 TMNT Ultimates figures being revealed. All that and more on Toy Geeks!

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