The Toys That Made Us: Two Seasons of Our Childhood Come to Light

Fellow nerds, if you have not yet seen The Toys That Made Us streaming on Netflix, you are losing fanatic points. This series gets into the deepest part of the shows, characters, and movies we love from a whole new perspective. We think the movies and TV shows we love control our lives, nope – it’s the toys. You can think back to each figure, each doll, each toy ship, and your heart jumps with joy. This show makes you realize…wow, I guess the toys own my childhood – hence The Toys That Made Us. It’s All About The Toys Season One delved deep into those big name nerd commodities – Star Wars, Barbie, He-Man, and G.I Joe. There are things you cannot believe about these markets and franchises. If you didn’t know before, now you will – that the main reason any TV show or movie franchise was made was to do one thing and one thing only – bring us a deep love, joy and inspiration for the future – Yea… No. It was to sell toys. Some of the shows ingrained into our culture were actually just toys! To keep the kids wanting more, and the parents shelling out the money, they made TV shows, comics and more based on these toys. In this case, He-Man and G.I. Joe started as toy lines. Toy makers knew that in order to get kids attached to these characters, they needed backstories, they needed a whole world. So who do they call on? They bring on the comic writers, who apparently were not down with writing for toys. I guess in the comic world, you were nothing if you wrote for toy lines… damn….