LOS ANGELES, CA – Nacelle Company, the studio behind The Toys That Made Us, Kevin Hart’s Guide to Black History, 2019’s Mad About You reboot, Icons Unearthed, and Behind the Attraction, is self-financing its first animated television series based on its Robo Force toy line. The pilot episode will be directed by Brian Volk-Weiss, and the first season is set to have six, twenty-two minute episodes.

Tom Stern (Kevin Hart’s Guide to Black History, The Andy Milonakis Show, Spongebob Squarepants) and Gavin Hignight (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Star Wars Resistance, Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy) have joined to write and produce as showrunners.

In the 1980s, as transformable robot toys dominated the toy aisles, Ideal Toys decided to capitalize on the craze by introducing Robo Force. Ideal partnered with CBS in 1984 to release an animated show and went on to secure partnerships with companies from Buena Vista Records (Disney) to Random House, Topps and Hallmark to pull-off one of the biggest launches in toy business history. Unfortunately, although Ideal went all-in, Hasbro debuted Transformers at the same time and Robo Force flopped. Since then, Robo Force figures have been in high demand amongst vintage toy collectors.

The project will be financed, produced and distributed by the Burbank-based Nacelle Company.

Over the course of 2022, Nacelle expanded with a new consumer products division, focused on toys, merchandise and other collectibles. The 7.5 inch Robo Force action figures, featuring Maxx 89 and Wrecker, were Nacelle’s first action figure release, and will hit store shelves during the third week of December. The release of the aforementioned Robo Force series is part of Nacelle’s larger plan to re-introduce the beloved Robo Force brand to a wider audience of pop-culture fans worldwide.

“I didn’t think anything would be more surreal than selling thousands of Maxx 89 and Wrecker figures, but making an animated series come to life takes the suction cup covered cake… and yes, we will be revealing why Wrecker comes with red roses!” said Nacelle Company Founder and CEO, Brian Volk-Weiss.

About Nacelle Company:

Nacelle Company, founded by Brian Volk Weiss, is an American diversified media company headquartered in Burbank, California. Established in 2017, they are a leader in the pop-culture space through its scripted and unscripted production, podcasting, publishing, records, distribution, development, marketing and management divisions. Nacelle has produced hits such as Netflix’s docu-series, Down To Earth with Zac Efron, The Movies That Made Us, and The Toys That Made Us, and Kevin Hart’s Guide To Black History, as well as Behind The Attraction for Disney +, CW’s Discontinued, Sony’s Mad About You reboot, All The Way Black for BET+, History’s Grant, and History’s

Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek. Nacelle’s vast array of partnerships include: Netflix, Amazon, Disney +, HBO, Discovery, BET+, A&E Networks, Hulu, Viacom, History, and many more. The company as a whole is dedicated to showcasing groundbreaking stories and pop-culture history through its signature documentary filmmaking style, unique distribution system and a consistent desire to never stop exploring.