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Imagine Gallery, This is Me, Case 4

Man-E-Faces

Action Figure
1983 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

1. Action figure, tan, pink/purple and mid blue plastic moulded to represent a muscular man wearing partial body and head armour. At the top of the head is a turning knob which when turned reveals three different faces at the front of the head armour.

2. Weapon; gun shape of moulded orange plastic which can be held in the curled right hand of the figure (the left hand is open)


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Figure
  • Gun
Titles
  • Man-E-Faces (manufacturer's title)
  • Heroic Human Robot Monster (manufacturer's title)
  • Masters of the Universe (series title)
Materials and techniques
Injection moulded plastic
Brief description
Man-e-faces; heroic human robot monster; cat no 5879; figure; Taiwan; 1983-7
Physical description
1. Action figure, tan, pink/purple and mid blue plastic moulded to represent a muscular man wearing partial body and head armour. At the top of the head is a turning knob which when turned reveals three different faces at the front of the head armour.

2. Weapon; gun shape of moulded orange plastic which can be held in the curled right hand of the figure (the left hand is open)
Dimensions
  • Figure height: 140mm
  • Figure width: 100mm
  • Figure depth: 60mm
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
'© MATTEL INC 1982 Taiwan'
Gallery label
Masters of the Universe figures Collected by Jermaine Dacas, aged 10–14 What we collect and own says something about us and our lives. Anything we group together can be a collection. Over four years, Jermaine spent his pocket money on nearly sixty figures from his favourite TV programme. He acted out his own stories with them, as well as scenes from the show. [Young V&A, Imagine Gallery long object label] (2023)
Credit line
Given by Jermaine Dacas
Object history
Bought by the donor between 1983 and 1987. Mr Dacas was born 17/10/73 and saved his pocket money to buy the toys. He played with them and created his own dramas for the characters.
Production
Man-E-Faces was part of the second wave of Masters of the Universe figures, released in 1983.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
B.45:1, 2-1994

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Record createdApril 17, 2000
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