There are some seriously talented people back then making kids shows. Writing, producing, and acting in so many of those shows that still influence pop culture.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjoe3Qo_DymYyBR6X9VxFjQ
For anyone interested this YouTube channel goes into the history of a lot of the shows and toy lines of the 80s-90s. I learned that Beast Wars actually won Emmys! I had thought, being a G1 fan, that the show was considered mediocre.
There’s a popular YouTube show called “Retroblasting” which covers a lot of pop culture cartoons (and toys) in the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s.
A sample of there topics include: Movie Ninjas, Thundar the Barbarian, He Man, G.I. Joe and the Thunder Cats (to name a few).
https://www.youtube.com/user/retroblasting