• ByteJunk@lemmy.world
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    Writer Cary Bates says that the Supermobile was created as a promotional tie-in for the Corgi Toys toy line: “In my opinion, whenever merchandising needs are dictating story content, the odds of any real creativity or inspiration are severely compromised”.

    Yah, we could tell…

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      In the '80s that was reversed. Most of the cartoons were created to sell toys

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        You mean the teenage mutant ninja turtles, trained to operate in the shadows, didn’t really need a blimp??

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          About as much much as Rainbow Brited needed a horse

          Or Liono needed a sword

          Or the Silverhawks needed existence

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          Two things.

          1: People hardly ever look up

          2: They had access to the water mains, and probably spiked the city water with LSD before they took the blimp out.