New Kid in the Kastle

Hey guys, newbie here. Guess I'll start off with a little background info on myself:

The original He-Man and the Masters of the Universe was by far my favorite cartoon as a child. My favorite show was Taxi. lol.

I had nearly every MOTU figure there was and took excellent care of them. Still have the backing cardboard that all the figures came with.

Anyway, somewhere around the very late '80s or possibly early '90s, my mother neatly packed all of that good stuff away and stored it in our basement where it remained (almost) untouched until last fall ('07). I say almost because I know I rumaged through that box (like a refridgerator size box) one time roughly 15 years ago.
I brought the box to my house last year and still have yet to dig into it and take that much anticipated trip back in time.

I've been enjoying collecting the entire DVD collection (all gens included) although I never watched the 2nd gen He-Man and only recall watching one maybe two episodes of the 2002 MOTU. My most recent DVD was a birthday gift I received yesterday from my wife, the one with the defective disc. Not my wife the DVDs. Anyway, she just happen to see it in Target the day it was released and I was unaware that it hadn't already been released. I had it on my wishlist at Borders/Amazon.com. While inquiring about the exclusivity of the Target package, I learned about the disc with the ommited scene thanks to this website!

Anyhow, that's about it for now. Actually I joined this website June of last year and still have the confirmation e-mails from then yet when trying to log in recently, it would not recognize my e-mail address. I thought maybe it had been because my account was inactive for so long and I never posted until now. I am the proud father of an 18 month old son who has kept me very busy the past year and a half!

Take care guys and I hope to become more involved with the forums this time around!

~Sleeper (my nickname is "sleepy" but Sleeper sounds more like some crazy narcoleptic MOTU character that would describe me the best)

And BTW, I know its "castle"

Originally Posted by Sleeper

My most recent DVD was a birthday gift I received yesterday from my wife, the one with the defective disc. Not my wife the DVDs.

Originally Posted by Sleeper

I am the proud father of an 18 month old son who has kept me very busy the past year and a half!

Congratulations!

Originally Posted by Sleeper

And BTW, I know its "castle"

lol...I like your thread title, "K" is my favorite letter of the alphabet.

Welcome aboard Sleeper, that's some neat background MOTU info, and we look forward to seeing you take part on the boards!

Originally Posted by Mer-Man's Minion

Congratulations!




lol...I like your thread title, "K" is my favorite letter of the alphabet.

Welcome aboard Sleeper, that's some neat background MOTU info, and we look forward to seeing you take part on the boards!

Hey, thanks! And by the way, Mer-Man was easily one of my top five favorite figures/characters as a kid. Not sure why. Maybe because I love the water so much???

Originally Posted by Sleeper

Hey, thanks! And by the way, Mer-Man was easily one of my top five favorite figures/characters as a kid. Not sure why. Maybe because I love the water so much???

You're welcome!

Heh, sweet. He was always my favorite villain when I was a kid. I love the water too. And Alan Oppenheimer's "gurgly voice" is so much fun and fun to imitate!

Welcome to the boards!
There's mighty fine people here!

Welcome to the boards Sleeper. Unlike your parents, mine gave all my motu away to my cousins!!

Ok, so I FINALLY went through that box last night (the box mentioned in my original post). Actually, two nights ago. Technically it was very early yesterday morning. ANYWAY, all I can say is........wow. Actually I can say a lot more than that so here we go.........

I must have experienced every emotion humanly possible when going through that box - happy, sad, nostalgic, angry, confused, sickened, youthful, old, greatful, surprised etc., etc. Ok, so some of those may not qualify as emotions. More like reactions or medical conditions but you get the point.

On one hand, I was a little shocked to see how poor the condition was of some of the figures and on the other hand, I didn't recall them being as good as they were. Not the condition but just the craftsmanship and whatnot. Keep in mind, I hadn't handled a classic MOTU figure (or any MOTU figure for that matter) in at least 15 years.

I set everything up in the living room we never use and put a baracade around it all to keep my 19 month old son at bay. My wife said he noticed it while I was at work but made no attempt to get to them - just stared intriguingly at them. When I got home, I took him over to them and chose a few for him to check out. I chose ones that he couldn't do much harm to like Ram-Man, Battle Cat, Battle Ram and Bashasauras. He had a blast watching me knock over Ram-Man with the "missles" shot out of Battle Ram! My wife was enjoying watching her "little boys" play and I was showing her how Leech worked and I stuck him on our front door and my son kept trying to stick Ram-Man to the front door! Fun times.

Anyway, when I can find the time, I want to take an inventory of everything I've got and share it with you guys. I'll have a few questions for you all as well. Theres some things that I'm not sure who or what they are! I've already done a little research myself and found some answers but need your help on some other stuff.

Just a couple of the surprises that I found that I'll mention before I wrap this up is I have a Kobra Khan sealed in its original package. Now, the package is certainly far from mint but is fully intact. Thought that was kinda neat. Also I found a Yoda puppet that I thought was gone forever! Hadn't seen that thing in decades and never imagined it was packed away with my MOTU!

Very cool, Sleeper! Look forward to seein' some pics!

Welcome, you 'll like it here!

Originally Posted by Mer-Man's Minion

Very cool, Sleeper! Look forward to seein' some pics!

Yeah, I'm gonna have to post some pics. Especially of the stuff that I'm confused about. Much easier than trying to describe it! I am also hoping to get some pics from my mom's house later today of me at Christmas in the mid-eighties when I got most of this stuff!

Originally Posted by mermaidliz

Welcome, you 'll like it here!

Thanks! And um, when I get that list, I guess I better start a new thread

Sorry for the late welcome, but welcome to the board!

This is the place to get those questions answered. The people on these boards know EVERYTHING about Masters of the Universe.

Since I joined a few years back - I have learned so much from the great group!