Toy links tagged "TV"

PaskoMarty 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.)

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Flint WestwoodBuzz 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 …”

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Een echte Nederlandse HeldSteve 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!”

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Dill-eeFlint Dille interviewed.
“… each different medium should add something to the property or franchise that the other mediums don’t bring.” (Part 2. Part 3.)

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Duke diesBuzz 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).”

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Fred Ladd on Tetsuwan AtomFred Ladd on Tetsuwan Atom.
“The show … put Japan on the map as an animation production country. And as soon as that hit, all of sudden, all over Tokyo, a hundred studios sprang up overnight.”

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Big Guy and Rusty the Boy RobotBig Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot.
(YouTube, 01:12. See also.)

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one man bursts his bonds to fight for justice“… one man bursts his bonds to fight for justice!”
A Thundarr the Barbarian custom by Boskoes.

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Don't make me angry, Gargamel“Don’t make me angry, Gargamel. You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry.”
(Related.)

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Daleks hit the beachDaleks hit the beach.
Recuperate! Recuperate!

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