MOTUC cardback interesting (useless) statistics

[Zargon]

Each month when I get my new MOTUC figures I:

1. rearrange all my figures including swapping heads, weapons, etc.

2. read (and discuss) the new bio(s)

3. play the guessing game of "Who's on the cardback?" with my son. Some make sense; others not so much.

I recently created a spreadsheet that tracks what figures are pictured on the back. At least once (can't remember on whom) BA He-Man was listed as He-Man (so counted as BA He-Man). If they only appear on 1 cardback it is their own (except Captain Glenn/Queen Marlena which appear on their opposite & Rattlor does not appear on his cardback). I even included the figures shown on the back of the weapons paks, the Weapon Rack & the Mo-Larr vs. Skeletor set.
Here are the results:

* note - I did these while looking off of the Mattycollector site and other sources *

43 - Skeletor
38 - He-Man
33 - Man-at-Arms
32 - Hordak
23 - Beast Man / Mer-Man
21 - Teela
20 - Webstor
16 - King Randor / Stratos / Tri-Klops
15 - Scareglow
14 - Green Goddess, The / Zodac
13 - Battle Armor He-Man / Evil-Lyn / King Grayskull redeco / Moss Man
12 - He-Ro / Trap Jaw
11 - Faker / Grizzlor / King Grayskull / Leech / Zodak
9 - Bow / She-Ra
8 - Buzz-Off / Catra / King Hsss / Princess Adora
7 - Hurricane Hordak / Roboto / Whiplash
6 - Kobra Khan
5 - Battle Armor Skeletor / Chief Carnivus / Eternian Palace Guards / Keldor / Man-E-Faces / Mighty Spector, The / Optikk / Orko
4 - Clawful / Fisto / Preternia Disguise He-Man / Shadow Weaver / Snake Man-at-Arms / Wun-Dar
3 - Battleground Teela / Count Marzo / Draego-Man / Faceless One / Horde Prime / Icarius / Jewelstar / Prince Adam / Snake Men / Starla / Tallstar
2 - Battle Cat / Bubble Power She-Ra / Captain Glenn / Demo-Man / Fearless Photog / Frosta / Mekaneck / Slush Head / Snout Spout / Spikor / Stinkor / Sy-Klone / Temple of Darkness Sorceress / Thunder Punch He-Man / Vikor
1 - Battleground Evil-Lyn / Castle Grayskullman / Cy-Chop / Dawg-o-Tor / Dekker / Ditztroyer / Dragon Blaster Skeletor / Eternos Palace King Randor / Fang Man / Granamyr / Griffin / Gygor / Jitsu / Karatti / King He-Man / Megator / Mosquitor / Netossa / Panthor / Procrustus / Queen Marlena / Ram Man / Rokkon / Shadow Beast / Shield Maiden Sherrilyn / Sir Laser Lot / Snake Face / Sorceress / Stonedar / Strobo / Swiftwind / Tytus / Vykron

[dorrmann]

Statistics, even useless ones, are awesome. Thanks!

[Zargon]

Statistics, even useless ones, are awesome. Thanks!

Thanks. I was starting to think that they were not only useless, but pointless since no one was commenting.....

[audman]

No it just goes to show your caption "Obsessed with MOTUC" is no joke. Interesting, to say the least though.

[guitargod694]

Thanks. I was starting to think that they were not only useless, but pointless since no one was commenting.....

Nah, it's interesting enough... just not much else to say about it.

[bribri4u]

I found this very interesting as well. Also u can see pics of TP He-Man's card back on TNI NYTF pics and Khan and Draego Man's card backs and bios are here on the org! I tried posting the lists of who was on them yesterday but obviously they didn't take!

[DO4M]

Isn't it weird that Skeletor shows up MORE than He-Man? The Cartoons are Usually called He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.

[RocketPunch]

I love useless trivia!

The six figures on Thunder Punch He-Man's cardback are:

Thunder Punch He-Man
Roboto
Teela
Man-E-Faces
Fisto
Chief Carnivus

[Zargon]

I love useless trivia!

The six figures on Thunder Punch He-Man's cardback are:

Thunder Punch He-Man
Roboto
Teela
Man-E-Faces
Fisto
Chief Carnivus

Thanks for the info RocketPunch & bribri4u - I will look for those and update accordingly.

[SkeleChris]

Thank you for this miscellaneous information that I'd be unable to share with non MOTUC fans. Who'd have thought as previously mentioned that Skells shows up
More than he-man?

[Zargon]

Updated with Thunder Punch He-Man, Kobra Khan, and Draego-Man. Skeletor is still the most popular!

Guess this should now be called:

SKELETOR
AND THE
MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE

But He-Man wins if you add He-Man, BA He-Man, PD He-Man, TP He-Man & Prince Adam (47) over Skeletor, BA Skeletor & Keldor (39)....

[WDWFreak53]

I also did a rather odd cardback statistic...

How many times each character released has been mentioned in other character's bios. (This can tell who the most "talked about" character is )

I didn't count if they were mentioned in their own bio...

Skeletor wins again

32 - Skeletor
26 - Hordak
17 - King Randor, King Grayskull
11 - He-Man
10 - Keldor
9 - King Hssss
8 - Man-At-Arms; Evil-Lyn; Sorceress, He-Ro
7 - She-Ra
5 - Princess Adora
3 - The Goddess
2 - Beast Man; Tri-Klops; Zodak; Teela; Demo-Man
1 - Faker; Zodac; Battle Armor He-Man; Tytus; Count Marzo; Whiplash; Gygor; Clawful; Megator; Man-E-Faces; Queen Marlena; Swiftwind; Kobra Khan
0 - Stratos; Mer-Man; Webstor; Scareglow; Battle Cat; Trap Jaw; Wun-Dar; Moss Man; Optikk; Orko; Roboto; Grizzlor; Mo-Larr; Royal Palace Guards; Chief Carnivus; Buzz-Off; Shadow Beast; Vikor; Bow; Battle Armor Skeletor; Preternia Disguise He-Man; Panthor; Sy-Klone; Catra; Battleground Teela; The Faceless One; Captain Glenn; Hurricane Hordak; Leech; Icarius; Bubble Power She-Ra; Snout Spout; Battleground Evil-Lyn; The Star Sisters; Temple of Darkness Sorceress; Fearless Photog; Fisto; Shadow Weaver; Draego-Man; Thunder Punch He-Man

[Vlcan]

Isn't it weird that Skeletor shows up MORE than He-Man? The Cartoons are Usually called He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.

Awesome stats. But do you count BA He-Man as He-Man. B/c if you do He-Man is on 40 different cardbacks.

[Ninjor]

Okay, Skeletor and the Masters of the Universe it is, then!

[Zargon]

I also did a rather odd cardback statistic...

How many times each character released has been mentioned in other character's bios. (This can tell who the most "talked about" character is )

I didn't count if they were mentioned in their own bio...

Skeletor wins again

32 - Skeletor
26 - Hordak
17 - King Randor
16 - King Grayskull
11 - He-Man
10 - Keldor
8 - Man-At-Arms; Evil-Lyn; King Hssss; Sorceress
7 - He-Ro; She-Ra
5 - Princess Adora
3 - The Goddess
2 - Beast Man; Tri-Klops; Zodak; Teela; Demo-Man
1 - Faker; Zodac; Battle Armor He-Man; Tytus; Count Marzo; Whiplash; Gygor; Clawful; Megator; Man-E-Faces; Queen Marlena; Swiftwind; Kobra Khan
0 - Stratos; Mer-Man; Webstor; Scareglow; Battle Cat; Trap Jaw; Wun-Dar; Moss Man; Optikk; Orko; Roboto; Grizzlor; Mo-Larr; Royal Palace Guards; Chief Carnivus; Buzz-Off; Shadow Beast; Vikor; Bow; Battle Armor Skeletor; Preternia Disguise He-Man; Panthor; Sy-Klone; Catra; Battleground Teela; The Faceless One; Captain Glenn; Hurricane Hordak; Leech; Icarius; Bubble Power She-Ra; Snout Spout; Battleground Evil-Lyn; The Star Sisters; Temple of Darkness Sorceress; Fearless Photog; Fisto; Shadow Weaver; Draego-Man; Thunder Punch He-Man

Very interesting....

[Barbecue17]

I find all of these statistics interesting, even if they aren't particularly useful. Its interesting to see how little He-Man is mentioned in the bios. This time next year, these statistics will be greatly different with the plethora of cardback appearances and bio mentions of:

The Mighty Spector!!

[SpoonSOS]

There would be no He-man to fight evil, if evil did not exist..........

[Zargon]

Updated through Stinkor....

Kinda shocked that Mer-Man & Moss Man are not on his cardback or even Beast Man and/or Tri-Klops....

Updated through Slush Head & The Mighty Spector....

[krosfyah]

Updated with Thunder Punch He-Man, Kobra Khan, and Draego-Man. Skeletor is still the most popular!

Guess this should now be called:

SKELETOR
AND THE
MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE

But He-Man wins if you add He-Man, BA He-Man, PD He-Man, TP He-Man & Prince Adam (47) over Skeletor, BA Skeletor & Keldor (39)....

I count the variants as an appearance, as when I total up my figures, any figure that has a variant or is a double counts only as one (so I have a few sets of palace guards so they are counted as four unique characters because the heads) I have 4 shadow beasts but counted only as one in terms of a character.

[Zargon]

Updated through Griffin, Horde Prime and Snake Man-at-Arms. Has anyone seen Vykron's cardback yet?

[dorrmann]

Updated through Griffin, Horde Prime and Snake Man-at-Arms. Has anyone seen Vykron's cardback yet?

Yup. There's a whole thread on the topic.

[Mad Scientist]

I love this thread! good job Zargon! I always wander how they choose the figures to be displayed at the cardback Now I wander why snake MAA is surrounded by Horde members???

[He-Boy]

Has every figure appeared at least once on a cardback?

[Zargon]

Has every figure appeared at least once on a cardback?

Not Cringer. Otherwise at least once on the back of their own card.

Yup. There's a whole thread on the topic.

I didn't see the cardback, just the bio in that thread. Thanks.

[Zargon]

Updated through Vykron.