The Faceless Ones was released as an action figure in 2011 as part of Mattel's Masters of the Universe Classics toy line.
The flashback in which Orko arrives on Eternia and saves young Adam and Cringer from a swamp is a retelling of the same material from Creatures from the Tar Swamp (1983). However, the Swamp Hoppers were far less threatening in their Filmation version when they appeared in Disappearing Act (1983).
Larry DiTillio was also a writer for the original He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983) series.
Writer Larry DiTillio suggested that the ruined Temple of Shokoti from his popular The House of Shokoti: Part 1 (1983) and The House of Shokoti: Part 2 (1983) might be seen in the background of the Sands of Fire, but was refused.