Masters of the Universe Classics He-Ro II, a young blond hero in a blue harness and blue trousers, raising a silver sword with a pistol in his other hand

THE SON OF HE-MAN

Dare

Adam and Teela's son, who takes up the Sword of Power as He-Ro: the lead of a 1995 sequel pitch that never became a series, and a Classics figure twenty years later.

Dare is the son of Adam and Teela, who takes up the Sword of Power as He-Ro. He was created for Lou Scheimer's 1995 sequel pitch, which Mattel did not pick up, and Mattel made him in 2015 as the Classics He-Ro II figure.

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1995

Lou Scheimer pitches his series

He-Ro

The name he takes

2015

His Classics figure goes on sale

Sword of Power

Passed down from his father

The record

The facts

Who he is

The son of Adam and Teela, who takes up the Sword of Power

First conceived

Lou Scheimer's 1995 pitch, He-Ro: Son of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe

Figure

Masters of the Universe Classics He-Ro II, 2015

Screen appearances

None

THE 1995 PITCH

A sequel for the next generation

Dare was created to be the lead of a cartoon that never got made. A decade after Filmation's He-Man and the Masters of the Universe was cancelled, Lou Scheimer, who had run Filmation, pitched Mattel a sequel in 1995 called He-Ro: Son of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. In it He-Man is King of Eternia and married to Teela, and their son Dare takes up the Sword of Power and uses it to become He-Ro, leading his friends against a Skeletor who has come back.^[1]

Mattel passed on the series. What survived was the family tree, and Mattel's collector line picked it up twenty years later.

[1] ^ Wikipedia's He-Man article describes the pitch: Lou Scheimer, a decade after Filmation's series was cancelled, pitched Mattel a sequel in 1995 in which He-Man is King of Eternia, married to Teela, and their son Dare takes the Sword of Power to become He-Ro against a returned Skeletor. Mattel did not pick it up, and the article says its premise later shaped the Classics biographies.

THE CLASSICS FIGURE

He-Ro II

Masters of the Universe Classics had already made the original He-Ro, Preternia's legendary wizard warrior, so when Dare's figure went on sale in December 2015 it was named He-Ro II, with "Heroic Son of He-Man" printed on the card.^[2] The biography on the back makes him the teenage son of Adam and Teela, who claims his father's sword when an ancient enemy, the Unnamed One, is freed and attacks the guardians of the Sword of He; he takes the name He-Ro in honor of the Preternian hero and beats the Unnamed One with the Sword of Power.

The figure mixes two He-Men. From the original he gets the crosses on his gauntlets and shoulder armor, and from the 1990 New Adventures of He-Man he gets blue trousers, a ponytail and a silver repaint of that series' space vest, which swaps with a blue harness. A belt buckle with an H and an M, a crystal in the chest harness, a sword and a laser pistol with its own working holster finish him off.^[3]

[2] ^ The Toy Ark reported the sale: He-Ro II went on sale to everyone on MattyCollector on December 15, 2015, as a Club Eternia figure.

[3] ^ Figure Fan Zero's review (January 20, 2016) lists the swap-out silver vest, a repaint of the New Adventures He-Man's gold vest, the sword and the laser pistol, and notes the blue trousers and ponytail taken from New Adventures.

The Classics He-Ro II in a silver space vest with a chain in one hand, seen from the front — He-Ro II in his silver vest.

Close view of He-Ro II's face, ponytail and silver vest — A closer look at the new head and the silver vest.

He-Ro II from behind, the sword raised and the blue harness crossing his back — From behind, sword raised.

He-Ro II in the silver vest with a pistol holster on his belt — The silver vest and the holster.

He-Ro II sealed on his Classics card, labeled He-Ro II, Heroic Son of He-Man — On the Classics card, 2015.

The back of the He-Ro II card, with other Classics figures and a printed character biography — The card back and his biography.

Created for his 1995 pitch

Lou Scheimer

Per Wikipedia's He-Man article

IN BRIEF

From a pitch to a figure

1990

The New Adventures of He-Man

The look his figure would later borrow, blue trousers and ponytail included.

1995

The pitch

Lou Scheimer offers Mattel a sequel series about He-Man's son. It is not picked up.

2015

He-Ro II

Masters of the Universe Classics makes Dare as a figure, sold through MattyCollector.

Questions

Dare, answered

Who is Dare?

The son of Adam and Teela, who takes up the Sword of Power and becomes He-Ro.

Where does Dare come from?

Lou Scheimer's 1995 pitch to Mattel for a sequel series, He-Ro: Son of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.

Was the He-Ro series ever made?

No. Mattel did not pick it up.

Has Dare appeared in any He-Man cartoon or film?

No. He exists in the pitch, the Classics figure and its biography.

Why is his figure called He-Ro II?

Classics had already made the original He-Ro, the ancient hero Dare is named after.

Is the He-Ro in Revelation the same character?

No. The He-Ro in "The Forge at the Forest of Forever" is the ancient hero of Preternia.

What came with the He-Ro II figure?

A silver space vest that swaps with his blue harness, a sword and a laser pistol that fits a holster on his belt.

Why does the figure look like the New Adventures He-Man?

It borrows that series' blue trousers, ponytail and space vest, mixed with details from the original He-Man.

Can I buy a Dare figure now?

Not new. He-Ro II was sold through MattyCollector in 2015 and is long retired.

Compiled by the heman.org desk from Wikipedia's He-Man article on Lou Scheimer's 1995 pitch, The Toy Ark's report of the He-Ro II sale (December 3, 2015), Figure Fan Zero's review of the figure (January 20, 2016).

Alongside

Characters in the same story

He-Man Heroic Warriors

Teela Heroic Warriors

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