D&D General Poll: Did you watch the D&D cartoon when it was new?

[Voadam]

I was a 10-year old kid who had been playing D&D for two years when it came out so I was into it when it came out. I didn’t see a lot but I enjoyed it when I saw it.

My brother and I also had three of the AD&D action figures, Warduke, who I believe made it into an episode, Elkhorn the dwarf, and the big barbarian.

Looking back it’s surprising there was not a line of action figures of the cartoon main cast at the time, at least not that I remember.

 

[Joshua Randall]

My brother and I also had three of the AD&D action figures, Warduke, who I believe made it into an episode, Elkhorn the dwarf, and the big barbarian.

I loved those action figures. I owned Elkhorn because my love for dwarves dates back to when my dad read The Hobbit / The Lord of the Rings to me at an impressionable age; Strongheart because the knight-in-shining-armor character type has always appealed to me; and Kellek the evil wizard, whose staff glowed in the dark! It was that sickly green color that all glow-in-the-dark toys were in the 1980s.

Wish I still had those guys. And yes, I know some of them were re-made recently. Ish.

Looking back it’s surprising there was not a line of action figures of the cartoon main cast at the time, at least not that I remember.

Indeed! Seems like those would've been huge sellers.

 

[Aldarc]

I did not watch the D&D cartoon when it was new. I did not watch it when it was old. I don't think that the D&D cartoon was even on my radar when I was a kid, and I watched a lot of '80s cartoons in the '90s. I think that the fundamental problem with the D&D cartoon is that it focused on young kids as its main cast of characters, which is pretty boring for kids IME.

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

I recently opined to a friend that Marlon Wayans was the absolute best part of the movie, which should give you an idea of how bad it was.

If I recall correctly, he was going back and forth between this and filming Requiem for a Dream. That had to be a headtrip for him.

The neighbor across the street from me had the USS Flag.

There was always that one kid. It still boggles my mind that they greenlit a 7' long toy. Even for the excess of the 80s, that just seems so absurd.

It's interesting to note that I don't think I knew anyone who had any D&D toys. And now that I think about it, AD&D is kind of a weird game to tie into a toy line and cartoon for young kids. Unless there was a special episode where Hank and Eric ask Dungeon Master to watch over Bobby because he's too young for the Random Harlot Table.

My brother and I had a few of the toys (I still have my original Warduke), some even before we started playing D&D. Heck, I remember reading the Endless Quest books and playing the Fantasy Forest boardgame before as well.

 

[EzekielRaiden]

You say that like it’s some kind of astonishing revelation, but it’s well known that this forum (and the message board format in general) skews towards older age groups.

I knew that that was a general bias.

I did not know that that bias was on the order of outnumbering younger age groups by a three-to-one margin.

 

[jdrakeh]

If I recall correctly, he was going back and forth between this and filming Requiem for a Dream. That had to be a headtrip for him.

I love him in Requiem. He's a gifted actor, but he's been in some absolutely awful movies. I'd go as far as to say that's what he's known for.

 

[Kannik]

Was alive, started playing RPGs in its last year of run, but was not interested in D&D as a game/genre until a few years later.

 

[Eubani]

Wrong Thread

 

[Joshua Randall]

It still boggles my mind that they greenlit a 7' long toy. Even for the excess of the 80s, that just seems so absurd.

'MURICA, F--K YEAH!

I did not know that that bias was on the order of outnumbering younger age groups by a three-to-one margin.

In fairness this is just one random poll on a highly specific topic. But everything we know is that the ENW audience skews way, way older.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

In fairness this is just one random poll on a highly specific topic. But everything we know is that the ENW audience skews way, way older

There was an age poll a few years ago, which I seem to recall had most of us 45-60. But that was a while back, so we are older now.