My friend at work is a die hard He-Man and Masters of the Universe fan and after he showed me the Battle Cat he bought when I ran into him on my day off, I literally went to Walmart immediately after seeing him and bought two for myself. For me as a kid I knew He-Man before I knew Star Wars and it was my obsession. My parents have pictures of me holding or opening the toys for birthdays, showing some pretty excited expressions. I had the figures, and playsets, a blanket set, t-shirts, storybooks, the mini comics, a role play set, a defective inflatable Battle Cat, a toothbrush head shaped like He-Man that squirted toothpaste from the top of his head. I lived and breathed it as a four and five year old.
Sufficed to say I am collecting this line even after getting out of toy collecting years ago. This line just brings me right back to my childhood. The figures and packaging are a wonderful hybrid between the vintage originals and the Filmation cartoon which to my mind blends those worlds seamlessly together to breathe new life into a classic toy line.
If I am able I would like to collect the whole line. Something I haven't attempted since the POTF2 Star Wars figures from 1995 on. I stopped with those 4 years later but as long as Mattel keeps hitting home runs with this Masters of the Universe: Origins line, I am in it to win it!
Hasbro can learn a thing or two about making their products more affordable, more easily available, and frankly more fun to collect by going to the store like we did when we were kids. Just seeing these He-Man figures on the pegs in the toy aisle makes me light up, and that's saying a lot for a cynical retail worker like me!
Hopefully it sets a resurgence in motion that gets other toy companies to follow suit and toy collecting can be fun again, which is ultimately all it should ever be about.