Toy links tagged "Interviews"
Joe the war profiteer.
“In fact, the biggest years for G.I. Joe were during the height of the Vietnam protest, from ’69 to ’73.” (See the Collectible Toys & Values scans.)
Kirk Bozigian on the G.I. Joe File Cards.
“This was at a time when baseball cards were really hot, and I felt this was one of the easiest ways of telling kids who our characters were …” (See the Action Figure News And Toy Review scans.)
Marty Pasko on writing for the Sunbow G.I. Joe cartoon.
“They literally gave you a sheet enumerating the product that had to be included in the show. It was a brilliant procedure from a marketing standpoint in the sense that they had very specific targets in mind as to when the individual episodes would be aired … with regard to product rollout.” (Part 2.)
Buzz Dixon interviewed.
“… we did a count and found out we had a whopping EIGHTY-SIX characters who appeared in two or more episodes, a number not matched until The Simpsons much later …”
Steve Gerber interviewed.
“… the requirements of a TV series and those of a toy line are sometimes very different. … imagine your reaction if one day you tuned in your favorite show, and all the characters you knew and loved were suddenly gone — with no explanation!”
Flint Dille interviewed.
“… each different medium should add something to the property or franchise that the other mediums don’t bring.” (Part 2. Part 3.)
Buzz Dixon interviewed.
“… toy sales and TV ratings did not coincide with one another. Sometimes the most popular toys had the best shows, but often a popular toy’s show would bomb and an unpopular toy would have a successful show (this was the case with Jem).”
Stan Lee on Toei’s tokusatsu Spider-Man.
“I liked the way they did it in a Japanese style. It wasn’t really like the American version. It had its own flavour — even the way he walked.”(YouTube, 09:46.)
Gene Pelc, Marvel’s man in Japan, interviewed.
“(Stan Lee) said that in all his experience of writing for people, if they could see (Sun Vulcan) in America on Saturday morning, it would wipe out anything because it’s full of action and very entertaining.” (See also.)
Haim Saban interviewed.
“I’m laying in bed in my hotel room in Japan. … just three channels playing game shows … All of the sudden there were these five kids in spandex fighting monsters. Don’t ask me why, but I fell in love. It was so campy!”