LogFAQs > #941715787

I realize my life feels incomplete since I've never been involved in creating or managing a toyline. Of course, the technical aspects of that would be a bit more difficult than some of my other forlorn wants (creating a cartoon, creating a comic, etc)

ParanoidObsessive posted... If you find that interesting as a concept, you should check out Toy Galaxy (ToyGalaxyTV) on YouTube. They do a lot of longer videos about 80s cartoons and the toy tie-ins that they were built around, and include some surprising stuff even if you think you already know the background of a given show.

You'll mostly want to look for the "The History of..." playlist, as they have a lot of other videos that are mostly just about toys and modern figure releases in general, so just looking at their entire video list can be a bit cluttered.

Probably will check them out at some point. Even the modern stuff is of interest to some extent. I was rather shocked by some developments the last time I stopped in a toy aisle, since McFarlane of all companies is now producing collector-level DC Comics stuff instead of Mattel (who apparently is still doing the lower-end items) and Hasbro rather visibly took over making Power Rangers merch from Bandai. Not that there hadn't been signs in Mattel's case, since they kept downgrading their collector offerings for DC which also grew increasingly dismal in terms of design.

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