The Mighty Orbots intro was the ONLY intro that could give "Thunder Cats " a run for its money!
@Enigma2K9910 күн бұрын
Transformers G1 would like a word...
@FunkyFu425 жыл бұрын
Stylistically Mighty Orbots were superior over a lot of 80's cartoons.. Dezaki's style is visually stunning..
@ageeksadventureswoohoo92135 жыл бұрын
The designs for everything was breathtaking. Its a shame. Sigh
@Elementa20065 жыл бұрын
Most American 80s cartoons animated by TMS tend to be, they also did the animation for shows like Gummi Bears, the early seasons of Ducktales, Galaxy Rangers, Bionic Six and Galaxy High. They assisted in animating 90s cartoons like Batman TAS and Superman TAS. Of course, this is the same Japanese animation studio that gave Anime classics like City Hunter, Space Adventure Cobra and of course Lupin III.
@markmarderosian40253 жыл бұрын
Worked in a small animation studio at the time and we all loved this show. It was great seeing full hand dawn figure animation in a world populated with Punky Brewster and Care Bears, if only as a change of pace. And the animation was fluid, fun and the human characters moved liked real people.
@frankiejones78582 жыл бұрын
You seem like an expert so why does this animation seem more fluid and natural than some of today's animation?
@animatrix14907 ай бұрын
@@frankiejones7858 For a specific answer: there are tons of good in-betweens between the incredibly strong keyframes. (The key frames are the main poses, what tells the story of the animation, and the in-betweens help keep the motion smooth.) There's also very good layout--that is, turning the storyboards into background paintings and animation which complement one another. This was planned ambitiously and executed well. For a more general answer: Partly expertise/experience, partly budget, and partly technology/processes. Expertise: TMS, the animation studio that created this series, was the same studio which made Akira and had been in animation since at least the 1960s, so they had employees with thousands of hours of practice drawing, painting, animating, and managing large animation projects. Budget: The 1980s was a prosperous time for Japan--a very big boom, actually--so there were quite a few projects in the 80s and through the early 90s that had a lot more budget than had been normal for a production in the 70s. For animation specifically, the movie Akira was something of a watershed as it was the most expensive anime movie ever made but it was also the most profitable anime movie ever made, which encouraged others to push a lot of money into animation in Japan in hopes of having a similar success. Tech/process: Nowadays there are still lots of skilled people, but there's quite a bit less money in the industry. With animation there are always a lot of technical aspects, and some of the cheaper processes (then and now) tend to favor more "flat" designs and fixed, rigged characters with a lot of reusable assets. This takes fewer people to do and it usually takes less long. With better digital tools for color, compositing, deformation, and organization, limited animation can look pretty good these days, so it's usually worth doing to save time and money. I do miss how this stuff looked, though. When it was good it was incredible. People still try and capture this feeling today, like some of Genndy Tartatovsky's work or Hayao Miyazaki; some European studios like Cartoon Saloon and Studio La Cachette; and even some artists on KZfaq as well (the shows Lackadaisy and Monkey Wrench, for example).
@supahcomix6 ай бұрын
@frankiejones7858 it's a matter of animation companies, this was a thing even back then Back in the 80s, animation looked amazing because they'd outsource to more experienced, and costly, Japanese companies. It was very noticeable when something was animated by a company like Dic or Hanna Barbara compared to something like Toei or TMS. Another big thing was, and still is, price. These shows have a restricting budget and kids usually don't care about whether or not something is animated at 30 FPS with complex colors and art, so it just ends up costing more for very little reward
@sgzartan5 жыл бұрын
Back in 1984, my next door neighbors Dad worked for Mattel. I remember seeing the Mighty Orbots toy in the Mattel Catalog while the show was still airing. I was eagerly awaiting the release of that toy. In Spring 1985 I asked him when the toy was going to be in stores and he said because the show was cancelled, so was the toy. Curse you Gobots!!!!!
@jsttv3 жыл бұрын
Gobots got a dose of Karma.
@shuroddaniels2048 Жыл бұрын
Sounds like "Gobots" were a bunch of haters!!!
@ZK2735 жыл бұрын
This show was just too beautiful for this sinful world. ;_;
@IffyJottere5 жыл бұрын
Loving that "Galactic Patrol" icon.
@dnds45 жыл бұрын
35 years later, thanks to Dezaki's vision and Araki's execution, this anime still holds up.
@bootblacking3 жыл бұрын
Big truth
@slapittywapitty81733 жыл бұрын
Looked great AND...The MUSIC! What WAS that - Jazz/Disco fusion? ;-)
@JoseBronxRican Жыл бұрын
@@slapittywapitty8173 You may know by now, but... Yuji Ohno! I became a fan of his thru this show, long before I ever heard of "Lupin III". His soundtracks are scattered over youtube from time to time, except... this one. Still holding out hope the music will turn up, somehow.
@Gojitron15 жыл бұрын
....and Gobots went on to be remembered as "not Transformers" til the end of time. Karma?
@qdllc5 жыл бұрын
GoBots was incredibly lame.
@TheBrettAbides5 жыл бұрын
"The K-Mart of Transformers." (from Clerks 2)
@stinkypinkeee50855 жыл бұрын
@@TheBrettAbides GoBots were out first...
@TheBrettAbides5 жыл бұрын
@@stinkypinkeee5085 That doesn't change the fact that they're still the K-Mart of Transformers.
@floydjohnson78885 жыл бұрын
@@TheBrettAbides HB's animated series based on the Tonka line struck me as having weaker writing and production than Marvel Productions' "Transformers". Even with the "each episode stands on its own", the latter gave us flashes of character development.
@Iamdroopy5 жыл бұрын
This was one of my favorite shows as a kid. Way better than Gobots imho. The theme makes me all nostalgic.
@ageeksadventureswoohoo92135 жыл бұрын
Omg love the video of leader one working at a coffee shop trying to sell a script to prime and Megatron
@jwalk315 жыл бұрын
it was waaaaay better.
@AlmostAnimixers5 жыл бұрын
Imagine being accused of being a rip-off of Gobots. I'm not surprised that that's where the story ended. You don't come back from that.
@hanzohattori24925 жыл бұрын
considering the gobots were considered the "poor man's transformers" these orbots must have been really bad...never seen or heard of them until this video
@marcusgurley94955 жыл бұрын
It was absolutely NOTHING like GoBots. It was a good Saturday morning show. Check it out.
@hanzohattori24925 жыл бұрын
@@marcusgurley9495 will do.
@crispycritterz5 жыл бұрын
@@hanzohattori2492 I STRONGLY recommend you watch the series. The stories were really good for the time. The writing was top shelf. The visuals were outstanding, (done in a comic book style.)
@hanzohattori24925 жыл бұрын
@@crispycritterz is it on KZfaq?
@kingmarkseven175 жыл бұрын
I guess Tonka's failure with the Gobots was just karma for them destroying the Mighty Orbots. Sucked for us who liked ALL giant robot shows but I can't say Tonka didn't deserve it now. The spoiler alert part her had me dyin 😂😂
@ageeksadventureswoohoo92135 жыл бұрын
Omg seriously! Gobots were just... Eh.
@odizm51965 жыл бұрын
Haveing the gobot line unicroned (absorb) by transformers & Hasbro Years later is karma from destroying the mighty orbots
@TI2_EvilTwin2 жыл бұрын
Tonka with their little MIGHTY GOBOTS was just mad because they ain't have a thing over Hasbro's TRANSFORMERS, that's all. That's why Tonka started exacting revenge and venting it out on the creators of THE MIGHTY ORBOTS. As always though, Karma has some tendencies to come back to haunt folk - eventually in the form of Hasbro swallowing up Tonka. This is a testimony for us all to watch the types of socioeconomic vibes that we put out there.
@supahcomix6 ай бұрын
It was their own fault for trying to buy Kenner, now we have those cruddy Star Wars figurines clogging the shelves and it's all Tonka's fault
@cebrum13 жыл бұрын
That was one of my favorite show back in the 80’s. Even as a kid I was so mesmerized by how sharp, crisp and vivid the visuals were! At that time I just knew that The Mighty Orbots was the next step in cartoon/visual evolution. That’s why I was so shocked (and disappointed) when it was cancelled.
@michellemullins45889 ай бұрын
Cebrum1, I also like the Mighty Orbots! That was my favorite Saturday morning cartoon when I was 10!
@HappyConsoleGamer5 жыл бұрын
The Mighty Orbots had the best opening song ever!
@SecretGalaxyTV5 жыл бұрын
It's certainly gotten a lot of votes over the years
@irahpaddock89795 жыл бұрын
Too hyperbolic Johnny.
@gigadrill00005 жыл бұрын
Still in my head today. Did not know about the dvd release have to search for it.
@chinito775 жыл бұрын
I'd say third with Galaxy Rangers at second and Thundercats at first.
@IffyJottere5 жыл бұрын
o/ Go! Mighty Orbots! They're coming together to fight for what's right, everywhere! Mighty Orbots! Protecting the world from the shadow of evil and doom! Orbots! Champions of justice and truth! o/ Ohno! Tor! Bort! Bo! Boo! Crunch! o/ Go! Mighty Orbots! Mechanical heroes, they're fighting for me and for you! Orbots! o/
@orinanime5 жыл бұрын
This is one of your best retrospectives ever. Fun tidbit: I'm an 80s/90s kid. My mother was a kid in the 60s. And SHE was the Orbots fan in the family. She loved that show. And would rock out to that theme song.
@Wirraburra075 жыл бұрын
Parents like that are awesome! I'm envious!
@ericpeterson87323 жыл бұрын
I love your mom! She sounds great!
@fortkavanagh5 жыл бұрын
So that's what happened to Orbots, that sucks, I really enjoyed the cartoon
@alanguages5 жыл бұрын
Likewise.
@valecrassus78355 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I hadn’t heard in so much detail but had looked it up several years ago and found out the short version that it was Tonka’s fault. I really liked the cartoon as a kid and wondered why it just vanished with no toys.
@norbertop.niebres63205 жыл бұрын
I loved the cartoon. It reminded me of the Transformers.
@norbertop.niebres63205 жыл бұрын
I would buy it.
@turinturambar67955 жыл бұрын
the only thing i remember about mighty orbots from my childhood is the theme song which stated in the video is exceptional
@andrejg41365 жыл бұрын
Man, Mighty Orbots combined still looked a lot like God Mars. I kept expecting Orbots to finish its foe with an overpowered stock footage broadsword slash.
@OldManTheseDays5 жыл бұрын
Best intro ever. This show was sooo good... love that you're giving it some love.
@ageeksadventureswoohoo92135 жыл бұрын
Omg seriously. Ok so the song was so 80s but so awesome epic 80s!!!! Horns rock instruments like john williams meets aerosmith lol
@bancoran3 жыл бұрын
The "Transformers Animated" intro is a direct reference to this.
@RedAlertIt5 жыл бұрын
Years later, the orbots got a shout out of sort when Derrick J Wyat quoted the series as a prime inspiration for his 2007 Transformers Animated series.
@gigadrill00005 жыл бұрын
Sweet
@icebergo65 жыл бұрын
THE...BEST...OPENING...SEQUENCE...OF ANY SATURDAY MORNING CARTOON, EVER! I was hooked on that alone. So cool. There was nothing like it at the time...not on the weekend. Its hard to imagine now but the artwork was incredibly detailed with lightning fast, seizure inducing graphics.
@mgvillanmp4785 жыл бұрын
I LOVED this cartoon always wondered what happened and why they stopped it
@BoisegangGaming5 жыл бұрын
Had this show survived the lawsuit, the IP would probably have been gobbled up by Hasbro.
@mitchfletcher23863 жыл бұрын
And they would've probably become part of the TFU.
@Jayce_Alexander3 жыл бұрын
Would have been an infinitely better outcome than what actually ended up happening. Go-Bots at least live on in some form in the Transformers universe, and the Mighty Orbots just faded into obscurity. :/
@Lone4323455 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised that Tonka didnt sue the dude who came up with Pet Rocks. You know, because of Rock Lords.
@markmolino60915 жыл бұрын
Ah the Mighty Orbots what an underrated cartoon show ,a cross between Transformers and Voltron ,but just didn't get the love that it deserved.
@MrTrickstercoyote5 жыл бұрын
Thank You! Couldn't remember the name but liked the show when I was a kid. Been trying to describe it to people for decades, with no success
@zxcibe57445 жыл бұрын
Same here but could not remember the name.
@ComicFiction5 жыл бұрын
Loved The Mighty Orbots! Thanks for the history lesson.
@ChristopherDrum5 жыл бұрын
Not only was the opening theme great, but the show itself was really cool. I especially enjoyed the one where the dark carnival created mirror clones of the humans who control Earth's defense shield. Ohno becoming human on Wish Planet, left her unable to become the heart of the combined robot. The jewels that turned out to be dragon eggs. The final battle with Umbra. It's all burned into my memory far more deeply than any 13-episode series that I only had the chance to watch during its first run has any right to be.
@popculturehero5 жыл бұрын
It was a huge inspiration for the style of Transformers Animated. Crunch specificly was the inspiration for Bulkhead. The original Orbots series did get printed on Dvd last year. Got my copy.
@FCastle235 жыл бұрын
Holy crap this is the cartoon I was trying to remember. You are, once again, my hero.
@oliverortiz85073 жыл бұрын
This show's animation was pure art and stood out from.anything in that era. I was mesmerized when I saw this.
@Ruffian712 жыл бұрын
Another great 80’s cartoon… It’s a downright shame it only lasted 13 episodes. I’m remember watching all of them in ABC as a kid. When you’re a kid & things just ‘disappear’ from TV you’re somewhat traumatized & wonder what happened to my favorite new show. 😉
@scottsoenksen8423 жыл бұрын
I always wondered what happened to the show. It's so disappointing when a show you love abruptly goes off the air. I really loved the show!
@maguffle5 жыл бұрын
I used to LOVE this cartoon. I bought the boxes set at SDCC last year. Anytime I see something about Mighty Orbots I watch it! Thanks for the vid!
@Larry5 жыл бұрын
The characters ring a bell, one of those repressed '80s memories again :D BTW could you ever have a look at the Police Academy cartoon and toys in a future episode? It was Kenner's last license acquisition, am I right?
@SecretGalaxyTV5 жыл бұрын
BRB. Adding Police Academy to the list...
@peterparker65845 жыл бұрын
hey Larry, funny seeing you here. At any rate I do believe he's Artie done police Academy. The animated series. I know somebody did in the last year pretty sure it was this fellow. If you look at up on KZfaq, you'll find the video. And for the record, I do believe you're right that was around the time Kanner went into the great abyss.
@freddyvidz5 жыл бұрын
@@SecretGalaxyTV I loves the show and the toys.
@Despondencymusic5 жыл бұрын
Yay! A Larry sighting!
@slapittywapitty81733 жыл бұрын
@@SecretGalaxyTV: How do you check (ahead-of-time) if other toy corps have 'similar' IP patents/trademarks?
@stormbreaker91945 жыл бұрын
THIS was the episode I've been waiting for!
@CollectionDX5 жыл бұрын
Great video of a little known show. Thanks again for the shout out! Go Mighty Orbots!
@AuntieHauntieGames5 жыл бұрын
The number of times this channel makes me suddenly remember something I had forgotten and then loudly declare "I REMEMBER THIS!" is incredible.
@ericjefferson62492 жыл бұрын
A criminally underrated series! I wish it had lasted longer.
@WidebodyLotty2 жыл бұрын
I remember loving this show during its brief run while I was a kid. When it abruptly went off the air, I remember missing the cartoon for a long time. There were no Google searches back then to explain what happened to the cartoon. It’s disappearance was a mystery to me up until watching this video.
@jokerz79365 жыл бұрын
1984 was a great year for cartoons I still remember waking up the Christmas of 84 and my mum bought me every G.I. Joe and Cobra Figure and Vehicle she could find and had them all built and in a battle formation in front of the tree on Christmas Morning Best Christmas Ever.
@dinomonzon88535 жыл бұрын
Jokerz 79 you were a very lucky kid growing up! 👍
@jokerz79365 жыл бұрын
@@dinomonzon8853 Yeah my mum was great even on a fixed income she made the Holidays amazing what can I say the woman was the Queen of the Layaway. Also she was an action junkie so I grew up on Bond, Rambo, Schwarzenegger, Van Damme, Segal, Norris, Lee, Bronson, and various Cannon films. 😀
@CAPCOM7845 жыл бұрын
You had a good Christmas and what a terrific mom!
@stinkypinkeee50855 жыл бұрын
So you were spoiled as a child...got it...
@jokerz79365 жыл бұрын
@@stinkypinkeee5085 Far from it I had more Gobots than Transformers because Gobots were only a dollar a figure. I remember being excited to go to the Food Bank because the old lady there would give us day old bake goods which were a real treat. But my mother always wanted Christmas to be special so she'd start buying in the Summer and put everything on Layway.
@ksaun45735 жыл бұрын
Loved Mighty Orbots as a kid. Always wondered what happened to the show. Great video! Would've been great if that toy was released!
@bootblacking5 жыл бұрын
Great show, great theme song, strong characters. One of my favorite aspects of the show is that Mighty Orbots didn't rely on an "gotta end the episode" attack like Voltron's Blazing Sword. Every monster was a unique problem.
@HelloAGD3 жыл бұрын
I loved this show! I asked my mom for my first alarm clock to wake up early so I could watch it. Then it just disappeared and I never knew anyone who knew it existed. For years I thought I had imagined it all. Thank you for posting this.
@timothylewis25275 жыл бұрын
Loved this series so much as a kid. I saw it before I even knew of Voltron.
@Outlawstar795 жыл бұрын
All Giant robot combiners are welcome in my home, From the heroic Autobots to the Gritty Galaxy Guardians of the Go-bots!...Till All Are One!
@Tsambaista4 жыл бұрын
This show was stuck in my head for years cause I remember watching it as a kid. I couldn't recall the title and was searching for Godmars stuff when I found this. What a coincidence.
@SlashTheWeasel3 жыл бұрын
I remember Orbots very fondly from my childhood and watching it on TV. This entire video answered lot of questions I had even back then. I didn't know this happened.
@stargrave18665 жыл бұрын
Some of the best animation you could find on the dial I loved this show thanks Dan! ...totally had a crush on Bo and Boo...that’s not weird.
@ericpeterson87323 жыл бұрын
Boo was the cute one. Bo reminded me of Storm's personality from the X-Men.
@STB-jh7od5 жыл бұрын
I loved this series and bought the DVD set. I hated Muppet Babies and Smurfs.
@ericrook785 жыл бұрын
How is this on DVD but the the Bionic Six isn't?!? Don't get me wrong, now that I've been made aware of this cartoon, I'll be getting the DVDs, but I still want the Bionic Six on DVD!!!!!!
@MoveInSilence233 жыл бұрын
Bionic Six was the ish
@n34z3r3 жыл бұрын
YES!!! Loved BIONIC SIX. I used to record them to VHS because....we loved it.
@jorgetomas3803 жыл бұрын
RIIIIGHT. Smh. I was obsessed with Bionic6!
@RawNWigglin3 жыл бұрын
Mighty Orbots was brilliant. Hard to believe it had only one season, I remember it fondly.
@jamese31695 жыл бұрын
This is one of my favorite cartoons. Thank you for doing this one.
@GarbledReverie5 жыл бұрын
Yes! This is the one I've been waiting for! After you did Bionic Six, I knew you'd eventually get around to Mighty Orbots. This was a really cool concept and execution by talented people that just never caught on. In some slightly better universe there's a new Mighty Orbots series on Netflix and everyone is like 'Volt-ron? What's that?'
@maycontainviolence5587 Жыл бұрын
The animation for Mighty Orbots was so far ahead of GO-BOTS, no wonder they felt threatened Tonka should not have won this case. I'm glad they got crushed eventually. Glad to be catching them now. It's a great vintage show.
@ericpeterson87323 жыл бұрын
This cancellation was the one that really broke my heart. For decades after, I still had the prison planet episode on VHS, recorded off TV back in 1985.
@Summertimeblues285 жыл бұрын
Wow you finally found a cartoon from the 80’s that I honestly don’t remember. Looks like it was pretty awesome! Well played Larson. You’ve won this round.
@medioculus3 жыл бұрын
Such a shame that such a stylistically refreshing series with potential for more episodes was stomped out. What made this show so great was exactly like you said, because the story wasn't attached to selling any toys. Mighty Orbots captivated me as soon as I saw and heard that legendary opening! That song rocksss🔥👏 I play it on bass still sometimes cause it's catchy and takes me back to being 11. Great job on these vids!
@b87021315 жыл бұрын
I remembered the narrator was Space Ghost. I loved the show as a kid. The animation was more polished than Transformers or any other robot show at the time.
@mattceccato83025 жыл бұрын
I have to wonder how much of Gary Owens's narration was scripted and how much was ad-libbed.
@DaimosZ5 жыл бұрын
@@mattceccato8302 I headcanon that Space Ghost is narrating the story of the show to a younger Jan and Jace to boost their spirits.
@DocMicrowave Жыл бұрын
One of my favorite shows as a kid. It had a unique look that made it stand out to me. I liked it better than the other robot shows of the time.
@stephens41755 жыл бұрын
I remember this show, Thought of it back then as the slickly animated and designed Saturday morning robot forming show, just could never remember its name, used to look forward to it and record it on my top loading VCR with the chorded pause button for commercials. need the box set now. and thank you for explaining what happened to it.
@davesaints80235 жыл бұрын
🤯 Wow! I remember watching that show. Talk about going down memory lane. Always enjoy the history of the toys and cartoons I use to watch and forgot about
@Funckle735 жыл бұрын
I had completely forgotten about this. I remember my favorite was the “transforming” character. Cute host too!
@Tai_Jitu5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this one! I adored this show, it had some of the best animation of the '80s shows that I loved. I loved the music so much that I kept wishing that they would release an album of it, once I found out (much later) that background music albums were a thing.
@Chazreal5 жыл бұрын
I LOVED Mighty Orbots way more than Gobots, absolutely sucks the lesser franchise won. I loved how badly misproportioned Mighty Orbots was when combined! LOL!
@Chazreal5 жыл бұрын
Actually as an 80s baby I genuinely deducted that Rob Simmons, Commander of Mighty Orbots, was on the scientific fore front of innovation with his application of molecular expansion technology. That's only because my dad was an engineering executive of Seagate Technologies and he would always tell me that the software and hardware is there, but where is the battery source? Do we genuinely want a multi storey robot with a nuclear generator *defending* us?! No one smashes your dreams quite like parents. ;)
@FCastle235 жыл бұрын
I vividly remember trying to not go to my soccer game so I wouldn’t miss this cartoon
@soopahsoopah3 жыл бұрын
What a shame, that single season of Mighty Orbots was EXCELLENT. Top-notch animation, great voice actors, and killer music.
@drewwilliams93325 жыл бұрын
I remember this show fondly as a kid. I was sad that the show disappeared back then. I couldn't remember the name and always just thought it was a show about Godmars. Thanks for clearing up my childhood memories.
@Echowhiskeyone5 жыл бұрын
The Mighty Orbots for some reason remind me of DC Comics "The Metal Men".
@Hektols5 жыл бұрын
It's surprising that DC was not the one who sued them, the Metal Men arre also robots created by a genious robot designer with their own powers and the ability to combine.
@Megared825 жыл бұрын
Ironically, there's an issue of Action Comics (#590) where the Metal Men combine into a super robot to battle a chemical monster with Superman's powers.
@hydrolito4 жыл бұрын
Rob resembles Robby Reed from Dial h for hero 1966, that resembles earlier Johnny Quest 1964.
@hydrolito4 жыл бұрын
1962 Metal Men were 6 robots Gold could inspire ort, iron strong Tor, lead fat could inspire Crunch that was fat. The other 3 robots no direction relation other than resemble female like Platinum. Two other resemble male Mercury and Tin. One Metal Men story all six are combined into one form.
@ericpeterson87323 жыл бұрын
It's the personalities. Both the Metal Men and the Mighty Orbots have such interesting personalities. Also the way they interact with their creators. But I didn't learn about the Metal Men until 1986 and John Byrne's run on Superman. I think they might have had a brief cameo in Crisis on Infinite Earths, but it wasn't big enough to appreciate the characters.
@georgetrigoiii32295 жыл бұрын
Holy shit! Been waiting for this one! I remember watching this on TV but couldn't remember the name until a couple of years ago while looking for Saturday morning cartoons from my childhood on KZfaq. Thanks for the episode!
@bluedragon8075 жыл бұрын
Orbots was hands down my favorite 80s cartoon. I was so ready for every episode and they pulled it off so fast. I literally remember the day I was waiting for it to come on and it was gone.
@dreamedweaver76765 жыл бұрын
I was born in 1980, thank you for taking the time to put these videos together. I love & miss those years, thanks again for reminding me how awesome it was back then.
@SkotNealey5 жыл бұрын
MIGHTY ORBOTS WAS THE BEST!!! LOVED their personalities.
@b.thomas89265 жыл бұрын
Talk about memory lane. I totally forgot about this. Thanks Toy Galaxy!
@BGsModelWorkshop5 жыл бұрын
Oh man, i loved this cartoon as a kid. Plus, it had another one of those theme songs that still haunts me today!!
@ItachiUchiha-jv3rf5 жыл бұрын
Mighty Orbots followed by Pole Position!! My childhood was freaking awesome!!!
@roddprime5 жыл бұрын
If I think about you are right. Mighty Orbots came on at 10am CST on ABC and Pole Position came on at 10:30am CST on CBS.
@badbirdkc5 жыл бұрын
Such and odd time for cartoons. I didn't realize how short the run of Mighty Orbots was, but I did watch it. But there was so much other weird shit that I seemed to gravitate to: Spiral Zone, Wheeled Warriors, Ulysses, Sparticus, etc. Yeah, I was a fan of your standards: Transformers, He Man, Muppet Babies, Voltron, and all that. But there was just something appealing about those other "off brand" cartoons. Also, I fucking choked for real when I saw the "Lint Licker" bit.
@EryxUK5 жыл бұрын
Would you do a video on the 1970s Microman/Micronauts toys please? I had loads of them as a kid back then and would love to know more about them.
@shiftee7treez6315 жыл бұрын
EryxUK , Micronauts toys were fucking amazing!!!!
@XDragokingGames5 жыл бұрын
EryxUK IIRC, Microman actually came from the original GIJOE figures, imported and rebranded to get away from the war themes considering it was post WW2 Japan. They shrunk them down to save on plastic during the mid 70s and they eventually became the basis for the original Transformers toys
@XDragokingGames5 жыл бұрын
So long story short, without GIJOE there would be no Micro Man or Transformers
@XDragokingGames5 жыл бұрын
Happy 2BeHere ikr, I wonder what that reunion looks like
@hanzohattori24925 жыл бұрын
@@XDragokingGames so takara import gi joe to Japan to make microman/micronaughts and then Hasbro reimport them to the west to become transformers....weird.
@mrdrofficer5 жыл бұрын
I thought I was one of the few that remembered. Glad I'm so wrong. Really happy so many people loved this short-lived series. It long stood as one of those "I remember ..." things that took me until college to find the name of it again. Thrilled at the footage you all found for this show and will be buying a copy of that DVD now that I know it exists.
@Slumberjunk1e3 жыл бұрын
Don’t know why Im tearing up over here. Thank you soo much for explaining their demise as to why they got extinguished from reaching the heights of awesomeness to being on the silver screen. These damn companies always about $. Family>Money. Subscribed. Sniff. Orbots was one of my faves & even as a child I knew the team that put them together had a hand in creating Thundercats, Bionic 6, Silverhawks & Tigersharks. Every creation taught me the importance of family 😭
@mattsquires26225 жыл бұрын
Nice honorable mention in the WatchMojo most underrated at KZfaq channels this week. Way to go Dan
@sdcrews5 жыл бұрын
TONKA killed Mighty Orbots! What the crap, man! It wasn't on long but this was another favorite of mine. And like you since WB holds the license now and then don't direct anything to kids that doesn't have DC stamped on it we're poo outta luck. But thank you guys again for spotlighting another classic. Y'all are the best 👍
@scifilounge5 жыл бұрын
WOW. I didn't think I could dislike the Gobots more. The Mighty Orbots was a great cartoon with fun characters, fantastic stories, and some of the best animation for the time!
@skillztube3055 жыл бұрын
I loved this show as a kid. I recently brought the series dvd set from amazon. ...oh the memories..😌
@jdewitt5 жыл бұрын
Yup, I remember this one too! This was one of those shows I couldn't miss on Saturday mornings for a few weeks. I always wondered if there was more to it that I had just missed, but now I know the truth. Screw you Tonka! I remember liking the show, but I was a pretty little kid, and anything with giant robots was awesome, so my taste may be a bit off. Ironically, this and Bionic 6 stuck with me for both having great intro sequences and killer songs. Turns out it's because the same people worked on them, go figure!!!
@joetrosclair84345 жыл бұрын
As a child I loved this show and adults were blown away at the quality of the animation. I was distraught when it disappeared
@dashwhatchamakalit5 жыл бұрын
Ahh. Go-Bots. You just couldn't fail on your own. You had to thrash and scream and take good stuff down with you as well.
@TheBullshit20115 жыл бұрын
Loved that show.. Saturday mornings, good times... good times
@Galactus3145 жыл бұрын
Ever notice how Rob sounds EXACTLY like Fry from Futurama? I had to IMDB it to make sure it wasn't Billy West (it wasn't).
@SecretGalaxyTV5 жыл бұрын
I checked as well. Still can't believe how much they sound alike.
@GarbledReverie5 жыл бұрын
He was voiced by Barry Gordon who was also the voice of Donatello in the original TNMT.
@GarbledReverie5 жыл бұрын
Oh, and the Nestle Quick Bunny during the 80's.
@Galactus3145 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Andy. Thanks, Dan. How about a Thundarr video?
@leyenda61495 жыл бұрын
They blanking did it! They blanking did Mighty Orbots! I. Am. Speechless.
@leyenda61495 жыл бұрын
Man, if they do Pole Position next I'm gonna be like a kid in some kind of store🍬
@pedrocamelo25675 жыл бұрын
Thanks for letting me know the DVDs are now available. This was my favorite show as a kid and I had to hunt down the VHS tapes years ago.
@smstnitc3 жыл бұрын
I was just talking about this show with some co-workers that were too young to remember it.. I decided to do a quick search for them and found your video... Might Orbots was one of my favorites when I was a kid, so much more entertaining than gobots! I had no idea that's why they disappeared so quickly... thanks for the video, it was really interesting to learn.
@CS-dd4yf5 жыл бұрын
I loved the Mighty Orbots, I still watch them on KZfaq
@CAPCOM7845 жыл бұрын
You should buy the dvd.
@CS-dd4yf5 жыл бұрын
@@CAPCOM784 I agree
@rootfish26715 жыл бұрын
The only thing I remember of this cartoon was that my friends and I called it whorebots, we thought that we were so damned funny.
@MistaJonz5 жыл бұрын
Oh man you did it again! Loved the crap out of this show. I finished a sketch of all of them last year that I really need to ink and color soon. Thanks for reminding me! Great video as usual, Dan!
@markschemers31325 жыл бұрын
I just sent you guys an email 2 weeks ago about this show and here it is! Thanks!, it was my 3rd favorite cartoon growing up after Transformers and GIJoe.
@fireresq75 жыл бұрын
Man I loved that show. Best intro music!
@bancoran5 жыл бұрын
The music director was none other than the legendary Yuji Ohno, who was also the composer for Lupin the Third. Side note: The opening of Transformers Animated was a tribute to the Orbots intro!
@fireresq75 жыл бұрын
@@bancoran Well he's a genius !I can still sing it in my mind till this day...and Bionic 6 too!
@bancoran5 жыл бұрын
@@fireresq7 Oh God, if there are two shows that deserve a reboot...
@fireresq75 жыл бұрын
@@bancoran FACT!
@kingmarkseven175 жыл бұрын
I really don't remember Orbots and I'm 39. That's crazy. I need to watch it now.
@airporttrucker85295 жыл бұрын
You're too young when they premiered. Im 44 and I was 8 or 9 when they premiered on ABC.
@rjb913665 жыл бұрын
Loved this anime, really miss it, it really broke my heart when they stopped airing it!!
@niccolomanahan77755 жыл бұрын
YESSSSSS! This is the first thing I checked your library for when I subscribed. Nice to see Orbots has a place here.
@Phegmore2 жыл бұрын
My family loved this show. While not the most original plot, as was pointed out, it certainly was one of the higher quality pedigrees out there of the genre. We were sad to see it disappear and it's even more tragic as to why. Thanks for creating this episode.
@brycevo5 жыл бұрын
Wow. This is cool. Being sued out of distribution is always fascinating
@archangel56275 жыл бұрын
Growing up in the 80’s I never heard of or saw The Mighty Orbots cartoon series. I was definitely a robot junkie as a kid and it always amazes me that this show slipped by without me knowing of its existence.
@chancellormartok11475 жыл бұрын
Man....I freaking loved this show! I even had the voice of the dude down pat, iirc. Been awhile. Thx for the trip!