G.I. Joe is an American media franchise owned by the Hassenfield Brothers (Hasbro). The company specializes in making toys. Their flexibility in adopting different unique forms has helped them sustain relevance and entertained children of different generations. G.I Joe gradually became a household name in the 1960s, following Hasbro production of Action Figures – a […]
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 Characters from Voltron: Defender of the Universe
Voltron is an action, adventure, mecha, science fiction, superhero-based media franchise. The media franchise started as a syndicated animated television series. The series featured the adventures of a five-person team of space explorers drafted to go on a mission to the distance Arus. Their journey later truncated after the forces of the planet Doom captured […]
The Top Ten Voltron: Defender of the Universe Toys
Voltron is one of the most successful media franchises of the 1980s. The media franchise started with a syndicated animated television series titled Voltron: Defender of the Universe that was based on a team of five space explorers sent on a scout mission that unfortunately found themselves in between a planetary war. Later, they became […]
Retrospective On Voltron: Defender of the Universe
Voltron is an incredibly successful animated television series franchise that contains four animated television series, a successful toy line, and several comic books. The whole franchise is based on a five-person team of space explorers who became the pilots of a gigantic legendary super robot called Voltron. The Voltron franchise contains imported media from Japan […]
The Top Ten She-Ra: Princess of Power Characters
She-Ra: Princess of Power is an action, adventure, Sci-Fi, superhero animated television series created by Filmation as a spin-off of the He-Man and Masters of the Universe media franchise. In She-Ra: Princess of Power, Filmation attempted to create a series for young female children after the success of the He-Man and Masters of the Universe […]
The Top Ten She-Ra: Princess of Power Toys
Following the success of the Masters of the Universe franchise, the public felt that He-Man was for boys. So, Filmation and Mattel came together to develop a new animated series and toy line that they would simultaneously produce. Unlike the He-Man animated series that debuted after the toy line, they produced this media together without […]
Retrospective on She-Ra: Princess of Power
Following the public acceptance and commercial success of the He-Man: Masters of the Universe animated television series and its toy lines, Filmation, the production company in charge of He-Man, united with the renowned toy company, Mattel. Thus, they envisioned a female adaptation of the He-Man animated television series and toy line. Both the show and […]
The Top Ten Characters from He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe is a sword and sorcery and Sci-Fi based media franchise developed by Mattel. The franchise began with the release of the Masters of the Universe toy lines in 1981 and has since gone on to produce other media such as animated television series, newspaper comic strips, comic book […]
Retrospective on He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe started as a toy line that Mattel introduced to the world in 1981. The toy line focuses on the adventures of He-man, a supernaturally gifted character who is on the mission of saving the world from the powerful dark forces of Skeletor, his archrival. To promote their toy […]
The Dinosaurs of Tyco’s Dino-Riders Toy Line
Dino-Riders is an action, adventure, sci-fi, fantasy animated television series that was custom made to create a relatable storyline and to introduce Tyco’s toy line. Gerry Conway and Carla Conway created Dino-Riders while Ray Lee directed it, with Steven Hahn directing the first and last episodes of the animated television series. The animated television series […]