This is a good topic. Long story short my dad passed away early at the age of 42 when I was 15. We were super close and as a kid he bought me anything and everything motu related. Fast forward a few years later when we were forced to move my mom started throwing out all of my childhood toys. My brother happened to see them at the curb and only had time to grab one of the bags and it was my motu. It was like a sign and was like being with my dad again. 
From that day on I started collecting. So I guess reliving my childhood but it really just reminds me of him

@brasco Sorry about you Dad. 42 is an incredibly young age to pass and must have been hard. I can't imagine not having my Mum when I was 15. It is sweet to think in a way you are honoring him everyday in this fandom.

I found 1 Skeletor lying on the shelf in Bradlees in Bridgeport CT. That's all they had, 1 Skeletor. I never heard of MOTU before that. And I have no idea why I bought him. I never saw anything from MOTU for a couple months after that. I only had 1 Skeletor figure & the pictures of all the other characters on the back of the card. It drove me nuts because I wanted the other characters especially Zodac. I eventually forgot about it. Then one day I walked into Child World in Westport CT. and right as you walked in they had a whole end cap set up loaded with everything. I was friggin BLOWN AWAY! I was freaking out. I can't explain what exactly drew me to the line or why I bought that 1 Skeletor that day, but I was totally hooked. I had to have'em all.

But I can't say the same for the Filmation cartoon. That is a completely different story. Major disappointment there.

@sci-fitsunami I forgot all about Bradlees. My mother bought me all sorts of toys from there and Caldors. Good memories.

The MOTU cartoon is one of my earliest memories. So much so that I can't actually remember the first time I saw it. I do remember excitedly telling my sister about the episode where we learnt more about the sorceress and how she became the sorceress. But that obviously wasn't the first episode I had seen.

Watching it Saturday mornings in the 80's, dragging my older sister out of bed to watch with me. So many GOOD memories associated with it.  I liked She-Ra too but MOTU remained my favourite. Teela was my favourite character and I remember my Mum made me a Teela costume for a school costume contest. Funny thing is, even tho She-Ra came out somewhat later, my memories of MOTU are much stronger. The Secret of the Sword  - mum rented that video for me so many times I remembered it almost in its entirety. When I think back on the cartoon, it is with so much fondness and comfort.

I had the Snake Mountain playset, with the microphone. Drove the family bonkers with that for quite some time. 'Santa' also brought me the Crystal Castle play set.  

I think MOTU shaped me and my interests from the age of 4 or 5. If you can do the math you know round about how old I must be now. I still love sci-fi and fantasy, especially the sword and sorcery stuff.  

Even just finding the intro on a (very young and new) YouTube back in the early 2000s would give me a tear in my eye. Maybe some of it is nostalgia, but I think the stories were better than most other cartoon of the time (that we saw in regional Australia, anyway)  and the setting/genre obviously imprinted on me. 

So I honestly can't explain it - I just am a fan and always was. I'll watch anything MOTU and be happy about it. 

I love fantasy and science fiction and my first fandom was MOTU & POP (I didn't discover NA until much later), I have always loved heroes fighting villains, in both animation (including LEGO and CGI) and live action.