We buy He-Man & Masters of the Universe Toys
Mattel created the Masters of the Universe toys line in 1981. They were 5.5 inch action figures that hit stores in 1982. The two main characters released were He-Man and Skeletor, followed by Man at Arms, Beast Man and Battle Cat. Teela, Mer Man, Stratos and Zodiac followed. Teela was originally supposed to be the sorceress but Mattel felt two female characters would not have enough demand.
The playsets soon followed – Battle Ram, Wind Raider and Castle Greyskull. The brains behind the character / vehicle design came from Mark Taylor, Tony Guerrero and Ted Mayer.
The backstories of the characters via the mini comics that accompanied the toys. (49 distinct comics issued between 1981 to 1987) the first 4 comics were He-Man and the Power Sword, The King of Castle Grayskull, Battle in the Clouds, and The Vengeance of Skeletor.
In 1983 the second wave of figures came out including Ram Man, Man E Faces, Zoar, Tri-klops, Trap Jaw, Panthor, Screeech, Faker and finally Evil Lyn. The Attak-Trak, Point Dread and Talon Fighter playsets were also released.
Additional waves followed up until 1987 totalling 70 figures. He-Man proved so popular it was produced all over the world. Mexico, France, Spain, Leo Toys of India, Top Toys of Argentina, Estrela of Brazil, Rotoplast of Venezuela and Takara of Japan.
If you’ve got one or more of the following, we could be interested!
- Astro Lion
- Attak Trak
- Bashasaurus
- Battle Armor He-Man
- Battle Armor Skeletor
- Battle Bones
- Battle Cat
- Battle Ram
- Beam-Blaster & Artilleray
- Beast Man
- Bionatops
- Blast-Attak
- Blasterhawk
- Buzz-Off
- Buzz-Saw Hordak
- Castle Grayskull
- Clamp Champ
- Clawful
- Cliff Climber
- Collectors Case
- Comet Cat
- Cometroid
- Crocobite
- Dinosorb
- Dragon Blaster Skeletor
- Dragon Walker
- Dragstor
- Evil-Lyn
- Extendar
- Faker
- Fisto
- Flying Fists He-Man
- Fright Fighter
- Fright Zone
- Gore-Illa
- Grizzlor (darker brown)
- Grizzlor (lighter brown)
- He-Man
- He-Man (Wonder Bread)
- Hordak
- Horde Trooper
- Hurricane Hordak
- Jet Sled
- Jitsu
- Jumbo Collectors Case
- King Hiss
- King Randor
- Kobra Khan
- Land Shark
- Laser Bolt
- Laser Power He-Man
- Laser-Light Skeletor
- Leech
- Man-At-Arms
- Man-E-Faces
- Mantenna
- Mantisaur
- Megalaser
- Mekaneck
- Mer-Man
- Meteorbs
- Modulok
- Monstroid
- Mosquitor
- Moss Man
- Multi-Bot
- Night Stalker
- Ninjor
- Orbear
- Orko
- Panthor
- Point Dread & Talon Fighter
- Prince Adam
- Ram Man
- Rattlor
- Rhinorb
- Rio Blast
- Road Ripper
- Roboto
- Rokkon
- Rotar
- Roton
- Scare Glow
- Screeech
- Scubattack
- Skeletor
- Slime Pit
- Slime Vat
- Snake Face
- Snake Mountain
- Snout Spout
- Sorceress
- Spikor
- Spydor
- Sssqueeze
- Stilt Stalkers
- Stinkor
- Stonedar
- Stratos (blue)
- Stratos (red)
- Stridor
- Sy-Klone
- Teela
- Terror Claws Skeletor
- Thunder Punch Ammo
- Thunder Punch He-Man
- Tower Tools
- Trap Jaw
- Tri-Klops
- Tung Lashor
- Turbodactyl
- Tuskor
- Twistoid
- Two Bad
- Ty-Grrr
- Tyrantisaurus Rex
- Weapons Pak
- Webstor
- Whiplash
- Wind Raider
- Zoar
- Zodac