Masters of the Universe on Sale at Child World in 1988

December 22, 1988. This ad block comes from The Record newspaper of Hackensack, New Jersey, and shows us Mattel’s Masters of the Universe as the line was dead at retail. Less than $2/each for classic Masters of the Universe action figures is a deal that any of us would take today, but back when this ad was new, retailers just wanted to clear their shelves of the toys and not deal with the inventory.