"The Toys That Made Us”. Even more Interviews

[FiddlePhan]

Yeah, the show is about toys . . . not fandoms and not animation. 

When they talk about cartoons, it's to tie it into the toyline, i.e. "the He-Man cartoon really made sales take off" or "thanks to the cartoon, Prince Adam was introduced, even though the toy company had never intended He-Man to have an alter ego."

If you guys haven't seen the show yet, I highly recommend it.  It's fascinating and, a lot of the time, really funny.  ("If it's as big as a horse, PUT A SADDLE ON IT!" )

I agree.   I've been fascinated by all the episodes even though they weren't all about toys that I had any personal interest in.  They were well laid out with the history of each line with their interviews and if the toy had origens from outside the US they made sure to include those incarnations (Transformers for example had a big life in Japan that was unrecognizable to the toys we know in North America).

They mention cartoons but the series makes it very clear that it is all about the toys.  The Star Wars episode did not dwell on the movies at all other than to mention that in year such and such which of the movies was the current one.   

So I would say MLP is in great hands with the showrunners for The Toys That Made Us.  They really are putting their time and effort into getting each episode right.

[Sunset]

TTTMU3 has another VIA (Very Important Artist) in the #Season3 line-up! Any guesses as to who?

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So who do y'all think it is?

[LadyMoondancer]

Package art illustrator?

Or something to do with animation . . . a storyboarder? 

Edit:  There's also this post:

 "We were so ecstatic to interview Children’s TV titan Margaret Loesch! She was a champion of many toy lines such as Power Rangers, My Little Pony and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! #TTTMU3"

[Sunset]

Video interview with the show creator.

http://www.nerdnewstoday.com/brian-volk-weiss-talks-the-toys-that-made-us/

He doesn’t give much away about the upcoming episodes.  MLP is mentioned a couple of times.  In particular, he references it in comparison to the He-man episode where they juggled the different perspectives of the various people who where involved with the creation of the toy line. 

Also, he states that they are no longer going to do the re-enactments in future episodes.  I’m a little disappointed.  I thought those parts where kind of fun.

[LadyMoondancer]

I just about died at the re-enactment where they whipped out the proto-Barbie with . . . quite the chest.  Priceless.

[Safflower]

Interestingly, they are interviewing John de Lancie.

[Zapper]

Interestingly, they are interviewing John de Lancie.

He is a Brony spokesman at this point.
I have seen the Brony doc with his smug self, so I don't expect him to say anything positive about gen 1-3.

[banditpony]

Interestingly, they are interviewing John de Lancie.

He is a Brony spokesman at this point.
I have seen the Brony doc with his smug self, so I don't expect him to say anything positive about gen 1-3.

While a positive thing might not be said, I can't imagine the director would allow something negative to be said.

[Zapper]

Interestingly, they are interviewing John de Lancie.

He is a Brony spokesman at this point.
I have seen the Brony doc with his smug self, so I don't expect him to say anything positive about gen 1-3.

While a positive thing might not be said, I can't imagine the director would allow something negative to be said.

They had people express negative opinions in other eps before.
I don't believe he will say anything negative, tho. I am sure they brought him on to say positive things about the adult (male) FiM fanbase. That's what he always does.

[Pinkie21]

Interestingly, they are interviewing John de Lancie.

He is a Brony spokesman at this point.
I have seen the Brony doc with his smug self, so I don't expect him to say anything positive about gen 1-3.

Ugh.  Having this dude on doesn’t really help me want to see this thing. 

[Leave a Whisper]

I just about died at the re-enactment where they whipped out the proto-Barbie with . . . quite the chest.  Priceless.

Did they really?

Post Merge: September 23, 2018, 03:25:33 PM

Interestingly, they are interviewing John de Lancie.

He is a Brony spokesman at this point.
I have seen the Brony doc with his smug self, so I don't expect him to say anything positive about gen 1-3.

Why are they bringing him in? He has nothing to do with toy design and is just a big ball of nasty pandering

[Sunset]

Interestingly, they are interviewing John de Lancie.

He is a Brony spokesman at this point.
I have seen the Brony doc with his smug self, so I don't expect him to say anything positive about gen 1-3.

Ugh.  Having this dude on doesn’t really help me want to see this thing. 

This is why I was hesitant to post that news here.  I'm going to reserve my judgement till I see it.  And even if his part is cringe worthy, it won't spoil my enjoyment of the rest of the show.

Post Merge: September 23, 2018, 05:00:24 PM

This is the newest Facebook post.  Looks like someone has been to Target!



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You've probably heard this guy's voice a million times... Ben Patrick Johnson is one of the top trailer and promo voices in Hollywood! He's narrated trailers for films, such as, Trolls, Boss Baby, Mike and Dave, Peanuts Movie, Woman in Gold, Big Eyes, Book of Life, the Oscar-winning Philomena, and OF COURSE the #MyLittlePonyMovie!

[Leave a Whisper]

Is he the guy with the big, deep voice on epic mode?

[TravelingTwinkler]

They have to touch on all generations! I'm only a G1 collector, used to watch the G1 series as a kid, and am an occasional FiM watcher, but every corner of the fandom should get its due, even Bronies. The Toys That Made Us is pretty good about letting people have their joy, but focusing more on the making-of industry stories.

Can't wait to see the My Little Pony episode! But also the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Power Rangers episodes will be fun to see too. All the old school goodies are getting some love.

—mari

[lovesbabysquirmy]

Ehhhh I like John deLancie, especially from his time on Star Trek.    I am sure the show is doing its best to come up with a well-rounded episode.  I am sure the Star Wars fans had lots of negative things to say about their episode.  "They mentioned the Holiday Special! AUGH"