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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 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!''''' 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. | ||
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{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADfZKCdVIlo|320x240|center|''Action Blast!'' clip featuring a ''Dr. Physics'' short promoting NERF guns|frame}}</div> | {{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADfZKCdVIlo|320x240|center|''Action Blast!'' clip featuring a ''Dr. Physics'' short promoting NERF guns|frame}}</div> | ||
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Revision as of 11:38, 18 September 2017
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 10, 2010 as The Hub.[10]
Surfaced content
Action Blast! web banner advertisement.
Alternate title card
Start of the credit sequence
Dr. Physics screen grab from G4TV.com
G.I. Joe: Sigma 6 screen grab from G4TV.com showcasing the Action Blast! bug
Behind-the-scenes on a Dr. Physics short
Behind-the-scenes on a Kaiju Big Battel sequence for Action Blast!
CG render from a portion of the Action Blast! opening animation
CG render from a portion of the Action Blast! opening animation
CG render from a portion of the Action Blast! opening animation
A CG rendered piece of the set
A CG rendered piece of the set
A CG rendered piece of the set
References
- ↑ G4 and Hasbro Join Forces to Bring Entertainment Based on Popular Hasbro Brands to G4 Audience Retrieved September 18, 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Action Blast! Retrieved September 18, 2017.
- ↑ G4's Action Blast Retrieved September 18, 2017.
- ↑ Matt R Newcomb Retrieved September 18, 2017.
- ↑ Action Blast! (TV Series 2006- ) Retrieved September 18, 2017.
- ↑ Web video streams a hot marketing tool Retrieved September 18, 2017
- ↑ Local firms try to cash in on state’s film tax credit Retrieved September 18, 2017.
- ↑ WALRUSLAW'S DVD COLLECTION Retrieved September 18, 2017.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Discovery, Hasbro ready Hub network for launch Retrieved September 18, 2017.