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Re:Roger Sweet, Creator of the He-Man Action Figure, Dies at 91 by riffraff on Monday May 04, 2026 @01:57AM (#48005118)
Netflix has a pretty entertaining series on old toys, and there's an episode on He-Man, which, among other tidbits, explains that Battle-cat was actually a random tiger from a different toy line (Big Jim in the Jungle IIRC) with a paint job and a saddle.

Proper creativity at work!

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Re:Roger Sweet, Creator of the He-Man Action Figure, Dies at 91 by morelikeborelax on Monday May 04, 2026 @01:42PM (#48012092)
He is quite the character on that. Great episode!
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