skillzdadirecta Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 I'm posting this before I watch it but just the screengrabs alone were enough to bring out the 10 year old in me I don't thinl there's been a better decade for cartoons outside of the 80's. The 90's is close... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse GOAT '80s cartoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_MH Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 From that video, MASK, Dino Riders, and The Visionaries had the BEST toys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted April 17, 2021 Author Share Posted April 17, 2021 11 minutes ago, Ghost_MH said: From that video, MASK, Dino Riders, and The Visionaries had the BEST toys. I had a couple of MASK figures and vehicles. The cartoon also had one of the best opening theme songs too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Pickle Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 Not a cartoon but this reminded me of how much I loved Captain Power and it’s toys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimpleG Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 4 hours ago, skillzdadirecta said: I'm posting this before I watch it but just the screengrabs alone were enough to bring out the 10 year old in me I don't thinl there's been a better decade for cartoons outside of the 80's. The 90's is close... I posted this in the "what are you watching" thread but WB just released the entire Thundarr collection on Blu ray. I have been getting up on Saturday mornings with a bowl cereal to watch a few episodes. 3 hours ago, skillzdadirecta said: I had a couple of MASK figures and vehicles. The cartoon also had one of the best opening theme songs too If you are interested you can watch a lot of these on youtube , sometimes full sets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 Ulysses 31 was rad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 I'm pretty sure I'm the only person who watched/liked Spiral Zone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littleronin Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 I remember having a few of the Visionaries toys. The giant hologram stickers are the big draw to me in the toy store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted April 18, 2021 Author Share Posted April 18, 2021 1 hour ago, SimpleG said: I posted this in the "what are you watching" thread but WB just released the entire Thundarr collection on Blu ray. I have been getting up on Saturday mornings with a bowl cereal to watch a few episodes. I NEED that Bluray collection in my life... Thundarr was one of my FAVORITE cartoons when I was a kid. I just found out fairly recently that Jack Kirby had a hand in designing the characters There's a great Thundarr documentary on Youtube. I'll see I f I can find it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted April 18, 2021 Author Share Posted April 18, 2021 36 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: I'm pretty sure I'm the only person who watched/liked Spiral Zone. Damn I VAUGELY remember that one. I also really liked Defenders of the Earth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternallDarkness Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 loved Thundar, Dungeons and Dragons and Mask Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimpleG Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 22 minutes ago, skillzdadirecta said: I NEED that Bluray collection in my life... Thundarr was one of my FAVORITE cartoons when I was a kid. I just found out fairly recently that Jack Kirby had a hand in designing the characters There's a great Thundarr documentary on Youtube. I'll see I f I can find it. Is it the Lords of Light? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted April 18, 2021 Author Share Posted April 18, 2021 7 minutes ago, SimpleG said: Is it the Lords of Light? YES! That's it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iculus Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 The 80s for me are Robotech and Star Blazers. I do have all of the MASK toys somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 Y'all old farts are making me feel young. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 48 minutes ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said: Y'all old farts are making me feel young. Yeah, no love for Mighty Mouse ITT. I guess I'm too young. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 6 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said: Yeah, no love for Mighty Mouse ITT. I guess I'm too young. I recall that one. It’s old old. Just obscure 80s cartoons I’m not remembering at all. I liked The Gummi Bears. That was 80s. pretty much everything I watched back then was on Nickelodeon or Disney. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 6 minutes ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said: I recall that one. It’s old old. I'm talking about The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse which was in the late '80s, so it's not old old, it's different from the original. As for this topic, when I was a kid I never liked "realistic looking" cartoons, where a man was a man (so stuff like in the OP did not appeal to me). I liked cartoony ass shit, you know, anthropomorphized animals and such. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5timechamp Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 I still prefer the 90s... the Disney Afternoon by itself holds top tier shows and thats before batman, x-men are brought into the fight.. 90s just had better storytelling with overarching story arcs in shows like Gargoyles, ExoSquad, Mighty Max, Pirates of Dark Water etc... etc. 2000s was comparatively barren of great stuff.... DCAU continued with Justice League, Spectacular Spiderman is incredible as was Avatar...but not much else stuck out for me. I will say the 80s had GOD-TIER themes for a good chunk of its cartoons.. COPS SILVERHAWKS Thundercats Ulysses 31 Bionic Six Johnny Quest GI JOE Beetlejuice (the animation is so manic, too bad they got a toned down version) look at this thing: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 4 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said: I'm talking about The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse which was in the late '80s, so it's not old old, it's different from the original. As for this topic, when I was a kid I never liked "realistic looking" cartoons, where a man was a man (so stuff like in the OP did not appeal to me). I liked cartoony ass shit, you know, anthropomorphized animals and such. Ah, okay. I just recalled the character in general. I guess I did a bit of both. I watched Looney Toons, Ducktales, and the like. But probably my two favorite holdovers from my childhood are Rugrats and Hey Arnold. I still watch them on Hulu when I'm on the treadmill sometimes. I'm thoroughly a child of the 90s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimpleG Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 12 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said: where a man was a man 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted April 18, 2021 Author Share Posted April 18, 2021 4 hours ago, Keyser_Soze said: Yeah, no love for Mighty Mouse ITT. I guess I'm too young. Mighty Mouse was a cartoon my MOM watched as a kid granted she's really young compared to me but still... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted April 18, 2021 Author Share Posted April 18, 2021 4 hours ago, 5timechamp said: I still prefer the 90s... the Disney Afternoon by itself holds top tier shows and thats before batman, x-men are brought into the fight.. 90s just had better storytelling with overarching story arcs in shows like Gargoyles, ExoSquad, Mighty Max, Pirates of Dark Water etc... etc. 2000s was comparatively barren of great stuff.... DCAU continued with Justice League, Spectacular Spiderman is incredible as was Avatar...but not much else stuck out for me. I will say the 80s had GOD-TIER themes for a good chunk of its cartoons.. COPS SILVERHAWKS Thundercats Ulysses 31 Bionic Six Johnny Quest GI JOE No list of 80's cartoon theme songs is complete without the Themes to these two underrated classics GALAXY RANGERS MIGHTY ORBOTS 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 1 hour ago, skillzdadirecta said: Mighty Mouse was a cartoon my MOM watched as a kid granted she's really young compared to me but still... Read my follow up. It was a cartoon from the '80s EDIT: Here is an example to clear up the confusion This one was a revival and John K was involved so it was like a precursor to Ren and Stimpy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted April 18, 2021 Author Share Posted April 18, 2021 1 hour ago, Keyser_Soze said: Read my follow up. It was a cartoon from the '80s EDIT: Here is an example to clear up the confusion This one was a revival and John K was involved so it was like a precursor to Ren and Stimpy Don't remember this at ALL was it on Nickelodeon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 10 minutes ago, skillzdadirecta said: Don't remember this at ALL was it on Nickelodeon? I believe it was just on network TV, on CBS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_MH Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 Thinking about old cartoons nobody really ever talks about reminded me of this classic... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Best Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 I just remember having EVERYTHING He-Man. I had castle castle gray skull, snake mountain, and basically every character in the series. My twin brother and I absolutely loved that back in the 80's. I never heard some of these cartoons from the 80's so this is a good thread. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5timechamp Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 hate that i talked 80s themes and forgot Heathcliff.. the show itself was hit or miss (heathcliff beating up everyone was always fun, the rest meh).... I sure as hell made sure I was there for opening and closing credits though 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted April 18, 2021 Author Share Posted April 18, 2021 2 hours ago, best3444 said: I just remember having EVERYTHING He-Man. I had castle castle gray skull, snake mountain, and basically every character in the series. My twin brother and I absolutely loved that back in the 80's. I never heard some of these cartoons from the 80's so this is a good thread. This thread stirred up so much nostalgia in me that I HAD to watch this this morning after putting it off forever. so good... it's on Netflix in case you were wondering. s 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted April 18, 2021 Author Share Posted April 18, 2021 49 minutes ago, 5timechamp said: hate that i talked 80s themes and forgot Heathcliff.. the show itself was hit or miss (heathcliff beating up everyone was always fun, the rest meh).... I sure as hell made sure I was there for opening and closing credits though Heathcliff was awesome... and I was always a fan of RiffRaff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodporne Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 4 hours ago, 5timechamp said: hate that i talked 80s themes and forgot Heathcliff.. the show itself was hit or miss (heathcliff beating up everyone was always fun, the rest meh).... I sure as hell made sure I was there for opening and closing credits though Holy shit. Came in here to rep the fuck out of MASK but then was reminded of this. I used to LOVE this show! I saw all of it on reruns when we finally moved to West Germany from the commies. The theme song alone made me so happy just now awww haha Edit: I HAD to look up my childhood version. Here it is, folks: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodporne Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 11 hours ago, skillzdadirecta said: GALAXY RANGERS YEEESSSS I would listen to that theme song now, unironically, I won't lie. @Ghost_MH fun fact about MASK toys. My mom once had to pick me up from this kid's house because I hit him in the head with the semi-truck MASK for not letting me play with it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Best Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 4 hours ago, skillzdadirecta said: This thread stirred up so much nostalgia in me that I HAD to watch this this morning after putting it off forever. so good... it's on Netflix in case you were wondering. s That's awesome! Thanks for the heads up. Brings back amazing memories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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