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Fascinating Facts About Your Favorite ’80s Cartoons

If you thought you knew everything about your favorite 80’s cartoons, think again! From the many great, and some not so great, cartoons that aired in the 80’s there is an abundance of things about

Voice Actor Surprises

Brian Cave

After writing a post about Dan Gilvezan’s leadership roles, I started thinking about other surprises in 80s cartoon voice acting. Who starred in the most cartoons? Who had the most diverse range of characters? That

Toys That Had the Best Gimmicks

Brian Cave

Toy manufacturers have been able to squeeze in all sorts of features into our GI Joe, Transformers, and He-Man figures throughout the years. Spring-loaded missiles, lights and sounds, chips, battle-damage armor are just a few

Dan Gilvezan – The Real Leader of the 80s

Brian Cave

If you asked any kid in the 80s who their favorite cartoon leader was, and more than likely, you’d hear Optimus Prime. He was the definitive commander, partly because of the voice work Peter Cullen

TRN Toy Box: Holiday Optimus Prime

Ken Spaulding

Today I’ll be reviewing the Hasbro Pulse exclusive Transformers Holiday Optimus Prime! Figure Descriptions • ROLLING THROUGH A WINTER WONDERLAND: Santa looks a little different this year! Naughty or nice, Optimus Prime is delivering holiday

TRN Toy Box: Transformers: The Movie Retro Figures

Ken Spaulding

Due out in mid-January from HasbroPulse.com (currently sold out) and Walmart.com, Hot Rod and Starscream are also due to hit Walmart stores in January. Priced at 33.99, these retro-inspired G1 figures from the 1986 animated

My Christmas Memories: 1984

OldSchool80s

As you should already know, I can’t get enough ’80s nostalgia the whole year, but Christmas is an especially nostalgic time for me. In the past, I shared My Christmas Memories from 1980 and also My

Alas Poor Ironhide

Brian Cave

Ask any kid of the 80s what was the most traumatic thing they saw on the big or little screen, and you’re likely to hear about Optimus Prime’s death. There are others, of course, like

Transformers Collaborative Wish List

Brian Cave

With Hasbro finally giving us a full-fledged GI Joe/Transformers crossover with their Megatron/HISS Tank and Baroness set, it feels like a great time to be a fan of both toylines. We’ve got some toys that

Friday Flix: April 1987

Pitfall Gary

April 1987 was a slow month for movies, only nine new movies released. One movie went straight to video due to other box office failures. Don’t let the low number of releases get you down,

Cel to Silver – Transformers

Brian Cave

Even though they’re sometimes disappointing, I’m always excited when I see a cartoon I love adapted to the big screen. Inspired by my fellow Retro Network contributors, the retired SequelQuest POD, I thought I’d try

Cullen and Welker: Beyond Transformers

Jason Gross

For children of the ’80s, there are two voices that bring the most nostalgia to our ears. For over three years, Peter Cullen and Frank Welker greeted us every weekday afternoon with a reverberated struggle

Jay Plays Bumblebee Overdrive

Jason Gross

This week’s episode of Jay Plays features Bumblebee Overdrive: Transformers Arcade Racing by Budge Studios. Bumblebee and his fellow Autobots have the task of overcoming treacherous terrain and rival Decepticons in both vehicle and robot

TRN Podcast 054 – AMA Volume 2

Jason Gross

Ask Jason and Mick Anything! That’s right, our listeners control this week’s Time Machine segment by tweeting us topics to discuss in AMA Volume 2. First, we catch up on our 4th of July holidays

80s Cars and Truck Movies and Television

Top 50 Cars and Trucks from ’80s Movies or TV Shows

OldSchool80s

When you bring up Cars in the ’80s, some might first think of the band of that name or possibly the song by Gary Numan. We’re not talking about Ric Ocasek and those Cars or any

SequelQuest Rewind | A Transformers Franchise Reboot Sequel | EP94

SequelQuest Jeramy

(From March 2019) For this episode of the podcast, the SequelQuest crew of Adam, Jeff and Jeramy are changing form into the heroic Sequelbots in order to bring you their exciting ideas for rebooting the