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'''''Action Blast!''''' is an American infomercial variety television series produced by the toy company Hasbro and Tango Pix that aired exclusively on G4 between January 2 and December 29, 2006.<ref>[http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20060111005446/en/G4-Hasbro-Join-Forces-Bring-Entertainment-Based G4 and Hasbro Join Forces to Bring Entertainment Based on Popular Hasbro Brands to G4 Audience] Retrieved 18 Sept '17</ref> The hour-long daily program was an attempt by Hasbro to secure television placement for their shows, as they had issues maintaining a consistent run on other broadcasters at the time.


'''''Action Blast!''''' is an American infomercial variety television series produced by the toy company Hasbro and Tango Pix that aired exclusively on G4 between January 2 and December 29, 2006.<ref>[http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20060111005446/en/G4-Hasbro-Join-Forces-Bring-Entertainment-Based G4 and Hasbro Join Forces to Bring Entertainment Based on Popular Hasbro Brands to G4 Audience] Retrieved September 18, 2017.</ref> The hour-long daily program was an attempt by Hasbro to secure television placement for their shows, as they had issues maintaining a consistent run on other broadcasters at the time.
''Action Blast!'' featured edited versions of Hasbro library content, with new hosted footage, promotional spots for Hasbro products (called "BAMs") plus shorts from ''Kaiju Big Battel'' and ''Dr. Physics''.  Due to the series being paid programming, the episodes were presented with no commercial breaks and the only G4 channel identifications came at the half-hour mark due to company requirements.<ref name="Tiny Tom"></ref> Consequently, many TV guides at the time listed the show's 8AM slot under a generic "Infomercial/Paid Programming" label.<ref>[http://www.toonzone.net/forums/threads/g4s-action-blast.4040401/page-3#post-61013791 G4's Action Blast] Retrieved 18 Sept '17</ref>


''Action Blast!'' featured edited versions of Hasbro library content, with new hosted footage, promotional spots for Hasbro products (called "BAMs") plus shorts from ''Kaiju Big Battel'' and ''Dr. Physics''.  Due to the series being paid programming, the episodes were presented with no commercial breaks and the only G4 channel identifications came at the half-hour mark due to company requirements.<ref name="Tiny Tom"></ref> Consequently, many TV guides at the time listed the show's 8AM slot under a generic "Infomercial/Paid Programming" label.<ref>[http://www.toonzone.net/forums/threads/g4s-action-blast.4040401/page-3#post-61013791 G4's Action Blast] Retrieved September 18, 2017.</ref>
The weekday slots contained time condensed versions of two different Hasbro shows in the one hour runtime (initially ''Beast Wars'' and ''Battle B-Daman'', but later adding ''G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'', ''G.I. Joe: Sigma Six'' and ''Transformers: Cybertron'') alongside the new live-action contentOn the weekends, the five animated episodes were edited into seven-minute segments.  The latter were then distributed on Hasbro's website (now offline) as "webisodes".<ref name="Tiny Tom">[http://tinytommistudios.com/ActionBlast.html Action Blast!] Retrieved 18 Sept '17</ref>


The weekday slots contained time condensed versions of two different Hasbro shows in the one hour runtime (initially ''Beast Wars'' and ''Battle B-Daman'', but later adding ''G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'', ''G.I. Joe: Sigma Six'' and ''Transformers: Cybertron'') alongside the new live-action content.  On the weekends, the five animated episodes were edited into seven-minute segments. The latter were then distributed on Hasbro's website (now offline) as "webisodes".<ref name="Tiny Tom">[http://tinytommistudios.com/ActionBlast.html Action Blast!] Retrieved September 18, 2017.</ref>
The live-action segments were shot around the Providence, Rhode Island Boston, Massachusetts area between January 2006 and January 2007.<ref name="Tiny Tom"></ref><ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattrnewcomb Matt R Newcomb] Retrieved 18 Sept '17</ref> ''Kaiju Big Battel's''  Jack Dourakos ("Louden Noxious") and an unknown actor played "Beav Wallace." Hayley Thompson-King played the role of "Dr. Physics."<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780186/?ref_=nv_sr_1 Action Blast! (TV Series 2006- )] Retrieved 18 Sept '17</ref> The edited animation was done by Tango Pix.<ref>[https://www.tattoostackle.com/press/TattoosTackle_PBN_Feb262007_Tech.pdf Web video streams a hot marketing tool] Retrieved 18 Sept '17</ref><ref>[https://pbn.com/local-firms-try-to-cash-in-on-states-film-tax-credit22856/ Local firms try to cash in on state’s film tax credit] Retrieved 18 Sept '17</ref>


The live-action segments were shot around the Providence, Rhode Island Boston, Massachusetts area between January 2006 and January 2007.<ref name="Tiny Tom"></ref><ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattrnewcomb Matt R Newcomb] Retrieved September 18, 2017.</ref> ''Kaiju Big Battel's'' Jack Dourakos ("Louden Noxious") and an unknown actor played "Beav Wallace." Hayley Thompson-King played the role of "Dr. Physics."<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780186/?ref_=nv_sr_1 Action Blast! (TV Series 2006- )] Retrieved September 18, 2017</ref> The edited animation was done by Tango Pix.<ref>[https://www.tattoostackle.com/press/TattoosTackle_PBN_Feb262007_Tech.pdf Web video streams a hot marketing tool] Retrieved September 18, 2017</ref><ref>[https://pbn.com/local-firms-try-to-cash-in-on-states-film-tax-credit22856/ Local firms try to cash in on state’s film tax credit] Retrieved September 18, 2017.</ref>
It's not known how many ''Action Blast!'' episodes were produced and the series has never been re-released after its run on G4. Few clips of the show have surfaced online. A promotional DVD was handed out at the 2006 San Diego Comic-Con.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/walruslaws-dvd-collection.169815/ WALRUSLAW'S DVD COLLECTION] Retrieved 18 Sept '17</ref>


It's not known how many ''Action Blast!'' episodes were produced and the series has never been re-released after its run on G4.  Few clips of the show have surfaced online.  A promotional DVD was handed out at the 2006 San Diego Comic-Con.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/walruslaws-dvd-collection.169815/ WALRUSLAW'S DVD COLLECTION] Retrieved September 18, 2017.</ref>
In 2009, Hasbro would later attempt a more large-scale attempt to rectify their TV placement woes, as the company entered into a joint venture with Discovery Communications to relaunch Discovery Kids as a new TV channel.<ref>[http://investor.hasbro.com/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=586522 Hasbro and Discovery Communications Announce Joint Venture to Create Television Network Dedicated to High-Quality Children's and Family Entertainment and Educational Content] Retrieved 18 Sept '17</ref> The new channel debuted on October 10th, 2010, as The Hub.<ref>[http://www.reuters.com/article/thehub/discovery-hasbro-ready-hub-network-for-launch-idUSN0810442120100908 Discovery, Hasbro ready Hub network for launch] Retrieved 18 Sept '17</ref>


In 2009, Hasbro would later attempt a more large-scale attempt to rectify their TV placement woes, as the company entered into a joint venture with Discovery Communications to relaunch Discovery Kids as a new TV channel.<ref>[http://investor.hasbro.com/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=586522 Hasbro and Discovery Communications Announce Joint Venture to Create Television Network Dedicated to High-Quality Children's and Family Entertainment and Educational Content] Retrieved September 18, 2017.</ref> The new channel debuted on October 10, 2010, as The Hub.<ref>[http://www.reuters.com/article/thehub/discovery-hasbro-ready-hub-network-for-launch-idUSN0810442120100908 Discovery, Hasbro ready Hub network for launch] Retrieved September 18, 2017.</ref>
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==External Links==
==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061025145813/http://www.hasbro.com:80/monkeybartv/default.cfm?page=actionblast Official page at Hasbro.com] Retrieved 18 Sept '17
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061025145813/http://www.hasbro.com:80/monkeybartv/default.cfm?page=actionblast Official page at Hasbro.com]
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20060615005407/http://www.g4tv.com:80/actionblast/index.html Official page at G4TV.com] Retrieved 18 Sept '17
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20060615005407/http://www.g4tv.com:80/actionblast/index.html Official page at G4TV.com]


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 19:11, 21 March 2020

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Logo for the series.

Status: Partially Found

Action Blast! is an American infomercial variety television series produced by the toy company Hasbro and Tango Pix that aired exclusively on G4 between January 2 and December 29, 2006.[1] The hour-long daily program was an attempt by Hasbro to secure television placement for their shows, as they had issues maintaining a consistent run on other broadcasters at the time.

Action Blast! featured edited versions of Hasbro library content, with new hosted footage, promotional spots for Hasbro products (called "BAMs") plus shorts from Kaiju Big Battel and Dr. Physics. Due to the series being paid programming, the episodes were presented with no commercial breaks and the only G4 channel identifications came at the half-hour mark due to company requirements.[2] Consequently, many TV guides at the time listed the show's 8AM slot under a generic "Infomercial/Paid Programming" label.[3]

The weekday slots contained time condensed versions of two different Hasbro shows in the one hour runtime (initially Beast Wars and Battle B-Daman, but later adding G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, G.I. Joe: Sigma Six and Transformers: Cybertron) alongside the new live-action content. On the weekends, the five animated episodes were edited into seven-minute segments. The latter were then distributed on Hasbro's website (now offline) as "webisodes".[2]

The live-action segments were shot around the Providence, Rhode Island Boston, Massachusetts area between January 2006 and January 2007.[2][4] Kaiju Big Battel's Jack Dourakos ("Louden Noxious") and an unknown actor played "Beav Wallace." Hayley Thompson-King played the role of "Dr. Physics."[5] The edited animation was done by Tango Pix.[6][7]

It's not known how many Action Blast! episodes were produced and the series has never been re-released after its run on G4. Few clips of the show have surfaced online. A promotional DVD was handed out at the 2006 San Diego Comic-Con.[8]

In 2009, Hasbro would later attempt a more large-scale attempt to rectify their TV placement woes, as the company entered into a joint venture with Discovery Communications to relaunch Discovery Kids as a new TV channel.[9] The new channel debuted on October 10th, 2010, as The Hub.[10]

Surfaced Content

Action Blast! clip featuring Kaiju Big Battel

Action Blast! clip featuring a Dr. Physics short promoting NERF guns

External Links

References