An amusing bit of apocrypha states that the franchise was originally intended to be based on the film ''ConanTheBarbarian'', but a new plotline and characters were written when marketers realized the folly of basing children's merchandise on a very violent film that most children had not seen. Of note is that PaulDini was a member of the writing staff (as was Creator/JMichaelStraczynski), and BruceTimm did layouts; both would later go on to be main figures in ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' and ''[[{{WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries}} Batman: The Animated Series]]'' (also of note: Haim Saban and Shuki Levy were involved in the original production of the show as well, also going on to make [[PowerRangers a surprisingly long-lived children's franchise]]). The franchise became so well known that the stockbroker protagonist of Tom Wolfe's novel ''TheBonfireOfTheVanities'' identified himself as "a master of the universe" (the character's daughter owned some of the figures) because of the power he held.

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An amusing bit of apocrypha states that the franchise was originally intended to be based on the film ''ConanTheBarbarian'', but a new plotline and characters were written when marketers realized the folly of basing children's merchandise on a very violent film that most children had not seen. Of note is that PaulDini was a member of the writing staff (as was Creator/JMichaelStraczynski), and BruceTimm did layouts; both would later go on to be main figures in ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' and ''[[{{WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries}} Batman: The Animated Series]]'' (also of note: Haim Saban and Shuki Levy were involved in the original production of the show as well, also going on to make [[PowerRangers a surprisingly long-lived children's franchise]]). The franchise became so well known that the stockbroker protagonist of Tom Wolfe's novel ''Literature/TheBonfireOfTheVanities'' identified himself as "a master of the universe" (the character's daughter owned some of the figures) because of the power he held.

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