Behold, a most bizarre finding:
Apparently, in 1986, Nathan Bitner as a child won a contest to get his idea for a He-man [Masters of the universe] figure made. The Figure was called 'Photog'.
However, Mattel reengaged on it's promise, and never produced the toy. A single picture can still be found on some of the MOTU He-man prototype sites.
Nathan Bitner, who was at Bungie Software for a time, apparently went through a truly bizarre experience; as this post at the HBO can attest to:
http://forums.bungie.org/halo/archive4.pl?read=98509
Truth is far stranger than fiction!
So, one can assume that Mattel is the original source of Bitner's delinquency. This blows my mind.
-Ernie