Who Actually Mastered the He-Man Universe?
Well, to hear a lot of people tell it, they did. So who actually created which parts of the He-Man and the Masters of the Universe toyline may be lost forever, but it’s not for lack of people taking credit — which happens to be the subject of this fascinating He-Man documentary called Toy Masters, whose trailer is above. I’ve known about the battle since my ToyFare days, and this looks to be an very thorough, even-keeled look on the subject, with interviews of the folks who worked at Mattel at the time, as well as those who worked on the cartoon (which included J. Michael Straczynski for a time). Admittedly, I’m a bit of a He-Man fan, but I was riveted during this entire trailer. For more, the official website is here. (Via Poe Ghostal)
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Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.