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Andros is a minor character seen in The New Adventures of He-Man.

History[]

Andros was a prominent member of Skeletor's Evil Warriors, vaguely seen as a force of ram-like warriors in his service. He appeared during the first episode of the New Adventures, as the first beings on Eternia that time-travelers Captain Hydron and Lieutenant Flipshot meet after landing their Time Vessel. At Andros' command, his warriors seized Hydron and Flipshot and delivered them to Snake Mountain.

At Snake Mountain, Andros presented the prisoners to Skeletor, believing his master would find a use for them. However, Skeletor made an impromptu plan and convinced the prisoners he was a "good guy" and also the one they were looking for to help save their home world Primus. As Skeletor walked away with the prisoners in his friendly embrace, he glanced back at Andros with a scheming wink of his eye. Andros did not at all comprehend his master's intentions and was left visibly dumbfounded.

Andros (TNAoH)

Conception[]

There are was two theories behind Andros' making. In a blog posted on October 3, 2010 by James Eatock, he offered the following two explanations:

"The reason for this character's appearance is more than likely because those working on the show were unable to use existing Filmation villains, or were deterred from using characters like Beast Man who were based on old action figures. Many years ago I compared Andros to the one-shot villain Goat Man."

James Eatock on the reason for Andros' creation in The New Adventures of He-Man

This was confirmed by Jack Olesker, the writer of many episodes of New Adventures who confirmed Mattel disallowed from using classic characters like Beast Man forcing them to create stand-ins.

"The classic characters are gone because Mattel wanted to create an entirely new line of chactacters, thinking that the old line was the at a saturation point for collectors -- e.g., how many MAA action and Beastman figures can you collect? Therefore, they elimated the old characters and created new ones, hopnig to create sales of new figs."

Olesker further went into the details in this podcast.

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