babylon queen wrote:If they had better cartoons, toys or if there were better storylines or animation or if the characters were better? If the Rock Lords have never been invented?
babylon queen wrote:If they had better cartoons, toys or if there were better storylines or animation or if the characters were better? If the Rock Lords have never been invented?
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JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:babylon queen wrote:If they had better cartoons, toys or if there were better storylines or animation or if the characters were better? If the Rock Lords have never been invented?
The cartoon would have been a good start if done right. However, Tonka made the mistake of trying to rush things by contracting Hanna-Barbera. Although they were the master in keeping animation cheap yet effective, they didn't have much expertise in the Action/Adventure genre. Importing Machine Robo: Revenge of Cronos would not have worked, just for the reason it came a few years too late (1986) to make a difference. It did get a sequel series, Machine Robo: Battle Hackers (which got canceled at 31 episodes) and some OVA's, but they all had the same Robo with some new ones. Not enough to make a good difference. Both did feature the Rock Lords, with the Fossil Lords as primary protagonists in the later series.
Down to the toys themselves, the Machine Robo have their charm, especially if they have die cast metal. And they were diverse and willing to experiment with the Big, DX, W and Combiners (I wanted Puzzler...) for starters. Ultimately they were for the most part more simplistic in style compared to Takara's offerings. There are some gems in there though. Tonka's own designs... don't get me started
So yeah, it could have been done much better if it was done just a tad slower and with a bit more forethought. The turtle always wins the race, as Hasbro has proven.
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i was thinking the same thingShadowman wrote:It's funny because the question and the answer are the same thing. "Would Go-bots have been better if it was better?"
babylon queen wrote:If they had better cartoons...
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