This week we talk all about the sword and sorcery cartoon Thundarr the Barbarian. We talk about the making of the show, its cast, plot, characters and its legacy.
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Great show, loved Thundarr as a kid.
There seriously needs to be a 3D Blu-ray edition of Princess Ariel – I mean of this great series!
Check out the board game, figures & lunch box at
http://www.thundarr.com/merchandise.html
Those figures are pretty neat, wouldn’t mind having that lunch box as well