In no particular order:
M.A.S.K.
Spiral Zone
Transformers
G.I. Joe
Thundercats
Dungeons and Dragons
1. Lifter-Bruce Sato probably had the best mask. I actually had the Brad Turner Motorcycle/Helicopter...Condor, yeah, awesome. But my brother had Matt Trakker's flying IROC, dope.
2. I would really like to see a current rendition of those heavily armed, single-wheeled motorcycles the good guys drove but not the wheel-chairs with tank treads the bad guys rode on. If you don't know about Spiral Zone and you were born before 1980 then shame on you. Wikipedia: Use it.
3. Transformers: Well, the Decepticons could fly so I thought that gave them a pretty big advantage. But the Autobots did a pretty good job considering they were mostly tow-trucks and volkswagons and what not. I had Starscream, Ravage, Rampage, and a few others.
4. The Joes and Cobras were probably my favorite toon of all. The toys were at their coolest when they directly modeled the military units of the time. My brother's Skystriker really looked like an F-14 right down to the payload. I mean you always had your A.S.P. type vehicles (which was very cool btw) but the realism was what made the toys for me. Favorite character: Stormshadow, Cobra Ninja.
5. Tygra was my favorite and I can't find any information on the Black Widow Shark, but I know it was on the show. Also, Lynx-O was cool cause he overcame his disabilities.
6. Oh yeah and that D&D cartoon. The one with Dekion the skeleton who is really a Celestial Knight is probably my fave. I really thought Eric was voiced by David Schwimmer but alas, it was Don Most.
List your fave cartoons, of the 80's or any era!
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Don't forget He-Man, and the original US Anime; Robotech!
The Thundercats were my favorite, but the Joe's come in a close second. I had the sweet Tank that was the take off from the Abrahms for about 5 days till some kid stole it. That was awesome.
I was happy to see that the new movie dropped the stupid premise of having GI Joe be some international fighting force. G.I.Joe = Government Issue...what the heck were they thinking in the first place?!
He-Man (own them on dvd)
Thundercats
Transformers
Gi-Joe (I had them all - well, a lot of them anyway. Stole them from Ben Franklins ... sorry, Phil)
Silverhawks
Dungeon's & Dragons (own them on dvd)
Godzilla (ball-whoop! the sound they used to call him out of the water!)
Go-bots
Blackstar (does anyone remember this one - I had him and his dragon, sweet!)
oh, and how could you leave out...
VOLTRON!!!
Garfield, Bugs Bunny, and Smurfs. Does Saved by the Bell count since it came on Saturday mornings? I'm so glad I wasn't born a boy.
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