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[-] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago
[-] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago

Writer Cary Bates says that the Supermobile was created as a promotional tie-in for the Corgi Toys toy line: "In my opinion, whenever merchandising needs are dictating story content, the odds of any real creativity or inspiration are severely compromised".

Yah, we could tell...

[-] jawa21@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

In the '80s that was reversed. Most of the cartoons were created to sell toys

[-] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

You mean the teenage mutant ninja turtles, trained to operate in the shadows, didn't really need a blimp??

[-] jawa21@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 2 days ago

About as much much as Rainbow Brited needed a horse

Or Liono needed a sword

Or the Silverhawks needed existence

[-] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Two things.

1: People hardly ever look up

2: They had access to the water mains, and probably spiked the city water with LSD before they took the blimp out.

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