mattel's first wave of shira dolls hit the market already in NUMBER_TOKEN but season NUMBER_TOKEN of the shira filmation series wasn't ready to be released until the fall of NUMBER_TOKEN in order to buy themselves some time and to use he-man's at this point still ever increasing popularity as a means to introduce his sister and best of all to ostensibly amortize the cost of the first season filmation sliced the still to be released first five episodes of season one together and released them as a theatrical feature in march of NUMBER_TOKEN. two years before dolph lundgren donned the furry loincloth filmations he-man and jira the secret of the sword hit the silver screen it grossed only around NUMBER_TOKEN million NUMBER_TOKEN upon release which wouldn't have been anything to write home about if it had been an original animated feature film but remember it was the first five episodes that they were making anyway with some alternate connective tissue so that paid for all of season NUMBER_TOKEN and then some more importantly it introduced the fans to shira in a big way setting the stage for the shira series becoming a hit in the fall of NUMBER_TOKEN as the incumbent masters of the universe audience of primarily boys were now primed check it out too season one of filmation's she-ra princess of power was released in september of NUMBER_TOKEN and it aired consecutively with part two of he-man and the masters of the universe second season for the remainder of NUMBER_TOKEN there would be new episodes of both he-man and she-ra almost every single day and this cost market demand for even more toys even more merchandise even more of everything to absolutely skyrocket but as we know with the benefit of hindsight the growth wouldn't continue little more than a year later all things masters of the universe were on life support still inspired by netflix we will cut the video right here join us again for part three where we will explore the fall the way that we do best here at midnight's edge till then let me know your thoughts on all of this in the comments and before you go remember that if you're new to raid shadow legends then use either the qr code on screen or the link in the description to collect your free starter pack worth NUMBER_TOKEN the offer is valid for NUMBER_TOKEN days so join in on the fun now
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