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First four episodes of The Toys That Made Us now on Netflix
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What I found most interesting in the Barbie episode was how the different woman they interviewed thought of Barbie. The gaudy CEO just viewed Barbie as an American woman and what all little girls aspired to be (very traditional) while the one historian lady approached it from a more progressive perspective.
Anyone thinking this is just a nostalgia cash grab should really re-consider, it's incredibly informative.
Watched SW, He-Man and Joe yesterday. Saving Barbie for the wife. All have been interesting and I agree that He-Man is the stand out. This has been a great nostalgia trip, can't wait for more!
Yup, the He-Man episode was great. I pretty much had the opposite reaction to the She-Ra line, I wanted to play with those toys with my Masters, but gender shaming forbid it. I had to play with my cousin's She-Ra at her house when nobody was looking.
Overall a nice appetizer for the Power of Grayskull documentary, which I hope will be out soon.
Overall a nice appetizer for the Power of Grayskull documentary, which I hope will be out soon.
Not a fan of the joke-y tone and the snappy voice over. But i loved the three I watched (still has Barbie left)
Can't wait for Turtles
Can't wait for Turtles
Watched every episode yesterday, can't wait for the rest to come out (especially the one on Transformers). The He-Man toys looked really cool, and I owned a few figures from the early 2000's revival line. They were fun, though I was mostly into GI Joe (really anything military, and primarily the 12 inch figures) and Transformers (also owned a lot of official Toy Story figures when I had a Toy Story phase). Still, the thought of playing with those classic He-Man figures, that variety tho, is already throwing my inner child's imagination into overdrive.
I'm so afraid the Transformer's episode is going to finally push me over the edge in buying Masterpiece figures.
"We were psychological terrorists, I think, with He-man."
"We burned it into their little pea brains."
LOL, you are not fucking kidding. Great series, thanks for the heads-up.
"We burned it into their little pea brains."
LOL, you are not fucking kidding. Great series, thanks for the heads-up.
Only watched the MotU episode since I don't care too much about the others, but that was thoroughly interesting and entertaining. Here's hoping for more episodes.
As awesome as Sectaurs were, weren't they pretty much a failure?
Commercially, yes. Artistically, no. They also had god-tier commercials that told an ongoing story.
I never bought any until they went on clearance. I ended up getting the entire series of figures and "vehicles" for less than $30.
Did you get the Hyve? :o
I had a couple of figures with the little bugs but a friend had one of the awesome puppet ones. So awesome.
Same... I was born in 82, but never found GI Joe or He-Man all that interesting. I loved M.A.S.K. though.
I've been following their social media for months now. Had some brief interactions with the show creators a couple times.
This show is going to be awesome.
This show is going to be awesome.
Just saw the Star Wars one and loved it. More a kid of the early 90s so this one is a bit before me but I want to see episodes on Lego, NES/SNES, and especially TMNT. Especially this mini playset thing which I loved.
I had another one of these which I can not remember what toy brand it belong to but it was like an island of sorts and was the same concept. Also I'll take an episode on Tiger Electronics and all those fun handheld games they made.
Edit: Also what the producer hopes for in a season two:
I had another one of these which I can not remember what toy brand it belong to but it was like an island of sorts and was the same concept. Also I'll take an episode on Tiger Electronics and all those fun handheld games they made.
Edit: Also what the producer hopes for in a season two:
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Just saw the Star Wars one and loved it. More a kid of the early 90s so this one is a bit before me but I want to see episodes on Lego, NES/SNES, and especially TMNT. Especially this mini playset thing which I loved.
Googling pictures of these, as well as Mighty Max and Micro Machine stuff led me to discover Micro Machines is STILL making those Star Wars playsets. I had a bunch of these things when I was a kid. Crazy.
Episode 1 was the last time until they brought them back with TFA and Rogue One,Googling pictures of these, as well as Mighty Max and Micro Machine stuff led me to discover Micro Machines is STILL making those Star Wars playsets. I had a bunch of these things when I was a kid. Crazy.
Hasbro however killed them off again.
Hasbro people even made jokes out of them at a few panels this year.
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I looked and there's like forty just about sex.
I found hundreds in about a minute.
That's disappointing that they're not tackling TMNT.
I didn't even know Star Trek toys were a thing.
I haven't watched the episode yet, but I'm guessing it's about Barbie and the Rockers. Mattel must have seen Jem as a real threat to Barbie.
What was in there was literally the tip of the iceberg. The tiff between the creators could have filled hours; they really don't like each other.
Can't wait for the Transformers episode!
Born in 79, skipped right to the He-Man episode.
"Psychological terrorists". Oh my childhood, on Christmas morning no less. Bunch of drunken perv suits coming up with sexual innuendo power driven fantasy. Can't say i was surprised. Loved those toys. Guess it's time for GI Joe...
"Psychological terrorists". Oh my childhood, on Christmas morning no less. Bunch of drunken perv suits coming up with sexual innuendo power driven fantasy. Can't say i was surprised. Loved those toys. Guess it's time for GI Joe...
Really? I'm under what it SAYS is the "documentaries" section, and I literally only see around 20 or so at best.
Star Wars and Barbie still being hallmark properties made their episodes seems a little bit more serious in hindsight after the He-Man episode. All the old guys involved we're a riot.
I did a search on 'documentaries' in the mobile app and the results were mostly documentary categories.
I didn't see any on my front page.
This is what was around when I was a kid.
I had the whole line but I sold them for big bucks.
Then there were these in the late-'80s.
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