a micro toon

[ogemtoys]

I've always wondered why mego never branched out in and developed cartoons with some of their properties.I know the apes had a toon but it i think a micro toon wouldve been really nice to have seen.I also know cartoons and toylines didnt really get the cuffs off at that time too.What do you think? and then who wouldve animated it at that time?

[doctor09210]

i think if it had a Power Rangers approach and it had really low budget costumes and all
it would be fun

[palitoy]

I've always wondered why mego never branched out in and developed cartoons with some of their properties.I know the apes had a toon but it i think a micro toon wouldve been really nice to have seen.I also know cartoons and toylines didnt really get the cuffs off at that time too.What do you think? and then who wouldve animated it at that time?

There were laws in place that forbade that sort of thing, Marty Abrams was one of the crusaders in getting that law repealed but he didn't have a toy company by the time it was said and done.

Apes could have a cartoon because it started out as a property, not as a toy line, same with Star Trek.

[doctor09210]

There were laws in place that forbade that sort of thing, Marty Abrams was one of the crusaders in getting that law repealed but he didn't have a toy company by the time it was said and done.

Apes could have a cartoon because it started out as a property, not as a toy line, same with Star Trek.


interesting

what about toy to movie

[Jason73]

Super Friends was on every Saturday moring. That worked for me.

[samurainoir]

He Man, transformers and GI Joe RAH were really the first out of the starting Gaye to really take advantage of the 1/2 hour animated commercial disguised as tv show once the laws were struck down forbidding it. Until that point, I guess comic books were the go to for getting tie in story lines out there for the kids.

So you had the Micronauts comic book, ROM, even He Man debuted in proto form in the mini comics and DC's tie in preview and Superman team up. Years prior to that you had Captain Action in hs own comic of course.

You can't blame the toy companies for really pushing GI je and He Nan though... No licensing fees.


I wonder which direction they would have taken a Micronauts cartoon? Certainly if Marvel's animated studio was involved like it was with GI Joe, it might have hewn closer to Bill Mantlo's comic book versions. Or would the Abrams have wanted them to look and feel more like the toys in the end?

[ctc]

>Until that point, I guess comic books were the go to for getting tie in story lines out there for the kids.

Yeah, but there was still a separation. The comic guys and the toy guys would each do their thing apart from each other. (Hence one reason why stuff like Micronauts and Rom were so different from the toy lines.) GI Joe was the first really co-ordinated effort.

>Years prior to that you had Captain Action in hs own comic of course.

True; and you can see how DC had to fill in the blanks, 'specially considering how many of his costumes they couldn't use for copyright reasons.

>if Marvel's animated studio was involved like it was with GI Joe, it might have hewn closer to Bill Mantlo's comic book versions

Or not, considering how much GI Joe differed from the comic. The Sunbow stuff was really, REALLY cheaply done too; so I can only imagine a Micronauts version.

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