Need help identifying a show

[mikeszekely]

My buddy was over the other day, and we were talking about cartoons we watched growing up. We both remember a cartoon, late 80's early 90's, about dinosaurs (and I'm not talking Dinosaucers). I think it had something to do with humanoid aliens crashing on prehistoric Earth. The good guys made friends with dinosaurs and used them to build a happy little village, but the bad guys used some sort of mind-control helmets to enslave the dinosaurs and use them to harass the good guys.

[David Hingtgen]

Of all the 80's dino cartoons, "mind-control helmets" quickly identifies it as "Dino Riders".

http://www.dinoriders.com/

http://www.toyarchive.com/DinoRiders/DinoRidersToys.html

[JB0]

Of all the 80's dino cartoons, "mind-control helmets" quickly identifies it as "Dino Riders".

Indubitably.

That was an awesome toyline. I never actually saw the cartoon, though.

[mikeszekely]

That'd be it. The name's so obvious I'm half embarrassed not to have figured it out on my own. On the other hand, it's so generic, I'm not surprised I forgot.

It might just be the nostalgia talking, but cartoons were better in the 80's.

[reddsun1]

LOL, those toys are so politically incorrect. I'm guessing PETA ensured the relatively short-lived duration of this series?

[David Hingtgen]

Any toy line that has a second year is rare. 3 years? Will be remembered for at least a generation.

[mikeszekely]

Any toy line that has a second year is rare. 3 years? Will be remembered for at least a generation.

Speaking of toylines, I was watching the Japanese Headmasters cartoon, and that totally took me back. Not for the toys (I had tons of Targetmasters, a few Powermasters, but the only two Headmasters I had were Scorponok and Brainstorm), but because of Battle Beasts.

[DJ Loe Kee]

Of all the 80's dino cartoons, "mind-control helmets" quickly identifies it as "Dino Riders".

http://www.dinoriders.com/

http://www.toyarchive.com/DinoRiders/DinoRidersToys.html

you can watch the intro and credits here. i already found all of the cartoons that i watched back in the day.

http://www.retrojunk.com/details_tvshows/552-dino-riders/

http://www.retrojunk.com/tv/videos/552-dino-riders/