I was reminded the other day how the He-Man, Transformers, and G.I. Joe cartoons came to be, back in the 1980s. They, along with about a bazillion other cartoons back then, were created to sell toys that already existed. If you think about it, it was a brilliant move on the part of toy manufacturers. We became so addicted to the cartoons, we had to go and beg our parents for the toys. So that got me thinking about all the fantastic characters that were created to sell other stuff to us as…
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