I've been building up to this for a while, and I'm proud to say that as ofthis issue, the Scrolls of Grayskull is officially 2 years old. It's beena lot of fun doing this, and although it's kind of embarassing to look atsome of those older, awful issues, I'm glad there are so many of you thatare enjoying it too. I tried to make this newsletter stand out a bit fromthe rest in content, and I'd love to hear what you think. Also, yoursuggestions for future newsletters would be greatly appreciated. You cane-mail me at ctyner@he-man.org.

I also appreciate all of you that signed the letter to Mattel, which hasbeen sent off. I'm proud to say that from Jan. 1997 to Jan. 1998, over1,200 responses were sent to me. The final copy has 974 names, and anyresponse I get from Mattel will be sent to the list immediately.

The usual administrative details:

To subscribe: E-mail ctyner@cs.clemson.edu with "He-Fans Subscription" inthe subject line.

To unsubscribe: E-mail ctyner@cs.clemson.edu with "Unsubscribe" in thesubject.

If you'd like to read back issues, take a look at the archives, maintainedby Scott White, at http://www.west.ga.net/~eternia/He-man/archive/archive.html

After 2.5 years at one server, my site has moved! Not only that, but I'veadded a lot of content too. The new URL is http://www.he-man.org/ctyner/,so please update your links and bookmarks.

L.E. Bryce's fan fic page has moved as well, tohttp://www.he-man.org/ctyner/fan-fic.html

Many thanks to Jason Moore (jason@hypenet.com) for making all of this possible. Expect to hear a lot more from www.he-man.org in the future!

To celebrate the 2nd anniversary of this newsletter, I'm kicking off a newcontest! Break out your paintbrush, old figures, and crazy glue becausethis contest involves customizing MOTU/POP figures into new creations.There are two categories:

1) Best New Figure - If you'd like, take a look at the section below("Survey Responses") or at the "Honors Of Grayskull" awards (a fileattachment) for suggestions on figures many fans would like to see.

2) Best Repaint/Best Redone Figure - If you're more interested inrepainting a figure, or if you'd like to modify a figure (just asThunderpunch He-Man was a modification of the He-Man figure and DragonBlaster Skeletor was a modification of Skeletor), this category mayinterest you.

RULES:

- Please try to limit yourself to modifying _only_ MOTU/POP figures.

- No more than 3 submissions in each category will be accepted per person.

- I need at least one picture of your figure. If you don't have a scanner,e-mail me and I'll see what I can do about getting it scanned.

- All submissions must be received by August 1, 1998. Voting will be doneby members of the Scrolls of Grayskull list and members of the Guardians ofGrayskull list. Winners will be announced in the September issue of theScrolls of Grayskull.

If you have any other questions, e-mail me and I'll do my best to answer them.

In case you're wondering, the standard Create-A-Character contest (whereyou can draw a character instead of customizing a figure) will still beoccurring later this year (I'll probably announce it in September).

Last month, I asked what figures should've been released that weren't.Anything was game, including characters from the cartoon, mini-comics,books, and even fan-fiction. I assigned 3 points to each person's mostdesired figure, 2 points for the second most desired, and 1 point to thethird most desired. Here is how things turned out:

First place - Scorpia: 18 points
Second place - Queen Marlena: 14 points
Third place - Adora: 11 points

Other popular characters were Shadow Weaver, Granamyr, Goat Man (whichsurprised me), Madame Razz, Sea Hawk, and Lizard Man (another surprise).

If you don't know where to start for the figure customizing contest, hereare some more tips from Andy Munteanu (andymunteanu@hotmail.com).

Karg: One Mer-Man fig., one roll of black tape, one small hook, a can (spray) of silver paint, one front Fisto/Clamp-Champ armor, black plastic bag for the cape, one right Roboto arm, and one cotton ball for hair.

Lizard-Man: You'd need a Saurod figure for the basics. The armor should be smoothened up. The head wouldn't be the best so you'd have to get rid of it. I think a Kobra Kahn head would look good on it. The rest of the body should be painted with the right colours (D-UH!).

A He-Fan recently recommended "Watching Television: A Pantheon Guide ToPopular Culture" to me (edited by Todd Gitlin), and there's a very largesection on He-Man and She-Ra in there ("The Shortcake Strategy" by TomEngelhardt). It comes highly recommended!

Last issue's letter from Jacob Borshard sparked a lot of response. Ithought I'd include this letter from Matthew Martin (mlmartin@coe.edu)detailing his thoughts on the matter.

   Last month, some questions were raised about the Continuity Resolution articles that I've been doing for the mailing list and the newsletter. While Mr. Borshard and I have clarified things over private e-mail, I'd like to make a public statement about the issue as well.

   These articles started when I finally came up with a way to put together the disparate Skeletor origins into a single story. A few months later, I decided to try to find some way to put the rest of the continuity together with as little folding, spindling, or mutilating as possible. "Merging Oldand New" and "Final Unification" came from that plan.

   I did this primarily as a way to have fun with the MotU mythos. I'm the kind of person who likes nice, well-ordered universes, and I wanted to try and explain some of the contradictions. I also took advantage of it to play with some ideas I had regarding the MotUverse. Basically, look at these articles like one part historical essay and four parts alternative fanfic.

   I encourage everyone not to take this too seriously. I'm not trying to push 'one true continuity' here; there are numerous elements of these articles that I don't care for that much myself. (The New Adventures as the final act in the saga doesn't appeal to me at all.) Instead, I'm just trying to see how much we can fit together before it starts falling apart.

   So, to those of you who have enjoyed and supported the Continuity Resolution articles, thank you. To those of you who don't, I'm sorry, but look at them in the light they were written.

   Matthew L. Martin

This month's first attachment is a very nice looking _live_ picture ofHordak, Grizzlor, He-Man, She-Ra, Skeletor, and the Slime Pit, courtesy ofAndy Munteanu (andymunteanu@hotmail.com).

Also enclosed is a file containing the 1998 Honors Of Grayskull awards puttogether by Matthew Martin (mlmartin@coe.edu) from responses from mailinglist members. It is in Word 2.x for Windows format and has been pkzipped.If you need any help opening it, e-mail me.

Matt R. is part of a team that'll let QuakeII players experience the MOTUverse. For information on how this projectis going and on how you can help out, visithttp://www.fortunecity.com/underworld/worms/417/

Here are some more trivia questions, courtesy of Scott White(Cringer). The answers will appear next issue.

 1. Name the episode in which Teela gets to witness some of the power of Grayskull up close.

 2. Name He-Man's bee-like ally.

 3. Name He-Man's head-bashing ally.

 4. Name He-Man's big-handed ally.

 5. Name the robotic horse that Man-At-Arms created.

 6. Name the four passenger flying machine that He-Man and his friends fly in to go to battle sometimes.

 7. Name the bird flying ship that He-Man flies in sometimes.

 8. Name He-Man's spider-like enemy.

 9. Name He-Man's bone-faced enemy.

10. Name Battlecat's arch enemy.

Here are the answers to last month's trivia.

 (1) Q: What is the name of the evil plant creature in the episode "Evilseed"?
        A: Evilseed

 (2) Q: What is the name of He-man's tiger when he's not Battlecat?
        A: Cringer

 (3) Q: What is the name of Dree Elle's little brother?
        A: Yuckers

 (4) Q: In the episode "Teela's Triumph", who contacts Teela and informs her that she must take the Sorceress' place at Grayskull?
        A: The Spirit of Grayskull

 (5) Q: What is the name of the episode in which Orko receives amedal for bravery?
        A: "Return of Evil"

 (6) Q: What is the name of the episode in which we get to see Evil-Lyn's real hair?
        A: "The Witch and The Warrior"

 (7) Q: Name the episode in which Cringer asks He-man to turn himinto Battlecat.
        A: "Temple of The Sun"

 (8) Q: Name the episode in which He-man pushes the moon.
        A: Jacob and the Widgets

 (9) Q: Name 2 episodes in which He-man and Skeletor team up.
        A: "To Save Skeletor" & "Evilseed"

(10) Q: Name the episode in which He-man gives up his powers.
        A: "The Problem With Power"

Here is the latest installment of "Revamp", by RunJT@aol.com.