Why was 80s animation all about being commercials for toys?

>>90780983
It ended with kids having shittier taste in culture, and rather jerking it to lets player filth then having actual toys or action cartoons to watch. I hope this entire generation gets gassed.

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>>90781016

>>90780983
Big business

People like Jon K paving the way for creator driven cartoons instead

>>90781055
to add to this, toys came first and studios were told "make this a cartoon"

Reagan administration loosened restrictions on advertisements, and the floodgates were opened.

It's like that now. If not toys, them for commercial slots. Companies want their commercials to air during the most popular shows.

>>90781321
Commercials have always been around, TV shows that are basically commercials masquerading as content are a different matter. In the early days of TV, children's programs would frequently include moments where an actor or character would endorse a product. Not part of a commercial break, but during the show itself. Parents found themselves harangued by the demands of their children, asking for whatever piece of crap the local cowboy, clown or puppet told the kids to buy. This led to fairly stiff regulations on what children's programming could endorse, and how they could do it.

Like >>90781271 says, these rules were reformed by the Reagan administration, which led to a boom in toy-oriented shows.

>>90780983
Are you seriously telling me that today's animation isn't?

>>90781772
there are FAR more creator-driven shows then there are the 80's model cartoons. they were shows about toys, not toys being made from cartoons.

>>90780983
People pushed it out for people to gain respect
>>90781016
>Implying the rubix cube show was better

>>90781271

This is most of it, but a part of it was the success of He-Man. When people saw He-Man raking it in, everyone else piled on fast.

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>>90780983

>implying toy commercials cant be successful in the new 10s

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>>90780983
>Why was 80s animation all about being commercials for toys?

Money.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HErRwSpla0

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>>90780983
>end

>>90783620
Do you want to get banned?

>>90784982

>being this asshurt about a piece of /co/ history.