I watched all 4 episodes yesterday, I can't wait for more! It's incredibly interesting to hear how some of these iconic toy lines were created. I'm hoping there will be a pony episode, there's a glimpse of G1 flutter ponies in the cartoon intro. ^.^I know right! :D
I've watched all but the last one, trying to wait till there's more. It's fantastic with so much nostalgia and fascinating.Agreed so much it kinda blows you away lol
Mum and me liked these episodes, watching the last one now this one doesn't really relate to us here in the UK, don't think it ever made it big here.Quick! Everyone email them saying we want season 2!! :whoa:
Apparently transformers & lego will be in the second half of this season.
They have also said if they get a second season My little pony is top of their list :blink: :frolic: really hope they get a second season.
This series is fabulous! I really enjoyed the episodes on Barbie, Star Wars and He-Man / She-Ra.SpoilerI did want to throw things when one of the He-Man guys suggested that its possible the decline of the brand happened because little boys felt that He-Man was devalued by little boys once little girls had She-Ra because the moment girls have the same power as boys, that power becomes worthless. :angry: In my opinion, the fact that there was He-Man and She-Ra makes MOTU one of the best kids brands ever created, because siblings could actually play together and have some common ground... I had two brothers, so toy lines that had things for both boys and girls were way more popular with us than gender-gated toy lines. It's not that I ever had a problem playing male characters--I played April, Leonardo and Master Splinter when we did Ninja Turtles--but having such a level of equal representation for the sake of fun, rather than extreme politics as it would be about today, was / is refreshing.
I've never been a Barbie fan but the insider information was fascinating. How about Legos.
This series is fabulous! I really enjoyed the episodes on Barbie, Star Wars and He-Man / She-Ra.SpoilerI did want to throw things when one of the He-Man guys suggested that its possible the decline of the brand happened because little boys felt that He-Man was devalued by little boys once little girls had She-Ra because the moment girls have the same power as boys, that power becomes worthless. :angry: In my opinion, the fact that there was He-Man and She-Ra makes MOTU one of the best kids brands ever created, because siblings could actually play together and have some common ground... I had two brothers, so toy lines that had things for both boys and girls were way more popular with us than gender-gated toy lines. It's not that I ever had a problem playing male characters--I played April, Leonardo and Master Splinter when we did Ninja Turtles--but having such a level of equal representation for the sake of fun, rather than extreme politics as it would be about today, was / is refreshing.
Mum and me liked these episodes, watching the last one now this one doesn't really relate to us here in the UK, don't think it ever made it big here.Quick! Everyone email them saying we want season 2!! :whoa:
Apparently transformers & lego will be in the second half of this season.
They have also said if they get a second season My little pony is top of their list :blink: :frolic: really hope they get a second season.
I've never been a Barbie fan but the insider information was fascinating. How about Legos.
The next four episodes are apparently LEGO, Transformers, Hello Kitty, and Star Trek.
Kinda disappointed there is no mention (yet) of MLP, Rainbow Brite or Strawberry Shortcake- seems like they are doing one "girls line" for every three "boys lines"
While no second season has been announced yet, Volk-Weiss is confident he has oodles of additional material if Netflix wants to move forward. He says the reaction has been extremely positive from both collectors and non-collectors, and plenty of fans have been reaching out to him about plenty of other toys—Hot Wheels, Power Rangers, WWF figures.
“If I’m ever found dead in a ditch at some con, ask the president of the My Little Pony fan club for an alibi,” he jokes. But if things do move forward, there’s a clear first episode for any hypothetical season two.
“Turtles [as in Teenage Mutant Ninja], without a doubt, is what people asked about the most,” Volk-Weiss says. “People were repeatedly asking me, ‘Why would you do a Star Trek episode and not a Turtles? I’m pretty sure if I was watching the show I’d be wondering that, but I did Star Trek because I love Star Trek. I didn’t know if I’d get more episodes, and I wanted to do Star Trek.”
I just binge watched this show since I don't have Netflix and I'm visiting my parents who do. I though it was really interesting and fun. Of course, I hope they do MLP and other girls brands also. Just so long as they give it the same level of respect and love as they did these first episodes and *dont* spend too long on FiM or bronies.Very interesting. That sounds like the work of Bronies, honestly. I mean, maybe we have some people here who have been pestering them? It sure isn't me, though (but now that you mention it, I think I could do some pestering...).
After watching it, I was looking for more info and ran across this article
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/02/the-toys-that-made-us-to-make-a-great-toy-documentary-embrace-jackie-chan/ (https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/02/the-toys-that-made-us-to-make-a-great-toy-documentary-embrace-jackie-chan/)
Most notable is this portionQuoteWhile no second season has been announced yet, Volk-Weiss is confident he has oodles of additional material if Netflix wants to move forward. He says the reaction has been extremely positive from both collectors and non-collectors, and plenty of fans have been reaching out to him about plenty of other toys—Hot Wheels, Power Rangers, WWF figures.
“If I’m ever found dead in a ditch at some con, ask the president of the My Little Pony fan club for an alibi,” he jokes. But if things do move forward, there’s a clear first episode for any hypothetical season two.
“Turtles [as in Teenage Mutant Ninja], without a doubt, is what people asked about the most,” Volk-Weiss says. “People were repeatedly asking me, ‘Why would you do a Star Trek episode and not a Turtles? I’m pretty sure if I was watching the show I’d be wondering that, but I did Star Trek because I love Star Trek. I didn’t know if I’d get more episodes, and I wanted to do Star Trek.”
So what was that comment about? Did he just pull MLP out of the air? Was he referencing someone specific? Or has he been hearing from a few more forceful fans?
I just binge watched this show since I don't have Netflix and I'm visiting my parents who do. I though it was really interesting and fun. Of course, I hope they do MLP and other girls brands also. Just so long as they give it the same level of respect and love as they did these first episodes and *dont* spend too long on FiM or bronies.Very interesting. That sounds like the work of Bronies, honestly. I mean, maybe we have some people here who have been pestering them? It sure isn't me, though (but now that you mention it, I think I could do some pestering...).
After watching it, I was looking for more info and ran across this article
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/02/the-toys-that-made-us-to-make-a-great-toy-documentary-embrace-jackie-chan/ (https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/02/the-toys-that-made-us-to-make-a-great-toy-documentary-embrace-jackie-chan/)
Most notable is this portionQuoteWhile no second season has been announced yet, Volk-Weiss is confident he has oodles of additional material if Netflix wants to move forward. He says the reaction has been extremely positive from both collectors and non-collectors, and plenty of fans have been reaching out to him about plenty of other toys—Hot Wheels, Power Rangers, WWF figures.
“If I’m ever found dead in a ditch at some con, ask the president of the My Little Pony fan club for an alibi,” he jokes. But if things do move forward, there’s a clear first episode for any hypothetical season two.
“Turtles [as in Teenage Mutant Ninja], without a doubt, is what people asked about the most,” Volk-Weiss says. “People were repeatedly asking me, ‘Why would you do a Star Trek episode and not a Turtles? I’m pretty sure if I was watching the show I’d be wondering that, but I did Star Trek because I love Star Trek. I didn’t know if I’d get more episodes, and I wanted to do Star Trek.”
So what was that comment about? Did he just pull MLP out of the air? Was he referencing someone specific? Or has he been hearing from a few more forceful fans?
I just binge watched this show since I don't have Netflix and I'm visiting my parents who do. I though it was really interesting and fun. Of course, I hope they do MLP and other girls brands also. Just so long as they give it the same level of respect and love as they did these first episodes and *dont* spend too long on FiM or bronies.Very interesting. That sounds like the work of Bronies, honestly. I mean, maybe we have some people here who have been pestering them? It sure isn't me, though (but now that you mention it, I think I could do some pestering...).
After watching it, I was looking for more info and ran across this article
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/02/the-toys-that-made-us-to-make-a-great-toy-documentary-embrace-jackie-chan/ (https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/02/the-toys-that-made-us-to-make-a-great-toy-documentary-embrace-jackie-chan/)
Most notable is this portionQuoteWhile no second season has been announced yet, Volk-Weiss is confident he has oodles of additional material if Netflix wants to move forward. He says the reaction has been extremely positive from both collectors and non-collectors, and plenty of fans have been reaching out to him about plenty of other toys—Hot Wheels, Power Rangers, WWF figures.
“If I’m ever found dead in a ditch at some con, ask the president of the My Little Pony fan club for an alibi,” he jokes. But if things do move forward, there’s a clear first episode for any hypothetical season two.
“Turtles [as in Teenage Mutant Ninja], without a doubt, is what people asked about the most,” Volk-Weiss says. “People were repeatedly asking me, ‘Why would you do a Star Trek episode and not a Turtles? I’m pretty sure if I was watching the show I’d be wondering that, but I did Star Trek because I love Star Trek. I didn’t know if I’d get more episodes, and I wanted to do Star Trek.”
So what was that comment about? Did he just pull MLP out of the air? Was he referencing someone specific? Or has he been hearing from a few more forceful fans?
I just binge watched this show since I don't have Netflix and I'm visiting my parents who do. I though it was really interesting and fun. Of course, I hope they do MLP and other girls brands also. Just so long as they give it the same level of respect and love as they did these first episodes and *dont* spend too long on FiM or bronies.Very interesting. That sounds like the work of Bronies, honestly. I mean, maybe we have some people here who have been pestering them? It sure isn't me, though (but now that you mention it, I think I could do some pestering...).
After watching it, I was looking for more info and ran across this article
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/02/the-toys-that-made-us-to-make-a-great-toy-documentary-embrace-jackie-chan/ (https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/02/the-toys-that-made-us-to-make-a-great-toy-documentary-embrace-jackie-chan/)
Most notable is this portionQuoteWhile no second season has been announced yet, Volk-Weiss is confident he has oodles of additional material if Netflix wants to move forward. He says the reaction has been extremely positive from both collectors and non-collectors, and plenty of fans have been reaching out to him about plenty of other toys—Hot Wheels, Power Rangers, WWF figures.
“If I’m ever found dead in a ditch at some con, ask the president of the My Little Pony fan club for an alibi,” he jokes. But if things do move forward, there’s a clear first episode for any hypothetical season two.
“Turtles [as in Teenage Mutant Ninja], without a doubt, is what people asked about the most,” Volk-Weiss says. “People were repeatedly asking me, ‘Why would you do a Star Trek episode and not a Turtles? I’m pretty sure if I was watching the show I’d be wondering that, but I did Star Trek because I love Star Trek. I didn’t know if I’d get more episodes, and I wanted to do Star Trek.”
So what was that comment about? Did he just pull MLP out of the air? Was he referencing someone specific? Or has he been hearing from a few more forceful fans?
No way is he talking about FIM or Bronies- FIM ponies are NOT the "Toys that Made Us" -
Maybe all the people on the facebook page asking for My Little Pony
Just saw on Facebook that the show was renewed for a 2nd season. I'm really hoping that MLP is one of the first episodes!I did too! So, excited. It's supposed to be another 2 months before the second half of season one airs though. Takes so long...
Just saw on Facebook that the show was renewed for a 2nd season. I'm really hoping that MLP is one of the first episodes!I did too! So, excited. It's supposed to be another 2 months before the second half of season one airs though. Takes so long...
I'll never get over the fact that Barbie had her origins in BILD magazine (basically a German The Sun, a hateful gossip rag) and was pretty much a s*x object before Mattel stole her and transformed her into a rolemodel for young girls but with the same crazy proportions :lol:
I didn't watch the episode on Barbie, but I hope they mentioned BILD-Lilli.
I'm watching the one on Hello Kitty right now and still waiting for them to mention Nijntje, the Dutch bunny girl Hello Kitty wasstolerr based on...
I love this series! The Barbie and He-Man episodes were really interesting. I sat down and watched the Transformers and Hello Kitty episodes the other day. The Hello Kitty one was pretty fascinating. I learned a lot. The Transformers one I had mixed feelings about. They skipped a ton of information about the franchise, but I guess they had to. They only lightly discussed Beast Wars and then jumped right to the Michael Bay films. That's skipping over like 6 toy reboots. Either way, I love seeing people talk about toys and especially industry people who are really passionate about it.
Can't wait for a My Little Pony episode!
I'll never get over the fact that Barbie had her origins in BILD magazine (basically a German The Sun, a hateful gossip rag) and was pretty much a s*x object before Mattel stole her and transformed her into a rolemodel for young girls but with the same crazy proportions :lol:
I didn't watch the episode on Barbie, but I hope they mentioned BILD-Lilli.
I'm watching the one on Hello Kitty right now and still waiting for them to mention Nijntje, the Dutch bunny girl Hello Kitty wasstolerr based on...
I watched the Star Trek, Transformers and Hello Kitty episodes last night and it was so cool seeing the history of all of them. I've got my fingers crossed for MLP next season :)
HK's "mama" is so eccentric! I loved that. This is the kind of industry people I love to see more of. She was so frank about HK having no mouth.
I watched the Star Trek, Transformers and Hello Kitty episodes last night and it was so cool seeing the history of all of them. I've got my fingers crossed for MLP next season :)
Is there going to be a season three? The opening credits song says it a 8 part documentary series and they sort of done that....
I was REALLY hoping for MLP as well.
The show just posted on Facebook a picture of some of the staff posing in front of Hasbro holding a sign for season 3. Seeing as they already did Transformers (and I don't see them delving into board games just yet) it has to be My Little Pony!
I do love when they talk to the Industry people... the frank conversations are pretty cool.
I will be bitterly disappointed if they don't do vintage MLP. I would love for them to dig up some of the designers and maybe some collector interviews :D
Don't get too excited until they confirm it. Hasbro also owns Hot Wheels ;)
Don't get too excited until they confirm it. Hasbro also owns Hot Wheels ;)
No, Hot Wheels is Mattel.
Don't get too excited until they confirm it. Hasbro also owns Hot Wheels ;)
No, Hot Wheels is Mattel.
Looks like their panel at SDCC is over, and one website posted that season 3 will include My Little Pony! I don't think there's been an official announcement, though.
Update: it's official! Next season will include Power Rangers, Wrestling, TMNT, and My Little Pony!