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Toy company Hasbro licensed transforming robot toys from the Japanese company Takara, which had already existed in that country since 1980. But in America, Hasbro wanted a whole mythology to go with ...

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Today, we think of Ghostbusters as one of the great franchises of the ’80s. But truthfully, it was only one mega-hit movie, and a less successful follow-up five years later. The true reason we think ...

Hasbro is releasing a set of four action figures featuring characters from the 1980s Dungeons & Dragons cartoon. The new Dungeons & Dragons Cartoon Classics line will include three heroes from the ...

COMING TO A TOY STORE near you: the Cartoon Network. Mac and Blooregard Q. Kazoo from the cable channel’s “Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends” as well as other wacky animated characters will be ...

Bernard Loomis, an influential toy marketer who, by turning advertisements for toys into children’s cartoon programming, was dubbed “the man who invented Saturday morning,” died of heart disease June ...

It’s not just enough to make a good cartoon any more. Too often, animated shows are dependent on selling action figures in order to stay on the air, ratings (and quality) be damned. Here are seven ...