Mighty Orbots Was Built to Be HUGE… So Why Did It Fail?

Mighty Orbots should have been one of the biggest robot cartoons of the 1980s. Stunning Japanese animation. Legendary anime director Osamu Dezaki. A planned Mattel combining toy. And a launch right in the middle of the 1980s robot war between Transformers, GoBots and Voltron. Then, after just 13 episodes, it was gone. Tonka — the company behind GoBots — took TMS Entertainment to court. The toy line never reached stores. And for decades, fans assumed the lawsuit had killed the show. The truth is more complicated. This is the full story of Mighty Orbots — the 1984 robot cartoon that lasted only 13 episodes, lost its toy line, vanished from the spotlight, and somehow came back four decades later. —————————————————————————— 🔔 Subscribe for more deep dives into the cartoons, toys, and forgotten franchises that defined our childhoods. 📌 GoBots Beat Transformers... So How Did They Lose EVERYTHING?:    • GoBots Beat Transformers... So How Did The...   📌 Voltron Was Born From a MISTAKE… How Did It Become a Legend?:    • Voltron Was Born From a MISTAKE… How Did I...   📌 How Transformers SURVIVED Every Mistake That Should Have Killed It:    • How Transformers SURVIVED Every Mistake Th...   —————————————————————————— CHAPTERS: 00:00 — Mighty Orbots Enters the Robot Wars 01:24 — The Rise: America Wanted Robots 03:55 — The Golden Age: Ahead of Saturday Morning 06:47 — The Fall: GoBots & The Lawsuit 09:58 — The Toy That Never Was 10:59 — The Ending & The Afterlife 12:21 — The Comeback: Unfinished Business 14:02 — The Legacy: The One That Got Away ©Music provided by DreamWave Kingdom© Watch the original movie here: •    • 1983 SynthWave RetroWave [ No Copyright FR...   —————————————————————————— 📋 Copyright Disclaimer: Some material in this video is used under the Fair Use doctrine outlined in Section 107 of the Copyright Act for commentary, criticism, education, and transformative content. All rights belong to their respective copyright holders. No infringement is intended. Rights holders with concerns are encouraged to contact us directly so the matter can be resolved promptly.