Roger Sweet, the senior toy designer who created He-Man for Mattel, has died. He was 91.
Mattel infamously passed on Star Wars in the late seventies, paving the way for Kenner's stellar success. In the wake of George Lucas' space opera dominating toy aisles around the world, Mattel searched for its own IP after licensing the short-lived original series of Battlestar Galactica.
Sweet had the power!
Sweet kitbashed a more muscular Big Jim action figure, and a legend was born. He-Man. The rest is pop culture history, and Sweet's legacy lives on in a new live-action movie coming this summer.
Masters of the Universe is directed by Travis Knight (Bumblebee) from a script by Chris Butler. It stars Nicholas Galitzine as Prince Adam/He-Man, alongside Camila Mendes as Teela, Alison Brie as Evil-Lyn, Idris Elba as Man-At-Arms, Morena Baccarin as The Sorceress of Castle Grayskull, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson as Malcolm/Fisto, and Jared Leto as Skeletor.
Masters of the Universe is in cinemas on 5th June 2026.
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