I thought Nacelle just made documentary shows, but apparently they’re getting into the fiction game. I first noticed it when I started watching an old favorite, Skysurfer Strike Force, on Tubi and saw Nacelle was the distributor. I would have thought Hanna-Barbera would have that one since they bought the Ruby Spears Productions library, which is now part of the Warner Brothers Discovery library, but I guess Bohbot distributing it as part of their “Amazing Adventures” programming block put it with them. I don’t know. Point is the people behind the Icons Unearthed series is also doing kids animated series.
Now they’ve partnered with Tubi to release a cartoon based on the 1980s toyline Robo Force. Originally cylindrical robots with a suction cup, as we’ve gone over in the Free Comic Inside reviews of their minicomics, they were revamped in the 2010s with legs. The new rights owners, who put out a webcomic by virtual mentor Jerzy Drozd, opted for the “Glyos” system of interchangeable parts and little to no paint apps. Now Nacelle is putting out toys as well as shows and comic, setting up their “Nacelleverse“…because shared universes have been doing so well lately. Even Marvel Studios doesn’t know how to do it anymore under the current caretakers, Hasbro is making their second attempt via Skybound’s “Energon Universe” after the IDW one failed to get a strong audience thanks to various choices IDW made, and now Nacelle wants to bring in previously unconnected 1980s/1990s toylines that at best had a cult following and form their own universe. The line will consist of…
- Robo Force as step one in animation, though most of them already have had toys out for a while
- Biker Mice From Mars, which is the second season for the Nacelleverse but the third try for this series, and yet Robo Force is marketed as now being tied into this show
- Sectaurs, which has also had a Saturday Night Showcase and Free Comic Inside appearances–curious how they’ll work that around 2020 plague flashbacks
- The Wild West C.O.W.Boys of Moo Mesa, a rather odd edition, but doing Sectaurs I’m assuming means we’re not limited to Earth depending on what’s changed in these franchises
- The Great Garloo, a 1960s toy so obscure I had to look it up
- Power Lords, and I’m curious if they’ll bother with the transformation gimmicks of the original toyline in toy or toon form
- and the only thing that makes less sense than Moo Mesa…Barnyard Commandos!
With the cartoon set to post to Tubi on Saturday, a friend of mine stumbled upon two of the three issue Robo Force miniseries. Since I don’t have all three, and these are relatively new comics, I won’t be doing a spoilery summary like I do with Scanning My Collection. This used to be my new comic reviews back when I got them regularly, replacing the feature with “Yesterday’s” Comic for older comics. I’m just going to give my overall thoughts on the two-thirds of the story currently available to me.
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Notice that, while Gary often comments on the culture war and how it affects sci-fi and fantasy, he notes that being “woke” is only part of the problem. We need to acknowledge this more, because the other mistakes Hollywood has made are part of the reason the activists took over so much of pop culture, following those who didn’t care about the source material because of their own ego and snobbery with little to no concern for the people who made popular the brands they usurp or why it was popular. If that wasn’t an issue, the culture war wouldn’t be bleeding into stories.
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Posted by ShadowWing Tronix on April 11, 2025 in Comic Spotlight, Movie Spotlight, Streaming Spotlight, Television Spotlight and tagged commentary, Doctor Who, geek culture, Nerdrotic, stories and culture.
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