Interview by Jukka Issakainen

Note from Adam: this is a 2015 interview with Bob Nall conducted by Jukka Issakainen. Jukka’s interview inspired me to interview Bob myself several years later. Jukka uncovered quite a lot of great information here, and he asked me to repost it.

Jukka: Hi Mr. Nall. My name is Jukka Issakainen and I recently discovered your name via Power-Con that you were the person behind “Masters of the Universe” logo, packaging etc.

Bob Nall: Hello Jukka. Yes, it’s true – I did design the Masters logo and was instrumental behind the entire package design line look and am proud to this day.

Jukka: What was your involvement with Mattel?

Bob: I started at Mattel in 1976 as a Sr. Art Director. I designed logos and packages for many brands and settled on Boys items (mostly Hot Wheels). When the product designers developed He-Man (largely designed by Mark Taylor – who worked in the same group) I had the opportunity to look at the retail face of the brand. We looked at many names before coming up with MOTU – it was almost called ‘Lords of Power’ but many thought that was too religious in nature.

Anyway, my career there took me through most of Mattel Brands including Barbie for a while and eventually I ended up as Vice President of Package Design for all Boys Toys and allowed me to influence all packages for Boys.

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Read the full interview on Battle Ram Blog! https://battleramblog.com/interview-bob-nall-creator-of-motu-logo-and-package-designer-2015/