He-man vs. shrimp vs. Element vs. Sk8 Bali

This bootleg is one of the funniest crappy/80’s bootleg deck I have ever seen. The Thrill Seeker graphic looks like He-man getting busted attempting to devein a giant shrimp. He-man doesn’t look happy at all and the shrimp seems scared a hell. It was found on ebay, but it didn’t sell. I’m not surprised, because the seller listed it as a “Conan the the Barbarian” deck, so all the true Masters of the Universe fans missed this one. He looks a little overstuffed, like a bright pink Stretch Armstrong. Turns out you can get a licensed Masters of the Universe He-Man decks via a collaboration between Super 7 and Element. Despite being licensed, it still looks like a bootleg or at best, a toy store board. Trying to find better pictures of the He-Man deck turned up more carppy boards from Sk8 Bali.

– Thanks to David ODK for the original post idea that I just couldn’t leave be…

Here’s the Thrill Seeker.

Here’s the Element/ Super 7 collab.

It turns out an entity named Sk8 Bali actually licensed Masters of the Universe. Last time I checked Bali was in Indonesia, but the seller says Brazil. The copyright says 1996, but who knows when it was actually produced. It could be the same situation with some Peanuts merch, where the original copyright date of the character is used instead of the first production date. From the first few pictures of this gray He-Man model it shard to tell how big these are. Notice the lack of turning trucks. These are more like skate carts than skateboards. Check out the flat spot on the last picture. It’s hard to tell if that’s from use or if it somehow melted.

You can’t have Masters of the Universe without mentioning Skeletor.

Here’s Scare Glow!

I finally found some images on Mister Collleco with some sizing information. These things are listed as 46cm, or about 18″ long.