Cartoon Network

2008-03-15T20:41:35Z

76.179.44.82:

[[Image:CartoonNetworkLogo1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Still waiting on that ''Swat Kats'' revival, guys.]]

A product of Ted Turner's vast empire, '''Cartoon Network''' was a showcase channel for Hanna-Barbera's extensive archive of classic animation. It became an instant powerhouse for cable in the 1990s, airing both older and new cartoons. The newer projects led to pioneering shows in their own right, amongst them ''Dexter's Lab'', ''Cow and Chicken'', ''Johnny Bravo'', ''The Powerpuff Girls'' and ''Samurai Jack'', the latter leading to two original [[Star Wars]] ''Clone Wars'' mini-series.

Cartoon Network eventually expanded itself with greater amounts of original content, soon shuffling its "vintage" animation to a new channel, "Boomerang". New programming blocks such as "'''Toonami'''", "Miguzi" and "Adult Swim" aimed more towards early-teen and adult animation fans, and helped to bring in a new lease on life for the anime movement.

In 1998, the Toonami block broadcast the final five episodes of season two of [[Beast Wars]], a welcome development since otherwise American fans would not have seen them for many months and would have been vulnerable to spoilers from dirty Canadians. In 2002, Cartoon Network revived ''He-Man'' for all of ten minutes, and also turned their heads towards ''Transformers'', airing all three seasons of the [[Unicron Trilogy]]. They will serve as the distributors of [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]], which features many of the talents who brought Cartoon Network some of their bigger action-cartoons like ''Teen Titans'' and ''Ben 10''.

''[[Don Messick|Scooby-Dooby-Doo!]]''

==External links==

[http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/tv_shows/transformersa/index.html Transformers Animated at Cartoon Network.com]

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Robot Heroes (toyline)

2008-01-05T21:08:53Z

76.179.44.82: New Wave of Transformers

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[[Image:Robotheroesdisplay.jpg|right|thumb|300px|An army of cute, one thousand strong.]]
The '''Robot Heroes''' line is the ''Transformers'' entry into [[Hasbro]]'s series of adorable, little-kid-friendly lines of characters from popular franchises. It was preceded by ''[[Star Wars]]'' (in various incarnations, finally now under the name ''Galactic Heroes'') and [[Marvel]] (under the banner ''Superhero Squad'') lines.

Each ''Robot Heroes'' figure is approximately two inches tall and constructed of soft, pliable PVC plastic. The characters are sculpted in a [[super-deformed]] style, with exaggerated limbs and smiling expressions (well, for those characters with mouths). Articulation is limited to neck and shoulder swivels (for characters with conventional humanoid bodies, at least). It is notable that the ''Transformers Robot Heroes'' figures are more dynamically posed than most such figures from other franchises.

==Generation 1 Heroes==
===Wave 1===
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] & [[Ravage]]
* [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] & [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]
* [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] & [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]
* [[Hot Rod|Rodimus]] & [[Shrapnel|Insecticon]]

===Wave 2===
* [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] & [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]
* [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] & [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]
* [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] & [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]
* Optimus Prime (with [[Matrix]]) & [[Unicron]]

===Wave 3===
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] & [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]
* [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] & [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]

===Sets===
* Decepticon Sneak Attack (Wal-Mart [[exclusive]])
: ("Hologram" Mirage, [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]], "Supermetal Finish" Optimus Prime, "Supermetal Finish" Megatron, [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]])

==Transformers (2007 film) Heroes==
===Wave 1===
* [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] & [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]
* [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] & [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]]
* [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] & [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]]
* [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] & [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]]

===Wave 2===
* Bumblebee w/[[All Spark]] & [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]
* [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] & [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]]
* Protoform Jazz & [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]]
* Optimus Prime w/sword & [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]]

===Best Buy DVD Exclusives===
These figures are exclusive to Best Buy stores as a bonus pack-in with the Special Edition version of the Transformers Movie DVD.

* "Battle Damaged" [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] & [[Cliffjumper (Movie)|Cliffjumper]]

==Announced but uncategorized figures from future waves==
* [[Cheetor (BW)|''Beast Wars'' Cheetor]]
* [[Megatron (BW)|''Beast Wars'' Megatron]]
* [[Blitzwing (G1)|''G1'' Blitzwing]]
* [[Galvatron (G1)|''G1'' Galvatron]]

==Links==

[http://www.hasbro.com/default.cfm?page=ps_results&prevpage=ps_results&keyword=Robot+Heroes&x=0&y=0 Hasbro]

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