Someone explain to me the story behind the Techno Power Sword and the Power Sword...

[Uki]

Great job, Max!

I'm thinking that the techno sword harmonizing with the orb led him to finding the halves.

Is that okay, Shadowfall?

[EldestSon]

Then he should have been able to dispatch them using a regular sword or any kind of weapons....I'm sure the future He-Man could have gotten by with what brawn he did have....I mean even in Filmation Adam could hold his own without his Power Sword.

dude. if MAA offered me a techno sword, I'D TAKE IT!

but if you want, you could think of it as a placebo. MAA tells him it'll give him more strength, adam believes it, and that thought allows adam to access the true power within him.

[heavy-eternium]

I like the idea of ​​techno sword because I like the idea that adam has a test or training before becoming into he-man.
I always found very easy his destiny, an irresponsible young man becomes the most powerful in the world from one second to another without any prior preparation.
I like his first mission is to find the other half of the sword to become he-man.

techno sword gives some power ,surely he was trained by the goddess, she gave him the vest, I guess he has a training like bruce way in batman begins .

[Marvelous0ne]

I am confused on this. Did Grayskull's sword go to He-Ro, or did He-Ro's sword go to Grayskull? Grayskull's sword was just an ordinary sword until he died, or did it have something from He-Ro in it? I am confused.

Also, the same goes with this Techno Power Sword. What does Scott mean Adam could not transform into He-Man with it. So what was its point? And what would be the point of the Sorceress having it?

To break it down... Bad story telling by trying to cram all various cannons into one frankensteined cannon! Best to just make your own up or stick with the cannon you like best!

[kylun flac]

glad this question was asked. i had a hard time understanding this.

[Tribal Spaceman]

Meanwhile, the Sorceress was sitting inside Castle Grayskull with another perfectly good sword for She-Ra.

Yeah but if she'd given that sword to Adam he might've grown breasts or something.

[Swanmarsh]

LOL @ Tribal Spaceman!

It doesn't make sense that weak, wet behind the ears royal party kid Adam could find the two halves of the Power Sword without encountering Skeletor or his minions - whom presumably as Keldor studied up on these magic types of things and legacies of his forebears beyond Miro, and knew of the Power swords existence.

Beyond that, I do still find it disappointing (this is an old beef) that the early mythos of MOTU has not been retained in Classics whereby the challenge is not only to win Castle Grayskull and attain the powers and knowledge of the Elders but to do so via joining the two halves of the Power Sword. Whereby one part was in Skeletor's reach and the other with Adam/He-Man.

This was such an elemental part of the early storyline that I find it difficult to comprehend why it is not part of MOTUC.

I don't care about the bio-canon, as far as I'm concerned Skeletor once held half the power sword!

[guy-dude]

LOL @ Tribal Spaceman!

It doesn't make sense that weak, wet behind the ears royal party kid Adam could find the two halves of the Power Sword without encountering Skeletor or his minions - whom presumably as Keldor studied up on these magic types of things and legacies of his forebears beyond Miro, and knew of the Power swords existence.

Beyond that, I do still find it disappointing (this is an old beef) that the early mythos of MOTU has not been retained in Classics whereby the challenge is not only to win Castle Grayskull and attain the powers and knowledge of the Elders but to do so via joining the two halves of the Power Sword. Whereby one part was in Skeletor's reach and the other with Adam/He-Man.

This was such an elemental part of the early storyline that I find it difficult to comprehend why it is not part of MOTUC.

I don't care about the bio-canon, as far as I'm concerned Skeletor once held half the power sword!

Keep in mind Adam is NOT weak and wet-behind-the-ears. He was studying with MAA and doing VERY well at his studies and when he learned of his destiny he decided that one of the ways to conceal his secret identity even more was to become the slacker ne'er-do-well we all know and... well, know.

With MAA being aware of everything that was going on, I can definitely see him trusting Adam to be competent enough to find the sword on his own (with a little techno-sword help).

[He-Dude]

The techno-sword is an anime abomination of the original MOTU powersword. The bios they came up with are just terrible and I, also, encourage fans to make their own MOTU history.

[MegaGearMax]

To break it down... Bad story telling by trying to cram all various cannons into one frankensteined cannon! Best to just make your own up or stick with the cannon you like best!

And if YOU like something that isn't part of his "normal" canon? If TG were a hardcore mini-comic fan that hated Filmation, he could eschew characters like Orko, Filmation Marlena, Cringer, Prince Adam, etc. He-Man would be a barbarian and Teela would be blonde because he chose a canon.

I think including everything brings in the largest number of fans, instead of picking one canon and ignoring all the rest. Especially when the canons are completely different.

[Dr Kain]

Here's one answer I remember...

So then why does Skeletor have 2 blades that merge into one?

[MegaGearMax]

So then why does Skeletor have 2 blades that merge into one?

Are you talking about Keldor? The Keldor swords aren't the Power Swords.

Do you know of the whole Keldor Sword controversy? Mattel tried to pass off two purple Skeletor swords as his 200X orange and purple swords that he used in MYP, saying that the purple swords were the Classicized version of the 200X swords -- i.e., they were being cheap. Eventually, TG got Mattel to change their stance on the swords.

[Jukka]

Here's one answer I remember...

Thanks so much Tim for those answers!
I remembered that the Techno-Sword was used by Adam before he united the two halves, but did not know if he fought evil with it.

[Tribal Spaceman]

Thanks so much Tim for those answers!
I remembered that the Techno-Sword was used by Adam before he united the two halves, but did not know if he fought evil with it.

He didn't, he just used it to trim bushes in the royal gardens.

[Dr Kain]

Are you talking about Keldor? The Keldor swords aren't the Power Swords.

Do you know of the whole Keldor Sword controversy? Mattel tried to pass off two purple Skeletor swords as his 200X orange and purple swords that he used in MYP, saying that the purple swords were the Classicized version of the 200X swords -- i.e., they were being cheap. Eventually, TG got Mattel to change their stance on the swords.

I know that, I meant why does he have two half swords if one of them is not the power sword half?

[MegaGearMax]

I know that, I meant why does he have two half swords if one of them is not the power sword half?

Maybe it's one of Keldor's old alchemy experiments? Maybe he tried to make his own Power Sword?

[He-Dude]

Because 200X ignored the halves of the power sword thing... because it doesn't translate to Anime, I guess.

[Dr Kain]

Because 200X ignored the halves of the power sword thing... because it doesn't translate to Anime, I guess.

2002 WAS not anime!!! It was nothing like anime. It was not animated in Japan. It was not animated by a Japanese studio. therefore, it is not anime!!! It has anime influences, but that does not make it anime. If it was anime, it would have had an ending.

[He-Dude]

I know ... I was making fun of it.
Cause it sucks.

[Dr Kain]

I know ... I was making fun of it.
Cause it sucks.

Yep, because a series that gave all of our characters backstories, had ongoing plot points, excellent battle scenes, along with great fan service so sucked.

Hate to bring up a deadite topic, but what happens to the Techno Sword after Adam gets both halves? And is it that he had to find the halves before Skeletor was freed, or did he go after them because Skeletor was freed, etc? Did he get one from the Green Goddess? In fact, why would the swords have been seperated if they were just going to be protected by GG? Did she just hide one somewhere and keep the other one on her? Why did they not just keep one within Castle Grayskull? I guess there are just so many questions about the whole logic behind this story point that logistics is not making it seem logical.

[KnightDamien]

Yep, because a series that gave all of our characters backstories, had ongoing plot points, excellent battle scenes, along with great fan service so sucked.

To be fair, it gave all of our characters backstories by practically shoving the main character of the franchise under a rug. And those 'excellent' battle scenes were orgies of people flying a hundred feet into the air and spinning their weapons around like morons. I can't think of a single thing, beyond maybe the 'Power Sword' that I hated more about 2002 than the battle scenes.

I like certain elements of the 2002 show, but I'm not prepared to say that it didn't suck.

[MegaGearMax]

And those 'excellent' battle scenes were orgies of people flying a hundred feet into the air and spinning their weapons around like morons. I can't think of a single thing, beyond maybe the 'Power Sword' that I hated more about 2002 than the battle scenes.

I like certain elements of the 2002 show, but I'm not prepared to say that it didn't suck.

Maybe that's the first few episodes, but not later. We got some pretty good fights in Council of Evil, the Last Stand and Rise of the Snake Men. Most likely the best combat scenes in any MOTU cartoon to date.

Beats He-Man doing the standard "deflect enemy's blast, enemy realizes that doesn't work so he runs at He-Man, who body flips them, wraps them up in the floor and throws them over the horizon" through stock footage.

Hate to bring up a deadite topic, but what happens to the Techno Sword after Adam gets both halves? And is it that he had to find the halves before Skeletor was freed, or did he go after them because Skeletor was freed, etc? Did he get one from the Green Goddess? In fact, why would the swords have been seperated if they were just going to be protected by GG? Did she just hide one somewhere and keep the other one on her? Why did they not just keep one within Castle Grayskull? I guess there are just so many questions about the whole logic behind this story point that logistics is not making it seem logical.

This was asked this year in a Q&A from Ask Matty I think. The fate of the Techno Sword has yet to be revealed. Most likely in an upcoming bio.

[Dr Kain]

And those 'excellent' battle scenes were orgies of people flying a hundred feet into the air and spinning their weapons around like morons.

Are you kidding me? That was some of the reasons the fight scenes were great. It was like watching a martial arts movie or playing a Devil May Cry video game with its incredible choreography. The more stylish the fight scene, the better it is.

I like certain elements of the 2002 show, but I'm not prepared to say that it didn't suck.

You mean compared to the Filmation series that just had He-Man toss his sword in his other hand to throw someone rather than hit them with his sword?

[KnightDamien]

Most likely the best combat scenes in any MOTU cartoon to date.

Which isn't saying much of anything. Outside of print material, MOTU has never had a particularly good fight scene.
MOTU, POP, NA, the movie, and 200x were all garbage for fight scenes. Being the best of the worst still doesn't make you -good-.

Beats He-Man doing the standard "deflect enemy's blast, enemy realizes that doesn't work so he runs at He-Man, who body flips them, wraps them up in the floor and throws them over the horizon" through stock footage.

Except that it doesn't. Two things can be different and still equally suck.

Are you kidding me? That was some of the reasons the fight scenes were great. It was like watching a martial arts movie or playing a Devil May Cry video game with its incredible choreography. The more stylish the fight scene, the better it is.

I couldn't disagree more. It wasn't stylish. It was idiotic and stupid-looking. It made NO sense and was lame. To me, a fight scene should look like the participants are trying to physically harm one another, rather than looking like they're having a jumping contest on the moon while proving that their weapons would make awesome raver glowsticks with a little phosphorescent paint.
In fact, I think MOTU-2002 had the most ridiculous, eye-vomit-inducing fight scenes in any cartoon I've ever watched.

You mean compared to the Filmation series that just had He-Man toss his sword in his other hand to throw someone rather than hit them with his sword?

I wonder, is anyone capable of commenting on the 2002 cartoon without trying to suggest it's better or worse than the Filmation cartoon? "Oh, well, 200x sucked? What about Filmation!" So weak.
If your preferred something sucks, it won't suck any less if you try to favorably compare it to something else that sucks. Filmation fights sucked. They sucked for an actual reason, as opposed to the meaningless wanna-be-awesome suck that was 200x. But they sucked nonetheless. Whether or not the 200x fight scenes sucked more or less than Filmation's sucky fights is beyond irrelevant.


((All of that is 'In My Opinion.'))

[Berserker79]

I'm still confused by this whole sword story thing with all the splittng and cloning...

Wish, they would done it less complicated...