Inspired by He-Man.org’s Roast Gooble Dinner podcast, welcome to PGPoA’s latest MOTUC Bio Discussion!

Roboto Bio

Real Name: Robot Model 9041

Originally built by Man-At-Arms as a chess opponent for Man-E-Faces, the robot companion was nicknamed Roboto and later given a heart-shaped emotion program which altered his speech patterns. Under the influence of this new programming, Roboto came to understand the desire for freedom and upgraded himself for battle so that he could join the Masters of the Universe in their fight against evil. Roboto serves as chief strategist for the Masters and uses his unstoppable robot strength in heroic combat.

Portrait Art Source: Original cardback

Roboto’s bio closely follows the 200X origin from the Mike Young Productions cartoon, where Roboto was built as a chess opponent for Man-At-Arms. Personally, I find this a much more boring origin than the one from the Filmation series, where Roboto was an alien who crash-landed on Eternia, but because Mattel doesn’t have access to the Filmation cartoon it’s understandable they went with the 200X origin.

So yeah, this bio basically follows the exact plot of the Roboto episode. In fact, this may be the most bland bio yet…I guess there is the question of the “heart-shaped emotion program,” which, while having a nice allusion to the Tin Man, seems like a rather bizarre thing for Man-At-Arms to do. And I do like that Roboto’s “real name” is a reference to the original Roboto’s product code.

I want to know which member of the Eternian court suffered from such a paucity of imagination they nicknamed the robot  “Roboto.” Does this mean Orko is actually an orc?

On a side note, we’ve now officially caught up with all the published bios so far! I know a lot of future bios have already been revealed, but I prefer to have my figure review (and bio scans) done before I do the discussion, so I’ll wait until I’ve reviewed Grizzlor to do his bio. In the meantime, I’m trying to decide if there’s anything else I can start reviewing. I’ve been toying with reviewing the old mini-comics on a weekly basis. Thoughts?