The Beam Blaster and Artillerary seem to have been designed to interact with TV signals when weapons fired on a live-action Masters of the Universe TV show, which turned into the unrelated Captain Power show & toyline IP, developed for television by the director of the 1987 movie.
https://battleramblog.com/mark-dicamillo-on-the-abandoned-live-action-he-man-tv-show/