Couple of quick additions to the Archive over the last month. Two scripts from He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Paul Dini's Quest For He-Man and David Wise' The Search. As well as the storyboard set for Bob Forward's classic She-Ra episode Sweet Bee's Home.
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The Archive now hosts the show bible for Marvel Productions' controversial 12-episode animated Robocop series. Written by Rich Fogel and Mark Seidenberg, this 31-page document profiles Robocop himself, Officer Anne Lewis, Lt. Hedgecock, Sgt. Reed, Dr. Tyler, The OCP Chairman ("The Old Man"), as well as Robocop's nemesis at OCP Dr. McNamara and his creation ED-290.
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Nearly a decade before a full animated series would arrive on Saturday Morning, Marvel Productions attempted to pitch an X-Men series for the 1983 network season, featuring the same team lineup that would appear in Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends episode "The X-Men Adventure", along with Francis Byte a.k.a Videoman, from the episode "The Education of a Superhero".
Written by Jeffrey Scott, the main presentation document for the ultimately unsuccessful pitch is available to read at Marvel Superheroes
As of yesterday, the Sunbow Marvel Archive has had 300,000 views in over five years. Thank you to everybody who has supported the site.
The last major Transformers-related item uncovered from the storage of former Sunbow producer Flint Dille in 2020 has been released. Flint's character binder, which received its last update on December 3rd, 1986. Nearly all of the 1987 toy lineup is represented within its 333 pages, as well a copy of Bob Budiansky's 11-page treatment for the Marvel Comics' Headmasters miniseries.
Due to its size, the binder has been split up into three galleries, which can be viewed at: Briefing/Reference Binder Gallery Index
This past weekend, at Transformers convention TFNation 2024, the Mapes brother held a panel showcasing audio from various dialogue recording sessions for Transformers and GI Joe. At this panel, they debuted the original audio track for Duke's death scene in G.I Joe: The Movie, famously overdubbed for the movie's release, as a reaction to the backlash over Optimus Prime's death in The Transformers: The Movie.
Video of the restored scene, as well as audio from a scripted, but ultimately unproduced funeral scene, is available to view below. Accompanied by an introduction from movie writer Buzz Dixon.
If the YouTube video is restricted in your region, follow the link to view directly on TFNation's website.
To read the full G.I Joe: The Movie script, head to G.I Joe, Part 2
Completing the release of material saved by storyboard artist/director/producer Larry Houston and contributed by Rich Helscher, the Sunbow Marvel Archive now hosts a total of over 700 model sheets for Transformers, covering 61 episodes across seasons 1 and 2.
The main index pages and some samples are attached below. To view the complete model books as galleries, head to the Briefing/Reference Binder Gallery index
