The mysterious Savage He-Man variant formerly known as "Wonder Bread He-Man"

**Arkangel** · August 22, 2007, 09:28am

Has anyone tried to contact WonderBread for some info? They must have some kind of corporate office or archive dpartment somewhere. Someone with more time on their hands than me should get on that.........

hehe you clearly havent read the whole thread, i've read it to page 22 and some further on, i been reading it for 75 years, yep, that's right.

**galaxy warrior** · August 22, 2007, 11:32am

longest running thread with no end in sight. but its always good to see new posts even if it takes us no closer to the answer we seek.

**Ram_Man_21** · August 22, 2007, 04:59pm

Originally Posted by KidRandor

Has anyone tried to contact WonderBread for some info? They must have some kind of corporate office or archive dpartment somewhere. Someone with more time on their hands than me should get on that.........

I've tried to contact them and haven't heard a responce. I don't think I'm the only one that's tried either.

**Arkangel** · August 22, 2007, 07:37pm

just to recall what has been said (not exactly as it was cuz i'm to lousy to browse through) many people emailed wonder bread company concerning the he-man toy in question. They replyed somehting like "thank you for your contact, but we no longer have the he-man promotion you are looking for. ciao"

it was like a standard mail message, but they were assuming they had the he-man toy.

Later on a guy contacted some inside personal and showed them the figure, and an old timer said, "haa i remember this guy, we used to call him, the wonder bread he-man"

Thing is, WB he-man has become such a hype that no one will want to believe where it came from because its just cool like that. I'm sure that if mattel of wonder bread company came to the spotlight specially to announce that they had produced the toy, everyone one would be like, "yeah right!".

There is no way this is going to be solved, as you see, people on this thread said they did remmeber going into shops getting the cupon as they bought 2 or 3 figures and it would come in the mail, or even, the inside man stating, "yes i remember this, this is wb he-man" is not a valid source. No ones believes in anyone concerning WB he-man, "you just want to be FOOLED"® (The Prestige)

**KidRandor** · August 22, 2007, 09:54pm

I'm sure some kind of research has been done before and as you said, it's the age-old question. Who knows? When i was 5 I didn't give a hoot where it came from, as long as it was MOTU.

**Trev-Or** · August 23, 2007, 03:53am

Originally Posted by brianatarms

Hey Trev-or any new news?

Unfortunately no. The last time I was in contact with the Mattel employee who has plans about the WB He-Man Toy Fare article was right before the San Diego Comic Convention. He was really involved in the convention so he didn't have much time to commit to anything else. Don't worry though, I'll keep bugging him about it!! I just think it would be so cool to see a published article summarizing what we have all have tossed around on this thread.

**LORD FALLEN ELDOR** · August 23, 2007, 05:57am

Funny you should say that Trev-or It's going to be the topic of one of my first entries on my upcoming Masters blog...

**Tallstar** · August 23, 2007, 06:40am

Originally Posted by Trev-Or

Well at least something cool came out of bugging the heck out of Mattel about WB He-Man. The other day I received an e-mail from a Mattel employee wanting to put together a group of collectors called the 'Mattel Toy Geek Council' to "discuss product and possibilities." He said that he received a file with my information in it regarding the He-Man/Wonderbread offer when he was assigned to work on collector product.
The coolest part though is that he said that in the near future he is planning on putting out a story in Toy Fare about the 'Wonderbread/He-Man offer' and said he could probably use some help

. He wondered what types of MOTU toys I would be interested in, "Articulated versions of NECA statues? A new scale? New figures based on characters from the 2002 show? (Count Marzzo, King Grayskull ect…?). What would you like to see if we could keep making Masters product?" So definitely let me know if you guys have any cool ideas you want to get out there.

Wowsers. Now that I'm reading this all over again, this all seems very much like a precursor to the surveys/everything that happened at the conventions! Seems like Mattel has been planning for awhile.

**Brian Ozone** · August 23, 2007, 04:59pm

Trev-or can you ask him about the new heman figure that we all saw at the sdcc.

**Trev-Or** · August 23, 2007, 08:36pm

Originally Posted by brianatarms

Trev-or can you ask him about the new heman figure that we all saw at the sdcc.

Which one the '07 He-Man NECA statue? What would you like me to ask him about it?

**Brian Ozone** · August 26, 2007, 07:51pm

Originally Posted by Trev-Or

Which one the '07 He-Man NECA statue? What would you like me to ask him about it?

the new figure

**Trev-Or** · August 28, 2007, 12:08am

Originally Posted by LORD FALLEN ELDOR

Funny you should say that Trev-or It's going to be the topic of one of my first entries on my upcoming Masters blog...

Cool!! How would I find this blog?

**Metal Misfit** · September 10, 2007, 04:50pm

Check out this plea from the TF guys at the WizardUniverse.com board and lend them a hand!

http://wizarduniverse.invisionzone.c...howtopic=15990

**galaxy warrior** · September 10, 2007, 05:32pm

thats a horrible way for him to put the story together. being willing to take a second hand stories which is what follow this fig the most. as anyone can read from the org.s longest running thread the figure still hasnt revealed its true self nor will that happen anytime soon. what is known is that it wasnt a part of wonderbread at all. that deal only consisted of the card set.

**JVS3** · September 10, 2007, 05:38pm

I let Zach know to be weary of stories, which I'm sure he already is.
My biggest concern is with people looking to seed ideas to benefit their wallet.
There's a lot of money to be made for sellers/scalpers by continuing to promote the myth this is a rare mail-away figure from Wonder Bread. Be weary of such claims.

**Metal Misfit** · September 10, 2007, 07:16pm

Originally Posted by galaxy warrior

as anyone can read from the org.s longest running thread the figure still hasnt revealed its true self nor will that happen anytime soon.

How many threads does it take to unwrap the mystery surrounding the "Wonder Bread" He-Man?

1..?
2..?
3..?

The world may never know.

Personally, I just don't give a darn!

**Gonzo Merman** · September 10, 2007, 08:14pm

I still hold a grudge at Toyfare for not shipping me my Fakor Exclusive.

**motu77** · September 10, 2007, 08:35pm

We all want info on this figure.

**monkeynugget** · September 12, 2007, 12:30am

Jeez... Nice how Oat answered your attempts to help him there, huh MM? I think a major requirement for getting a job at the Wizard empire is being snarky.

**JVS3** · September 12, 2007, 01:34am

I don't think he meant it that way.
Thus is the callous nature of the internet. you have to choose your words carefully and be sure to include lots of smileys to be certain.

**Buffalo-Bill-Man** · September 12, 2007, 02:23am

Originally Posted by JVS3

I don't think he meant it that way.
Thus is the callous nature of the internet. you have to choose your words carefully and be sure to include lots of smileys to be certain.

Oh Yes, the double edged sword that is the internet. I have grown fond of using the smilies too.

BBM-

**JVS3** · September 12, 2007, 02:40am

It's tough.
I wish we could all meet face to face.
Then we'd know what we meant in our posts.

**Toyguru** · September 12, 2007, 12:03pm

Hey folks,

ToyGuru from Mattel here. Here's the deal. I've been working with Mr. Oat from Toy Fare and our own one and only Val to try and actually figure this one out and publish the results in an upcoming Toy Fare issue. Here is how you all can help be part of MOTU history.

This toy urban legend has been around for a few years. I've been through the Mattel archives and crawled around under everyon'e desks and am still having trouble finding any offical documents at Mattel that backs this offer up. Was it a hoax or was it a real offer?

Does anyone out there actually remember participating in this mail-a-way? We'd like to either solve this mystery or reveal it for once and all. Any thoughts out their in He-Man land? If anyone has documented proof let me know by post in this thread. Lets figure this one out already.

-ToyGuru

**Brian Ozone** · September 12, 2007, 04:53pm

Originally Posted by Toyguru

Hey folks,

ToyGuru from Mattel here. Here's the deal. I've been working with Mr. Oat from Toy Fare and our own one and only Val to try and actually figure this one out and publish the results in an upcoming Toy Fare issue. Here is how you all can help be part of MOTU history.

This toy urban legend has been around for a few years. I've been through the Mattel archives and crawled around under everyon'e desks and am still having trouble finding any offical documents at Mattel that backs this offer up. Was it a hoax or was it a real offer?

Does anyone out there actually remember participating in this mail-a-way? We'd like to either solve this mystery or reveal it for once and all. Any thoughts out their in He-Man land? If anyone has documented proof let me know by post in this thread. Lets figure this one out already.

-ToyGuru

Good luck, this figure came with the magic of amnesia and we all seem to have it here at the org, cause no one remembers were it came from. Me I can swear up and down it was a mail away but others disagree. But no one can remember for sure. So again, GOOD JOURNEY!

**galaxy warrior** · September 12, 2007, 05:08pm

Originally Posted by JVS3

It's tough.
I wish we could all meet face to face.
Then we'd know what we meant in our posts.

yeah i know all about being miss read

and yes smileys do make things read smoother

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