Former casual fan going down the MOTU rabbit hole

Hey guys. I'm "PutYaGunsOn", most of my close online friends who know me by this name call me Guns.

I'm a 26-year-old Filipino-American guy who likes Japanese culture (on-and-off anime fan, tokusatsu fan, huge fan of Japanese collectors' toys like S.H. Figuarts and Gundam models and the like). I'm also getting into fitness, had a lot of on-and-off stints with martial arts (mainly karate and kendo, and a very short stint with Shorinji Kenpo), and I spend my resting downtime watching tokusatsu, RPing over Discord, D&D, and video games. My favorite food is sushi.

I've been a lifelong toy collector. I outgrew playing with toys at 11, but from age 13 when Michael Bay's first Transformers movie came out, I got into action figures and models again purely from a collecting perspective. I see them as pieces of art and expression. I even had a couple of custom painting stints here and there, with varying results.

As for my history with He-Man, I watched 200X as a kid and had only the basic the He-Man and Skeletor toys from that line. I was aware of the 80s cartoon existing, but I had zero exposure to He-Man outside of 200X on Cartoon Network and in toy stores. I really only caught very few episodes of 200X back in the day, but what few episodes I did see I really liked, and those two action figures were among my favorites to play with for a long time.

Then after a while, I dismissed He-Man as "that stupid show about half-naked men with silly names", and never really paid it much attention again.

But what got me back in was discovering the Spector Creative Youtube Channel a month ago. I actually found his MOTUC videos really interesting, and the more I watched them, the more I got interested in the MOTU Classics line. As of earlier this month I now own my first MOTU toy since 2002: Classics He-Ro II.

Right now he's still my only one, but I've got my eye on some others from Classics, even though I understand how rare and expensive the more popular figures of this line are. But I liked the idea of owning this Son of He-Man figure as a sort of "continuation" of the toys I had as a kid.

I also recently dove into rewatching all of 200X and even reading all the vintage toy mini-comics, so I have so much more of an appreciation for this series. I also watch old Filmation episodes for fun after a long day, and I'm currently watching the new She-Ra on Netflix. While I'm generally not a fan of the Steven Universe color palette and the overly soft art style, I think it's a fine show for what it is, and I like their version of Scorpia.

Now I've taken to going as far as call myself a MOTU fan, and here I am now. Just looking to hang out, have fun, and nerd out about a stupid show about half-naked men with silly names.

Welcome aboard! Glad you finally admitted your destiny as a MOTU fan!

Great post and welcome. That’s the beauty about MOTU in that fans can pick and choose what they prefer within the toy line.

I’m sorry that you were traumatized at the young age of 13 by Michael Bay and his horrible Transformers movie.

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Hello, Guns!! Welcome to the community!! That was a great introduction, it's awesome that Scott's videos helped rekindle your MOTU fandom!! We have the best He-Fans and She-Ravers around and as always, we have great ongoing MOTU and POP discussions, so feel free to join in the conversation!!

Enjoy your time here and welcome!!

As you can see from Stinkor's post, there are a lot of Bay Haters around here -- almost as many as there are New Adventures of He-man Haters.

Of course Stinkor (How do you really feel, Stinkor? ) -- and everyone for that matter -- is entitled to their opinion. But don't be deterred. We love the free interchange of ideas and spirited debates about differing points of view. Go with your gut.

Welcome to the board. It's a great place.

Thanks everyone for making me feel welcome! And apologies for not answering to this earlier, I changed my account email to a non-gmail one and it had a bunch of issues, but dorrmann helped me out, so, all good!

I did like the first Bayformers movie when I was 13, but I don't think that series has aged well. Oh well. I used that as an example specifically because it gave me a new appreciation for Transformers toys, and later toy collecting in general.

Now that my account is back in order, I'll get on nerding out about the stupid show about half-naked men with silly names.

Originally Posted by PutYaGunsOn

show about half-naked men with silly names.

That may be the most accurate description of He-Man... ever.