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He-Man was not the first cartoon based on a toy or product

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  • tmthor
    God of Knock-offs
    • Nov 29, 2005
    • 881

    #16
    Originally posted by enyawd72
    That's not true at all. There were TONS of toys made throughout the 1970's of Hanna Barbera characters while the shows were on the air. Scooby Doo, Yogi Bear, Flintstones, Wacky Races, Banana Splits...there were Looney Tunes toys, Jay Ward stuff like Rocky and Bullwinkle, Tennessee Tuxedo...there are THOUSANDS of items on Ebay. Figures, plushes, board games, puzzles, coloring books, soakies, you name it.
    In 1969 the Federal Communication Commission passed a landmark decision
    effectively banning any and all children's television programming that was associated with a toy line.
    The bill was instated under the concern that programming for children should be
    educational, and that toy related tie-ins degraded children's programming to the status of
    half-hour commercials

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    • tmthor
      God of Knock-offs
      • Nov 29, 2005
      • 881

      #17
      Originally posted by Werewolf
      The first Barbie cartoon was Barbie and the Rockers out of this world in 1987.
      Barbie Mysteries was a show in development think of a Scooby Doo like show but starring Barbie.

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      • tmthor
        God of Knock-offs
        • Nov 29, 2005
        • 881

        #18
        Originally posted by palitoy
        Oh, it's total semantics but that was the work around.
        True but also some companies would utilize other forms of media....like We are making Toys based on the Comic not the cartoon....or Like with Dukes of hazzard and Hulk...they were not technically "Children's programming"

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        • palitoy
          live. laugh. lisa needs braces
          • Jun 16, 2001
          • 59204

          #19
          Originally posted by tmthor
          In 1969 the Federal Communication Commission passed a landmark decision
          effectively banning any and all children's television programming that was associated with a toy line.
          The bill was instated under the concern that programming for children should be
          educational, and that toy related tie-ins degraded children's programming to the status of
          half-hour commercials
          Yes BUT toy companies themselves were still free to license the properties after the fact. The law prohibited the toymakers from creating the property, that's the difference and what Dwayne is accurately stating.
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