Borrower #1 Josh Van Pelt

The book measures about 8" by 11.5", has a soft cover, and has 53 full-color pages.  It was limited to 1000 pieces, each with a foil-stamped ribbon over the front cover as well as the number stamped on the back cover.  It is broken into sections starting with very early conceptual documents and sketches and goes all the way up to proposed artwork for a yet to be made movie.

From page one you know that you are going to enjoy this.  Every He-Man fan can find something they haven't seen before.  My personal favorites are the original Mark Taylor character sketches. It would have been cool to have some commentary by some of the creators of the line such as Mark Taylor & Roger Sweet.

This book is really something that Mattel should have done much earlier and on a larger scale.  Each section has amazing documentation, photographs and artwork related to MOTU, The New Adventures, the "Modern Line", The Classics, and a section called "the Future".  The shame is that over 25 years worth of history is condensed and presented in such a short format.  Although it is cool to see so many early designs and a few prototypes, I am left thinking about the thousands of pieces that we don't get to see. After going through this book on a few occasions the past few months my final reaction is... I want a Volume 2!

Not much of a review but there are 49 more "borrowers" who will each be able to add their thoughts, comments, and highlights.  The is on its way to its next steward, MMANOR from the he-man.org forums.