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Our longest episode ever! We take a look back at Saturday morning cartoons for the naked cash grabs that they were. We're watching Transformers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Captain N: The Game Master, and Captain Planet.
We look at how this weekly event came to be and what led to the eventual fall of the phenomenon. (And also, how much would it cost for you to buy an entire episode worth of toys?)
Links for this episode:
Marvel Wiki: Transformers Vol 1, Issue 3 (Guest-Starring Spider-Man!)
BraveStarrr: The Legend (1988) Intro (mistakenly called “Lonestarr” in episode)
http://www.unicron.com/ - Transformers Toy Index
http://www.tmnttoys.com/ - Ninja Turtles Toy Index
https://www.figurerealm.com/ - misc. Toy indexes
http://toyworth.com/ - toy pricing, old and new
Gizmodo: This is the First Weekend in America With No Saturday Morning Cartoons -