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by **HNutz** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 1:18 am

Found a article (http://www.popculture101.com/PCulture.cfm?article=heman) and it got me thinking...

Cringer goes through a total psychological change when he turns into Battle Cat. But Adam seems a lot like He-Man. So, my question is... to what extent, if any, does Adam go through when he turns into He-Man?

by **SuperginraiX** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 1:21 am

All I know is that He-Man has a crappy spray on tan and Adam wears way too much pink and lavendar.

by **Strict31** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 4:17 am

When the toys were first released, I don't remember any mention of Adam and Cringer. I mean, there were little mini-comics included with each figure and maybe that shit was mentioned there...I don't recall. Mostly I just remember them being about He-Man beating Skeletor's ass for some goddamned reason. Skeletor fucked up a lot of shit, apparently.

Anyhow, my point is, that may have just been some bullshit for a dumb-ass cartoon. I mean, take a look at Battle Cat. All that bad-ass armor, right? And he's snarling and all like he's about to drag a muthafucka into the tall grass where no one will ever find his remains.

Now...if you took that armor off, Battle Cat still had the same mean-ass mug. There was none of this Cringer bullshit. That creature was not designed in any way for cringing.

So, the only change it brought about was a wardrobe alteration. And I figure it only does that because He-Man doesn't have a whole lotta time to waste on physically changing into his battle panties. Skeletor's out fucking up Eternia and shit, and there's no time to waste.

He-Man is still the same dude. He's just putting on an act as Adam, because he knew Earth children weren't entirely prepared for some full-on Conan type barbarism shit.

by **sdsichero** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 4:44 am

SuperginraiX wrote:All I know is that He-Man has a crappy spray on tan and Adam wears way too much pink and lavendar.

Do you know how much magic it takes to give Adam an ethnic change?! And to rip off half his clothes? Not to mention giving him an echo-y voice.

Methinks you underestimate the power he has!

by **bkthomson** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 7:00 am

'Roid Rage. Pretty sure the original bible for the show had Adam go through a 'Roid Rage that would make him attack everyone for the first five minutes after his transformation.

by **ReturnoftheMack** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 7:18 am

In 1976, Mattel's CEO Ray Wagner declined a request to produce a toyline of action figures based on the characters from the George Lucas film Star Wars.[7][8][note 1] Upon the commercial success of the film trilogy during the next few years and all related merchandise, Mattel attempted to launch several unsuccessful toylines, none of which captured the public's imagination or made a significant dent in the toy market.[7][note 2]

by **Strict31** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:14 am

I wonder what was the first toy line ever to be promoted by its own TV series or movie series or whatever. I mean, I'm trying to remember toys from that far back, and even then, I knew Kenner because they were the company that did the Star Wars toys. When I got this giant-sized Alien action figure, I figured, it will be a cool toy because Kenner made it. Likewise, I knew Hasbro because of GI Joe. Almost as soon as the toys came out, my dad and I started getting into the comics. Then came the cartoon and that shit jumped off.

It jumped off in ways older toy lines never really seemed to, like the Micronauts. They had some bad-ass toys too. And there was also a comic book tie in, but it just never had the same...I dunno...sheer weight of the GI Joe franchise or the Transformers franchise.

by **Juan Cena** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 10:01 am

Strict31 wrote:I wonder what was the first toy line ever to be promoted by its own TV series or movie series or whatever. I mean, I'm trying to remember toys from that far back, and even then, I knew Kenner because they were the company that did the Star Wars toys. When I got this giant-sized Alien action figure, I figured, it will be a cool toy because Kenner made it. Likewise, I knew Hasbro because of GI Joe. Almost as soon as the toys came out, my dad and I started getting into the comics. Then came the cartoon and that shit jumped off.

It jumped off in ways older toy lines never really seemed to, like the Micronauts. They had some bad-ass toys too. And there was also a comic book tie in, but it just never had the same...I dunno...sheer weight of the GI Joe franchise or the Transformers franchise.

Probably because the Micronauts comic used the names and designs of certain figures, but little else from the toy line.

by **Juan Cena** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 10:03 am

sdsichero wrote:
Do you know how much magic it takes to give Adam an ethnic change?! And to rip off half his clothes? Not to mention giving him an echo-y voice.

Methinks you underestimate the power he has!

An ethnic change? I don't that happened. He just went from being a pale blonde white guy to a tan blonde white guy.

by **Wisdom000** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 12:28 pm

He-Man was the original Magical Princess... the fairy godmother of Sailor Moon... complete with stock transformation sequence and magic wand (seriously, that sword never cut anything, He-Man just used it to swing it around and prance, or shoot magic rays from it) all his fighting he did with his dainty fists...

by **Log-Man** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 12:42 pm

I just want to know why he had a secret identity. The whole point of a secret ID is to keep your loved ones safe...but his loved ones were the most targeted people on the planet already. I think they might have been a tad LESS targeted if the various bad guys of the planet knew that He-Man was sleeping in the castle.

by **sdsichero** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 1:10 pm

The Nacireman wrote:

An ethnic change? I don't that happened. He just went from being a pale blonde white guy to a tan blonde white guy.

You got something against blonde Latinos eh?

Sounds like someone else...

by **Strict31** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 8:12 pm

The Nacireman wrote:
Probably because the Micronauts comic used the names and designs of certain figures, but little else from the toy line.

The comic was really about taking a toy line with practically no coherence other than cool designs, and turning it into a story. I mean, look at Acroyear for example. There were a bunch of different Acroyear figures, but they had no story to them. Were they robots? Cyborgs? Dudes in armor? Marvel took that and turned his race into a warrior people with a savage nobility, who wore combat armor and carried energy swords into battle.

I don't think anyone was really prepared to take advantage of the possibilities of cross promotion at that point in time.

by **HNutz** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 12:53 am

You know how Adam's change to He-Man is basically a tan and a change of clothes...? You know who else does that? Almost everyone else, come beach season.

(I know this is because Filmation just didn't have the budget, but still...)

On a more serious note... if someone else (lets say Man-At-Arms) had the Power Sword, could he turn into He-Man? If so, would he look the same? Could He-Man turn another animal, like Adora's talking horse, into a powered sidekick?