Dungeons & Dragons: The Time Lost storyboard

The Archive now hosts the Act I storyboards Michael Reaves' Dungeons & Dragons episode The Time Lost.  Wherein Venger uses a time portal to bring both an experimental jet fighter from the present and a Luftwaffe pilot from World War II into The Realm.  Intending to have the pilot fly the advanced aircraft back through the portal and win the war for Germany, ensuring that Dungeon Master's young pupils would never be born.

Unluckily for Venger, the kids find the pilot first and discover that he is elated to be free of war and the regime he fought for.  Now the Young Ones have to keep the pilot safe from Venger's clutches and preserve their own existence.

To view these storyboards and others, head to Marvel Network Shows

My Little Pony n' Friends audition audio and show bible pages

On 5th October 1985, auditions were held for the My Little Pony n' Friends series, for the role of the Moochick (replacing Tony Randall). The following paper materials were included with the physical reel.

Brian Cummings Frank Nelson Charlie Wolf Andre Strojka Ken Mars Pat Fraley Roger C Carmel Maurice LaMarche Jack Angel Michael Bell Frank Welker Neil Ross Henry Pollock II Tony Pope Jared Barclay

On the same audio reel are auditions for the roles of Cherries Jubilee, Masquerade, Poser and Whizzer.  The following show bible pages were included with the physical reel, doubling as audition sheets

With takes from: Cathy Cahn Susan Blu Sherry Lynn B.J. Ward Tress MacNeil Noelle North Marilyn Schreffler Robbie Lee Barbara Goodson Mary McDonald-Lewis Patty Dworkin Susan Silo Patti Deutsch

The Young Astronauts: more audition audio, part 2

Here is more audition dialogue from The Young Astronauts

Corey Burton, Rob Paulsen, Jim Cummings and Townsend Coleman audition for the role of Rick Hampton

Noelle North, Nancy Cartwright, Katie Leigh and Jeannie Elias try out for the role of Wendy Hampton, working alongside Townsend Coleman as Rick Hampton

Jennifer Darling, Tress MacNeille, B.J. Ward, Linda Gary and Iona Morris audition for the role of Kelly Hampton, Commander of the mothership Courageous.

My Little Pony n' Friends audition audio, part 1

On 8th November 1985, auditions were held for the My Little Pony n' Friends series. The following actors auditioned for the main human character Megan Williams, replacing Tammy Amerson who voiced her in the 1984 and 1985 specials, as well as the 1986 movie:

Katie Leigh. Ellen Gerstell, Pamela Hayden, Liz Georges, Bobbi Block, Bettina Bush, Marsha Kramer

On December 4th, 1985, Pat Fraley, Charlie Adler, Frank Welker, Peter Cullen and Michael Bell auditioned for the following roles: 0:00 Bushwoolies 2:32 Grundle King (replacing Danny DeVito) and assorted Grundle responses 5:40 Second round of auditions for the Moochick (replacing Tony Randall)

The Young Astronauts: more audition audio, part 1

Thanks to yanchagraffiti for supplying the digital files, more audio from ill-fated Marvel Productions series The Young Astronauts is now available.  

First up is the unmodulated voice of maintenance droid Retro, performed by Stu Rosen, as he records pickup lines for the episode Ghost Ship

Spider-Man 1981: Three partial scripts

The Archive now hosts partial scripts of 13 to 14 pages, written from Jeffrey Scott, for the 1981 Spider-Man syndication series: Doctor Doom...Master Of The World, Curiosity Killed The Spider-Man and The Sandman Is Coming To Town.

The first five script of the series were written by Scott and submitted to DePatie-Freleng Enterprises between late 1979 and early 1980, but were not produced until after DfE's purchase by Cadence Industries, becoming Marvel Productions in 1981.

Read them all at Marvel Superheroes

The Incredible Hulk and She-Hulk: 1983 attempted relaunch

The 1982 Incredible Hulk series lasted only one season of 13 episodes, with no renewal by network NBC.  However, Marvel Productions still held out hope that it could be salvaged.  

Presentation documents were written by Misty Stewart in early 1983, seeking to relaunch the series as The Incredible Hulk And The She-Hulk, with Bruce Banner's cousin Jennifer Walters, introduced in the episode Enter: She-Hulk, as a co-headliner.

Changes included rewriting the Hulk to be less like the comics incarnation and more like the live-action TV series which had ended the year before.  Additionally, the network presentation suggests that the show have Bruce Banner and Jennifer Walters not be related to one another, in order to facilitate love triangle storylines involving Betty Ross. 

Photos taken from ebay auction. 

The Transformers: new information on CBS network pitch

Originally appearing in an article about Marvel Productions, in the pages of Comics Feature magazine for January 1985, artwork for a Saturday morning network pitch titled Car And Cable showed a transforming Volkswagen in a comedic setting with three humans and a dog.  Long assumed to be Marvel's attempt at producing a knockoff to their own success story in The Transformers.

That was until March 2020, when Instagram user consumercollectibles contacted this archive and others to show the original pitch artwork, revealing a previously unseen piece that shows this was in fact an early pitch for Transformers.

Subsequent to this discovery, in late 2024 and early 2025, Jeffrey Scott sold off all paperwork relating to his involvement with developing a Transformers series for Saturday morning broadcast on CBS.

In February 1984, the Transformers toyline had racked up retail orders at New York Toy Fair that would eventually total $100 million,  Hasbro sought to capitalise on this sudden success and before Toy Fair had concluded, had commissioned Jeffrey Scott to work with Marvel Productions' Hank Saroyan on a development bible and pilot script.  While George Arthur Bloom was concurrently writing his pilot miniseries for syndication (Act I of Bloom's script was sent to Scott as part of his reference material).

Notes show that Hasbro, Tom Griffin, Joe Bacal, Hank Saroyan and CBS executives were all in communication, providing feedback on the series' development.  

Set five years after the events of 'More Than Meets The Eye', the series would follow the Autobots as they wage guerilla warfare on a Decepticon-dominated Earth.  Working with their human allies: trucker Matt Conroy, driver of Optimus Prime, along with his dog Burt.  Along with teenagers Eddie and Wendy Fairchild, owners of clumsy VW Beetle Muffler a.k.a Muffy.  

Choosing one of 13 stock plots included with the development bible, Jeffrey Scott finished the pilot episode script "A Robot's Best Friend Is His Dog", at the end of March 1984.

Evidently CBS chose not to pick up the series for its 1984 season lineup.  Undeterred, Hasbro and Griffin-Bacal (via Sunbow Productions and Claster Television) sold 13 additional episodes into syndication for that year, with Marvel assigning Bryce Malek and Dick Robbins to act as story editors.

The Archive will bring more information as it becomes available in the future.

Transformers: 1986 Character Binder

Thanks to Autoclot@tfw2005, the Archive now hosts the 1986 character binder for Transformers, formerly owned by Paul Davids.

This 186 page document covers profiles and model sheets for nearly all of the incoming 1986 toyline (excluding the new minibots Swerve, Pipes, Tailgate, Hubcap and Outback), as well as returning 1984 and 1985 characters.

View the document in gallery form at 1986 Character Binder

The Transformers: The Movie: storyboard files reduced

As part of space-saving and general housekeeping, storyboards for all 31 final sequences of The Transformers: The Movie, as well as Peter Chung's early sequences, have been put through OCR and greatly reduced in file size.  Additionally, the 1600+ page full storyboard book is available to download at 175mb (down from over 1gb).

To view all of the storyboards, head to The Transformers: The Movie

Robocop - The Series: Show bible

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.

Read on at Marvel's New World 1988-1996

X-Men 1983 Network Pitch

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

Transformers: Flint Dille's Character Binder

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

G.I Joe: The Movie: Duke's death scene restored (VIDEO)

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

Transformers: The Secret of Omega Supreme storyboards

Thanks to Larry Houston for saving them from likely destruction back in the 1980s and thanks to Rich Helscher for making them available, the Archive now hosts the tenth full Transformers storyboard set: The Secret of Omega Supreme.

View galleries for all ten sets, as well as partial storyboards for ten more episodes at the Storyboard Viewing Gallery Index