tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37301459.post8125217964622642257..comments2024-01-16T22:15:10.766-08:00Comments on ROBOPLASTIC APOCALYPSE: 25 years ago in Transfomrers PART 2: People are always asking if I gnu about 1983Evil King Macrocranioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01693211146604544544noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37301459.post-252060892543699472008-09-06T22:52:00.000-07:002008-09-06T22:52:00.000-07:00Yeah I didn't realize how much The Great Space Toa...Yeah I didn't realize how much The Great Space Toaster shares its pedigree with the original Transformers cartoon. Then <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIYJVW-gPnY" REL="nofollow">I saw it was a Sunbow Production</A> and I realized it's essentially the Griffin-Bacal ad agency's take on Sesame Street. '<BR/><BR/>I'm going to listen to <A HREF="http://www.justmyshow.com/thegreatspacecoaster.html" REL="nofollow">this podcast</A> tomorrow just to see if I can remember more about TGSC and 1983.Evil King Macrocranioshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01693211146604544544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37301459.post-88374194342684593342008-09-06T20:32:00.000-07:002008-09-06T20:32:00.000-07:00Speaking of Gary Gnu, here's some trivia: Anne Bry...Speaking of Gary Gnu, here's some trivia: Anne Bryant co-wrote the Great Space Coaster theme song (1981) and the Transformers theme song (1984).<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://gettingintotransformers.blogspot.com/2008/03/transformers-theme-song-anne-bryant.html" REL="nofollow">GETTING INTO... TRANSFORMERS - Anne Bryant</A><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://movies.nytimes.com/person/653054/Anne-Bryant/filmography" REL="nofollow">NY Times - Anne Bryant</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37301459.post-20432694387359488382008-09-04T23:27:00.000-07:002008-09-04T23:27:00.000-07:00$150 Millenium Falcon doesn't impress me as much a...$150 Millenium Falcon doesn't impress me as much as the time I saw a kid flying his Han Solo figure around in a styrofoam cup glued to one side of a pizza box.Evil King Macrocranioshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01693211146604544544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37301459.post-49338247414405192872008-09-04T17:53:00.000-07:002008-09-04T17:53:00.000-07:00I can't believe how cheap toys used to be. And I, ...I can't believe how cheap toys used to be. And I, too, thought Gary Gnu (and all Muppets) was a real person.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37301459.post-9900857416416359942008-09-04T11:53:00.000-07:002008-09-04T11:53:00.000-07:00The new, HUGE Millenium Falcon is insane to say th...The new, HUGE Millenium Falcon is insane to say the least. Where the hell do you put something like that?<BR/><BR/>And I thought I had some toy robot storage problems.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37301459.post-19664916261400013792008-09-03T23:30:00.000-07:002008-09-03T23:30:00.000-07:00Wow, the Millennium Falcon's price didn't really g...Wow, the Millennium Falcon's price didn't really go up that much since the 80s. Seems like it was like $40 the last time it was in stores.<BR/>Have you seen the $100+ one they have out now? Man oh man, if I weren't broke and saving up for the Hot Toys Dark Knight I'd be buying that shit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37301459.post-60383575508169632182008-09-03T06:09:00.000-07:002008-09-03T06:09:00.000-07:00I'm sure that a look at TF history by someone who ...I'm sure that a look at TF history by someone who actually knew what they were doing would be fantastic. I've found so many great newspaper articles just from searching through the ProQuest databases that I'm sure there's gotta be some scholarly type out there who could write this or already has written it and I just don't know about it. I can't believe something like that isn't being prepared for some Botcon 2009 panel by better fans than I. <BR/><BR/>The roboplastic story deserves better justice than me writing it and I have faith that it's being tackled by someone out there who isn't getting sidetracked talking about Gary Gnu.Evil King Macrocranioshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01693211146604544544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37301459.post-39105388623080927972008-09-03T04:23:00.000-07:002008-09-03T04:23:00.000-07:00This is actually legitimately interesting to me, i...This is actually legitimately interesting to me, insofar as I keep swearing that one of these days I'm going to write a Serious Book about TFs and the history thereof; there's an entire cottage industry of those "Unofficial Guide To Whatever Hot Sci-Fi Property" out there, and I think a TF one could do pretty well, although I'd have to probably start writing NOW to get it sold and to press by the time Giant Robot Movie II drops.<BR/><BR/>Ugh.your pal hoophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11712488352653518438noreply@blogger.com