Whizbang Dustyboots
Gnometown Hero
Hilariously, there were people determined to be mad at the new series who tried to stir everyone up against it. They were greeted, of course, with stony indifference.Which is why some of the best received reboot/sequels have been ones for lesser known properties like Battlestar Galactica or recent movie The Fall Guy. Nobody is worried about folks getting those right. Its taking an idea and going to the next level with it.
I owned most, maybe all of the original Battlestar Galactica toys -- I may still have a battered Daggit action figure somewhere -- but I'd never try and claim the original was anything special.