Five minutes ago I had a great discussion with Sierra about He-Man so I wanted to capture it while it was fresh in my mind.
Yesterday I got word that the new Masters of the Universe Origins toyline had hit Wal-Mart stores in Canada so I was quite excited. These things look pretty much like the toys I collected as a kid.
With that, I figured I should introduce Sierra to He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. It’s probably been 35 years since I’ve watched the show. Would it stand the test of time?
I would like to thank John and Maureen for having the He-Man episodes available on Plex because they weren’t on Netflix. They saved the day!
I fired up the episode for the family and Sierra was skeptical at first because it wasn’t her new favourite show called Fancy Nancy (on Disney Plus), but soon enough, the show hooked her in.
There are so many incredibly cheesy moments but everything is super interesting to a kid and so after the show her and I went to her bedroom for storytime and instead of a story, we got to have an extended question period about He-Man.
Here are some questions that came from a four year old’s brain after seeing their first episode of He-Man. Sidenote: I don’t even know if I’ve ever seen the first episode of He-Man but I have to say that it did a really good job of introducing the good and bad guys.
Sierra’s questions about the first episode of He-Man
- Why did He-Man not disappear from the ray?
- Why was the skeleton man laughing?
- How did the sword not disappear when the ray hit it?
- Why did He-Man go into the crack?
- Who was the floating guy with a wizard’s hat?
- Why did the kid of the King and Queen hide? (this prompted a really interesting discussion about secret identities and heroes but I think it went over her head)
- Why does Prince Adam and He-Man not look the same (didn’t we all have that question?)
- Why did He-Man hit the guy on the blue flying thing?
- Why did the lion have He-Man riding on his back?
I can’t even remember all the questions but they were great questions from a four year old after watching He-Man for the first time. Honestly, I was contemplating setting up a video camera to capture this moment because I knew they would be great and hilarious and thoughtful questions all at the same time!
I think I wasted my favourite series of Thundercats on her at 3 years old. She breezed through them but didn’t have the brain to ask questions about it. I think she just liked the fast moving pictures.
I’m really excited for the toys to hit the shelves and maybe her and I can play with them!