Writer Cary Bates says that the Supermobile was created as a promotional tie-in for the Corgi Toys toy line: “In my opinion, whenever merchandising needs are dictating story content, the odds of any real creativity or inspiration are severely compromised”.
When I was 6, I dreamed that Superman was showing me his new car. And in the dream, as a six year old, I was thinking, “Why do you need a car?”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermobile
Yah, we could tell…
I the '80s that was reversed. Most of the cartoons were created to sell toys
You mean the teenage mutant ninja turtles, trained to operate in the shadows, didn’t really need a blimp??
About as much much as Rainbow Brited needed a horse
Or Liono needed a sword
Or the Silverhawks needed existence
Two things.
1: People hardly ever look up
2: They had access to the water mains, and probably spiked the city water with LSD before they took the blimp out.