Dino-Riders is an action, adventure, fantasy, science-fiction, animated television series that Ray Lee and Steven Hahn directed. The animated television series premiered in 1988 and ran for just a season, consisting of 14 episodes. The television series, Dino-Riders, was a promotional show to create a backstory for Tyco’s Toys. It also introduced the new line […]
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Retrospective On Dino-Riders Cartoon Series
Dino-Riders is an action, adventure, science fiction, fantasy animated television series. Tyco licensed this series to create a background story and promote their new toy line. With only fourteen episodes produced, Gerry Conway and Carla Conway created Dino-Riders while Ray Lee directed most of the series. Then, Steven Hahn directed the first and last episodes […]
The Top 10 Kenner Star Wars Toys
The Star Wars franchise is a futuristic, Sci-Fi based franchise. This franchise portrays the constant struggles between the evil Empire and a group of heroes, the Alliance. The franchise also depicts the relationship between humans, robots and droids, and other extraterrestrials. There were mentions of The Force and the war between the Jedi order (those […]
Retrospective on the Star Wars Movies
Star Wars is not just another name for another movie. It is one movie that has tremendous influence since its debut in 1977. Star Wars ushered in a wide stream of interest into the science fiction genre, making it a mainstream genre in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The movie also created an identity […]
The Top Ten Battlestar Galactica Characters
Battlestar Galactica is American science fiction, action, horror, and adventure movie. Glen Larson wrote and produced the original Battlestar Galactica series. The series originally aired between 1978-1979 and contained about 24 episodes. The original franchise of Battlestar Galactica earned many audiences, and the decision to suspend the show led to a wide range of criticisms. […]
The Top Ten Battlestar Galactica Toys
Battlestar Galactica is a science fiction television series that Glen A. Larson created in 1978. The story depicts the Twelve Colonies of Man and their long-lasting war against the Cylon Empire. The war then hit its climax when the Cylons executed an attack on the Colonial military and the Twelve colonies. Only a handful of […]
Retrospective on the Battlestar Galactica Television Series
Glen Larson conceived the idea behind Battlestar Galactica. Although Larson claims the idea brewed for over a decade before its execution, the creation of Star Wars in 1977 was a significant inspiration. The previous title of Battlestar Galactica was “Adam’s ark”. However, there were speculations that the remarkable success of Star Wars led to the […]
The Top 10 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Toys of the 1987 Cartoon
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise is famous for its wide array of multimedia content and products. The franchise also has significant success in all the media associated with it. Playmates Toys birthed the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles toys. This company also produced the most Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles toys to date. It all started […]
Retrospective on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in Comics and Television
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a media franchise that features a group of four anthropomorphic turtles who fight crime with Ninjitsu. These turtles are Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello, and Michelangelo. Meanwhile, their Sensei, Splinter is also a humanoid rat. Living in the sewers of New York City, they fight crime, evil villains, and alien invaders. The […]
The Top 10 Characters from the ThunderCats
The ThunderCats media franchise was one of the topmost successful media franchises from the 1970s to the 1990s era. This incredible feat could be allocated to the success of the maiden version of the animated television series ThunderCats. Tobin Wolf created the original cartoon, which ran from 1985 to 1989. The original ThunderCats television series […]