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

**Lieutenant Fowler** · March 5, 2009, 09:00pm

I think I need to post an updated picture of WB He-man/Savage He-man. He is still in a tupperware box at my parents house. Arkangel has the scan Darren did several years ago and it's still in there. Darren and I won this he-man off of ebay ~OCT 2000. This was the exact moment this particular thread started; I think...

**MOTUfan** · March 5, 2009, 09:49pm

Dang close, this thread started on September 19, 2002, 04:40pm I think the mystery will be one for the ages timeless and never figured out.

And maybe it's beter to keep this legend, there has been so much fun in this thread, and to have it finally solved it could be a huge let down where it came from when all is said and done, but then you never know

Wow Ive been here almost seven years, crazy lol.

**Arkangel** · March 6, 2009, 04:08am

Originally Posted by MOTUfan

Dang close, this thread started on September 19, 2002, 04:40pm I think the mystery will be one for the ages timeless and never figured out.

And maybe it's beter to keep this legend, there has been so much fun in this thread, and to have it finally solved it could be a huge let down where it came from when all is said and done, but then you never know

Wow Ive been here almost seven years, crazy lol.

naa this thread is history and was one of the main reasons i joined the org

**Loki** · March 7, 2009, 02:27am

I just had to tell some people, I picked wonder bread or savage He-Man (wich ever name you prefer) up on e-bay Monday for $30 with nine other figures and a battle cat. It was in a pile in the picture on a buy it now. Some times life is awsome!

**Ram_Man_21** · March 8, 2009, 03:53pm

Did it have any weapons or anything with it or was it just the figure itself?

**Arkangel** · March 8, 2009, 05:22pm

Originally Posted by Loki

I just had to tell some people, I picked wonder bread or savage He-Man (wich ever name you prefer) up on e-bay Monday for $30 with nine other figures and a battle cat. It was in a pile in the picture on a buy it now. Some times life is awsome!

i saw one in a lot this month aswel, congrats! let us see some pics once u get him

**Loki** · March 8, 2009, 06:22pm

Originally Posted by Ram_Man_21

Did it have any weapons or anything with it or was it just the figure itself?

No unfortunately. But im bidding on some right now. So hopefully soon he will have weapons.

Ok here he is.
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/inde...0-a5ca62f400d9

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/inde...5-d5432d15a073

I saw this yesterday. Could not believe 2 in one week not listed as a wonder bread. Wonder how much this one will go for.
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**Arkangel** · March 9, 2009, 09:30am

Originally Posted by Loki

No unfortunately. But im bidding on some right now. So hopefully soon he will have weapons.

Ok here he is.
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/inde...0-a5ca62f400d9

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/inde...5-d5432d15a073

I saw this yesterday. Could not believe 2 in one week not listed as a wonder bread. Wonder how much this one will go for.
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can't see the pics, can you post them in photobucket or sumt? btw i think we were talking about the same lot:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=200315913875

**okydoky** · March 9, 2009, 03:36pm

Originally Posted by Arkangel

can't see the pics, can you post them in photobucket or sumt? btw i think we were talking about the same lot:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=200315913875

Arkangel, I know you are trying to collect these...what happened? You missed out on this auction? I check ebay almost every day, and I can't believe I didn't see this one...

**Arkangel** · March 9, 2009, 05:24pm

Originally Posted by okydoky

Arkangel, I know you are trying to collect these...what happened? You missed out on this auction? I check ebay almost every day, and I can't believe I didn't see this one...

i didn't miss it out, seller didn't ship outside US, i'm always on top of the event heheh

**okydoky** · March 14, 2009, 11:26pm

Another WB He-man sold on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=300298851097

Any lucky org members got his/her hands on this one?

**Sleeper** · March 15, 2009, 02:07am

Originally Posted by Loki

I just had to tell some people, I picked wonder bread or savage He-Man (wich ever name you prefer) up on e-bay Monday for $30 with nine other figures and a battle cat. It was in a pile in the picture on a buy it now. Some times life is awsome!

Now thats some good stuff right there! So are you gonna sell him and make something like a 600% profit or will you cherish him forever?

**Leoghan** · March 15, 2009, 11:48am

by CROM!!!!! is this for real

if so words cannot do justice to you for finding this. you sir are a true hero if this puts all the speculation to rest.
for me savage he-man was my"wolverine" type character in MOTU and has always been one of my favorites .
he was my first custom i tryed to make with the 200X line

anyway
many thanks fatman

**Leoghan** · March 15, 2009, 11:54am

oh man,,, you had me goin at least

**JVS3** · March 15, 2009, 12:02pm

LOL!
Yeah, it's a joke, and a good one!
Gotta love the "disassociated press"

**MOTUfan** · March 15, 2009, 01:46pm

Originally Posted by JVS3

LOL!
Yeah, it's a joke, and a good one!
Gotta love the "disassociated press"

That is cool. Val should save it. and then on next years April Fools Day post it on the main page with a already set up partial thread discussing the 'find'

As this years it would still be fresh in everyones mind

No that would be a EVIL evil joke. naw don't do it

Do it Val

**jmb410s** · March 19, 2009, 03:35pm

Nice article!! Almost had me going

**Ram_Man_21** · March 20, 2009, 03:28pm

yeah, it definatly looked real. Had me fooled too

**galaxy warrior** · March 20, 2009, 07:12pm

hahhahhahaha guyon d. street. hahahha

**Loki** · March 21, 2009, 02:20am

Originally Posted by Arkangel

can't see the pics, can you post them in photobucket or sumt? btw i think we were talking about the same lot:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=200315913875

Yep. Same one. I will try and get pics posted when I can on photo bucket. I am going to be a dad in the next couple of days so lifes been crazy.

Originally Posted by Sleeper

Now thats some good stuff right there! So are you gonna sell him and make something like a 600% profit or will you cherish him forever?

Cherish forever. I don't think that I would ever be able to get another one this minty. Only one flaw on the whole thing just a spot on top of its head other than that perfect.

**Darkspecter** · March 22, 2009, 05:13pm

I think I may have just stumbled upon another small piece of the Savage He-Man mystery!

Look at what I found online today:

http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/q...i/100_3151.jpg

http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/q...100_3152-1.jpg

http://s434.photobucket.com/albums/q...t=100_3153.flv

It's a talking He-Man belt buckle thing with BROWN hair!

For those not looking at the pictures, on the back it says:

Mattel Inc. 1985
H-G Toys
Made in Hong Kong

Maybe H-G Toys made the "Wonder Bread" He-Man seeing as they both sport the same colour scheme? I just thought I'd share my findings.

**Arkangel** · March 22, 2009, 08:08pm

hmmm i have my doubts, looks just like another piece from the vast variety of existent motu misc

**leo_skeletor** · March 22, 2009, 08:20pm

Originally Posted by okydoky

There are a lot of WB customs appearing on Ebay - at least the sellers are listing them as CUSTOMS....here is a pretty cool one on a custom card that recently ended:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=220368546638

custom card + custom repaint figure = nice price

**returnofplex** · March 24, 2009, 03:31pm

I think I may have a theory about the origins of the Savage He-Man. So I read Roger Sweet's book and he had actually envisioned He-Man with dark hair and a gritty type of presentation, much like Frazetta's art work. It was later that He-Man's appearance was cleaned and brightened up, and the hair turned blond before production.
My theory is that Savage He-Man may have been a run of figures meant for focus groups before the toy line went into production. The appearance is darker and MAYBE leans a little more toward what Sweet had in mind for the character. This may explain why nobody at Mattel knows anything about the figure. If the Toy was never intended to be a final product, but just something for focus groups to give their opinions on, than it was never really "He-Man" as we know him. Savage He-Man was never an official figure, but just something to gauge opinions with. And perhaps the maroon weapons were made to show how the new figure could play with them. Maybe that would explain conflicting reports of which weapons actually came with the figure.
It would also explain why he was simply bagged. If there were enough of them left over after the focus groups, the overstock could have simply been dispersed through promotions. And all of those extra maroon weapons? bag em' up and throw em' in with a figure to get rid of them.
So what do you guys and gals think? Does this sound logical or have I missed the actual explanation somewhere in the last 66 pages?

**JVS3** · March 24, 2009, 08:29pm

Similar theories have been presented a few times in this thread already.

There's a few things though that make part of your theory invalid, about the baggie and the weapons, for example.
Do a search for baggie or weapons, etc, by post in this thread and you'll come across those posts.

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