Wednesday, November 18, 2009

I got love for you if you were born in the 80s

Hye there. Some of you would know me thru my other blog -Retro Conquest. I started this blog just to pursued my other side of love that is toys.

If you were born in the 80s then you probably watched hundred of great movies or cartoons.There are few things more influential to the childhood development of a child of the 80s than classic action sports movies. Whether its the timeless “guy likes girl, girl likes pro, guy beats pro and gets girl” theme or the “I fight crime with my skateboard” theme, all of these movies will teach you how to rip in all those crazy situations we find ourselves in on a daily basis.

I grew up watching the cartoons of the 80's. One of the earliest cartoons I remember watching was Smurfs. Everybody should know something about the Smurfs, but if you don't, then they're little blue creatures that are three apples high and live in mushroom houses. The evil Gargamel kept trying to capture them. The show was pretty good for a few years, but the last couple of seasons or so of the series were very forced; the final straw was the last season, when they had the Smurfs time traveling. Some other Saturday morning cartoons I remember watching and enjoying on network television in the 1980s included Alvin and the Chipmunks, the Snorks, and Shirt Tales..

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe was a major 1980s cartoon milestone. It earned its place in 80s cartoon history by being one of the first animated programs released to help promote a toy line. It was released in 1983, and was very successful. It was successful enough that a spin-off series, She-Ra: Princess of Power was also produced. Both shows featured a character (Prince Adam in He-Man, Princess Adora in She-Ra), that possessed super strength which they could harness by holding up their sword and saying certain words.

In the wake of He-Man, other cartoons with ties to toys were also produced. There was Transformers (about robots that could transform into other items, such as cars, cassette players, dinosaurs, insects, and other things). G.I. Joe featured a counter-terrorist team, who defended human freedom from Cobra (a ruthless terrorist organization). For the girls, there was Jem; Jerrica Benton could transform into glamorous rock star Jem by using her computer Synergy and her JemStar earrings (which served as microprojectors for Synergy). Jem and her group had to deal with a rival group of "bad girls," known as The Misfits.

Anime also made its mark in the 1980s. The two biggest anime properties of the 1980s had to be Voltron and Robotech. Some could also argue that Star Blazers belongs in this list (although the first season, where they go to Iscandar to obtain the Cosmo DNA, actually aired in the late 1970s; the second season aired in 1980, and the show continued on syndicated television for a few years in the early 1980s.

There were other cartoons in the '80s as well, but to me RoboCop: The Animated Series is the most memorable. RoboCop: The Animated Series an animated series produced in the 1980s by Marvel Productions, and is based on the character and events of the movie RoboCop.

The series follows on from the movie, with Alex Murphy still fighting to save the city of Old Detroit from assorted rogue elements, and on occasion, fighting to reclaim aspects of his humanity and maintain his usefulness in the eyes of the "Old Man", Chairman of OCP.

Many episodes see RoboCop's reputation put to the test or soured by interventions from Dr. McNamara, the creator of ED-260, the upgradable version of the Enforcement Droid Series 209 and the top competitor for the financial backing of OCP. He often develops other mechanical menaces that frequently threaten RoboCop.

What i love most is the toys...This is some of my collection.




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