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Jaeger · Dec 7, 2015

After thrilling fans of 80s toys with the Dino Riders trademark application, Mattel is digging even deeper into the nostalgia well. Our good friend SilverOptimus dropped by with another cool bit of info. Mattel has applied for a Street Sharks Trademark! Street Sharks were a very short lived line of toys that features anthropomorphic sharks in the vein of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The trademark, which was applied for on November 25th, lists Toys, Games, and Plaything as the purpose for the application. Well keep our eyes peels for any new info.

http://news.toyark.com/2015/12/04/mattel-applies-street-sharks-trademark-184123

Oh my word. I am a sucker for anthropomorphic crime fighting heroes.

Original sharks.

Mengetsu · Dec 7, 2015

Wow I know someone who is gonna be excited for this.

Henchmen21 · Dec 7, 2015

80s? Weren't they 90s? I don't remember them growing up.

psylah · Dec 7, 2015

JAWSOME!

robotzombie · Dec 7, 2015

Henchmen21 said:
80s? Weren't they 90s? I don't remember them growing up.

the 80's in the quote referred to Dino Riders

darkbanjo · Dec 7, 2015

As good a reason as any to pore over some of the incredible episode titles from the original run.

Shark Treatment
Jurassic Shark
To Shark or Not to Shark

Grizzlyjin · Dec 7, 2015

I had the toys and watched the show, but I literally can not remember anything about either one. Not even one character name. Same with Samurai Pizza Cats.

psylah · Dec 7, 2015

Grizzlyjin said:
I had the toys and watched the show, but I literally can not remember anything about either one. Not even one character name. Same with Samurai Pizza Cats.

All I remember are these sweet handpuppets.

Rootbeer · Dec 7, 2015

It's hard for me to be excited about anything Mattel makes in the boy's market...

They have the DC license and barely do anything with it. The figures they do make are drastically sub-par compared to other modern figures from the competition.

Hasbro is stomping them into the ground with the great stuff they are doing with the Marvel and Star Wars licenses.

I'm always open to being convinced.

djplaeskool · Dec 7, 2015

psylah said:
JAWSOME!

god damnit

Sectorseven · Dec 7, 2015

What next, Biker Mice From Mars?

Dead · Dec 7, 2015

Sectorseven said:
What next, Biker Mice From Mars?

and then...Extreme Dinosaurs!

Nyx · Dec 7, 2015

Misterjaw needs to be in there damnit!

biggersmaller · Dec 7, 2015

Street Sharks were a bit after my time and don't know much about them. However, despite my age - I did catch an episode of Moo Mesa:

I watched a YouTube episode and as far as TMNT rip offs, it wasn't bad.

psylah · Dec 7, 2015

Sectorseven said:
What next, Biker Mice From Mars?

Biker Mice from Mars was revived in 2006. It didn't last long.

Jaeger · Dec 7, 2015

biggersmaller said:
Street Sharks were a bit after my time and don't know much about them. However, despite my age - I did catch an episode of Moo Mesa:

I watched a YouTube episode and as far as TMNT rip offs, it wasn't bad.

Moo Mesa was dope! Still waiting on my Usagi Yojimbo 'toon, tho.

Psxphile · Dec 7, 2015

Ew.

biggersmaller said:
Street Sharks were a bit after my time and don't know much about them. However, despite my age - I did catch an episode of Moo Mesa:

I watched a YouTube episode and as far as TMNT rip offs, it wasn't bad.

Boss Doggie would probably enjoy this.

That artwork gives me Sunset Riders + TMNT vibes. Get on it, Kona-- oh.

bobawesome · Dec 7, 2015

The only reason I even know about Street Sharks is because of the Taco Bell hand puppets they had years ago.

G-Fex · Dec 7, 2015

Psxphile said:
Ew.

Boss Doggie would probably enjoy this.

That artwork gives me Sunset Riders + TMNT vibes. Get on it, Kona-- oh.

Konami already made a cowboy of moo mesa game.

bjork · Dec 7, 2015

Where's my Food Fighters revival?

GG-Duo · Dec 7, 2015

aight

jawsome

(for real though this is pretty dumb. street sharks was dumb 90s 'extreme' junk. but who knows, maybe it's an ironic nostalgia play)

Nerdkiller · Dec 7, 2015

And not too long after I was viewing this too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-AAknOcQnM

Slayven · Dec 7, 2015

That Moby Lick

bjork said:
Where's my Food Fighters revival?

Don't you mean Fighting Foodons?

KevinCow · Dec 7, 2015

I always wanted Street Sharks toys as a kid but I never got any.

Krejlooc · Dec 7, 2015

has anybody actually watched an episode of this show recently? I watched one, funnily enough, like a month ago.

God awful. Like, even for a saturday morning cartoon. It's prime riffing material, at least.

TimorousPanda · Dec 7, 2015

KevinCow said:
I always wanted Street Sharks toys as a kid but I never got any.

Same.

Though I was able to get my hands on some Mighty Ducks toys as a kid. Those were awesome, too.

Psxphile · Dec 7, 2015

G-Fex said:
Konami already made a cowboy of moo mesa game.

How was it?

bjork · Dec 7, 2015

Slayven said:
Don't you mean Fighting Foodons?

No, I mean this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08ABhmCSI_w

What the hell is a fighting foodon

Psxphile said:
How was it?

It plays very similarly to Sunset Riders.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgogiJ2VrCc

Slayven · Dec 7, 2015

bjork said:
No, I mean this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08ABhmCSI_w

What the hell is a fighting foodon

It plays very similarly to Sunset Riders.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgogiJ2VrCc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LbWWx80ZPA

G-Fex · Dec 7, 2015

Psxphile said:
How was it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipWubItVIvo

bjork · Dec 7, 2015

Slayven said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LbWWx80ZPA

My poor eyes.

Anyway, watching an episode of Street Sharks right now, it doesn't seem horrible in comparison to any other toy tie-in kind of show. Slightly after I'd checked out of morning cartoons, so I'm not real familiar, but I can see the appeal.

Kornflayx · Dec 7, 2015

Jaeger said:
http://news.toyark.com/2015/12/04/mattel-applies-street-sharks-trademark-184123

Oh my word. I am a sucker for anthropomorphic crime fighting heroes.

Original sharks.

Sectorseven said:
What next, Biker Mice From Mars?

My childhood is flashing before my eyes right now. Awesome memories

Slayven · Dec 7, 2015

bjork said:
My poor eyes.

Anyway, watching an episode of Street Sharks right now, it doesn't seem horrible in comparison to any other toy tie-in kind of show. Slightly after I'd checked out of morning cartoons, so I'm not real familiar, but I can see the appeal.

Didn't you use to sell stuff like F3 for a living? Your eyes should be harden steel

daveo42 · Dec 7, 2015

This is one of the last properties I thought would ever come back.

Firehead · Dec 7, 2015

Woah, that's unexpected. Only watched the show a few times... But I loved the toys as a kid.
I had Streex:

He's so rad. I tried to replicate that paper shredding scene from the commercial so many goddamned times...

psylah said:
Biker Mice from Mars was revived in 2006. It didn't last long.

Yeah, that was a huge disappointment.

Kusagari · Dec 7, 2015

Hopefully this ups the chances of Platinum making a Street Sharks action game.

Boss Doggie · Dec 8, 2015

Extreme Dinosaurs >>>>>>>>>>>>> Street Sharks at any given day.

Better looking characters, less wonky animation, and overall better action. Also the head animator of the studio that did TTGL, PxZ, etc. really liked Extreme Dinosaurs.

With that said, I'm surprised by this, but SS actually has an overarching plot. You'd think a show selling a toyline riding on TMNT would be just there for merchandising toys, but nope, it has a surprisingly structured story.

Psxphile said:
Boss Doggie would probably enjoy this.

That artwork gives me Sunset Riders + TMNT vibes. Get on it, Kona-- oh.

that's actually fanart of a kemono artist who does mostly bara art, not official art

Moo Mesa is okay.

Frostinferno · Dec 8, 2015

Best Street Shark.

Isn't even a shark.

Korosenai · Dec 8, 2015

I used to have all of the street shark vhs tapes and some of the toys. I fucking loved the street sharks.

Frecklestein · Dec 8, 2015

Frostinferno said:
Best Street Shark.

Isn't even a shark.

Just because he's a whale doesn't mean he can't be street

jstripes · Dec 8, 2015

My reaction: Oh, wow. I remember that show.

I don't understand why anyone old enough to remember that show would get excited over this.

But, hey.

industrian · Dec 8, 2015

Sectorseven said:
What next, Biker Mice From Mars?

MTE · Dec 8, 2015

Frecklestein said:
Just because he's a whale doesn't mean he can't be street

Isn't even a whale.

I remember having one of the toys for this show.
One of the sharks in a huge monster-truck looking thing that itself had teeth? I might look up a picture.
I never saw the show...

Edit:

univariate · Dec 8, 2015

psylah said:
All I remember are these sweet handpuppets.

reminds me of fisting

Tubobutts · Dec 8, 2015

biggersmaller said:
Street Sharks were a bit after my time and don't know much about them. However, despite my age - I did catch an episode of Moo Mesa:

I watched a YouTube episode and as far as TMNT rip offs, it wasn't bad.

Wow, I just went from having no memory of this to remembering I had the toys.

Malreyn · Jan 27, 2016

Sorry for the necro but Mattel should have an easy time getting Vin Diesel's endorsement

SolVanderlyn · Jan 27, 2016

Ah yes, the not-Turtles

Tom Nook · Jan 27, 2016

Incoming Street Sharks Movie directed by Michael Bays lackeys.

DMczaf · Jan 27, 2016

Tom Nook said:
Incoming Street Sharks Movie directed by Michael Bays lackeys.

Vin Diesel loves Street Sharks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4HLBfTcAUg

Boss Doggie · Jan 27, 2016

Malreyn said:
Sorry for the necro but Mattel should have an easy time getting Vin Diesel's endorsement

Wow... he looks so different.

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