a b "Two Bad – Double-headed evil strategist (1985)". Battle Ram: A He-Man Blog. Archived from the original on August 1, 2018 . Retrieved August 1, 2018. Night Stalker – Evil Armored Battle Steed! (1985)". Battle Ram: A He-Man Blog. Archived from the original on August 1, 2018 . Retrieved August 2, 2018.

Sssqueeze – Evil Long-Armed Viper (1987)". Battle Ram: A He-Man Blog. Archived from the original on August 23, 2018 . Retrieved August 22, 2018. Furie, Jason. "DC to launch new HE-MAN AND THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE comic book series". neverendingradicaldude.com . Retrieved July 18, 2018.Marc, Christopher (January 21, 2018). "Goyer Teases 'Masters of The Universe' Is In Pre-Production – Teela Confirmed". Omega Underground. Archived from the original on February 9, 2018 . Retrieved February 9, 2018. From 2008 to 2020, a new assortment of Masters of the Universe action figures has been released under the banner of "Masters of the Universe Classics." Primarily geared toward the collector's market, the series made up an entirely new story in "Classics bios" and used various elements from previous Masters of the Universe lore, many times changing those elements to suit the new story, with characters from all previous incarnations (and also featured a continuation of the original mini comics line). DC Comics would soon follow suit and relaunch a new grittier, contemporary version of the Masters of the Universe franchise, releasing various new comic book series from 2012 until 2020; featuring crossovers with the DC Comics Universe, ThunderCats, and a new origin for She-Ra, culminating in Hordak's conquest of Eternia. [62] He-Man Returning to the Big Screen". Superherohype.com. May 24, 2007. Archived from the original on December 18, 2008 . Retrieved April 28, 2010. Later, when Horde Prime conquered Etheria, Leech was placed under his mind control, but later freed when She-Ra destroyed Prime [7].

A PHANTOM EXCLUSIVE: Jeff Wadlow Will Direct MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE!". Schmoes Know. April 9, 2014. Archived from the original on January 7, 2016 . Retrieved April 9, 2014. ScreenJunkies News (August 15, 2016). "Masters of the Universe Director Gives Update On Movie" . Retrieved March 17, 2018– via YouTube. Sneider, Jeff (April 29, 2021). "Exclusive: Noah Centineo Exits 'Masters of the Universe' Movie at Sony". Collider . Retrieved April 29, 2021. a b c "Man-E-Faces – Heroic human…robot…monster! (1983)". Battle Ram: A He-Man Blog. Archived from the original on August 26, 2018 . Retrieved July 31, 2018. Also late into the line in 1987 were three original characters from the live-action movie: Blade ("evil masters of swords"), Saurod ("evil spark-shooting reptile"), and Gwildor ("heroic creator of the Cosmic Key"), with their entry into the MOTU mythos explained in one of the last original mini comics, The Cosmic Key. [185] [186] [187] No other movie-related figures were produced; however, in 1988, the final action figures of the original toy line, the "Laser Power" versions of He-Man and Skeletor, did bear some resemblance to their live-action movie counterparts and were released only to European markets. [188]With that deal to reboot the film going nowhere, Warner Bros. announced that John Stevenson, director of Kung Fu Panda, was slated to direct the upcoming feature. On May 12, 2009, it was announced that the scripting duties had been handed to newcomer Evan Daugherty, with John Stevenson still attached to direct. [280] One point of contention for many fans of the original Masters toy line was the redesign of He-Man's Power Sword. According to Four Horsemen, this was due to their original re-sculpts being intended for a continuation of the original storyline in which Skeletor had obtained both halves of the Power Sword (hence the new Skeletor figure's dual blades with clear "good" and "evil" hilt designs), necessitating a new sword to be built by Man-At-Arms and endowed with the properties of the original by the Sorceress. However, Mattel decided to reboot the continuity for a new generation of children, and thus the "new" Power Sword design became the "original" version for the new continuity. [248] Another issue was the overreliance on releasing alternate versions of He-Man (13 in total), Skeletor (10), Man-At-Arms (5), and a few other main characters, rather than further classic, reimagined, and original characters from the accompanying animated series (such as Randor, The Sorceress, Clawful, or Chief Carnivus, to name a few); making many of the non-He-Man or Skeletor figures hard to come by for both collectors and children. These factors likely contributed to the cancelation of the line in 2004 and ultimately not achieving the success of its 1980s counterpart. [249] Battle Armor He-Man – Most powerful man in the universe (1984)". Battle Ram: A He-Man Blog. Archived from the original on August 1, 2018 . Retrieved August 1, 2018. Exclusive preview of DC's He-Man #1 comic". i09.gizmodo.com. April 15, 2013 . Retrieved August 3, 2018.