The toy that ate the '80s finally gets its tell-all — and Skeletor's lawyers can't stop it.
First ever feature-length documentary on the world-wide phenomenon that inspired an entire generation of children and became a billion dollar franchise--"Masters of the Universe". Features interviews with the key creative personnel behind every version of the best selling toy line and all incarnations of "Masters of the Universe" on television, film, stage, and print, tracing the inception and ups and downs of the fantasy juggernaut.
Acting
J. Michael Straczynski's gloriously unfiltered anecdotes.
Production
Rare archival toy fair footage and prototype reveals.
Writing
Narrator's dry wit slicing through corporate mythology.
Director
Corey Landis
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The documentary took seven years to complete because multiple subjects were legally gagged by ongoing Mattel litigation.
He-Man's 'I HAVE THE POWER' became Reagan-era political shorthand; the film explores how a toy line accidentally shaped neoliberal masculinity.
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