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http://www.slate.com/id/2141626/?nav=tap3
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He-man

The toy was a movie tie-in with Conan, only Mattel decided Conan had too many adult themes, so they made Conan kid-friendly and called him He-Man. Only after they produced the toy did they think about making a cartoon.
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This is true of other toy/cartoon pairs. The G.I.Joe cartoon came about from the success of an animated G.I.Joe commercial.
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The article claims the He-Man cartoon was the first such cartoon, though I have no way to verify that statement.
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