I owned the battlearmor he-man and it was awesome! The only place he-man would ever get hurt (in my imagined) battles was a punch to the chest! after a while it wouldn't click back into the 'fixed' position and was forever damaged

I'm so glad Webstor is on this list. I've been trying to remember that dude's name for YEARS! Got him in an Easter basket one year and he was so awesome I still remeber him 20 years later. That magic grapling hook was sweet!

Wow, I owned half of these. Rio Blast wins it for me.

The best He-Man feature was you could rip their arms off, squish their mushy heads and pull their legs out of joint and they'd still be ok.

Amazing list! I had all the figures on this list except for Mosquitor, and this brings back some great memories-- mostly of what the toys looked like in their original state.

I'd be hard pressed to choose a favorite figure on this list, but I think I'd have to say Kobra Khan since I used to put grape juice in and pretend he would be spraying blood. Ah, those were the days!

These are all awesome! Sy-Klone was one of the best also. He was a blue guy with a gear on his side you could spin, that would make his torso spin really fast. His arms were built so they would stretch out, making him like a human tornado. Very cool figure!

This is a fun list. I didn't realize how many figures came out after I grew out of He-Man. My favorite figure was Roboto because you could see the gears inside him.

Ah, Webstor. Remember when his chemistry set burned down his apartment and he moved into the house with the secret stairway in the grandfather clock?

One think I miss dearly in the new Masters line is the squishy heads.

I owned all of these except for Mosquitor and Horde Trooper. I also had Moss Man, not on the list but mentioned along with Stinkor. I had three of the castles, Greyskull, Skeletor's and the bad guy from She-Ra had a weird cave lair thingie. I even had the rip-cord motorcycle thing. And that guy with the O on this shirt that didn't do anything except spin around when you pulled his ripcord. One of my favorite things to do was hit Battle Armor Skeletor in the chest from a foot away with Ram Man's jump.
When I left for basic training my dad decided to throw away everything in my room. So all I have left of my childhood is Amazing Spiderman and X-men comics from the 80's and 90's. That bastard...

Great list overall, but where the hell is Modulok?!?! He's the Horde guy who came with like 20 pieces that you could put on him any way you wanted. Sure you could make a giant two-headed spider, or switch the arms and legs for a Sebulba type deal, but for some reason though, mine always ended up with his head on the back and his ass on his neck. Weird...

Something that always went unmentioned was the comic that came with Roboto that showed how Man At Arms installed a heart in Roboto to keep him from going beserk.

Sure enough, if looked closely between the gears in the figure, there was a heart in there.

nice list . though mansquitor should be on a list of scary motu figures. and Stinkor his smell was overwhelming. and nice to see Webstor on the list. though never saw the horde troopers. and can not belive you forgot modulock for he was a whole army of figures in one.

I always thought the baddest ass of the original MOTU figures was Zodak. Think about it, everyone came armed with swords, battle axes and maces...what did Zodak come with? A gun!

That's right, he brought a gun to a knife fight. He's got major street cred in bad assery!

i have stinkor. he still friggin stinks.

@Bill

That's a first. I hope you're being sarcastic as most MOTU fans loath Zodak/c.

Good list. You pretty much covered the coolest character features, but I agree that Sy-Clone should have made the list, but who would you kick off?

More loincloths and codpieces than it is healthy to assemble in one place.

For Christmas one year Santa Mom brought my brother Battle Armor He-Man packaged with Battlecat and I got regular Skeletor with Panthor. Upon seeing my Skeletor did not have the Battle Armor feature, I cried.

I even wrote an entry for Modulok, then decided his gimmick really wasn't an action feature as much as a building feature.

@ THE PR0F3550R

I never had a problem with Zodak. I liked his helmet and the fact he came with a gun. Truth be told, as much as I liked the first couple waves of MOTU figures, I quickly abandoned it for G.I. Joe and Transformers.

So...where'd he get the heart for Roboto? Do they have an organ transplant network in Eternia, or did Man At Arms just get some roofies and a rib spreader?

I kid, of course! As many Eternian heroes—such as our man Rio, on the list—clearly prove, if you're badass enough, you don't need puny guts and entrails!

I don't really care for Masters of the Universe, but I feel obligated to point on that on the new YouTube "Shows" feature, you can watch full episodes of both He-Man and She-Ra.

Just putting that out there.

Did anyone else use to fill Kobra Khan with urine and use him on siblings and random girls on the playground? Good times, good times.

Let me throw out a couple:

Mek-a-Nek: He had a periscoping head, but only when you turned him in a certain direction.

Trap-Jaw was my favorite bad guy. He had multiple arms and the jaw would snap shut.

grizzlor???

I never had any He-Man action figures myself (My mom buying me She-ra and My Little Ponies that I had to "battle damage" on my own by cutting off various cute parts) but my cousin had them and reading this list just reminds me how awesome they were. The battle-damage ones were like a child's joy. I remember Hot Wheels and their own version with the fenders and sides all busted up. Man, destruction was sweet.

I have a fondness for Spikor. He came with a unique weapon, a big ol' spiked club -- a badass mace -- and he was covered in spikes. His left arm would swing out to extend the big triton on his left, delivering a crushing chop. Good times!

9/12 for me. still have a few of them too. what about cyclone or leech? two of my favorites. or any of the other snake men? they were all awesome. or those guys that folded up into boulders? i had two of them. or moss man?

Another kid here who abandoned He-Man the millisecond the Joe / TF combo came along. Even then... I don't remember much overlap. He-Man kind of came and went for me before Hasbro hit it big; that could be because GI Joe wasn't really popular in my school until Pyramid of Darkness hit TV.

It is weird. I had a nice selection of He-Man figures when I was little, even had Castle Grayskull. But I totally left them in the dust once Transformers came out. I love MOTU now, but my younger self became totally entranced by those robots from Cybertron and He-Man kind of ceases to exist.

You forgot Teela jackass

I figured this list would be bullshit like most 80's nostalgia "countdowns," but the fact you put Mosquitor in there shows you are definitely familiar with the material. Should have been ranked higher though!

That said - Thunder Punch He-Man sucked, as did the Horde Trooper, which fell apart constantly whether or not the button was pushed or not.

Not having King Hiss on the list is a mistake. The dude's f'ing skin fell off! Come on!

thank you so much for your coverage of heman these passed few weeks. Its really awesome that your giving this most awesome toyline credit. I'm a huge heman fan but its like a secret shame, mention it to anyone and their like "Oh I remember heman, wasn't he gay or something... hehe power of greyskull.....GAY"!
Good list too, hard choices but good picks. Here are some honorable mentions. Rotor and Twistoid, the were robot like "energy zoids" that would twist along the ground like the worlds best dradle's.
Buzz Saw Hordak. Carbon copy of the first Hordak minus the awesome buzz saw that would explode out of his freggin. chest! This was like before they did toy testting and dam did that thing go flying! I umm actually killed my pet hamtser with it.

How could you forget about Leech. Not only did he look cool but he could stick to the side of the fish tank and freak out the fish.

I would have put Stinkor much higher. The fact that it smells is awesome!

1 word FISTO, ok one more word ASS nuff said

Thank you! I cannot believe it took 35 comments for someone to say Fisto. Holy shit, man. I thought I'd landed in Crazyville.

As a kid one of my favourites was a hulking suit of armour that could extend its neck, torso, legs and arms and came with an unfolding shield. But I have no idea what he was called.

What about Leechor the Evil Master of Power Suction? I mean the guy found his niche and ran with. As far as I'm concerned being a master of anything is impressive much less the evil master of something and none the less some as mundane as power suction. He should make the list for having suction cup lips at least.

I remember buying Stinkor. I opened the package in the car and by the time I got home I was really sick and puked. Then I threw him away.
Just thinking about it gives me the sweats

If you're looking for staying power in your stinky figures it doesn't get any better than Gizzlor.
Get that hairy sum'bitch wet just once and he'll smell like a wet dog for the next 20+ years...trust me

I have to admit Rattlor was probably my favorite figure in the He-Man line though, he actually rattled when you shook him and he had a little button on his back that made his head/neck shoot out with surprising force.

A close second was Snoutspout. Okay so he had a retarded backstory, but he was a robotic mammoth man who could shoot water, and that was a pretty kick ass concept as a kid.

what no orko? i think he deserves to be up there more than stinkor.

Ahh what a list and what a trip down memory lane. I too owned most of these and like mentioned previously, Rio blast was by far the greatest not just in accessories but just how damn awesome that backpack gun rack of his looked both when in use or not.

Now if a top 10 list gets made about the even more spectacular vehicles from He-Man, I put my money on 1st place being Attack Trak (Loved that it was battery operated and that awesome noise the traks made when in motion) followed by Land Shark for second!!

Glashan, the figure you described is Extendar.

i always liked the way stinkor smelled. it reminded me of burned fireworks.

i always liked the way stinkor smelled, it reminded me of burnt fireworks. you can call me a liar, but i swear i can pick up that smell at flea markets and find an old stiknor figure laying out!

Battle Armor He-man and Skeletor were my first versions of the characters; I'd love to get the Staction figure of the 2K3 He-man in that armor.

Still, with mine, it seemed more likely that hitting the chestpiece would result in a full flip to double-damage, rarely ever stopping in between.

WHAT ABOUT HORDAK!? how could you do a list like this and not put Hordak, or the purple lizard that's tongue came out? You bastard, how do you sleep at night? hah

wow. that was a blast from the past. thanks.

the only ones i hadn't heard of, or stolen from my friends, was dragstor and the mosquito guy. i think at some point the toy line lost its creativity. the toys stopped jiving with the whole He-Man universe.

wow. Man-E-Faces...that's great.

I owned entirely too many of those until my mom got in with fundies and suddenly He-Man was a tool of satan.

Heh.

Holy shit, I still have my Battle Armor He-Man! I used to love him. Only I would make him suffer damage from his domestic disputes with She-Ra.
And I wanted a damn BattleCat but never got one...

couple of best figures
definitely --- blast attack-- best originality and fun
---also snake face

I own 14 of these, and the action figures are in really good condition (4 from the list). If anyone is interested, please post back. Yes, Fisto is complete ... Includes the following action figures:
He-Man, Skeletor, Faker, Man-at-Arms, Stratos, Beast Man, Stinkor, Ram-Man, Man-E-Faces, Leech, Fisto, Spikor, Trap Jaw, and Mantenna

My favorite is The Evil Energy-Draining Insectoid Mosquitor I never did get to buy him but I remembered his Masters of the Universe Action Card he is draining the Energy of the Evil Creature with the Quick Strike Head Rattlor.