Brewtal Posted August 21, 2006 Posted August 21, 2006 I'm completely with you on this one. Man, I never noticed just how good the animation is on this one too. Quote
Rossi Posted August 21, 2006 Posted August 21, 2006 These were toys too, right? I seem to recall them being on the smaller side... Quote
Coota0 Posted August 21, 2006 Posted August 21, 2006 The toys were great. But look at the prices on Ebay Quote
CoryHolmes Posted August 22, 2006 Posted August 22, 2006 I'm still waiting for Visionaries to come out on DVD. Quote
areaseven Posted August 22, 2006 Posted August 22, 2006 So when's Bionic Six getting a DVD release? Quote
myk Posted August 22, 2006 Posted August 22, 2006 Bah. A Pup named Scooby Doo is the only set worth getting... Quote
Rossi Posted August 22, 2006 Posted August 22, 2006 The toys were great. But look at the prices on Ebay 427013[/snapback] Some people will buy anything, I guess...I knew that there were toys...AND I seem to remember them having magnets on their feet. I never had any of these toys ('Joe and Transformers kept me plenty busy), but my buddy used to have the white jet-shuttle-thingy... Quote
Keith Posted August 22, 2006 Posted August 22, 2006 I'm still waiting for Visionaries to come out on DVD. 427151[/snapback] And if not the show, then at least the toy commercials, as those were freakin' classic. As for DVD, I'm still rooting for Exo-Squad. Quote
Arrowyn Posted October 17, 2006 Posted October 17, 2006 STARCOM!! I still have a bunch of these squirreled away somewhere at my parents' place. Let me tell you, these toys were TOUGH. I'd bring them in the pool with me when i was a lad (seemed like a great idea at the time, what with all the motorized parts.. ><; ) I currently have about 12 of those little magnet-footed dudes on my fridge. But now that I've gone and watched the intro to the show on youtube.com, ....... Man oh man does that look like a Macross ripoff! I know that the show didn't always do that, but the intro makes the show look like a Macross clone. I do remember it being pretty good, too, but I also remembered how non-campy transformers was until i bought some of the newer DVDs and tossed aside the rose-colored glass called childhood. ugh. I'm looking into getting ahold of some episodes anyway. You can actually still kind of get them through Amazon, i've noticed. There was even a DVD release, apparently, back in march 2005 from "aluminum filmowrks" or something like that. 3 episodes out of 13. Quote
Mr March Posted October 17, 2006 Posted October 17, 2006 but the intro makes the show look like a Macross clone. Exactly my thoughts. Quote
1st Border Red Devil Posted October 17, 2006 Posted October 17, 2006 Heh, I'm just glad The Adventures of the Gummi Bears and Dungeons & Dragons are finally coming to DVD this fall. Plenty of stuff to blow money on. The fact the DVD case cover is based on the old D&D Basic Set layout is just icing on the cake. The people knew the audience they were catering to. Quote
ShadowerV2 Posted October 17, 2006 Posted October 17, 2006 Well even Spiral Zone is coming out on DVD... Star Com I hope comes out sooner or later. Quote
Keith Posted October 17, 2006 Posted October 17, 2006 Heh, I'm just glad The Adventures of the Gummi Bears and Dungeons & Dragons are finally coming to DVD this fall. Plenty of stuff to blow money on. The fact the DVD case cover is based on the old D&D Basic Set layout is just icing on the cake. The people knew the audience they were catering to. Hmm, can't help but wonder if they're going to use the original intro, or the badly redone intro from a few years ago. Quote
baronv Posted October 17, 2006 Posted October 17, 2006 Inhumanoids! Teen Turbo, and the inspring and awesome Captain Power! Quote
1st Border Red Devil Posted October 17, 2006 Posted October 17, 2006 (edited) Hmm, can't help but wonder if they're going to use the original intro, or the badly redone intro from a few years ago. To the best of my knowledge, the original intro for D&D, since its a collection of all 27 episodes (Seasons 1, 2 & 3). The redone intro from Saban only covered Season 2 IIRC. Edited October 17, 2006 by 1st Border Red Devil Quote
Gaijin Posted October 17, 2006 Posted October 17, 2006 Heh, I'm just glad The Adventures of the Gummi Bears and Dungeons & Dragons are finally coming to DVD this fall. Plenty of stuff to blow money on. The fact the DVD case cover is based on the old D&D Basic Set layout is just icing on the cake. The people knew the audience they were catering to. I remember that cartoon. My sister loved it. Quote
Lieutenant_Hazama Posted October 18, 2006 Posted October 18, 2006 For the exo-squad fans out there.Click here. Quote
lord_breetai Posted October 18, 2006 Posted October 18, 2006 (edited) And if not the show, then at least the toy commercials, as those were freakin' classic. As for DVD, I'm still rooting for Exo-Squad. you and me both... Exo-squad was a classic. I had a friend who had all the starcom toys but I never even knew there was a cartoon. he just had all these cool toys taht could do a wide variety of things with magnets. I'd kill for Captain Power DVDs and some form of continuation to the story... Edited October 18, 2006 by lord_breetai Quote
Uxi Posted October 18, 2006 Posted October 18, 2006 (edited) I had most of all of the Star Com toys back in the day, but think my parents gave them all away once I was in HS and hadn't played with them in a few years. They were great, now that I think of it. I had the good guy big white fighter with the little pods that would fold up and go into the cargo pod shaped thing. I had the bad guy big black fighter thing with the 2 little fighters that attached to it. Plenty of troops and assorted smaller vehicles, too. The magnets were a great idea and implemented fairly well, as were many of the mechanisms. I wish a new toy line would come out with figures that size, if not a reimagining of that series. Lets you do modestly sized vehicles in proper scale at least... Exosquad is another good one. I believe I still have many of these toys in the boxes in storage. I started phasing out before the last waves (the fixed fighters IIRC). I would love both series on DVD but I have a feeling StarCom would be in the GIJoe/Thundercats sucky-corny-today but good-in-my-memories nostalgia, unlike classics like Robotech (or more accurately in it's original component series) , G-force/Battle Of the Planets/Gatchaman sort. Exosquad definitely goes in the latter category. Edited October 18, 2006 by Uxi Quote
lord_breetai Posted October 18, 2006 Posted October 18, 2006 I had most of all of the Star Com toys back in the day, but think my parents gave them all away once I was in HS and hadn't played with them in a few years. They were great, now that I think of it. I had the good guy big white fighter with the little pods that would fold up and go into the cargo pod shaped thing. I had the bad guy big black fighter thing with the 2 little fighters that attached to it. Plenty of troops and assorted smaller vehicles, too. The magnets were a great idea and implemented fairly well, as were many of the mechanisms. I wish a new toy line would come out with figures that size, if not a reimagining of that series. Lets you do modestly sized vehicles in proper scale at least... Exosquad is another good one. I believe I still have many of these toys in the boxes in storage. I started phasing out before the last waves (the fixed fighters IIRC). I would love both series on DVD but I have a feeling StarCom would be in the GIJoe/Thundercats sucky-corny-today but good-in-my-memories nostalgia, unlike classics like Robotech (or more accurately in it's original component series) , G-force/Battle Of the Planets/Gatchaman sort. Exosquad definitely goes in the latter category. GI Joe is sucky today? I still love it follow the new comics and everything and the classic comics are still great. the TV show is silly but still fun to watch too... Thundercats... well that's a little different I like it a bit still but, again that's different. Quote
Southcross Posted October 18, 2006 Posted October 18, 2006 I forgot all about Starcom... I had all kinds of their toys so, was Starcom a Jap Anime... or strictly a US cartoon? I have no idea :? I agree... it needs to come out on DVD Quote
gerwalk25 Posted October 18, 2006 Posted October 18, 2006 Inhumanoids! Teen Turbo, and the inspring and awesome Captain Power! If I recall there was three episodes of The Inhumanoids on DVD by Rhino. Since were demanding our 80's toons where is my Bigfoot and the Muscle Machines and Ulysees 31 DVD's? Quote
terry the lone wolf Posted October 18, 2006 Posted October 18, 2006 Thunderbirds 2086 and Hanna Barbera's american remake of ULTRAMAN! Nuff Said! Quote
emajnthis Posted October 18, 2006 Posted October 18, 2006 I'd kill for Captain Power DVDs and some form of continuation to the story... I had no idea anyone realized this show existed. I still have all of the toys still in their boxes at my parents house somewhere. There was a guy who transferred all of the original VHS tapes to DVD and did a very high quality job of it too. http://www.captainpower.com/cdvideo/dvdvideo.html I was actually on ebay seeing what the toys went for and apparently they're worth next to nothing. While i was at it i looked up Legions of Power and Construx (both were a million times more fun than legos) and found that the latter was still actually worth something. Quote
HWR MKII Posted October 18, 2006 Posted October 18, 2006 Id kill for the ANIMATED captain power vids. There was some fast paced stuff in those. Well animated too. Quote
Nightbat Posted October 19, 2006 Posted October 19, 2006 Inhumanoids! Somehow I think I remember this cartoon were it a bunch of sub-terranians battling monsters with names like "Decompose"? Quote
gerwalk25 Posted October 19, 2006 Posted October 19, 2006 I found the Inhumanoids DVD but it's currently outta print. Quote
myk Posted October 19, 2006 Posted October 19, 2006 I've got that on VHS. I loved the pissed-off character who was always throwing his shoe at the T.V. and breaking it in every episode... Quote
glane21 Posted October 20, 2006 Posted October 20, 2006 But now that I've gone and watched the intro to the show on youtube.com, ....... Man oh man does that look like a Macross ripoff! I know that the show didn't always do that, but the intro makes the show look like a Macross clone. I do remember it being pretty good, too, but I also remembered how non-campy transformers was until i bought some of the newer DVDs and tossed aside the rose-colored glass called childhood. ugh. Yeah, whoever wrote/directed that StarCom opening sequence definitely saw the opening battle of DYRL and copied the hell out of it, right down to the location in the rings of Saturn. Quote
Ginrai Posted October 20, 2006 Posted October 20, 2006 If I recall there was three episodes of The Inhumanoids on DVD by Rhino. Since were demanding our 80's toons where is my Bigfoot and the Muscle Machines and Ulysees 31 DVD's? Actually I saw Ulysees 31 DVDs with COPS DVDs at Fry's Electronics, along with the Zelda cartoon and Super Mario 3 cartoon. Quote
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