#garloo

[tomkrohne]

The Great Garloo and Son

[chernobog13]

Early 1960s Sears catalog toy page.

Considering that $10.00 back in 1963 was worth about $101.00 in today's economy, these puppies were not cheap. And that's before you added in the cost of the batteries, which were never included back then.

Still, Garloo at Sears is a heck of a lot cheaper than advertised on TV:

[evilhorse]

Nacelleverse #0

[hallowedweiner]

The great Garloo RC Monster by MARX commercial 1961

"This was one of Marx's greatest toy. A 2 foot tall radio controlled movie monster toy."

[smashpages]

Oni’s NacelleVerse comics will launch in March

‘NacelleVerse’ #0 will kick things off, followed by ‘Roboforce,’ ‘Biker Mice from Mars’ and more.

[windex-for-blood]

I couldn't have come up with this if you gave me a whole pail of mescaline to chew on.

"Here's out new IP universe. It's comprised of a robot toy line that Transformers killed in the womb, two Ninja Turtles rip-offs, bug people because we couldn't get Crystar, and the worst toy in the entire 80s. And The Great fucking Garloo is the centerpiece of the whole thing."

[stone-cold-groove]

Toys and playthings I kept. Toys and playthings I should have kept.

[graphicpolicy]

NYCC 2023: Nacelle and Oni press partner for a new graphic novel publishing line

NYCC 2023: Nacelle and Oni press partner for a new graphic novel publishing line #comics #comicbooks #nycc #nycc2023 #nycc23

[w0rm-party]

i will never get over the fucking great garloo bro like,,, who the FUCK is the great garloo....why WHY WOULD U ORDER 3, 36 PACK CASES OF THE GREAT GARLOO LITERALLY WHO THE FUCK IS BUYING THE GREAT GARLOO-

[dynared]

Lost in the New York Comic Con hustle and bustle including the first trailer for the Scott Pilgrim anime, Good Burger II: Do you want Good Fries with that? (Not the title but I am curious) and an Ultraman Blazar stage show that actually was filled to capacity, there was a little panel for something called the Nacelleverse, a ground up project from the Nacelle company with the goal of bringing numerous disparate franchises together.

And the panel really should have been recorded, because it was a very interesting TED Talk about how a company makes a franchise and how creatives build a shared universe from the ground up.

Seems easy enough, right? Well, the first thing they need to do is get some licenses people care about, or barring that, licenses that are available. And they got…well they got licenses.

There are a lot of moving parts in creating a universe. Finding partners in weird places, like how the Biker Mice from Mars reboot is actually a co-production with Ryan Reynolds of all people, building mythology where there was none and adapting it where there is one, and then finding a buyer for your show. For instance, while Roboforce had no real mythology and the writers built a story from the ground up (a very meta tale about a line of robots that were supposed to be the next big thing, only to be confined to menial work when a newer, superior line of robots completely upstaged their debut, which is essentially what happened to the 80s toy line when it was released opposite the Transformers). Biker Mice, meanwhile, was popular enough that people know what they were about, so in that case it’s more about bringing in the hot dog and (root) beer loving rodents and their story into the shared universe. Same with the Cowboys of Moo Mesa, a real thing that existed and even had an arcade game from Konami of all people (the game was a blatant but surprisingly playable Sunset Riders clone). Then there’s stuff like the Great Garloo, a Creature from the Black Lagoon looking guy with no story to speak of, being given the personality of a wisecracking comedian that happens to resemble the Creature from the Black Lagoon.

The panel was 10/10, would recommend to anyone the least bit interested in understanding how a franchise works. But I don’t know if that means the Nacelleverse will be the big franchise that they want it to be.

Unfortunately, while shorts and ads are online, along with the website, I don’t have the one thing that ties this whole thing together. The opening for Roboforce from Cartoon Conrad. As per their discussion, they specifically went with Conrad to make a loud, Western style opening with an opening theme song that bludgeons you over the head with the blunt end of the show’s premise.

Knowing the way these things go, by the time Biker Mice comes out and is ready to air, Hasbro will have an Energon Universe cartoon animated by Studio Trigger.

[urbancobrastrikeforce]

SDCC 2024 – Nacelle Company bemutató

A nacelle Company széles választékkal érkezett, és többek közt látható a Robo Force, The Expanse, Biker Mice from Mars, C.O.W. Boys of Moose Mesa, Sectaurs, és a The Great Garloo soruk is. Continue reading SDCC 2024 – Nacelle Company bemutató

[actionfigureinsider]

@NACELLECOMPANY STRIKES DEAL WITH ALCON ENTERTAINMENT TO PRODUCE LINE OF ACTION FIGURES FOR THE ACCLAIMED SCI-FI SERIES, THE EXPANSE

LOS ANGELES, CA – Nacelle, the Burbank-based diversified media company behind the revival of beloved IPs such as Robo Force, Sectaurs, Power Lords, The Great Garloo, and more, has struck a deal with Alcon Entertainment to produce the first-ever line of toys for the acclaimed sci-fi series, The Expanse. The deal was brokered by Striker Entertainment on behalf of Alcon. The Expanse is set in the…

[zeemczed]

...wait, they're making an expanded universe involving the BMFM?

With C.O.W.Boys of Moo Mesa, Sectaurs, Power Lords, and Robo Force? And whatever the Great Garloo is?!

The frickle frack?

THEY ARE BACK :D

[gameraboy2]

1962 The Great Son of Garloo wind-up toy

[1900-1960sgifs]

Great Garloo Toy - 1961