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Masters of the Universe 2002 Mekaneck The original Masters of the Universe toys first came out in 1982.  Each year, new figures were introduced all the way through 1988.  The character "Mekaneck" was part of the third wave of figures which came out in 1984.  Mekaneck's action feature / gimmick was that his neck could extend.  When the original action figure was twisted at the waist, his neck would extend straight up.  Although the figure came out in the third wave when the line was very popular, he wasn't really one of the main characters for Masters of the Universe back in the 80s.  While characters like Beast Man and Teela were featured on all kinds of merchandise in the 80s including stickers, lunch boxes, drinking cups, paint-by-numbers sets, erasers, etc.; Mekaneck only appeared on one puzzle (off to the side fighting Clawful).  He was only included in three episodes of the original cartoon series and five of the mini comics (and he was just...

2003 McDonald's Masters of the Universe Happy Meal Toys The Masters of the Universe toy line first appeared in 1982 and by the end of 1983, with the help of the Filmation animated series, it had become one of the most popular toy lines in history.  However, it's initial popularity was relatively short lived and by 1987, the original line was winding down.  A feature length film came out in 1987, but it didn't do much to breath additional life into the franchise and is generally considered to be...well...not an awesome movie.  The New Adventures of He-Man cartoon and toy line appeared in 1991 and was dead by the end of 1992.  This Sci-Fi reinvention of He-Man didn't make much of a splash and went mostly unnoticed (I never heard about it until many years later). McDonald's Happy Meal He-Man and Skeletor Nearly a decade went by with no official Masters of the Universe product, but that decade coincided with the early days of the internet.  Masters of the...