He-Man question....

[Toonfan1980]

When I was a kid He-Man was one of if not the most popular cartoon. I watched it weekly, had the action figures, tons of merchendise and watched reruns long after it's production. Why did it only last 2 years if it was so popular??

[Robin2099]

When I was a kid He-Man was one of if not the most popular cartoon. I watched it weekly, had the action figures, tons of merchendise and watched reruns long after it's production. Why did it only last 2 years if it was so popular??

They can celled it in order to start doing She-Ra.

[Tobias]

By the end of it's second season, He-Man had 130 episodes under his belt, not to mention all of his She-Ra appearances. The producers probably felt that there were more enough Masters of the Universe episodes to survive in syndication without the addition of any of new adventures.

[DisneyBoy]

It's all about profit. Why keep making He-Man episodes if you have more than enough to sell for syndication? You spend as little money as you can to try and make the most profit. He-Man had already peaked during the She-Ra years, so beyond that there wasn't much point in spending more. They'd already made more than they'd expected to...

[Wounded_Dragon]

Keep in mind seasons were larger than too. Nowadays two years worth of episodes would be 52 max, more likely to be between 26 and 39.

[Tobias]

Not to mention there's only so many times you can recycle the animation to make a *new* episode (which Filmation was notorious for). There's only so many times you can take seeing the same run/walk cycle.