“Grimace had to grow up to become Thanos.” This line is so perfect, that alone deserves a like on this and the next 5 videos.
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
Well many thanks! Any help sharing this video and others helps the channel a ton!
@rodrickadamginsburg8960
3 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest TV Dads of “ALL TIME!”
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
Him and the dad from Alf
@PrivateEye10
3 жыл бұрын
@@spectorcreative1872 What about Uncle Phil?
@Phathom0
3 жыл бұрын
I think Duncan and Optimus Prime take turns being dad.
@naturalice79
3 жыл бұрын
His true power is in the mustache. He hides weapons and Mountain Dew in it.
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
How did you know!!!!
@drjones8176
3 жыл бұрын
He's don frye
@jamesjustice4515
3 жыл бұрын
Hey young Spector. This is sledgemaster. That was a wonderful history of man-at-arms. You and he-bro are the best.
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
Always to you Sledge!
@cheeseburger12
3 жыл бұрын
Man-at-arms is my favorite of the Masters and I got to say, that's a twist I really didn't care for. He doesn't even get a badass heroic death. They do him dirty!
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
Well I think for 200x it was done to push the brand forward and as a way to do more toys for the Snake Men
@cheeseburger12
3 жыл бұрын
@@spectorcreative1872 I understand that, especially making him a snake-man as a way for vehicles. But I would have much preferred a heroic death. I guess I wouldn't have enjoyed season 3 very much had it happened. Ha.
@maverick7291
3 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: man-at-arms was co-founder (along with fisto) of the popular franchise; Dunkin' Donuts.
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
I knew it!
@angeliquaserenity5009
3 жыл бұрын
LOL!
@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812
3 жыл бұрын
WTF?! 😂😂😂
@ZeroAnalogy
3 жыл бұрын
Riding on your "vehicle" pun, I would say that rather than falling asleep to your stories, the early morning releases drive me to awaken.
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
Nice!
@ExiledOblivion1138
2 жыл бұрын
It still baffles me how your videos get dislikes when you're providing information directly from the source material. Keep up the awesome videos! As a original Masters of the Universe fan, I love every moment of them
@spectorcreative1872
2 жыл бұрын
Haters gunna hate
@ExiledOblivion1138
2 жыл бұрын
@@spectorcreative1872 🤣 so true
@darkwoods1954
3 жыл бұрын
I never liked MMA becoming a Snake Man and being killed in the bios. Just wasn't satisfying to me. I'm glad it never happened in any of the media. I also didn't like how OTT all the missile launchers and things were that would pop out of his armor in 200X. Not keen that they've brought that over into the Netflix cartoon.
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
And not everyone liked it, but it is where 200X was going
@drjones8176
3 жыл бұрын
He's don frye
@tawdryhepburn4686
3 жыл бұрын
That’s some legit good storytelling there. And Man At Arms becoming a sorta Robocop type character actually makes perfect sense. Almost to the point that it feels like the character was always designed to go through that arc.
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
Very much so
@coletheslaw
3 жыл бұрын
I designed that "We Fear Change Button". Fun to see it in this video!
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
Nice!!!!
@adamofgrayskull7735
3 жыл бұрын
I started reading all my modern comics again in prep of the new show ,hope I have time
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
I'll make the time for you!
@se7enist
3 жыл бұрын
I've been rereading them all too. I'm probably on my fifth reread of the Eternity War. Never gets old.
@geechie-don7157
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the backstory. He was also a huge father figure for Orko in Filmation. It’s overtly present now, but as a kid I thought he was an irritant to Duncan.
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
They secretly were very close
@rayvinson1414
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the background, would love to see other characters explored. Maybe Ram Man or Mech a Neck. Thanks again.
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
More to come for sure!
@artkingofwholefoods74
2 жыл бұрын
This was awesome. I REALLY want to start collecting the modern figures.
@AzathothXy
3 жыл бұрын
If only Hamburglar had gotten the gauntlet.
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
That would have made things quite interesting
@scockery
3 жыл бұрын
People would be literally eating each other...he'd turn half the universe into cheese burgers.
@tonytee5435
2 жыл бұрын
Your knowledge on all motu is freaking cool!!!
@chrisseng5917
3 жыл бұрын
By far my favorite video from u sir! ..how cool would've been to see robot at arms!!
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
I so wish we had gotten to him in the figure line!
@MaryBrownIsTheBlairWitch
3 жыл бұрын
Duncan's cool; like Batman he takes on his foes with his technical know-how and his wits. Superpowers are awesome, but ultimately unrelatable.
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
We were going to pair him with Batman in the DC vs MOTU packs!
@wilhelmrifflord
2 жыл бұрын
Found myself with only He Man and Battle Cat to fend off at least like a half dozen of Evil Warriors. Duncan was the first of He-Man’s friends to enter my Eternia. May be one of the coolest figures ever. He’s a tech-paladin really.
@cvapolo
3 жыл бұрын
FEAR OF CHANGE I think there is a misconception here, most fans aren't that afraid of development for their favorite characters. They are afraid of been told unsatisfying stories for those characters. In this case having Man-at-arms turn into a snake man and dying at the end it's not the problem. Having him die in combat with Clamp Champ in a non transcend way it's. I have reimagined the scene in my toy shelf a little differently: --- King Hiss made Dunkan create the ultimate eradication weapon and it's ready to unleashed on the Ultimate Battle Ground against the Masters, at the same time Teela and a small elite group of guards advance on their position to try to stop them and to deliver an untested cure for Man-at-arms curse. Unfortunately she and the guards are defeated and the snake-men take the survivers to King Hiss so he can test a new repaired Serpent Ring on them. It's here when Duncan has a Vader moment, seen her daughter about to share his destiny something snaps on him and he quickly modifies something in the doom machine and turns it on King Hiss. I'm imagining him shoving a hose conector with several spikes like hypodermic needles into Hiss back so he can be injected with some mortal toxin (an ironic snake bite). When King Hiss feels the attack, he turns into his hidra form and several of his heads bite Dunkan. Still Man-at-arms continues resolved on his task. And as the last of the toxins go into Hiss, he has turned completely into a gigantic hydra snake. But it's too late, the monster is dying and crushing anyone unlucky enough to get in the way of his dead spasms. Several snake-men die this way. Fortunately, Teela manages to get away with his wounded father and administers the cure in hopes it also helps him fight the hydra venom. Unfortunately, it's not enough and Dunkan dies in her arms. But not before having a chance to say some feel last words and goodbyes. Duncan passes with the satisfaction of knowing he saved his daughter and that in his last moments he was a father and man. --- Any way... I have my personal tastes (who knows if anyone else likes my idea), hindsight, lots of time, and no pressure from a company to deliver a product. So I not complaining for what we got, I'm actually glad we got it and also glad that it helped keep MOTU alive so we can still get Masters of the Universe to this day.
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
And the stories we make up while playing are just as cool
@mitchfletcher2386
3 жыл бұрын
That sounds amazing.
@OSJ81
3 жыл бұрын
You said Grimace grew up to be Thanos and I fucking screamed! 😆🤣🍻
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
Nice
@maverick7291
3 жыл бұрын
Best man-at-arms/teela episode was the DNA reveal on Maury.
@dirtybuttsteve2827
3 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
And the chair throw
@robd1329
3 жыл бұрын
Lol
@TitularHeroine
3 жыл бұрын
Oh sh!t.... 😂😂😂
@mangamegs
3 жыл бұрын
Dang. fisto got to know the sorceress very "closely", but he doesn't remember. Talk about a tragedy.
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
Truly
@dirtybuttsteve2827
3 жыл бұрын
Man at Arms is a badass! Love the character!
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
He is 100%
@dirtybuttsteve2827
3 жыл бұрын
@@spectorcreative1872 I wish I could share pics on here. I made a few custom made MOTU figure for display. One of them was Man at Arms and he turned out pretty dope. He Man and Skeletor came out nice, too.
@oldschooltommyim
3 жыл бұрын
I always liked the asymmetry of him having armor on only one side of his body. It’s actually practical to have less armor on your dominant side to more easily wield a weapon and maneuver. I guess Filmation changed that so they could flip the animation cells.
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah it is a really striking part of his design
@lordjubilus
3 жыл бұрын
fun fact in portuguese his name is in fact mentor
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
Really? I didn't know that!
@SkullCowboy333
3 жыл бұрын
Not big on my list but you make old Duncan interesting and I like hi fate as a snake man.
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
It does have consequences!
@maverick7291
3 жыл бұрын
Man-at-arms is the father Prince Adam wished he had.
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
Randor wasn't a bad father in any way!
@maverick7291
3 жыл бұрын
@@spectorcreative1872 after watching the first five episodes of revelations. I think my statement unfortunately stands. In this case I wished I wasn't right. 😢
@jamesjustice4515
3 жыл бұрын
Have a good day big guy.
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
You too
@adrionjones
3 жыл бұрын
Another great episode.
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
Glad you continue to enjoy!
@tompollockjr144
3 жыл бұрын
Wow, this is super informative. Thanks for this!
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
So glad to hear! Please feel free to share with others online, it helps the channel a ton!
@rodrickadamginsburg8960
3 жыл бұрын
His time as a Snakeman 😅and ultimate fate was one of the darkest, if not darkest, times in MOTU lore! 😭😭😭😭😭
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
And to me that makes the brand cooler
@robd1329
3 жыл бұрын
They did him wrong!
@majingunplero8472
3 жыл бұрын
Aspirational , a word that you have engrained in my brain. If a character achieve that status in the Fandom changing his primary characteristics will cause havock in the fandom. I still want a really good story with completed arc's, but I believe I belong to a minority of the fan base
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
Good story arcs are tight
@Magicofamazer
3 жыл бұрын
Interesting. The story I was working on is obviously different. In mine. Duncan is cloned before the snake transformation and sent to the past it is later revealed that he is sir lazer lot. Remember on that classic bio? Real name unknown
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
That is interesting! Not where Laser Lot was going, we do see him without his helmet in the comics and he is black
@F13fan
3 жыл бұрын
I for one liked Fisto getting a better backstory and was looking forward to seeing more of him in the 200x toon. I thought it was interesting to find he was Teela’s biological father. And as for the end that was planned for man-at-arms I was ok with it. Surprised tho
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
I think Surprise is part of the fun that was intended
@yellowgut
3 жыл бұрын
Cool new series.
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Stick around more to come
@jive238
3 жыл бұрын
I'm sure enough people voiced their dislike of Man at Arm's fate here but imma throw my beef in anyway. I would have personally preferred Duncan straight up dying like what would happen to the sorceress, rather than become an unwilling traitor for the rest of his life. And you could still have his role succeeded by clamp champ and replace him with robot at arms even. If King Hiss needs a mechanic so bad have him pay for Kobra Khan's tuition at a good trade school.
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
Well we were going with what the writers of the 200X show set up
@scockery
3 жыл бұрын
Mossman-At-Arms. Ram-Man-At Arms? Man-At-Face-Arms? Goatman-At-Arms...freed from Beastman's thrall...fights for freedom for all.
@NealHunterHyde
3 жыл бұрын
Holy cow! That hurt my brain a little for 2am, but how awesome! Also, how was i unaware of the 200X final episode comic book?
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
Not sure but it sheds some light!
@maverick7291
3 жыл бұрын
Grimace had no choice to be man he was meant to be!
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
It is a life choice
@jeremymullens7167
3 жыл бұрын
I came across a highly detailed Man-at-Arms with chipped paint and dinged armor. It looked like a guy who salvaged power armor and was using what he found. It made be think of the suit in Castle Greyskull particularly the part of chest that sticks out in front of his face. I checked the an image of the castle suit. The chest piece matched very closely. It had the upper part jutting out and the air tank and hose. The armor armor matched as well with a similar bumpy design for the shoulder. The only thing real different was the foot armor but it did match a bit. Going with in information with the original bios, In my head canon, Man-at-Arms is in an organization sorta like the brotherhood of Steel from fallout. An organization that has passed down the knowledge of ancient technology from before the Great War. He doesn’t know enough or perhaps lacks the means to create new power armor but can make use of salvaged bits he finds in long forgotten places. If he were to gain control of castle Greyskull he would be very pleased with the tech within including a complete power suit. With this in mind, I think a complete power suit on a Duncan figure is in order. It would be a nice way to tell his story. Even just extra pieces that lets you cobble it together on your figure is a more ‘toyetic’ way to tell a story for an action figure. Adding or removing armor from your figure shows you hero’s power level and attainment. Man-at-Arms as head guard does him a disservice. He’s a master of the universe. A master of technology and uses that technology to be just strong as any other master of the universe. I think it’s things like making Man-at-Arms head guard makes the franchise more He-Man and less Masters of the Universe.
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
I will say head cannon is the best cannon!
@ivarandresosorio6461
3 жыл бұрын
We need that story, and we need that toy
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
I only wish!
@knightwolfpro4494
3 жыл бұрын
I could relisten to this but I'm gonna be lazy, but did you say early on that the Injured Warrior with no memory of who he was married the Sorceress before vanishing so she doesn't know who he is, to then saying that the Sorceress gave Duncan her Child knowing he was the child's living relative?
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
An official family tree was made that showed it was Fisto
@knightwolfpro4494
3 жыл бұрын
@@spectorcreative1872 I know that, but you made it sound like the Sorceress didn't know her husbands True identity, but still somehow knew that her daughter was related to Man-At-Arms
@TitularHeroine
3 жыл бұрын
@@knightwolfpro4494 I'm guessing in the way that she foresees Adam's, Adora's, and Teela's destinies. Psychic vision or w/e
@johntipton4831
3 жыл бұрын
Question, which color is correct for Duncan's mustache; in the Filmation cartoons it's brown but in Action figure an 200X cartoon it is black? Would like to know your thoughts on which you prefer and why.
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
I like black personally
@johntipton4831
3 жыл бұрын
@@spectorcreative1872 I agree, the black 'stach seems to match the eyebrows on the helmeted MAA classics head. I wish that the unhelmeted head was black too for more consistency in the line. Any reason why that one was different?
@MrKroogur
3 жыл бұрын
So Man at Arms got the old Nick Valentine treatment? It would be a fun crossover Fallout/MOTU I'd love to see what Skeletor could do with the Enclaves tech.
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
A good ending that did bring the character foward
@davidtownsend3403
3 жыл бұрын
Is there no way to convince Mattel to return to Classics to truly finish the line?? Meaning giving us the characters we didn't get such as King Miro, Lady Slither, Ice Armor He-Man, Fire Armor Skeletor and others??
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
The tooling likely does not exist anymore
@doesitmatter9085
3 жыл бұрын
Personally I choose to disavow and ignore the final part of Duncan's story. A shit ending for such a great character.
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
Well that was the plan for 200X and we wanted to honor it
@doesitmatter9085
3 жыл бұрын
@@spectorcreative1872 Nah, I get it. Just as a Duncan fan, I hated it 🤣 You know how it goes! You don't always have to like where the story goes to respect how well crafted it is. It's nothing short of modern day mythology.
@corneilusmcgillicuddy
3 жыл бұрын
No it's not.
@doesitmatter9085
3 жыл бұрын
@@corneilusmcgillicuddy I don't think that you know how opinions work.
@se7enist
2 жыл бұрын
I really like what the DC comic line did with his story. He ends up going on a suicide mission to destroy the Horde's orbital weapon, and ends up having his corpse thrown into the slime pit where he comes back as War Wraith and sent to assassinate Adam.
@AccountantProOT
3 жыл бұрын
Great story telling. However, in my case, I wouldn't mind Duncan dying peacefully in Teela's arms. The whole concept of inserting someone's memory in a robot is kind of creepy, very reminiscing of Robocop, especially the character of Kane in Robocop 2.
@knightwolfpro4494
3 жыл бұрын
I remember someone saying that they would hate to being a warrior for Eternia because if you got seriously injured Man-at-Arms experimented on you like Rotar.
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
Everything should copy robocop
@kryptonian5539
3 жыл бұрын
Man at Arms was always my favorite. Along with Trap Jaw
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
Two good favorites
@mostafafarweez3161
3 жыл бұрын
Great video :) O, No Duncan died?!!! But it's a good thing that his personality and memory were downloaded into Robot at arms. Really great video :) Hope there is 1 for Evil-linn about her soon :) Who did King He-man marry eventually and had a son with?
@MaryBrownIsTheBlairWitch
3 жыл бұрын
Teela. Their son's called Dare.
@mostafafarweez3161
3 жыл бұрын
@@MaryBrownIsTheBlairWitch Thank you
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
Teela and their son is Dare
@mostafafarweez3161
3 жыл бұрын
@@spectorcreative1872 Thank You :)
@FellVoice
3 жыл бұрын
Is Robot at Arms in fact Duncan in a robot body or does he have more of a simulation of Duncan's personality? I always wonder about stuff like this. Thanks for another great video!
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
It is a simulation of Duncan's personality created by Duncan
@misterformerlyknownascolad2859
3 жыл бұрын
I guess people get upset because he's a character they grew up with. Look at the 1984 Transformers movie, Prime, Ironhide, Prowl, Ratchet and others. If I'm not mistaken, it got so bad that writers begged to keep Bumblebee alive. They changed the GI Joe film, they kept Duke alive due to the Transformers backlash. In 1988, people were shocked when Robin was killed off. Granted, they didn't know that it wasn't Dick Grayson. Yeah, you're right, people really don't like change especially when it comes to favorite characters.
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
Well said
@MichaelMartin-qe5ye
3 жыл бұрын
You only briefly mentioned a major one, killing and bringing Optimus Prime back to life.
@misterformerlyknownascolad2859
3 жыл бұрын
@@MichaelMartin-qe5ye True, They had to do that because I don't think a lot of folks like Rodimus. I mean really, if the were going to make a new leader, why not upgrade Bumblebee? And seeing how he's become so popular, it would have made ore sense (hindsight vision of course)
@TitularHeroine
3 жыл бұрын
@@misterformerlyknownascolad2859 What the heck even was Rodimus's personality like anyway? I don't remember him much.
@misterformerlyknownascolad2859
3 жыл бұрын
@@TitularHeroine From what I remember, Rodimus seemed like the reluctant leader trying to measure up to Optimus' accomplishments. Ultra Magnus had to reassure him a lot.
@FellVoice
3 жыл бұрын
I'm a little confused. If the Sorceress met Malcom as a wounded amnesiac and later had Teela...did he get amnesia again and that's why he didn't remember her? Thanks.
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
Yes
@johnmorey720
3 жыл бұрын
Many of us also want father figures to not die sometimes.
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
Very much so. But storytelling...
@johnmorey720
3 жыл бұрын
@@spectorcreative1872 Sometimes characters can mature while their fathers still survive. if anything, the dynamic between an adult child and retired dad is underexplored.
@FriedSynapse
3 жыл бұрын
When I was a kid and I watched how Duncan had raised Teela, it made me want to be a good father to my kids in the future. I did end up becoming a single father too. Sadly, there was no Sorceress involved. I'm glad my kids turned out better than Grimmace. I mean... when you're raised by a psychotic clown and his nightmare creature posse, you kind of expect 1/2 way genocide to be a possibility.
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
Well no one wants their kid to turn out like the Grimice
@stanleyteriaca2184
3 жыл бұрын
One forgets about the DC Injustice/He-Man crossover character (wait for it...) Batman At Arms. Thank you. I'll find my own way out.
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
Batman vs Man At Arms was planned for the 2 packs
@stanleyteriaca2184
3 жыл бұрын
@@spectorcreative1872 Just thinking of an Amagram like character. Can you imagine that mushtash on Batman's head?
@andrewgrant2990
3 жыл бұрын
I used to not care as much about MaA but after having re-watched the classic cartoon & your videos I have a greater appreciation of him. Perhaps if he had inserted something inside his body to keep the snake DNA @ bay we could have gotten Iron Man @ Arms! It was awesome to have him turn & brought such gravity to the lore. Yes part of me wanted him back, but liked the concept! Also now I can't get the image of Tom Selleck playing Duncan out of my mind, Maybe the mustache is like Hypno-Toad...
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
Oh he is one of the most beloved characters, a big reasons fans did not like that he progressed
@ligeiaztomb2755
3 жыл бұрын
While I 100% agree with your narrative point (things MUST move along), I don't know that Anakin is the best example. Anakin had to move on to become Darth Vader, yes.....but I think a fair amount of people might argue that we would have been ok with Darth Vader just being Darth Vader and having the arc that he did in the OT. Seeing Darth Vader say "Weeeee!" wasn't a thing that was needed to move anything along. Lol I am an original MOTU fan and have been an active one over the years with Matty Collector etc. I have trepidation regarding the new series. It is hallowed ground for me, and while Kevin Smith has some entertaining movies his comic writing is spotty and meh. His post regarding episodes referencing different classic 80s movies made my blood run cold (I hope it was a joke, but feat it was not). MOTU has enough story, history etc. on its own.....I really don't want to see it used as yet ANOTHER dumping ground for pandering 80s references (outside of references to its own characters and vast universe). The over use of this referential narrative crutch just detracts from the real story telling and creates a sort of generalized false nostalgia.....more for an era than the thing in question itself. I want MOTU to be handled with the love and respect that people like YOU put into it....not someone looking to capitalize on a thing that he was adjacent to, but in past interviews admitted wasn't fully his thing.
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
But we all want Darth Vader to say Weeee and Wizard!
@benquirobiequiratman4646
Жыл бұрын
I love ManAtArms
@ZeroAnalogy
3 жыл бұрын
I fear that your frequent toy talks may be subliminal advertisements to me. The night prior to the release of this Man-At-Arms episode, I went at Target to purchase some household items. I made my serpentine walk through the toy aisles when I discovered Masters of the Universe Sky Sled & Adam on one of the clearance end caps at $14.99 (essentially half off original price). Then I searched the other regularly priced MOTU figures. I managed to resist the temptation to buy any them, but the thoughts linger...
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
If only I made royalties!
@robd1329
3 жыл бұрын
Happens to me with pizza!
@TitularHeroine
3 жыл бұрын
@@robd1329 I thought about typing "mmmmm, pizza" as a joke here. Then I over-thought it. Now I want pizza. I am going to *have* pizza. Curse you for reflecting my subliminal advertising onto me!! 😂😂
@robd1329
3 жыл бұрын
@@TitularHeroine dont forget the breadsticks
@ZeroAnalogy
3 жыл бұрын
@@robd1329 I would say that you both (@C J) were making hungry, but I happened to just have lunch before reading your respective comments.
@BrianMillerCEO
3 жыл бұрын
I loved Man-at-Arms in Smokey and the Bandit!
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
He deserved an Oscar
@CharlesK-hu1sf
Ай бұрын
Ahh yes. How can we ignore He-Man's sword brother and lifetime companion?
@justbenelson
2 жыл бұрын
Do you know if the inspiration behind turning Duncan into a snake man was the vintage Snake Face figure? They both wear really similar helmets. I just wonder if the writers of the 200x series looked at the old toys to help them develop their progressing storyline.
@spectorcreative1872
2 жыл бұрын
It was entirely to justify creating Snake Man vehicles for the toy shelf
@heisenbat
3 жыл бұрын
One of my favorites. He's more father than Randor, like an Alfred to He-man's Batman
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
Very much so
@bradahrens4129
3 жыл бұрын
With that mustache Man-At-Arms could pass as a Viltrimite.
@spectorcreative1872
2 жыл бұрын
True
@barthakingsley6482
3 жыл бұрын
The strongest character in MOTU is The Sorceress and it is the gift of her sorcery that empowers He Man. At least thats how i understood it as a kid
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
I think Orko might be more powerful
@mannaandmonsters
3 жыл бұрын
Is there a full concept/character sheet of Robot-At-Arms??
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
I think Axel did one. I'll need to dig
@Zinontoysandhandmadeconstructs
3 жыл бұрын
The Bold and the Beautiful
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
Like sand in the hourglass
@rolandkatsuragi
3 жыл бұрын
1:06 What about the fabulous Queen of Rock, Freddie Mercury?
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
Oh he is important to the mythos as well
@davidanderson4748
3 жыл бұрын
Star Trek Picard owes its first season finale to you!
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
I better check that out!
@FallenGemini
3 жыл бұрын
This is one of the things why I am glad that MPTUC ended - Man-At-Arms returning as a robot makes his death and his sacrifice meaningless, imo. To clarify, I understand why you created Robot-At-Arms and I respect you for it as you were catering to the fans who hate change. I feel that a Robot-At-Arms would work if he isn't a carbon copy of Man-at-Arms, personality wise. Perhaps, a version who is having an existential crisis that he is a clone or one that has the belief that he can never be Duncan and grows from it by being a bit like Duncan, but also his own person. I feel that would bring new life to the character without having the same old Duncan back, but with an alloy skin.
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
And a way to justify more toys to sell
@FallenGemini
3 жыл бұрын
@@spectorcreative1872 So true. Also, more use of the tooling. As such, if one were to make a Robot-At-Arms customs, which existing MOTUC/Origins tooling would be used? Asking for a friend.
@se7enist
3 жыл бұрын
Duncan is quite possibly the scariest man on Eternia.
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
Especially if you are Two-Bad
@gregoryferko138
3 жыл бұрын
I wonder how far the 2k x series could've gone? Maybe if revelations is a dud we can return too the 2k x series?
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
If only kids had gotten into it!
@rolandkatsuragi
3 жыл бұрын
10:40 I still find it weird that according to the Mike Young series, Adam and Teela share Veena as a common ancestor
@vernonsanders9696
3 жыл бұрын
Oh! Oh! There it is ...
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
Well 1,000's of years back
@vernonsanders9696
3 жыл бұрын
@@spectorcreative1872 LoL, my Mtn Dew was strong today.
@MezTZO
3 жыл бұрын
Well, nobody ever said that the role of Sorceress had to be passed down strictly by bloodline. Sure, Teela herself is destined to take the role of Sorceress from her mother, but that doesn't necessarily have to have happened with all the other previous Sorceresses. It may be from another continuity, but in the Filmation cartoon the Sorceress' predecessor, Kuduk Ungol, was not related to her.
@vernonsanders9696
3 жыл бұрын
@@MezTZOas a DC editor once said, "Ignore the continuity you don't like".
@astraltactical2073
3 жыл бұрын
That's deep
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
Glad to inform! Share if you can
@Beedo_Sookcool
3 жыл бұрын
While I agree that narratives need to evolve over time to have effect . . . "We fear change" -- yeah, pretty much this. A lot of fans just plain hate it when changes are made to their beloved franchises, especially if they seem arbitrary or unnecessary or cynical. See also: "TRUKK NOT MUNKY," the 1998 Devlin & Emmerich "Godzilla" movie, New Coke, Baltimore Ravens (formerly Cleveland Browns), New Disney Canon, Superman Red / Superman Blue, NoT Teh oRigiNaL foUr MiNi-cOmiCs!!!!1!!, "The Watch," that appalling recent "Jem" movie, et cetera. Creative types who do reboots / reimaginings should really take note of this. Also, I can now easily imagine Man-At-Arms salvaging the machine Modulok intended to use to transfer Duncan's knowledge into Modulok's second head (from the Filmation episode "Happy Birthday, Roboto") to use for his personality-copying into Robot-At-Arms. And now I have to add "Robot-At-Arms" to my Classics Wishlist . . . .
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
I so wish we could have gotten to him and not just a cameo in the comic!
@vernonsanders9696
3 жыл бұрын
Wait, wait, wait!! Fisto got with the Sorceress and she had Teela? Skeletor and Evil-Lyn are He-Man's aunt and uncle? Man-at-Arms is Teela's uncle? What next? The blood bond between He-Man and Teela?
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
Well you don't want to know about Snout Spout and Ninjor
@vernonsanders9696
3 жыл бұрын
@@spectorcreative1872 thank you for the Mattel Store suggestion, I'd never heard of it before.
@neslihankurum4852
3 жыл бұрын
Super
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed! Feel free to share online!
@MichaelMartin-qe5ye
3 жыл бұрын
I'm collecting MOTU 200x and I'm missing(not willing to pay a ton for) two major characters in this video... Fisto and Roboto... along with Evil Lyn. That is an awesome version of Roboto.
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
It is!
@robd1329
3 жыл бұрын
I sold my 200x figures once i got into the Classics! Evil lyn was hard to get...but quit cause i couldnt get Faker and a few other nad guys. Glad i got into the Classics line when it was new!
@Larry
3 жыл бұрын
How were you going to do Man at Arm's face on the robot version? Would have been cool as a hologram inside the helmet, or a TV screen like Cain in Robocop 2.
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
Yes a bit like a hologram
@TitularHeroine
3 жыл бұрын
Okay, it's come up enough times (5+ maybe?) that I'll ask: maybe an episode sometime on why Savage Dragon, and what bits, was an influence on your work? Thanks again!
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
See here: kzitem.info/news/bejne/rIF-qH6mpJWEmZg
@snipedude4953
3 жыл бұрын
I watched the Filmation series as a child and the 200X series, but I never saw what happened to Man at Arms, I'm genuinely gutted at his fate as I always thought of him as He Mans second in commands. Thety should have done a redemption arc not just have him killed. :/
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
Well for Classics we were following the 200X plans!
@LordBadenRulez
3 жыл бұрын
If only Man-at-arms had the foresight to add GPS tracking to Roadripper. I could have figured out who stole mine 😞.
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
So close
@rodrickadamginsburg8960
3 жыл бұрын
23.1K 🥳
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
Awesomeness!
@rehanimus
2 жыл бұрын
I'm confused. In the episode where they explored King Grayskull, didn't the sorceress admit she was HIS wife? So she was fertile for like what 500 years?
@spectorcreative1872
2 жыл бұрын
That was Veena, and ancestor
@Avenging_Archer
3 жыл бұрын
Score one more vote for the "against that development". Also, comics have epic stories and what not but Superman and Batman are still here just like they were in 1938 and 39. Shaking things up for just the sake of it isn't much better. Ultimately it didn't do Game of Thrones any good, for example.
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
No it did not
@degeelee7758
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video! Man-at-arms was always one of my favourites. so both Man-at-arms and Sorceress died because of the Snake men, that sort of makes them the top heel team, doesn't it?
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
From a certain point of view!
@patientmental875
3 жыл бұрын
Were you involved with the Matty Collector Voltron figures?
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, but not as much as the other lines, the retail Voltron team took the lead on that one
@adamkember
3 жыл бұрын
Can we get a reference for the death of Man-at-arms by Clamp Champ?
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
MOTU Classics mini comic issue 3. Reprinted in the Dark horse coffee table book
@johnmorey720
3 жыл бұрын
I mean, I get it - I have character deaths planned in my stuff that personally make me unhappy. It’s part of storytelling!
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
Yet fans hate change...
@thomasvalenta1700
3 жыл бұрын
Dude that's easy man at arm's was teela' s father. And the engineer who build stuff and he was also the leader of the palace gard next to his daughter teela and teela's mother was the sorceress of castle greyskull.
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
Well not in the 200X series or Classics
@thomasvalenta1700
3 жыл бұрын
@@spectorcreative1872 dude that was man at arm's from the classic version I just told you who he was.
@johnmorey720
3 жыл бұрын
“I uh, forgot I had a kid. That’s the ticket, yeah.”
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
Hey Eternia has no child support laws so....
@adamofgrayskull7735
3 жыл бұрын
I...HAVE.. THE...POWER.🤘😜🤘
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
Well yes, yes you do
@randolphdefreese7874
3 жыл бұрын
i think you are incorrect,the person who the sorceress met was actually Duncan thus showing us that he is actually Teela's biological father.
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
Hate to be "that guy" but the family tree image shown in this video is official from Mattel and Mike Young. So no, it was Fisto for sure
@randolphdefreese7874
3 жыл бұрын
@@spectorcreative1872 not to argumentitive i just watched the episode,the soldier that is her father is Man at Arms.
@jamesaul3077
3 жыл бұрын
So did future roboto man at arms have a mustache? The pic conveniently stops at that point. Please do tell
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
Of course he/it does!
@danielroberto2209
3 жыл бұрын
I remember Jitsu being Fisto's cousin. Is this mentioned anywhere in the series? It would lead to all sorts of crossovers!
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
Definitely not part o 200X or Classics. They just had a similar action feature
@Sladeonslade
3 жыл бұрын
Wait. Hold up. Malcolm had amnesia before he met the Sorceress, with that established how did he forget he had a baby, with the Sorceress after she took care of him? I watched the video twice, to make sure I heard correctly. Did he get Thrakka boomed in the head again?
@MezTZO
3 жыл бұрын
Malcolm had left the Peleezian village where he and the Sorceress met before he realized she was pregnant. She waited for him to come back to the village, but after a while she stopped waiting and returned to Castle Grayskull. That was all shown in the episode from the 200X series called "Out of the Past".
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
Because storylines
@Sladeonslade
3 жыл бұрын
@@spectorcreative1872 can't argue with that.
@maverick7291
3 жыл бұрын
Why do I have a feeling that in the new motu revelations they will have man-at-arms having transferred his cerebral fingerprint onto roboto.
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
Oh i don’t know if they will be incorporating any of the stuff from classics
@jeremymullens7167
3 жыл бұрын
They did, congrats.
@maverick7291
3 жыл бұрын
@@jeremymullens7167 not the way I was thinking. At least not yet, I thought that man at arms was going to die, but transfers his consciousness into Roboto.
@Bernhard2024
3 жыл бұрын
Man at Arms is and always was the closest confidante of He-man / Prince Adam. But wasn't he one of the characters left to die in the Classics biographies? I thought that was completely wrong. No MotU character should die.
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
If no one ever dies how does the story have any sense of drama it consequence?
@Bernhard2024
3 жыл бұрын
@@spectorcreative1872 To use own imagination.
@jamesdlin7
3 жыл бұрын
For someone who likes to keep tinkering with and improving his armor, you'd think he would have managed to build pieces for both of his arms and legs. Why do the guards get full armor while he gets only half? Is the other half in the workshop?
@spectorcreative1872
3 жыл бұрын
Personal preference I suppose
@jeremymullens7167
3 жыл бұрын
It’s because he salvaged pieces of a suit of armor like the Greyskull power suit armor. I don’t know where he found it but it wasn’t intact but he doesn’t or can’t make more. He does know how to fix, maintain and use the armor. Some power armor is better than no power armor.
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