Documentary/Biopic Netflix presents The Toys That Made Us

[Sithborg]

It was HUGE when it first came out. Like I said, any toy that were that hot at one point deserves an episode. Add in Super Sentai history, you have a good amount of stuff to dig into.

 

[Heretic]

Is Power Rangers really a big enough toy property to warrant a whole episode?

Not only was Power Rangers HUGE when it first came out, it quietly remained a top selling toy for YEARS. It was apparently the top selling action figure of 2017. I have never been a fan, but it seems like a franchise that just keeps chugging along.

 

[Steyin]

Is Power Rangers really a big enough toy property to warrant a whole episode?

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

Not only was Power Rangers HUGE when it first came out, it quietly remained a top selling toy for YEARS. It was apparently the top selling action figure of 2017. I have never been a fan, but it seems like a franchise that just keeps chugging along.

Where did you get this information because I searched for the top selling toys of 2017 and PR wasn't even on the list. Nowhere did I find anything to back your statement up.

 

[Heretic]

Where did you get this information because I searched for the top selling toys of 2017 and PR wasn't even on the list. Nowhere did I find anything to back your statement up.

I just remembered hearing that it kept being a top selling toy for years after I thought it would have...so I Googled it (probably something like Power Ranger toy sales or something)...and it was in the top story I saw.

 

[Sawyer]

Not sure whether they plan on dipping their toes into video gaming at all, but I feel like something as revolutionary as Gameboy has to warrant an episode.

 

[Pink Ranger]

The 8-bit NES is a great story, just because of its product positioning as an electronic toy as opposed to a computer device. Completely changed how video games were sold, and completely transformed the look of Toys R Us and probably bought the company decades of life more than it would have had otherwise.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

Yeah, the introduction of Nintendo was a... Game Changer.

What? WHAT?!!

Oh screw you guys! I saw my shot and I took it!

 

[Drizzle]

It was HUGE when it first came out. Like I said, any toy that were that hot at one point deserves an episode. Add in Super Sentai history, you have a good amount of stuff to dig into.

Yeah, you couldn't go anywhere in the mid-'90s without seeing Power Rangers merch.

 

[Pink Ranger]

Power Rangers is a great story just because of its cobbled together nature of all these sentai shows redone with American actors. Also, the interview segment with Jason David Frank would be worth the episode alone.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

 

[Sawyer]

Midway through the second season, I'm feeling like I could do without the little reenactments at the start of each episode.

And that's just my polite way of saying that I ****ing hate them.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

Midway through the second season, I'm feeling like I could do without the little reenactments at the start of each episode.

And that's just my polite way of saying that I ****ing hate them.

That and the groaner dad humor are the weakest parts of the episodes always.

But... They do such a deep dive into things I can forgive it.

 

[SV Fan]

The need to do a show on Rad Repeatin Tarzan

 

[TheVileOne]

Yes Power Rangers flat out should be its own episode.

You could even do another episode on Power Ranger imitators and others who tried to cash in on Power Rangers.

Yeah I don't think they need the cutesy reenactments either.

Also yes, I think if they did a video game episode, the 8-bit NES would be perfect. Because back in the 1980s, Nintendo marketed its product in the US more as toys than video games, and that was their approach to home gaming after the market crash of 83.

 

[Sawyer]

Something that just occurred to me: How are we three seasons deep without a ****ing Hot Wheels episode?

 

[Sithborg]

Just a reminder that this is back tomorrow. What with other streaming services getting all the attention.

 

[Sawyer]

Finished the season last night. Very informative. Had no idea Stan Lee was so ahead of the curve in terms of wanting to bring Super Sentai to America.

The details with Eastman and Laird and what went on with TMNT was great too.

 

[Sithborg]

Finished the season last night. Very informative. Had no idea Stan Lee was so ahead of the curve in terms of wanting to bring Super Sentai to America.

The details with Eastman and Laird and what went on with TMNT was great too.

The nice thing is, that the episode seemed to help a bit of a reconciliation.

Eastman And Laird's TMNT: The Last Ronin Comic Will Be an "Elseworlds-Type Story Set Sometime In The Future"

 

[Sawyer]

Comic-Con 2024 Schedule: The Top Movie & TV Panels And Events In San Diego

San Diego Comic-Con is releasing the full schedule for its 2024 edition, which this year runs July 25-28.

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The Toys That Made Us
11:15 a.m., Room 6A

Director Brian Volk-Weiss, Benjamin J. Frost, Nick Ferrell, Savannah Goss and Bryan W. Adams offer updates on the documentary series.

Wait, what?? Is this coming back?

 

[Sithborg]

I would have thought the History Channel series kind of ate its lunch.

 

[Primal Slayer]

Comic-Con 2024 Schedule: The Top Movie & TV Panels And Events In San Diego

San Diego Comic-Con is releasing the full schedule for its 2024 edition, which this year runs July 25-28.

deadline.com

Wait, what?? Is this coming back?

Fingers crossed.

Netflix needs to do more with this, Movies that Made us, and Tv shows that made us

 

[Sawyer]

Oh cool…

I would have thought the History Channel series kind of ate its lunch.

I’ve only watched The Food That Built America and, fun as it is, their questionably-scripted/performed re-enactments (which are far more frequent than this show) are the thing that comes closest to pulling me out of it. I assume the same holds true for their other “____ That Built America” shows.

 

[DarkKnight88]

Brian Volk-Weiss has been busy making the Icons Unearthed series, so I guess with that nearing its 10th he's coming back for this.