Ah, yes, The Bionic Man: the optimists’ Robocop.
Have a crawl through the wikipedia on the show–lots of interesting little facts, including that Bionic Woman died but was reborn and her show actually ran on a separate network.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Six_Million_Dollar_Man
Also kind of interesting is the life of the author of the book the series is based on:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Caidin
Dude had a talk show in the 1980’arguing with right-wing extremists, the kind of people that get a red carpet on Joe Rogan.
Caidin seems to be a G
Who the fuck is Maskatron?
I was the target audience for this ad and I don’t have a clue. The grippy arm thing is ringing a bell though.
After a quick search: Oh shit! I had that toy! Didn’t recognize him with a face. Not sure I ever knew his name, I just liked the robot toy.
Maskatron sounds cool!
I wish he’d have actually showed up on the TV show, but the Fembots from Bionic Woman were pretty close.
he’s legit.
The dude on the right
Yess Maskatron, pin his arms… push him up against the wall. See how he struggles against your might
The Denim Leisure Suit! Feels like these guys would move once and rip the seams off that kind of outfit.
