Errors in The Book
Sweet's book is also noteworthy for containing many errors. The text contains a higher than average number of spelling mistakes and obvious inaccuracies in its constant citations of sales figures. Of specific note are a number of glaring factual errors regarding specific toys/events that any casual to moderate MOTU fan would immediately spot, including:
- p. 120 "Tri-Klops was a good guy". The original toy's subtitle, carried on all packaging and advertisements, was "Evil & sees everything". It was rumored that the character was originally supposed to be a hero, but if this was the case, Mattel scrapped the idea before the figure went into production. Tri-Klops was a well-known villain in the MOTU line, and was one of Skeletor's chief henchmen.
- p. 132 & p. 207 describe Webstor's pulley mechanism as a thread which "ran through him, through his head and out his hintermost parts." The toy did not have the thread device pass through his actual body, but rather quite clearly fed through a detachable backpack.
- p.143 claims that the Masters of the Universe 1987 live-action film starred "a young Courteney Cox in the role of Teela." Teela was in fact played by actress Chelsea Field. Although Cox did feature in the movie, it was in the role of Earth girl Julie.
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