{"id":18747,"date":"2020-06-22T10:04:40","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T14:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/megalopolis-toys-rolling-madballs-barnyard-commandos-action-figures\/"},"modified":"2020-06-22T10:49:57","modified_gmt":"2020-06-22T14:49:57","slug":"megalopolis-toys-rolling-out-madballs-barnyard-commandos-action-figures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/megalopolis-toys-rolling-out-madballs-barnyard-commandos-action-figures\/","title":{"rendered":"Megalopolis Toys Launching Madballs &amp; Barnyard Commandos Lines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Megalopolis Toys has teamed up with Cloudco Entertainment to launch new lines of classic retro action figures for the Madballs and Barnyard Commandos brands.<\/p>\n<p>Through the deal, Megalopolis Toys is developing 6-inch sculpts of characters inspired by classic Madballs and Barnyard Commandos archives in partnership with design talent such as master sculptor James Groman, who is the creator of the Barnyard Commandos IP and a member of the original team that developed and launched Madballs. Each of the respective toy lines will start accepting pre-orders this summer and will be sold direct-to-consumer through Megalopolis.toys, the Megalopolis Toys mobile app and select specialty retailers next summer<\/p>\n<p>Launched in 1985 as one of the original &#8220;gross out&#8221; toy brands of the decade, Madballs went on to sell millions of toys, inspire a series of animated specials and launch a consumer products program that included comic books, softlines, video games, collectibles, seasonal and back-to-school products. Barnyard Commandos was launched in the early 1990s with its own animated series, a nationally advertised toy line and a full slate of licensed consumer product partners.<\/p>\n<p>Ben Westover, creative director and co-founder of Megalopolis Toys, said: \u201cThis will be the first wave of our new retro action figure line based on properties from the \u201980s and \u201990s, and the launch of our extensive Megalopolis: Premium D.N.A. line. These are properties that have been dear to me for over 30 years, and I am ecstatic to be able to bring them back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Matt Westover, president and co-founder of Megalopolis, said: \u201cWe are utilizing current technology for sculpting, deco and articulation to modernize these classic properties for old and new fans alike.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Robert Prinzo, head of global licensing at Cloudco Entertainment, said: \u201cThe enthusiasm the Megalopolis team shows for this program is based in real fandom\u2014their own! We\u2019re excited to see our classic brands reimagined through their eyes.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Megalopolis Toys has teamed up with Cloudco Entertainment to launch new lines of classic retro action figures for the Madballs and Barnyard Commandos brands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1033,"featured_media":18748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[5523,3936,2379,5524],"class_list":["post-18747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-barnyard-commandos","tag-cloudco-entertainment","tag-madballs","tag-megalopolis-toys","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Megalopolis Toys Launching Madballs &amp; Barnyard Commandos Lines - TVKIDS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/megalopolis-toys-rolling-out-madballs-barnyard-commandos-action-figures\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Megalopolis Toys Launching Madballs &amp; Barnyard Commandos Lines - TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Megalopolis Toys has teamed up with Cloudco Entertainment to launch new lines of classic retro action figures for the Madballs and Barnyard Commandos brands.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/megalopolis-toys-rolling-out-madballs-barnyard-commandos-action-figures\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-06-22T14:04:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-06-22T14:49:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/07\/cloudco_logo_620.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"341\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/megalopolis-toys-rolling-out-madballs-barnyard-commandos-action-figures\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/megalopolis-toys-rolling-out-madballs-barnyard-commandos-action-figures\/\",\"name\":\"Megalopolis Toys Launching Madballs &amp; Barnyard Commandos Lines - TVKIDS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-06-22T14:04:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-06-22T14:49:57+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/megalopolis-toys-rolling-out-madballs-barnyard-commandos-action-figures\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/megalopolis-toys-rolling-out-madballs-barnyard-commandos-action-figures\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/megalopolis-toys-rolling-out-madballs-barnyard-commandos-action-figures\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Megalopolis Toys Launching Madballs &amp; Barnyard Commandos Lines\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\",\"name\":\"TVKIDS\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\",\"name\":\"Chelsea Regan\",\"description\":\"Chelsea Regan is the managing editor of World Screen. 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