Looks Like the ThunderCats Have Been Sent Back to the Litterbox
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?Cartoon Network issued a press release for their upfronts yesterday, listing all their new and returning shows. On the new side:
? Nick Cannon Sketch Comedy Series
? Annoying Orange (yes, a show based on the YouTube video)
? DreamWorks Dragons: The Series (based on How to Train Your Dragon, which is fine)
? New LEGO Project
? Ben 10: Omniverse
? Beware the Batman (the one with a gun-toting Alfred)
? Total Drama: Revenge of the Island
And the returning series…
? Adventure Time
? Regular Show
? MAD
? The Amazing World of Gumball
? The Looney Tunes Show
? Ninjago
? Level Up
? Star Wars: The Clone Wars
? Young Justice
? Johnny Test
? Pok?mon
? Green Lantern: The Animated Series
? Almost Naked Animals
? Casper’s Scare School
? Hero 108
? Scaredy Squirrel
? Sidekick
Notice anything missing from this list? Yeah, the ThunderCats are loose, and not in a good way. And since Bandai didn’t have any new ThunderCats toys at the New York Toy Fair month, I think we can safely say that Cartoon Network is setting them in a box that says “FREE ’80S PROPERTY” by the side of the road at some point in the near future. Sigh. (Via ToyNewsI)
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