He-Man

"By the power of Grayskull, I have the power!"

He-Man has got to be one of the most memorable characters from the 80's. Every boy wanted to be him; I know I once did. I used to have a lot of He-Man action figures, even Castle Grayskull. Growing up, I was the only kid who had a Castle Grayskull in the neighborhood. While my playmates had almost every figure in the series, even the vehicles and weapon sets, they didn't have the castle. I felt really proud because I had one. Ofcourse my friends were envious.



But, alas, I don't have them anymore. I've managed to lose all of my He-Man toys, including the Castle. I must admit I haven't been very keen on taking care of them when I was younger.

But since I have rediscovered the joy of collecting toys, I have since been scouring the net and toy stores for He-man. I was so fortunate to have found a loose figure at a 2nd hand toy shop near where I live. Unfortunately for me, I didn't have any money on me that day so I went back the next day to buy it. But it was already gone. Somebody bought it right after I left.

I spent months looking for this particular figure. I've seen a lot on ebay, but it's mostly the ones from the MOTU series fro the 80's, which I wasn't looking for.



I found this 2 days after my birthday 2 years ago at a toyshop in Shoppesville. I was actually there looking for a personal birthday present, and when I saw this, I immediately took it off the rack and paid for it. It's from the newer line of MOTU toys, and I got it for 500 pesos( about $12), and admittedly it was actually a bit too much of what I'm willing to pay for an action figure. I normally wait until it goes on sale, and if it's loose I would haggle like crazy. But hey, it was new, still sealed and exactly what I wanted. So I went ahead with the purchase. I went home totally satisfied.

I'm not really looking to complete the entire series. I just want to get other select figures like Prince Adam, Skeletor, the other He-man Variants, Sorceress, Teela and She-Ra. Unfortunately, most of them are a bit hard to find, loose or MOC.