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MrNesser@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Fun fact Saturday morning cartoons took a nose dive when regulations on advertising to children started getting tighter.
Most of these cartoons/series were developed or funded by toy companies
LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyz 4 days ago
I wonder if it started that way at first. Did TMNT get developed because of toy companies or was just just a mutually lucrative venture? Did it start earlier? Like Lone Ranger and Buck Rodgers type stuff? Interesting to think about for me.
ReluctantMuskrat@lemmy.world 4 days ago
TMNT was a comic book series in the 80s, long before the first movie and the cartoons that followed.
LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyz 4 days ago
Yeah true, kinda forgot about that. Guess i mean just the cartoon in this example, but it was just the first cartoon i thought of.
TachyonTele@piefed.social 4 days ago
They definitely latched onto the merchandise train, regardless of timeline. The toys are strange though, as they’re a mix between the cartoon and the comics. And the comics got really sci-fi, while the cartoon stayed in NYC