"Timeline" Of Live MOTU & POP Character Appearances

[Tallstar]

This thread is to document/record of all the in-store appearances that MOTU and POP characters made in the 80s. I'm hoping to keep adding to this every so often. For now, here's a couple interesting adverts I came across doing newspaper searches. Let me know if you think there's a better way this could be organized...

Characters: He-Man and Skeletor
Store: Toy City
Date of Appearance: June 19, 1982
Location: Anaheim, Orange, Placentia, La Habra and Santa Ana, California locations.
Advertised in: Santa Ana Orange County Register
Details: Free iron-on patch or poster.



Characters: He-Man and Skeletor
Store: Toys "R" Us
Date of Appearance: October 9, 1982
Location: Costa Mesa, California
Advertised in: Santa Ana Orange County Register
Details: Costumed characters.



Characters: He-Man, Orko and Skeletor
Store: Hess's (Fayetteville Mall)
Date of Appearance: September 7, 1984 and September 8, 1984
Location: Syracuse, New York
Advertised in: Syracuse Herald Journal
Details: Free Orko mini-magical sketch boards and MOTU Art Fun Rub-Ons.
Create a Character Contest: Win a He-Man Telephone.
Register to win Castle Grayskull Playhouse or Monogram model kit.



Characters: He-Man, Orko and Skeletor
Place: Frederick Memorial Hospital
Date of Appearance: Approx. September 11, 1984
Location: Frederick, Maryland
Advertised in: Frederick News Post
Details: MOTU characters spreading good cheer. Organized by Mattel and Frederick Town Mall.



Characters: He-Man, Skeletor and other Mattel characters.
Store: Higbee's (Midway Mall)
Date of Appearance: November 25, 1984
Location: Elyria, Ohio
Advertised in: Chronicle Telegram
Details: None given.



Characters: He-Man and She-Ra
Store: Wal-Mart
Date of Appearance: July 27, 1985
Location: Galveston, Texas
Advertised in: Galveston Daily News
Details: Free posters and She-Ra rings to the first 1,000 children.




Characters: She-Ra and Catra
Store: Montgomery Ward (Annapolis Mall)
Date of Appearance: September 7, 1985
Location: Annapolis, Maryland
Advertised in: The Capital
Details: Take pictures with Catra and She-Ra. Free poster.



Characters: He-Man
Place: Taylor County Fairgrounds
Date of Appearance: Approx. September 19, 1985
Location: Abilene, Texas
Advertised in: Lethbridge Herald
Details: Sponsored by KTXS-TV and Mattel to apologize for taking He-Man off the air.
A crowd of 8,000 mobs "He-Man" and he has to leave early.
Station order 10,000 posters from Mattel to give to disappointed fans.



Characters: He-Man and King Hiss?
Store: JC Penney (The City Mall)
Date of Appearance: August 23, 1986
Location: Orange, California
Advertised in: Santa Ana Orange County Register
Details: Free MOTU posters. Free balloons for the kids.



Characters: Starburst She-Ra
Store: Wal-Mart (Hutchinson Mall)
Date of Appearance: November 22, 1986
Location: Hutchinson, Kansas
Advertised in: Hutchinson News
Details: Take pictures with Starburst She-Ra. Free Princess of Power crowns.



Characters: He-Man, She-Ra, Catra, Orko and King Hiss
Place: Idlewild Park
Date of Appearance: July 7-10, 1987
Location: Ligonier, Pennsylvania
Advertised in:
Details: Meet the characters. Sponsored by WPTT-TV22

http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/...lewildpark.jpg

Characters: He-Man and Hordak
Store: Hills (Mercer Mall)
Date of Appearance: July 27, 1987
Location: Bluefield, West Virginia
Advertised in: Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Details: Free MOTU Posters.

http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/...july271987.jpg

[The All American]

Tallstar, you continually amaze me with all these great finds, kudos.

Please add the live Buzz-Off and Sweet Bee appearance at the 1986 Summer Beekeeper's Festival in Austin, TX. "Meet He-Man and She-Ra's Bee-st friends! Free honey to each honey, and an Eternain spelling bee contest to follow."

[Tallstar]

Tallstar, you continually amaze me with all these great finds, kudos.

Please add the live Buzz-Off and Sweet Bee appearance at the 1986 Summer Beekeeper's Festival in Austin, TX. "Meet He-Man and She-Ra's Bee-st friends! Free honey to each honey, and an Eternain spelling bee contest to follow."

Will do. Let me see if I can find an image for this event first. btw, added another image. (2nd one down) Heartwarming.

[Penny Dreadful]

Wonderful!! Great stuff Tallstar!

[Hemotoggy]

This is great! It would be cool if we had some pictures from the events as well.

[iron_pride]

Tallstar how & where do you keep finding this amazing stuff. Thanks for sharing. This is a great idea. Oh for the days when you could find MOTU at JC Penney.

[Tallstar]

Added two new entries. LOL @ 8,000 fans mobbing He-Man and the station wanting him to show up in a hot air balloon.

This is great! It would be cool if we had some pictures from the events as well.

Here's one of She-Ra from February 1986. Location of mall undetermined.

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/view?...74852032204770

Tallstar how & where do you keep finding this amazing stuff. Thanks for sharing. This is a great idea. Oh for the days when you could find MOTU at JC Penney.

Glad you're enjoying the thread. Just basically doing a bunch of searches through newspaper archives and whatnot. Here's an interesting article that has nothing to do with in-store appearances, but I thought it was pretty cool.



EDIT

New entry. 4th one down.

[DisneyBoy]

I WANT A PICTURE WITH CATRA!

So jealous...why haven't theme parks gotten the rights to these awesome characters???

Love reading how "He-Man had to leave early for the safety of the children." The kids were so totally freaking out!

[Tallstar]

New entries that I will organize later...

[Buzzchuck]

Very Cool. I saw NA He-Man at the Toys R Us in Montgomery PA in the early 90's. I wasn't really aware of the NA at the time. I hadn't seen the show, I was at the store looking for Monsters in My Pocket toys.

[Tallstar]

Some more ads/appearances.