1980's Saturday Morning Historical Preservation Society

I loved this show. I thought the animation was top notch and seemed clearer, with more attention to detail than that of He-Man or Scooby Doo. Of course, this was before I understood that some cartoons are animated and drawn by japanese animators. Back then, some cartoons just seemed to be drawn better than others... and I thought it was all American stuff. Just compare the intro to He-Man with the intro to the 80's Thundercats. As for what went wrong with Mighty Orbots, I think you're right. With the commentator, the personality of the robots, the orbots commander who was supposed to have a secret identity but like Superman, never wore a mask or anything... and people couldn't figure out who he was? It just tried to be to many things at once. You couldn't really take it seriously when the story and the action called for the audience to take things seriously. Plus it became kind of predictable in that you know that the good guys are gonna win in the end, no matter what. I think all cartoons of that era were predictable in that sense. Still, it was an awesome cartoon!