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With Filmation's biggest success, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, drawing to a close they looked to the future and bet the company's future on BRAVESTARR, an original property they brought to MATTEL.
But MATTEL had their own ideas for how BRAVESTARR should look and function and when it should release with a betrayal that may have doomed the whole line.
This is the story of BRAVESTARR and the downfall of FILMATION.
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SOURCES:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BraveStarr
web.archive.org/web/20201112041606/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-12-21-tm-3736-story.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BraveStarr:_The_Movie
archive.org/details/televisioncartoo0000eric/page/110/mode/2up
newspapers.com/image/404123232/?terms=%22bravestarr%22
web.archive.org/web/20080423201452/http://www.bravestarr.org/article2.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filmation
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He-Man_and_the_Masters_of_the_Universe
wheeljackslab.com/blog/bravestarr-retrospective/?srsltid=AfmBOopJR6jnIMmbrCqqqzAslNDeqHvswRB2_cBjOGJ1rPpkwgePIx6U
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattel
newspapers.com/image/404531692/?match=1&terms=%22bravestarr%22
newspapers.com/image/404531896/?terms=%22bravestarr%22
newspapers.com/image/403970215/?match=1&terms=filmation
web.archive.org/web/20140602044245/http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/mattel-inc-history
worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1987/BC-1987-08-31.pdf#search=%22 bravestarr%22
Creating the Filmation Generation
twomorrows.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=662
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With Filmation's biggest success, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, drawing to a close they looked to the future and bet the company's future on BRAVESTARR, an original property they brought to MATTEL.
But MATTEL had their own ideas for how BRAVESTARR should look and function and when it should release with a betrayal that may have doomed the whole line.
This is the story of BRAVESTARR and the downfall of FILMATION.
cereal:geek TV - Creating Tex Hex: youtu.be/2vN7Cx_BC9E?si=HS67gqJgPzhstYRn
SOURCES:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BraveStarr
web.archive.org/web/20201112041606/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-12-21-tm-3736-story.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BraveStarr:_The_Movie
archive.org/details/televisioncartoo0000eric/page/110/mode/2up
newspapers.com/image/404123232/?terms=%22bravestarr%22
web.archive.org/web/20080423201452/http://www.bravestarr.org/article2.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filmation
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He-Man_and_the_Masters_of_the_Universe
wheeljackslab.com/blog/bravestarr-retrospective/?srsltid=AfmBOopJR6jnIMmbrCqqqzAslNDeqHvswRB2_cBjOGJ1rPpkwgePIx6U
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattel
newspapers.com/image/404531692/?match=1&terms=%22bravestarr%22
newspapers.com/image/404531896/?terms=%22bravestarr%22
newspapers.com/image/403970215/?match=1&terms=filmation
web.archive.org/web/20140602044245/http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/mattel-inc-history
worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1987/BC-1987-08-31.pdf#search=%22 bravestarr%22
Creating the Filmation Generation
twomorrows.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=662
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youtube.com/channel/UCjoe3Qo_DymYyBR6X9VxFjQ/join
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