Toy Masters

Aug 16, 2014

1h 45m

★ 5.3

Unadulterated. Absolute. Barbarian. Fiction.

Overview

First ever feature-length documentary on the world-wide phenomenon that inspired an entire generation of children and became a billion dollar franchise--"Masters of the Universe". Features interviews with the key creative personnel behind every version of the best selling toy line and all incarnations of "Masters of the Universe" on television, film, stage, and print, tracing the inception and ups and downs of the fantasy juggernaut.

Genres

Documentary

Toy Masters Trailers

Cast

Narrator

Corey Landis

Self

Gary Goddard

Self

J. Michael Straczynski

Self

Tom Sito

Self

Alan Oppenheimer

Self

Richard Edlund

Self

Lou Scheimer

Self

Erika Scheimer

Self

Roger Sweet

Self

Marc Scott Zicree

Self

David Wolfram

Self

Gene Kilroy

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