I remember as a little boy getting Castle Greyskull playset for Christmas. My father being a imagigrant from Cuba and never really having a childhood like I did. He would build the playsets for me. He would carefully put all the stickers carefully in their right place and make look perfect. He would sit in his chair in the living room look at me play. I guess I was living out his childhood as well. I miss him and I continue the tradition with my son. That was one of his favorite stickers in the playset.
I remember looking at this decal as a kid, intrigued by it. A dungeon full of monsters really did seem like a weird thing for He Man to have in his base of operations, but it was completely cool AF. Always happy to hear more about the design process for this
@Pop-Actor (Rick) I think one of the original box art designers had the same assumption, so he drew He-Man giving Skeletor the boot in exactly the way you describe. Of course this was a few years before the animated series tweaked brand concepts a bit and turned Castle Grayskull into He Man's base of operations, and the fortress that housed the source of his powers.
Its sunday babeeee!! My dad got mad at the Elevator as we put it together 20 mins later he came back with a jar Silicone lubricate and gave it a light coat and bam she worked good after that. My son and I tryed to get the power CON Origins Castle Grayskull grate, Spirit and Armour. I don't know who was more upset of us missing out on it.
I hope they consider re-releasing it for the general public, possibly with a slight a color change. It is very upsetting when they do things like that!
@@WeirdFantasticToyAdventures yes, I am aware.of that, but for international markets, it is better to have a release because importing taxes, in some cases, are prohibitove. Here in Brazil the.price can be multiplied by 3,.for example. Also,.an offical release would be kinda of justice for not releasing it in the 80es.
There were several thumbnails and fingernails on "hands" grabbing onto that dungeon grating. Now we have many collectors' hands reaching out for that sticker.
@@spectorcreative1872 one thing I've always wondered is why they chose to add the black paint to tht face is the castle , the original prototype that was in the first toy commercial was different and looked better than what we got ...
Okay, so idea for another video would be on what were the other items that got as far as post-concept art and sculpted sample, like at 5:42, but were not released.
mark taylor really had the best grip on how he-man should be. that sticker, is the one i remember. great stuff! and i thought i knew a lot about he-man, before this channel. lol
@@spectorcreative1872 right! i always liked the mini-comics/toy version of things. with no kiddie stuff. the cartoon was great for what it had to be. 80s tv and all. but i never liked the cringer/orko/prince adam thing. the sorceress was cool tho.
Could've maybe had the moat/dwell of souls actually printed onto the box. Interesting and informative history on the original concepts and work put into it, though it is a little sad that so much effort was discarded. As usual, great video!
@@spectorcreative1872 👍 I recommend your channel every chance i get! You really explore so much of the line and background and reply to so many comments, I really appreciate the dedication and passion you have for the I.P. and the fans. I've tried looking through some of your past videos to see if you might have already covered this topic, but was curious if there are really very many differences in the classics line between first releases, and the later reissues with packaging marked "the original"? I know that there are a few differences with some figures such as He-man's backward shoulders being corrected, or slight color variation, or improved joints on some figures, but was curious if overall there is really that much different throughout all of the various reissues that were marked "the original"?
My guess is yes for small scale production, and no for large scale production. In other words, 3D printing is excellent for small shops and operations that make customs to sell, but still cost prohibitive to mass production. My guess is injection molding parts is much cheaper at large scale volumes (but much more expensive for small volumes.)
Very interesting history video on Castle Grayskull. I like it :) How about history on Snake Mountain, and not just the play set. As wel as the fright zone from She-Ra? :) Please :)
This is one of those bits of lore that flew right by me as a kid. The price point of MOTU was such that I only ever got figures rather than vehicles and playsets. The only Castle Grayskulls I had seem “live and in person” belonged to friends of friends and were well-played with thus missing a lot of the “bells and whistles”, so I didn’t realize that the stickers were so storied until I started watching these videos.
Can we get a video really explaining the lore of Castle grayskull man and sort of where he came from and what he does. I have theorized that he is part of an elite team that protects the castle. Including: Castle grayskull man, the spirit of grayskull, the suit of armor/robot, and the sorceress.
@@spectorcreative1872 YAY, I am very excited for that because Castle grayskull man has got to be my favorite character. I think it's actually what got me interested in the brand because I saw a figure review of him and just fell in love with the design
Well done. And there is Prince Howl-arh, biting at the bars ( wink & laughs lol ). And, while I'd heard of a moat in one of the Netflix featured documentaries on He-Man&She-ra, I did not know any of the further details of this Stygian moat: that was indeed interesting.
A lot of us have noticed that the frog creature has been popping up in the packaging artwork for the Origins line, and that he looks to be easy parts reuse of Tung Lasher and Modulok. I'm hopping we see him in figure form soon.
You could pull the elevator up with the string quite easily. Getting it (or the trap door, or the jawbridge, or anything else) to fit was another matter.
I am surprised some third party hasn't tried to make the play mat for the collector market. Obviously it couldn't be the original artwork as I am guessing Mattel owns that, but something close to fit Classics Grayskull or even Origins at this point.
Great Video 👍. I've been rewatching the 2002 series. Can you make a video sometime talking about the Great Unrest, and who the race of Purple guys with horns were?
I got this playset for Christmas when I was a kid. I don't think I've seen close ups of it like this in about 4 decades. Cool stuff. It's sad what the rights holders are currently doing to the franchise.
I stared at that sticker for hours, wondering who those prisoners were, what crimes they committed, whether they were penitent and whether they might earn a reprieve if they truly were... i was a sad kid
As always thank you for the video. On another note, how are you doing Scott? Is the family good? Are you taking time for you? I hope so and I hope you're having a wonderful weekend!
Awesome video, plain awesome. My neighbor would pretend the trapdoor led to a separate place, not the entryway. And that Skeletor was captured, but could speak to the creatures under the grate. In his mind, all the bad guys were drawn to Skeletor because a powerful evil lived under the castle. The Sorceress captured this evil centuries ago. This evil spawned the non-human creatures on Eternia. Until one day they would be reunited to overtake the castle and set them free. We would play, he was always He-Man, but in his mind, all of Eternias bad guys were all once human, then the cartoon became popular. He didn't care. His monsters were scarier. And not idiots. Lol. But his entire play pattern evolved from the unknowns under the grate. And the mini comics.
I used to take a small glass of water with some dry ice and put it in castle Grayskull. When you opened the drawbridge fog would come pouring out. Should we call it a jawbridge?
Yup, "Lovecraftian" is indeed a word. It means "pertaining to an amazing and richly expansive cosmic horror idea, but written so ponderously and mechanically that you'd think a robot programmed by Jane Austen wrote it." 😉 And I would've happily paid a full figure's cost to get a 3D MOTUC dungeon grate as an add-on! Which, come to think of it, I now have done, along with a fully-articulated "Suit of Armour". Thanks, BBTS!
@@spectorcreative1872 Well, I once bought a Lovecrfaft compendium, because I'd heard people (including some of my friends) rave about him, looking forward to the backstories behind these amazing and inventive horror characters . . . . . . . And the guy's writing puts me to sleep. His characters talk to each other like Victorians wrote letters to each other. And his stories are so formulaic, they read like Scooby-Doo episodes. They're almost always about an ostensibly bright, educated individual who's travelling through a rural or abandoned area, and he's heard warnings from the locals "Don't go near there!" But he does. And then horrible things happen. Funnily enough, the best Lovecraftian horror I've read comes from the Stephen King short story "Jerusalem's Lot," a short story featuring Jeeves & Wooster in "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier," called "What Ho, Gods of the Abyss!" and Roger Zelazny's novel, "A Night in the Lonesome October." As for Jane Austen's robot -- a gentleman android dubbed "Mister Sparkswilliam D'Arcy" -- it only existed as a functioning automaton for a few hours, before she tried training it to keep women company at tea. It was able to converse, albeit in a stilted manner, but the probelm came when it came to simulating other English mannerisms. She hadn't properly waterproofed the innards, and a cup of hot Darjeeling caused the mechanical innards to seize up and shatter, destroying the robot beyond repair.
So for a 6 or 7 inch scale grayskull its really only this and maybe the 200x one if you fudge it right? Which one is superior? Any insider knowledge on if a masterverse one is in the works?
i vaguely remember as a kid, my castle had a ledge on the side, use to infuriate me cause my figures with the squatted bodies wouldn't stand on it too well..... but being a kid, i used alot of my playsets with alot of my toys, hell i even used G.I.Joes in castle grayskull because they fit on alot of the stuff much better.... even used some of the willow toys i had too sometimes. but the ledge i remember being on my copy. so maybe there was a few escaped runs, or some bootleg copies got out, who knows
What are your thoughts for the Castle Grayskull (base extention) that was sold by Icon Heroes long for their polystone statue? I thought it was an incredible add-on!! Would have been cooler if it was made for the Classics or Origins castle!
Not surprised Mark still tried to implement the portal into the final version, given you regularly say designers don't enjoy having good ideas go to waste.
@@spectorcreative1872 Ya know what, I WILL!!! Psst.... can someone get me a phone number for montgomery wards toy dept?? i can't seem to find it. i'm pretty sure i've lost my receipt.
30+yrs and never knew their was a moat never released for castle grayskull! It looks awesome and would have been great to have! Why wasnt that made for the Classics one??
Was there ever a comic story on that gate? Also Legendary swords in fiction are super sword, now legendary axes, those are rare. Imagine if He-Man had a "Power Axe" as his main weapon?
I suggest the power sword is the most *recognizable* fantasy sword of all time, since more famous fantasy swords, such as Excalibur, have no definitive design. (And we can’t really count lightsabers as a single sword.)
That's truly an interesting story I'm almost interested in designing my own math and putting it up on my website of course it wouldn't have anything that said He-Man on it or master of the universe but I think I can make a pretty badass parallel dimension Jack Kirby inspired
It doesn't seem like an expensive idea to print a small mat, or even a blanket or sheet, with the "Dwell of Souls" image on it. How does that keep not costing out? Is a flat sheet of vinyl or cotton, right?
I personally thought Mattel missed an Opportunity. Mattel should have offered add ons. Remco's Doom Fortress and Eoco's Monste Castle (just reall a wall) made decent compain pieces. They never matched up well and were not official. Doom Fortress may have been all card board stoarage was not a problem. Toy companies missed out on offering cheap companion playsets. Card board add on dongeons, towers and laborenths would have substantially increased play patterns.
Imagine and Draw a sketch of a Castle or a Lair for Spector (your character), if done, I would love to watch it on a video talking about your ideas, no pressure, a comment is fine really.
Though the He-Man Power Sword has changed with each series. And so I guess it would depend on defining how that works? I think the most recognizable fantasy sword is the Lightsaber. As with all the Star Wars movies, we've seen it many times. Whereas, the He-Man sword is really only known from the 80's cartoon since all the He-Man stuff since has failed.
I was always annoyed that the Barbie Dreamhouse was bigger and came with more stuff than Castle Grayskull. I mean I know the dolls were taller, but still. Grayskull had better stickers.
Camelot...? It's usually presented as a castle, and it's for sure more well-known than Castle Grayskull. Most well-known castle playset might be the answer here! Edit: This is what I get for writing before he finishes his thought-process.
Am I the only one who hates the phrase “play pattern?” Probably. But I just get an image of someone from Mattel (or any company) coming up to kids versions of my brothers and me and explaining that we’re playing with our toys wrong.
Yeah love this rebecca did these stickers etc would love the Matt she did great work on labels be good of you could buy a Matt for your castle I got my original castle lift needs work the origins version is everything Taylor didn't want symmetrical supposed to be organic warped grown what put me off Th i seen good customs
You probably know this already, but Dallas Vintage Toys has a life size partial replica of the Jawbridge doorway and a human scale dungeon grate sticker on the floor.
☝️⏱🏁🥇🏆🧨🎇✨🎆🎉 There was no contest. You won nothing, but I gave to these emoji stickers anyway. It still counted as viewer engagement to the UA-cam algorithm.
I remember as a little boy getting Castle Greyskull playset for Christmas. My father being a imagigrant from Cuba and never really having a childhood like I did. He would build the playsets for me. He would carefully put all the stickers carefully in their right place and make look perfect. He would sit in his chair in the living room look at me play. I guess I was living out his childhood as well. I miss him and I continue the tradition with my son. That was one of his favorite stickers in the playset.
Toy memories are the best
As a kid I just imagined that sticker represented the place that the masters shoved all of Skeletor's monsters that they captured.
It so inspired the imagination!
I remember looking at this decal as a kid, intrigued by it. A dungeon full of monsters really did seem like a weird thing for He Man to have in his base of operations, but it was completely cool AF. Always happy to hear more about the design process for this
@Pop-Actor (Rick) I think one of the original box art designers had the same assumption, so he drew He-Man giving Skeletor the boot in exactly the way you describe. Of course this was a few years before the animated series tweaked brand concepts a bit and turned Castle Grayskull into He Man's base of operations, and the fortress that housed the source of his powers.
Yup, so many of us did
Its sunday babeeee!! My dad got mad at the Elevator as we put it together 20 mins later he came back with a jar Silicone lubricate and gave it a light coat and bam she worked good after that. My son and I tryed to get the power CON Origins Castle Grayskull grate, Spirit and Armour. I don't know who was more upset of us missing out on it.
I hope they consider re-releasing it for the general public, possibly with a slight a color change. It is very upsetting when they do things like that!
Og man!
I love my MOTUC Castle Grayskull. Incredible accomplishment in toy making.
That it was!
I hope Mattel someday releases this mat officially in Origins Line. It is just an amazing piece of art that adds quiter a lot to the castle.
It was released by the Power and Honor Foundation. Its where I got mine from.
@@WeirdFantasticToyAdventures yes, I am aware.of that, but for international markets, it is better to have a release because importing taxes, in some cases, are prohibitove.
Here in Brazil the.price can be multiplied by 3,.for example.
Also,.an offical release would be kinda of justice for not releasing it in the 80es.
That would be awesome!
I agree, but it also takes up quite a bit of table space and so might not sell as well as hoped.
@@brushstroke3733 That's what floors are for.
I have wondered about this my whole life!
Also, lovecraftian is a word
Yes! Another word I didn't make up
Oh man that rug is incredible!!
I know right!
There were several thumbnails and fingernails on "hands" grabbing onto that dungeon grating. Now we have many collectors' hands reaching out for that sticker.
Well put
There was an interdimensianal portal under the grate? That's so awesome! Wish I knew that as a kid lol
And there you go
I really appreciate your work. It is fun to know now how Castle Greyskull started and how it became the world’s famous playcastle
One of my favorite subjects!
@@spectorcreative1872 one thing I've always wondered is why they chose to add the black paint to tht face is the castle , the original prototype that was in the first toy commercial was different and looked better than what we got ...
Okay, so idea for another video would be on what were the other items that got as far as post-concept art and sculpted sample, like at 5:42, but were not released.
I know , sad
Great video as always!
So glad you liked!
Always insightful!
Glad you enjoyed! Pass it on if you can.
WHOA! MINDBLOWN! I was not aware of the moat!
Quite a moat!
Agreed, the greatest playset ever created. I love Castle, Grayscull.
Worth loving
mark taylor really had the best grip on how he-man should be. that sticker, is the one i remember. great stuff! and i thought i knew a lot about he-man, before this channel. lol
Imagine if it was only him doing the pre work!
@@spectorcreative1872 right! i always liked the mini-comics/toy version of things. with no kiddie stuff. the cartoon was great for what it had to be. 80s tv and all. but i never liked the cringer/orko/prince adam thing. the sorceress was cool tho.
A interesting and informative video, thanks for that. For once, I won't be calling BS on it! *Thumbs up*
Well glad to hear it!! Always welcome to hear your comments and hope to fix any errors you can point out!
"Toy Guru out" love it!! Thanks
Yo yo yo
Could've maybe had the moat/dwell of souls actually printed onto the box. Interesting and informative history on the original concepts and work put into it, though it is a little sad that so much effort was discarded. As usual, great video!
Glad you enjoyed the video! Pass it on if you can!
@@spectorcreative1872 👍 I recommend your channel every chance i get! You really explore so much of the line and background and reply to so many comments, I really appreciate the dedication and passion you have for the I.P. and the fans. I've tried looking through some of your past videos to see if you might have already covered this topic, but was curious if there are really very many differences in the classics line between first releases, and the later reissues with packaging marked "the original"? I know that there are a few differences with some figures such as He-man's backward shoulders being corrected, or slight color variation, or improved joints on some figures, but was curious if overall there is really that much different throughout all of the various reissues that were marked "the original"?
Has 3D printing made these kinds of things more approachable from a cost perspective?
Video on that coming soon
My guess is yes for small scale production, and no for large scale production. In other words, 3D printing is excellent for small shops and operations that make customs to sell, but still cost prohibitive to mass production. My guess is injection molding parts is much cheaper at large scale volumes (but much more expensive for small volumes.)
@@brushstroke3733 And much faster
"Avoid the moat" 12:46. Alas the moat was void, thus a sticker we receiveth in its stead.
Yup
That statue on the title card image is the best. I love that and all the additional pieces they made. Same to for the Snake Mountain.
Nice/
I think excalibur is rhe most famous sword, in second place lightsabers 3rd the power sword and 4th sword of omens
Yes, but what does it look like?
@@spectorcreative1872 a Claymore, everyone knows that (j/k)
It'd be interesting if newer franchises chose to explore more of Castle Grayskull's origins & lore.
It would be
Very interesting history video on Castle Grayskull. I like it :) How about history on Snake Mountain, and not just the play set. As wel as the fright zone from She-Ra? :) Please :)
Oh that is coming
@@spectorcreative1872 Great, Can't wait to see it :)
This is one of those bits of lore that flew right by me as a kid. The price point of MOTU was such that I only ever got figures rather than vehicles and playsets. The only Castle Grayskulls I had seem “live and in person” belonged to friends of friends and were well-played with thus missing a lot of the “bells and whistles”, so I didn’t realize that the stickers were so storied until I started watching these videos.
Amazing how many stories behind stickers
I want that moat mat in Classics scale so bad now!!!
Don't we all!
Can we get a video really explaining the lore of Castle grayskull man and sort of where he came from and what he does. I have theorized that he is part of an elite team that protects the castle. Including: Castle grayskull man, the spirit of grayskull, the suit of armor/robot, and the sorceress.
Can someone help me name the team, maybe defenders of grayskull, masters of grayskull, grayskull warriors
Yup. That is coming soon actually
@@spectorcreative1872 YAY, I am very excited for that because Castle grayskull man has got to be my favorite character. I think it's actually what got me interested in the brand because I saw a figure review of him and just fell in love with the design
Don't forget Orko in your elite team of Castle Greyskull protectors!
@@brushstroke3733 he kind of fits but I was mostly going for just characters that stay in castle grayskull most of the time
Well done. And there is Prince Howl-arh, biting at the bars ( wink & laughs lol ). And, while I'd heard of a moat in one of the Netflix featured documentaries on He-Man&She-ra, I did not know any of the further details of this Stygian moat: that was indeed interesting.
Glad you enjoyed!
@@spectorcreative1872 You're a MOTUPOP lore treasure, Scott lol. God Bless!!
A lot of us have noticed that the frog creature has been popping up in the packaging artwork for the Origins line, and that he looks to be easy parts reuse of Tung Lasher and Modulok. I'm hopping we see him in figure form soon.
All Axel!
@@spectorcreative1872 So his name is Axel?
You could pull the elevator up with the string quite easily. Getting it (or the trap door, or the jawbridge, or anything else) to fit was another matter.
Indeed!
It sucks that really so few Power Con pieces were made. I still might get my MOTUO castle at some point
Yeah, but I will bet they will be back
That really interesting. The what if's
What could have been
I can't tell you how many times I've wished I had a Ladder of Awesomeness. They're very handy
Everyone needs one
I use mine to clean the Gutters of Torment every autumn.
I am surprised some third party hasn't tried to make the play mat for the collector market. Obviously it couldn't be the original artwork as I am guessing Mattel owns that, but something close to fit Classics Grayskull or even Origins at this point.
Yeah it seems such an easy thing
Great Video 👍. I've been rewatching the 2002 series. Can you make a video sometime talking about the Great Unrest, and who the race of Purple guys with horns were?
Will do!
How can a sticker hold so much history? 😁
It's the adhesive.
Well it has two sides
I got this playset for Christmas when I was a kid. I don't think I've seen close ups of it like this in about 4 decades. Cool stuff. It's sad what the rights holders are currently doing to the franchise.
Toy memories are the best
The Spawn issue with Bone (that one never printed again) has a drawing very similar.
Wait.. Bone is in Spawn????
When we were getting the eternian maps I thought eventually we would get the playmat... maybe the origins guys will get to it
I hope so!
I stared at that sticker for hours, wondering who those prisoners were, what crimes they committed, whether they were penitent and whether they might earn a reprieve if they truly were... i was a sad kid
So many of us did
As always thank you for the video. On another note, how are you doing Scott? Is the family good? Are you taking time for you? I hope so and I hope you're having a wonderful weekend!
You too!
New Castle Grayskul in 21 he did this top
Sorry, not sure I understand what you are asking
Awesome video, plain awesome. My neighbor would pretend the trapdoor led to a separate place, not the entryway. And that Skeletor was captured, but could speak to the creatures under the grate. In his mind, all the bad guys were drawn to Skeletor because a powerful evil lived under the castle. The Sorceress captured this evil centuries ago. This evil spawned the non-human creatures on Eternia. Until one day they would be reunited to overtake the castle and set them free.
We would play, he was always He-Man, but in his mind, all of Eternias bad guys were all once human, then the cartoon became popular. He didn't care. His monsters were scarier. And not idiots. Lol.
But his entire play pattern evolved from the unknowns under the grate. And the mini comics.
A great way to play!
I used to take a small glass of water with some dry ice and put it in castle Grayskull. When you opened the drawbridge fog would come pouring out. Should we call it a jawbridge?
Oh that is so cool!
Had the moat been included, I'm sure that a lot of kids would have had their figure dive into it and gain fabulous eldritch powers.
Or disappear to never be seen again...
My mom has a pic of me with my face down in the castle. She said I was into that sticker lol. It’s the small things that can really spark imagination
It really is!
Yup, "Lovecraftian" is indeed a word. It means "pertaining to an amazing and richly expansive cosmic horror idea, but written so ponderously and mechanically that you'd think a robot programmed by Jane Austen wrote it." 😉
And I would've happily paid a full figure's cost to get a 3D MOTUC dungeon grate as an add-on! Which, come to think of it, I now have done, along with a fully-articulated "Suit of Armour". Thanks, BBTS!
Tell me more about Jane Austen’s Robot…
@@spectorcreative1872 Well, I once bought a Lovecrfaft compendium, because I'd heard people (including some of my friends) rave about him, looking forward to the backstories behind these amazing and inventive horror characters . . . .
. . . And the guy's writing puts me to sleep. His characters talk to each other like Victorians wrote letters to each other.
And his stories are so formulaic, they read like Scooby-Doo episodes. They're almost always about an ostensibly bright, educated individual who's travelling through a rural or abandoned area, and he's heard warnings from the locals "Don't go near there!" But he does. And then horrible things happen.
Funnily enough, the best Lovecraftian horror I've read comes from the Stephen King short story "Jerusalem's Lot," a short story featuring Jeeves & Wooster in "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier," called "What Ho, Gods of the Abyss!" and Roger Zelazny's novel, "A Night in the Lonesome October."
As for Jane Austen's robot -- a gentleman android dubbed "Mister Sparkswilliam D'Arcy" -- it only existed as a functioning automaton for a few hours, before she tried training it to keep women company at tea. It was able to converse, albeit in a stilted manner, but the probelm came when it came to simulating other English mannerisms. She hadn't properly waterproofed the innards, and a cup of hot Darjeeling caused the mechanical innards to seize up and shatter, destroying the robot beyond repair.
So for a 6 or 7 inch scale grayskull its really only this and maybe the 200x one if you fudge it right? Which one is superior? Any insider knowledge on if a masterverse one is in the works?
Oh by far the Classics Grayskull is the best. And not just because I worked on it, it really is a masterpiece of a toy
i vaguely remember as a kid, my castle had a ledge on the side, use to infuriate me cause my figures with the squatted bodies wouldn't stand on it too well.....
but being a kid, i used alot of my playsets with alot of my toys, hell i even used G.I.Joes in castle grayskull because they fit on alot of the stuff much better.... even used some of the willow toys i had too sometimes. but the ledge i remember being on my copy. so maybe there was a few escaped runs, or some bootleg copies got out, who knows
Yeah it worked for so many toy lines
What are your thoughts for the Castle Grayskull (base extention) that was sold by Icon Heroes long for their polystone statue? I thought it was an incredible add-on!! Would have been cooler if it was made for the Classics or Origins castle!
I have it right here in my office!
Not surprised Mark still tried to implement the portal into the final version, given you regularly say designers don't enjoy having good ideas go to waste.
Exactly!
*3:06* Best modern MOTU art ever for me.
Awesomness
The armor sticker and one of the big red bird stickers were missing from my set.
Ask for a refund!!
@@spectorcreative1872 Ya know what, I WILL!!! *whisper* anybody have the phone number for montgomery wards, can't seem to find it. Odd?
@@spectorcreative1872 Ya know what, I WILL!!! Psst.... can someone get me a phone number for montgomery wards toy dept?? i can't seem to find it. i'm pretty sure i've lost my receipt.
30+yrs and never knew their was a moat never released for castle grayskull! It looks awesome and would have been great to have! Why wasnt that made for the Classics one??
We had plans to, but the new team dropped this
The dwell of souls revealed.
And there you go
Was there ever a comic story on that gate?
Also Legendary swords in fiction are super sword, now legendary axes, those are rare. Imagine if He-Man had a "Power Axe" as his main weapon?
Not that I know of
I suggest the power sword is the most *recognizable* fantasy sword of all time, since more famous fantasy swords, such as Excalibur, have no definitive design. (And we can’t really count lightsabers as a single sword.)
Exactly!
That's truly an interesting story I'm almost interested in designing my own math and putting it up on my website of course it wouldn't have anything that said He-Man on it or master of the universe but I think I can make a pretty badass parallel dimension Jack Kirby inspired
That would be cool
@@spectorcreative1872 email me if I do make them I'll send you a few to enjoy
I share every episode I watch!
And that is why you are awesome!
You didn’t get that rug? 😱🤯
I went with the Wampa
Could you do a vid about the star seed please?
Already done! Search the channel. ;-)
It doesn't seem like an expensive idea to print a small mat, or even a blanket or sheet, with the "Dwell of Souls" image on it. How does that keep not costing out? Is a flat sheet of vinyl or cotton, right?
Oh very cheap to do
Why was Mark Taylor's intended play pattern abandoned? It sounded like an awesome idea, and it would have made MOTU make a lot more sense.
See here: ua-cam.com/video/_OOBX_BOv3w/v-deo.html
I personally thought Mattel missed an Opportunity. Mattel should have offered add ons. Remco's Doom Fortress and Eoco's Monste Castle (just reall a wall) made decent compain pieces. They never matched up well and were not official.
Doom Fortress may have been all card board stoarage was not a problem. Toy companies missed out on offering cheap companion playsets. Card board add on dongeons, towers and laborenths would have substantially increased play patterns.
If only!!
That sticker never really looked right in the “good guys” base to me. So, that’s why I haven’t put it on the Origins castle.
Well there you go
Imagine and Draw a sketch of a Castle or a Lair for Spector (your character), if done, I would love to watch it on a video talking about your ideas, no pressure, a comment is fine really.
Spector does need a Lair
Though the He-Man Power Sword has changed with each series. And so I guess it would depend on defining how that works? I think the most recognizable fantasy sword is the Lightsaber. As with all the Star Wars movies, we've seen it many times. Whereas, the He-Man sword is really only known from the 80's cartoon since all the He-Man stuff since has failed.
Very much so
Plz make a video about moss man,he is only of his species???
Oh its coming!
Excalibur. Camelot. BOOM! Edit - well, you said most well known fantasy castle, then added playset qualifier a bit later.
Yeah but what do they look like?
@@spectorcreative1872 I don’t know, never been there. ‘‘Tis a rather silly place
The 1974 Fisher Price Little People castle might beat it out as most recognized toy castle.
One of my favorites but not sure if it is well known
So the moat was never shipped that’s wired I seem to remember a fold out or maybe it’s a Mandela effect or a castle set from moat dimension
What moat???
Yup. Like Biggs being in the SW theatrical cut
@7:55 i want that one!
We all do!
0:43 What about the old Lego castles?
Cool but not iconic
What was the girlfriend's name that inspired the Castle Grayskull name? Thanks again for a great video!
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I was always annoyed that the Barbie Dreamhouse was bigger and came with more stuff than Castle Grayskull. I mean I know the dolls were taller, but still. Grayskull had better stickers.
Yeah I once put the Classics Castle in a Barbie Dreamhouse display as a joke at Mattel.
I could be wrong but wasn’t it Mark Taylor’s wife, Rebecca, who designed the sticker sheet, including the dungeon?
I believe she had a hand in it
Castle Greyskull is the greatest castle of all time, anywhere....no qualifiers:)
Idc what anyone says.
There you go
Camelot...?
It's usually presented as a castle, and it's for sure more well-known than Castle Grayskull. Most well-known castle playset might be the answer here!
Edit: This is what I get for writing before he finishes his thought-process.
Yes but what does it look like?
You preempted my comment of "Neuschwanstein Castle"
Sorry about that!
Yeah, Grayskull is the most famous toy playset castle of all time. But as far as fantasy castles go...
Well I'm sure there are some...
"....named Castle Gayskull after his now- ex-girlfriend." Wait, what the?
Cool episode. I'd love to have the moat mat released eventually.
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It was Mark's now wife Rebecca who designed the dungeon sticker, as well as the spacesuit cardboard man who stands near the throne
Y'all watch Heels ?
Alexander Ludwig looking perfect to play our boy He-Man 🤟
Who's with me on this one ??
Let's get the word out
Done!
“It’s the most famous fantasy castle! …that’s based on a play set.”
What about Camelot? After all, it _is_ only a model. 😉
And what does Camelot look like....
Am I the only one who hates the phrase “play pattern?” Probably. But I just get an image of someone from Mattel (or any company) coming up to kids versions of my brothers and me and explaining that we’re playing with our toys wrong.
Well it is a very corporate word
I’ll take Castle Grayskull over ANY Disney castle!
Who wouldn't? ;-P
Snake Mountain?
A video on that is also on this channel!
Peaches castle
Is that recognizable by the public at large?
Yeah love this rebecca did these stickers etc would love the Matt she did great work on labels be good of you could buy a Matt for your castle
I got my original castle lift needs work
the origins version is everything Taylor didn't want symmetrical supposed to be organic warped grown what put me off Th i seen good customs
If only
The more you know
Very much so
Wait... Did I hear that right? Don Glut had a GF named "Greyskull?"
As a kid I used the trap door to hang figures.
Nice use!
Lets start :
#motu imagecomics omnibus
Heck yeah
You probably know this already, but Dallas Vintage Toys has a life size partial replica of the Jawbridge doorway and a human scale dungeon grate sticker on the floor.
OMG!
First
☝️⏱🏁🥇🏆🧨🎇✨🎆🎉 There was no contest. You won nothing, but I gave to these emoji stickers anyway. It still counted as viewer engagement to the UA-cam algorithm.
No prize for you!
Don Glut had a girlfriend named “Grayskull”? Poor lady.
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Cool. I'm a little disappointed her name isn't Linda Grayskull, though.
The sticker seemed normal to me, the Flight suit stuck out as one of these things does not belong
Yet it is there...