April 29Apr 29 Roger Sweet, the toy designer who created the He-Man character in the "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe" 1980s animated kids' show -- has died at age 91 after battling dementia.Roger worked for Mattel in the '70s and '80s and is widely credited with developing He-Man after pitching multiple muscular action figure concepts that eventually evolved into the sword-wielding hero.His death comes as a new live-action "Masters of the Universe" movie from Amazon MGM Studios and Mattel is set to hit theaters this summer ... proving his creation still has the power of Grayskull decades later.Source
April 29Apr 29 I was thinking that it'd be nice if he got to see an advance screening of the upcoming movie, but with demntia I doubt it would matter.
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