Meet He-Man at Toys 'R' Us Events

[Adam_Prince of Eternia]

I was going through some old photographs, and I found a couple of pictures from a meet He-Man event at Toys 'R' Us in 1986.





Unfortunately, I could not find the picture of King Hiss with his chest plate open, revealing the three snakes inside with flashing eyes.

Did you attend a meet He-Man event at Toys 'R' Us? Feel free to share your memories and photos below.

[Tallstar]

Wow, those photos are awesome. I've nothing to post, 'cause I never attended one of these events.

[SunDevil]

That He-mask looks like an elderly woman!

I love that He-Man is wearing his, what is that, Flying Fist armor? And King Hiss has the power sword! Fight!

Terrific pics! I do wish they were standing in front of the MOTU display though. Speaking of that...

I remember Skeletor at a TRU when I was a kid. He was in the MOTU aisle and handing kids the figures they wanted. I remember pointing up over his head and asking some something, can't remember exactly, maybe MEF or something, so he reaches up, grabs it, and hands it over. The mask was made to look sort of friendly actually, guess they didn't want old skullhead scaring off customers!

I thought it was so cool that I was buying toys from Skeletor! I remembering wondering if he made them at Snake Mountain the way Santa makes toys at the North Pole.

I was a weird kid.

[masterenglish]

That He-mask looks like an elderly woman!

I love that He-Man is wearing his, what is that, Flying Fist armor? And King Hiss has the power sword! Fight!

Terrific pics! I do wish they were standing in front of the MOTU display though. Speaking of that...

I remember Skeletor at a TRU when I was a kid. He was in the MOTU aisle and handing kids the figures they wanted. I remember pointing up over his head and asking some something, can't remember exactly, maybe MEF or something, so he reaches up, grabs it, and hands it over. The mask was made to look sort of friendly actually, guess they didn't want old skullhead scaring off customers!

I thought it was so cool that I was buying toys from Skeletor! I remembering wondering if he made them at Snake Mountain the way Santa makes toys at the North Pole.

I was a weird kid.

Great post. Ive never seen the Hiss costume or the FF He-Man, those are some really cool pics. Unfortunately I never got to see any costumed characters in stores as a kid. That would have been so cool!

[Man-E-Toys]

My parents took me to one of these TRU events back in the day. I have pictures with He-Man, Skeletor & Orko. I've got them somewhere. I'll find them one day and post them.

[dorrmann]

I'm pretty sure this wasn't at TRU, but I don't remember where it was taken, other than somewhere around Chicago. It would have been in 1985 judging by the photos around it in my album. I love the guy putting up the full case in the background. My sister is on the right with He-Man.

[DisneyBoy]

Wow!

1) I had no idea that Mattel had made life-size costumes of characters like BA He-Man or King Hsss!

2) I had no idea masks of these characters could be so CREEPY. He-Man! Dude! You look oooooollllldddd!

[Middangeard]

How I wish that I could've gone to these! Unfortunately, we rarely ever went to Toys R Us. I'm not sure why, but my parents were bigger fans of Children's Palace, so if we were ever to go to a toy store, that's where we'd be.

That He-Man should be the poster child for the dangers of too much plastic surgery for the elderly.

I want these costumes. Buy an old mannequin for display, creep out the visitors.