He-Man and the Masters of the Universe - Season Two, Vol. 1 (1983)

Studio: Bci Eclipse Comp Llc Release Date: 08/21/2007 Product Description

Greatest Cartoon Ever

My son is 4. i was 4 in 1984 so it's fitting my son watch what I watched. Current cartoons are garbage. This stuff had a SOUL back then. He loves it and I find myself watching entire episodes with him. RUN! don't walk to pick this up. I own the entire 2 seaons and couldn't be happier. TheMocoMan@gmail.com September 19, 2008

He-man still Most Powerful

I was a child of the 80's and I must say I still love my Saturday Morning Cartoons. The cartoons these days are pretty weak sauce, but the 80's rocked big part due to He-man. To watch He-man again in beautiful DVD quality and sound, made me feel like I did on saturdays. When Prince Adam said in the intro "I have the POWER" I literally had butterflies again. How something 25 years old can still trigger that emotion is a testament to the hard work and passion of Lou Scheimer and filmation. May He-man truly be eternal, and may the upcoming live action He-man movie not suck. May 18, 2008

BCI Continues Its Excellence

On the next stop of our He-Man/ BCI dvd release tour, we'll be visiting the first volume of the second (and final) season of Filmation's beloved classic series. I was personally looking quite forward to delving into the second season on account of the simple fact that much of my attraction toward He-Man was I was a kid stemmed from the concept of replaying the onscreen action with my modest action figure collection (which did include the Castle Grayskull play set). That said, season 2 introduced many of the characters that made up my toy, er I mean action figure collection. Among the noteworthy additions were the villains Whiplash, Cobra-Kahn, and the ever-cool Webstor. On the side of justice, He-Man's crew expanded to include Buzz-Off, Fisto, and Mekaneck.

Unfortunately, I cannot report all positive as far as the second season is concerned. While the charm of the first season was retained, it starts to become clear by the second or third disc of this collection that the well of material was beginning to dry up. Make no mistake, several of the episodes here represent some of the finest writing of the entire 130 episode run (Into the Abyss, The Origin of the Sorceress for example) but the great works tend to be surrounded by plots that we've experienced time and time again (kidnapping to other dimensions, Skeletor's endless failures). In addition the ever-annoying Orko takes a turn for the worse this season. While I realize that he was placed into the series for the benefit of the children, his continual spoils do grow a bit thin.

This isn't to say this isn't a worthy addition to the BCI collection. In fact, in many ways it is the most impressive box set to be released. The cover art is spectacularly reminiscent of the original production's look and in my estimation, this volume contains one of the most interesting documentary segments of the entire run: The Magic of Filmation. This retrospective really provides a solid feel for the family-like environment of Lou Scheimer's legendary company. To be honest, by this stage of the game, the viewer actually begins to feel like they actually know the individuals involved in the production of He-Man personally. Should I bump into any of them on the street, I suspect maintaining a healthy conversation should be effortless after watching these collections.

As is tradition for this box set release, the sixth disc includes the stories behind select episodes from the first half of season 2 (episodes 66-98) in addition to 3 full episode commentaries. 2 more 4x6" collectible cards are packaged in this time from Frank Cho and Emiliano Santalucia.

Included on this 6 disc set are the following episodes:

The Cat And The Spider
The Energy Beast
Day Of The Machines
The Gamesman
Fisto's Forest
The Rarest Gift Of All
The Great Books Mystery
To Save Skeletor
Island Of Fear
Origin Of The Sorceress
The Ice Age Cometh
Trouble In Trolla
Betrayal Of Stratos
Disappearing Dragons
The Shadow Of Skeletor
The Arena
Attack From Below
Into The Abyss
Fraidy Cat
The Rainbow Warrior
A Trip To Morainia
Things That Go Bump In The Night
Three On A Dare
Just A Little Lie
One For All
Jacob And The Widgets
The Littlest Giant
Trouble's Middle Name
Journey To Stone City
A Bird In The Hand
Battlecat
The Time Wheel
Search For The Past

Once again BCI has somehow managed to pack way more material into a compilation than previously thought possible. The tradition of excellence BCI has introduced to fans of the original season is present through the transition into the beginning half of the second, and unfortunately final, season of Filmation's He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.
May 5, 2008

He-Man season 2 volume 1

I was glad to see this come out. I've never seen the second season on TV, as I had to prioritize my studying at the time it was on.
He-Man and Skeletor are continuing their beautifully animated battle of good vs evil in Eternia.
Buy all four volumes of season 1 and 2 and stack them side by side on your shelves to enjoy the picture the covers make. Without giving anything away, you can look forward to a good set of extras too.
I'm hanging out in hope that they'll release She-Ra season 2 this year as the obvious follow-up to this. April 3, 2007

he-man still rules 20 years later!!!

I, like everyone else grew up on he-man. once I found out they were on dvd I had to have it. watching them now on dvd has made me love it even more than ever! this dvd is just another must-have. if you like he-man then there is no excuse not to buy it! trust me the episode and sound quality are excellent, theres tons of bonus features and 2 collectible cards too. this dvd set is guaranteed to bring a smile to your face! amazon has an excellent guarantee also, if you have a problem with it. I have all of the dvd sets and so far a couple of them have not played correctly. certain episodes skip even though there is no scratches on the disk. they have done it since new. amazon had no trouble exchanging it hassle free for me, and in fact this set was an exchange! dont be discouraged though, theyre still totally worth buying! March 10, 2007

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