Ram Man and Man-E-Faces Coming To MOTU Origins Cartoon Collection
Ram Man, the heroic human battering ram and Man E Faces, heroic human, robot….monster, are both coming to the MOTU Origins Cartoon Collection! Ram Man, the dim-witted friend to He-Man, appeared in 22 episodes of the Filmation cartoon and a cameo on the TV Special. Man E Faces, only appeared in 3 Filmation episodes, but has always been a fan favorite character! According to an anonymous source, Ram Man & Man E Faces will be coming to the Cartoon Collection later in 2024. We will also take a look at the character’s history both on the Cartoon Series and in toy form. So let’s take a look at Ram Man and Man E Faces who are coming to the MOTU Origins Cartoon Collection, what they might look like!
Filmation Ram Man
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Although Ram Man had been depicted as large and aggressive in his mini-comic appearance, the 1980s cartoon He-Man and the Masters of the Universe by Filmation depicts him as a small, dwarfish figure, which is closer in appearance to his action figure with it’s legs retracted. In order to make the character more child-friendly for the sake of the show’s intended audience, Ram Man’s aggressiveness is toned down for the series. He is portrayed generally as a comical character, slow and dim-witted with an almost childlike mentality, but also strong-hearted and easily likeable. He often appears alongside Stratos in early episodes, and later episodes flesh out his character more, particularly the season 2 episode Not So Blind, which shows a degree of humanity in his mostly slapstick personality. In this episode he admits to being slow on the uptake but not necessarily “Dumb”. Another notable moment for Ram Man is the episode House of Shokoti Part I, in which he gives a memorable moral at the end of the episode, telling kids not to hit things with their head like he does in case they hurt themselves. Also in this episode, Ram Man irritates Shokoti by constantly mispronouncing her name, calling her “Shipoopi” among other things. This Ram Man also often has other cartoonish features such as his legs actually uncoiling like springs on occasion and making “boing” sounds when he used his abilities.
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Ram Man was also teased on the Cartoon Collection Man-At-Arms card art! Getting up close and personal with the card art, Roy and team did an amazing job illustrating this whole scene and the best part is that Ram Man was teased on the card art!
Ram Man as he appeared in the Filmation Cartoon Series.
He always looked bewildered and dim witted.
below we can see early concept sketches of Ram Man, including one by the late great Mark Taylor.
Ram Man’s Filmation Appearance
Ram Man appeared in a whopping 22 episodes of the Filmation cartoon series and a cameo on the TV Movie special! He was mostly a sidekick character to He-Man and often played the comedic relief! The episodes that Ram Man appeared on included:
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (Filmation)
Season One (1983)
- Diamond Ray of Disappearance
- The Curse of the Spellstone
- The Dragon Invasion
- Colossor Awakes
- Reign of the Monster
- Quest for He-Man
- The Royal Cousin
- Wizard of Stone Mountain
- Evilseed
- The Taking of Grayskull
- House of Shokoti Part 1
- House of Shokoti Part 2
- The Mystery of Man-E-Faces (cameo)
- Game Plan
- Quest for the Sword
- Pawns of the Game Master
Season Two (1984-1985)
Given that Ram Man has appeared in so many episodes, in this case we belive it will be too difficult to narrow down the episode specific accessory he might come with.
Ram Man Action Figure History
The first figure of Ram Man was released in 1983 for the Masters of the Universe line by Mattel. He had a spring loaded mechanism on his legs that made him bounce up when pressed. He resembled his appearance in the cartoon for the most part, but had very limited articulation.
The next figure of Ram Man to be released was in the 200x line and was a more stylistic version of Ram Man based his appearance in the Mike Young Productions He-Man and the Masters of the Universe 2002 cartoon series.
His next release was in the MOTU Classics line by Mattel in 2013 in his classic red and green outfit. He was later released in 2017 by Super7 in his mini comic colors of orange with red pants.
The last three modern versions of Ram Man appeared in the MOTU Origins line in his classic 5.5″ figure scale, and a beautiful highly articulated homage to the vintage figure. And then we also got a New Eternia version on his 7″ scale under the Masterverse line. Finally we got a crazy mutated version of Ram Man in the Turtles of Grayskull line!
Ram Man Filmation Figure
After all the previous versions of Ram Man that we have gotten, we have not yet gotten a truly Cartoon styled Ram Man! An incredibly talented customizer Marcos Barriento, has made a custom Filmation Style Ram Man in the 7″ scale, but this gives us a great idea of what a Cartoon Collection Ram Man might look like.
Here is an incredible custom Attak Trak with FIlmation Ram Man set amongst some other Club Grayskull figures. How cool would it be to get a version of the Attak Trak like this as well!
We also got a cool custom below from Eternal Customs on Facebook
Filmation Man E Faces
According to Man-E-Faces | Wiki Grayskull | Fandom:
In He-Man and the Masters of the Universe by Filmation, the portrayal of Man-E-Faces is somewhat changed. Rather than being cursed with a split personality, he is an actor who uses his alternate faces primarily for the purpose of playing roles on stage. He is also able to change to numerous other faces alongside his robot and monster faces. This change to his character is probably made in order to make his character less dark and therefore more suitable for the younger audience the show was aimed at.
He is given an origin episode early in the series, in the episode The Mystery of Man-E-Faces. This episode reveals that he was originally a villain who terrorized others with his faces, but not so much out of evil desires as personal insecurity and basic survival needs. He was an outcast feared by virtually everyone for his ability to change his face, which in turn made him “cold and cruel” and so he began to abuse others out of resentment for mistreating him and to compensate for his personal crisis. He was captured by Skeletor, who intended to recruit him as a henchman, but as he was not really evil he had no desire to join Skeletor and was forced into fighting He-Man against his will when his monster face was controlled by Beast Man’s power. He-Man believed that Man-E-Faces was not a villain, and the Sorceress agreed, so with urging from He-Man, the Sorceress used her magic to help Man-E-Faces overcome Skeletor’s influence. Grateful for their help, he returned the favor by helping to thwart Skeletor’s attack on Castle Grayskull and, after telling them his story, feeling he had at last found the friendship and kindness he needed, he joined the Royal court as an actor.
The cartoon’s version of the character seems to use his faces more for the purpose of acting rather than anything significant to battles. He is only used in one subsequent episode, The Shadow of Skeletor, in which he uses his acting abilities to impersonate Beast Man, going undercover in a “Beast Man” disguise to spy on the Evil Warriors. Although initially conceived as one of the main characters of the franchise, his appearances are sparse in all media given that he proved a difficult character to integrate into story-lines no matter what purposes his faces were used for.
The original script for the 1980s episode Into the Abyss was to feature a third appearance in the show by Man-E-Faces, rehearsing for a play in an scene in which Ram Man is made to read out the part of Man-E-Faces’ love interest. But this scene was cut from the script to avoid ruining the atmosphere of a generally dark episode.
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Man E Faces as he appeared in the Filmation Cartoon.
Man E Faces Filmation Appearance
Man E Faces appeared in only 3 episodes of the Filmation cartoon series, once of which was just a cameo appearance. He was a featured character in his first appearance “The Mystery of Man-E-Faces“. The episodes that Man E Faces appeared in included:
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
Man E Faces Action Figure History
Man E Faces was first released by Mattel in 1983. He featured a really cool action feature with a dial on the top of his head that changed his face from a human, to a robot to a monster. This was the cool gimmick to this figure, and remains a classic action feature he has retained on all future figures that were produced.
The next figure of Man E Faces to be released was in the 200x line and was a more stylistic version of Ram Man based his appearance in the Mike Young Productions He-Man and the Masters of the Universe 2002 cartoon series. He still retained his 3 face head turning action feature om this figure as well.
His next release was in the MOTU Classics line by Mattel in 2011 in his classic vintage look. Then he was later released in 2017 by Super7 in the Club Grayskull line in Filmation style. Seeing the Club Grayskull version gives us a great idea of what the Cartoon Collection action figure might look like.
The last three modern versions of Man E Faces appeared in the MOTU Origins line in his classic 5.5″ figure scale, in a beautiful highly articulated homage to the vintage figure, and his mini comic variant. And then we also got a New Eternia version on his 7″ scale under the Masterverse line. If you want to see more, check out our Man-E-Faces New Eternia Masterverse Review.
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