From
the time I can first remember I have had He-man. I was born
in 1982. Some of my earliest memories include playing He-man
with my older brother. ( Our He-man sessions were wild because
the Thundercats and Silver Hawks would be thrown in and later
it was She-Ra who was added to the mix.) I remember the day
we were arguing about what to watch on TV (since He-man wasn't
on until later) I wanted to watch the Smurfs and I think he
wanted to watch Wrestling. Well here he is, giant twelve year
old that he is looking down on a little two year old, apparently
he feels like an ogre, so he sits down on the floor to try
to talk me into watching wrestling (knowing that I would either
complain the whole time or turn off the TV)--- and he sat
down right on top of the Falcon Fighter. It smashed into a
million pieces and my brother lept to his feet and looked
down in horror at what he had done. The first words out of
his mouth were ,"Oh my God, don't tell mom." And I nodded
while he swept up the pieces into his fingers... but just
about that time Mom came around the corner "Don't tell me
what?" she asked. She wasn't angry... but neither could she
fix the fighter... it went out with the garbage. Eddie let
me watch Smurfs... and later we watched He-man. I have lots
of memories with MOTU and POP and I cherish them all-- later
on, after escaping an abusive situation, my childhood with
my brother and He-man are some of the only things I can clearly
remember (or want to remember). He-man and She-ra to me represent
a healing process that I'm still going through. While I'm
doing it I'm restoring what toys I have and attempting to
get the others (and the books/videos)... and I'm remembering
the things that made me happy. Thank you Most Powerful Man
in the Universe. Thank you Princess of Power.