How bad timing, a studio in financial turmoil, and a movie that looked nothing like the cartoon conspired to defeat the most ...

Roger Sweet, known for having created He-Man in the He-Man and the Masters of the Universe series, has died at the age of 91. His wife confirms the toy designer died in a care home following a battle ...

For millions of American boys, Saturday mornings in the 1980s meant G.I. Joe, He-Man, Transformers and shelves full of action figures. But beneath the explosions and toy commercials was a surprisingly ...

&ZeroWidthSpaceRoger Sweet, who has died aged 91, was an American toy designer who helped to create the Masters of the Universe series, which grew from an initial line of action figures into a ...

The musclebound character he developed as a toy designer for Mattel gave rise to the Masters of the Universe franchise and helped define the machismo of the 1980s. By Sopan Deb See more of our ...

“Masters of the Universe” will test whether Mattel can cement itself as an entertainment powerhouse with a hypermasculine character from the 1980s. By Nicole Sperling How do you follow a $1.5 billion ...

He-Man, the burly barbarian from next month's Masters of the Universe movie, has got big boots to fill. The character comes from a popular 1980s line of action figures made by Mattel which was also ...

Amazon MGM Studios is sparing no expense on its big screen adaptation of classic 1980s cartoon and Mattel toy line Masters of the Universe. The movie stars British actor Nicholas Galitzine as Adam ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Roger Sweet (left) holding a Masters of the Universe toy, alongside a still from He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983) | ...