Believe it or not, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers is nearing its 30th anniversary since it debuted on American screens in 1993. However, its main source material and influence, Super Sentai, is even older. Super Sentai came onto the scene in 1975. However, over the first dozen series did not become part of the Power Rangers […]
Wheeljack’s Lab – Vintage Toy Blog
Follow this blog for the new, the unusual, the rare and cool Generation 1 G1 Transformers toys. Reviews, news, toy resources, galleries, unboxing, opinions and personal reflections on vintage toys.
The Top Ten Veritech Fighters and Other Mechas from Robotech
In 1985, Harmony Gold set about to introduce the world to a new franchise with the blended localization of three anime series. They had their hands on the rights to three anime with a similar visual appearance, Super Dimension Fortress Macross, Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross, and Genesis Climber MOSPEADA. So, they felt these anime […]
The Top Ten Robotech Toys and Action Figures
Robotech is an action, adventure, science fiction media franchise that started as an 85 episode-long animated series. Harmony Gold in the United States collaborated with Tatsunoko Production in Japan to localize and combine three different anime series. Since audiences widely accepted the Robotech series, it began to spawn other media such as books, comic books, […]
Retrospective On Robotech from the 1980s to Current
Robotech is an action, adventure, and science fiction media franchise. Originally, the American production company, Harmony Gold, collaborated with Japan’s Tatsunoko Production collaborated to adapt three different anime into one American series. Thus, 1982’s The Super Dimension Fortress Macross, 1984’s Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross, and 1983’s Genesis Climber Mospedia combined to form Robotech. The […]
The Top Ten Characters of Visionaries: Knights of The Magical Light
Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light is an action-adventure, science fantasy, and animated television series. Sunbow Productions used Hasbro’s toy line of the same name as the basis for its plot. The show aired between September 1987 to 1987, consisting of thirteen episodes in a single season. A second season never aired as the animated […]
The Top Ten Toys of Visionaries: Knights of The Magical Lights
Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Lights is an action, adventure, sci-fi, superhero multimedia franchise that started in 1987. The franchise sports a short-lived animated television series, a toy line with a one-year lifespan, and a short-lived comic book series. Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Lights sets its events in an alternate universe where electronics and […]
Retrospective On Visionaries: Knights of The Magical Light
Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light is an action-adventure, science fantasy animated television series. Sunbow Productions based this cartoon on the Hasbro-produced toy line of the same name. The series was unique in production because it was the first property of Hasbro that Sunbow production produced without the intervention of Marvel productions. Meanwhile, TMS Entertainment, […]
The Top Ten Spiral Zone Characters
Spiral Zone is a science fiction, action, and adventure animated series based on a toy line made by a Japanese Toy Company called Bandai. Spiral Zone is also notable for ushering the zombie apocalypse genre into the limelight. A collaboration of Atlantic and Kushner-Locke television production produced the series. The ‘Good vs. Evil’ theme was also […]
The Top Ten Spiral Zone Toys from Tonka
The Spiral Zone is an action, adventure, animation television series that Atlantic/Kushner-Locke produced. The animated television series only lasted for one season, sixty-five episodes, which aired from September 21 to December 18, 1987. Initially, the Spiral Zone toys from Bandai Japan were the inspiration for the Spiral Zone series. Eventually, Tonka then obtained the rights […]
A Retrospective on Spiral Zone
Originally based on Bandai’s Spiral Zone toy line, Spiral Zone is a science fiction, action, and adventure animated series. Once Tonka bought the rights to bring Spiral Zone to the west, they also brought over the cartoon with a few changes. A collaboration between Atlantic and Kushner-Locke television production produced this series. The original series […]