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Just to cheer you up (lemmy.ml)
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[–] ByteJunk 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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...

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

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

[–] SkyezOpen 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

About as much much as Rainbow Brited needed a horse

Or Liono needed a sword

Or the Silverhawks needed existence

[–] Bytemeister 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

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.