Dinosaucers

Dinosaucers is a 1987 animated television series co-produced in the United States and Canada; developed and produced by DIC Animation City in association with Lightyear Entertainment and Coca-Cola Telecommunications. The show was created by producer Michael E. Uslan, who considered it a "harebrained idea". A total of 65 episodes were made for the show's first-run syndication, but it only lasted one season.

Dinosaucers
Title screen
GenreAction
Animation
Created byMichael E. Uslan
Written byDiane Duane
Brynne Stephens
Lydia C. Marano
Directed byStephan Martinière
Starring
Composers
Country of origin
  • United States
  • Canada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes65
Production
Executive producersAndy Heyward
Benjamin Melniker
Michael E. Uslan
ProducerMichael Maliani
Running time22 minutes
Production companiesDIC Animation City
Lightyear Entertainment
Coca-Cola Telecommunications
Original release
NetworkSyndication
ReleaseSeptember 14 (1987-09-14) 
December 11, 1987 (1987-12-11)

There were originally plans by Galoob to release a Dinosaucers toyline, and prototype figures were produced. The toyline were to include the characters Stego, Bronto-Thunder, Allo, Bonehead, Plesio, Quackpot, Ankylo, and Genghis Rex. However, the line was scrapped when the show was canceled after airing its initial 65 episode run due to low viewership and poor reception. As a result, some markets began pulling the series from their cartoon line-ups instead of re-running the show's episodes for the remainder of the full 1987-1988 television season.

In 1989, after Dinosaucers premiered in Brazil, a company named Glasslite contacted Galoob and purchased the molds. As such, Glasslite produced 5 of the 8 unproduced Galoob molds of the 8" figures although they can be extremely hard to find.

In 2018, Uslan joined with publisher Lion Forge Comics to revive Dinosaucers as a comic book. The 5-part mini-series however was left on a cliff hanger when the comic book was discontinued after a trade paperback was published in January 2019.

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