Show me some examples of toyeticness in cartoons.

Show me some examples of toyeticness in cartoons.

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  1. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Everything made in 90’s

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      90s had plenty of it, but I associate toyetic more with the 80s. Transformers, GI Joe, He-Man, etc.

  2. 2 years ago
    Anonymous
    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      You lost buddy?

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Cowboy Bebop was made as a toy commercial

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          Not exactly. It was originally sponsored by Bandai's toy division, but they pulled out during production when it became clear that what series director Watanabe wanted to do with the show didn't match theirs. The production was then in limbo until Bandai's media division then stepped in as the series sponsor, at which point there wasn't the need to merchandise toys anymore and the show was free to develop as Watanabe wanted.

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            So they made toys or not?

            • 2 years ago
              Anonymous

              What an odd question. There are toys of pretty much every show, including Bebop. But that's not what you were trying to say. You're moving the goalposts now.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          I'll say again, you lost buddy?
          Wrong board

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Actually Bebop was a disappointment to its sponsors who thought it would sell more spaceship toys than it ended up doing.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Not Cinemaphile
      Frick off

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >spike figure
      >piece of shit sold at walmart for $10
      >model of the ships
      >$600 from GSC
      Frick just let them make a nendoroid

  3. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Neon Talking Super Street Batluge!!!

  4. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Brooklyn's motorcycle in the first season of Gargoyles.

    They were forced to add it to promote the toyline, so they wreck it the first chance they got.

  5. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Here's a different sort of toyetic in a show made already to sell toys:
    In the G1 miniseries "Five Faces of Darkness", Blitzwing is the only one untrusting of the evil quintessons, as he's apparently one of the few Transformers ancient enough to hazily remember them. Ultimately, this doubt is what leads him to side with the autobots, and get labeled as a traitor who would never be welcome back in the Decepticons ever again. It's a surprising amount of thought and character for a guy who was up until that point just another rock-stupid Decepticon thug...

    ...and that's because the role was originally written for -Shockwave-, who was one of the earliest characters introduced in the show and whose drone-like appearance suited an early model of robot. However, Hasbro requested a newer toy get the role, to better show off and sell, so Blitzwing was swapped in.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Huh. Soundwave siding with the Autobots would have been pretty surprising, though I can see why they wouldn't want that.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Shockwave, not Soundwave. Might've made a good continuation to his story as Shockwave was ruling Cybertron for Megatron; once Galvatron came around he'd probably pressure him out due to Galvatron's ego.

        Maybe the second mutation were VERY loosely based on these? Doesn't make sense given how to Japanese versions of the toys actually transformed from turtle to humanoid-thing while the US molds didn't.

        There were also these Ultra/Mutant Masters, too, also done by Takara. These were done the following year as the first set of Super turtles. Towards the middle of the 90's a lot of Playmates TMNT toys were just rereleases of Takara figures.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Similarly in "Starscream's Ghost" Octane's role was originally Blitzwing's, but Hasbro changed him out to shill a new toy. Octane getting stuck between modes is a reference to Blitzwing's toy bio, also the quote about him being a "older model" was supposed to be a meta gag about how Blitzwing's toy had been on shelves longer, both are remnants of this idea.

  6. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle's relationship with this is amusing to me. So many designs in the shows were clearly meant to get toys...Bu Playmates keeps canceling or never making them despite being obvious toys.

    >Retool 1987 TMNT in the 90s to compete with superhero shows, turtles get power ups, new villains, new April outfit
    >No toys
    >2003 retools itself twice, full of designs perfect for toys
    >Playmates drops the Fast Forward line in a year despite requesting it, decides to focus on making toys based om the 07 movie for two years instead and thus killing the 03 show

    >2012 ramps up the number of mutants and aliens, has a final season full of toyetic designs
    >Playmates drops the ball and messes up the toys or doesn't make them

    >The way Rise was handled in general

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Yeah, TMNT was the first thing to come to mind. Rewatching it, I was thinking the toyeticness might even work in the show's favor to some extent. Things that make cool toys also can be cool to watch, lots of interesting machines and character designs.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Maybe the second mutation were VERY loosely based on these? Doesn't make sense given how to Japanese versions of the toys actually transformed from turtle to humanoid-thing while the US molds didn't.

  7. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Ben 10 hard.

    First show - premise lends itself to toys (kids has a alien watch that turns him into alien heroes and he unlocks more) but it's fine

    Alien Force - There is notable shift. Plumber badge look like Omnitrix so you justify logo on any good weapon or vehicle. Kevin's car happens to be green with black colors to match Ben. Overall, green is ephasised and brand color. Even aliens shout they're name after transforming in this very "so kids know the name of toy to ask for" style

    Ultimate Alien - Ultimatrix and Ultimate forms, obviously. Heroes' new spaceship, sure. But most blatant moment was in season finale when one random faceless mook was using green gun and then Kevin picked it up, attached his badge to it (without explaining if it makes gun stronger or what, this never happened before) and used that guy for the rest of episode.

    Omniverse - Not too bad even with new hero owning shape-shifting multi-tool weapon and transforming car until the last season when Skurd was added - gooey parasite that attached itself to Omnitrix that can copy DNA of host or something which somehow allowed him to create weapons based on aliens for Ben or just growing alien limbs on him so we can get e.h. Humungousaur with Armodrillo arm or with Diamondhead-like sword. Ironically, no toys were made.

    Reboot - biggest blatant because there was new gimmick each season.
    1 - Just Ben turning into aliens
    2 - Ben unlocks Shock Rock and other alien sometimes randomly get covered in very Shock Rock-y enermy armors.
    3 - Kevin, Rival with his own Omnitrix and evil version of Ben's aliens
    4 - Ben gets an upgrade allowing his aliens to summon robo-armors
    movie - further upgrade with robo-armors now being space suits
    And that's not bringing up Glitch, that weird robot-Ben-Upgrade thing from Omnitrix that got stuck in the form of go-kart that if Ben or Kevin transformed while inside of him, he would change shape to match the alien's theme. (again, no toys of that)

  8. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Skeletor recently got one.

  9. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    All of the weird, dumb vehicles in the Swamp Thing cartoon.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      yes

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