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Masters of the Universe, 1982

The line launches. Eight figures at 5.5 inches, barrel-chested with a rubber-band waist, each packed on a blister card with a mini-comic and sold on the strength of that comic, because the cartoon was still a year away. US sales that first part-year came to 38 million dollars.

Figures catalogued
12
Lines running
2
Year source-checked
12 of 12

Mattel's vintage Masters of the Universe line only. Princess of Power ran alongside it from 1985 as a separate line and is catalogued on its own shelf.

Release years are checked item by item against actionfigure411's original-series checklist and he-man.org's wave listings. 12 of these 12 are confirmed by at least one of them; the rest carry our own catalogue's year and are marked above.

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