When I was young, I used to love coming home from school and checking out the adventures of the Transformers, G.I. Joe and lesser luminaries such as Jayce & the Wheeled Warriors. (They were pretty awful. Seriously, feel free to Google it. I’ll wait…) The fact that I could go to my local TG&Y and Duckwalls and purchase the plastic representations of my cartoon pals was, to my mind, nothing but a bonus. These days, the things that entertain kids have a lot more scrutiny applied to them, with the expectation that there be some educational component involved, rather than just to sell toys. At least I can comfort myself in knowing that kids like me who grew up wanting to buy Metroplex can get the Superman t-shirts, a replica Green Lantern rings or even their own sonic screwdrivers that I couldn’t, which in turn begs a query…
The MS-QOTD (pronounced, as always, “misquoted”) just realized that Kitty Pryde is on that ‘Secret Wars’ cover in my icon image, but NOT in the issue, asking: What shows or films, seemingly designed just to sell toys, do you nonetheless love?
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I was born in 1980, so He-Man, Transformers, G.I.Joe..all of them.
Clue!
Man, basically all of the classic 80s/90s toons, most of which rose above their origins: He-Man, Transformers, G.I. JOE, Thundercats, Silverhawks, and TMNT!
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I still love all of those!