Newly uploaded to the Archive is another item originating from Flint Dille's storage: his third GI Joe script, Skeletons In The Closet
Read the script at G.I Joe Part 1 and compare to the episode linked below as we delve into the origin of Destro, Lady Jaye's family tree and...The Evil That Lies Within?
Happy New Year all. Here are some newly-released items to kick off 2022.
Go to the Specials, Pilots, Miniseries and Movies page
First up is material from the Flint Dille Collection, supplied by owner Steve Chu. Concerning the "forgotten son" of Super Sunday: Bigfoot And The Muscle Machines.
Backstory
SST Muscle Machines was a toyline of battery-operated monster trucks, first released by Milton Bradley subsidiary Playskool in 1983. Starting out with the titular Big Foot - licensed by Bob Chandler, owner of the real-life vehicle.
In 1984, Playskool added licensed trucks Orange Blossom and Black Gold to the toyline, along with several other accessories. That year, Hasbro bought out Milton Bradley, thus acquiring SST Muscle Machines.
1984 also saw the debut of The Transformers on weekend syndication, to huge ratings. Seeking to keep those weekend ratings going as Transformers was scheduled to make the jump to weekday afternoons in the 1985 season. Griffin-Bacal introduced the Super Sunday concept: A trio of five-part miniseries, broken down into their individual 7-minute Acts and aired as an anthology series over 15 weekends. With plans to re-edit those 15 shorts back into TV movies for syndication and home video release.
Needing "Boys Action" toylines that could be quickly developed into shows. Hasbro looked to SST Muscle Machines, as well as fellow Milton Bradley acquisition Robotix. To accompany their new fashion doll line in development: Jem.
The Show
Ron Friedman was tasked to develop a show to promote the SST Muscle Machines toyline. On March 5th, 1985 he turned in a "beats" outline and character lineup. Detailing a group of drivers and mechanics led by Yank Justice, known as the Rolling Rodeo. The story would detail the Rodeo's run-ins with the corrupt Judge Skullheart who practically controlled the county through bribery, extortion and abuse of power. Along with his rogue's gallery of sheriffs, biker gangs, mercenaries and other hired thugs.
Included with this outline are three additional story premises. As well as plot breakdowns and character summaries written up by Elise Goyette, Production Co-Ordinator for Sunbow in New York
(Updated 12/03/22 to include Five Faces Of Darkness outline, scripts and other material)
In late 2020, Sunbow Productions alumni Flint Dille began auctioning off items from his nearly 40 year career in animation, RPG and computer game writing. Listed below are the items that have been contributed by owners to the Sunbow Marvel Archive.
If there are owners of relevant auctioned items not listed here that wish to contribute. Please let me know via the following email: simon.letch42@gmail.com
Listed in chronological order. Click on the links below to be taken to the relevant show page.
Mister T (cartoon, Ruby-Spears)
Toyfair Catalogues
An ongoing project at the archive for this month will be to add the relevant catalogue sections to each show page. Links and listings will be updated here as needed:
The newest addition to the archive, auctioned off by Flint Dille and scans contributed by new owner Steve Chu, are storyboards for Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2.
Drawn by Keith Tucker, they cover the Additional Material insert that was added to Act 3 of the episode. As Don Glut's script ran three to four minutes short of the required runtime. This copy was sent to Flint Dille, in his role as Associate Producer of the show and was uncovered from his storage in late 2020.
Recently, I stumbled upon the unofficial fansite www.bikermice.com , which had lain untouched since 1998. From the site, I salvaged and formatted two full scripts. One for the season 2 episode Return To Mars, Part 3 and the late season 3 episode Caveat Mentor.
Biker Mice From Mars was the last show commissioned under the banner of Marvel Productions. Solicited in trade adverts in 1992 and debuting in September 1993. During 1993, changes within Marvel Entertainment Group saw the production company reorganised and renamed to New World Animation. The writing of the series was reaching its conclusion at the end of summer 1994. However, because the show remained on weekends during it's initial run and did not make the jump to weekday afternoons, new episodes kept airing until February 1996.
