Star Wars: Droids as well as Droids on VHS). "The Great Heep" only made one showing in 1989 on BBC's "Going Live!", which was a Saturday morning children's show—it was split into two parts over two weeks. Different episodes from different cycles were also screened across the five-year licence, with the Trigon cycle being shown in full in early 1991 on another Saturday morning children's show called "". In 1986, Marvel' Star Comics imprint published a "Star Wars: Droids" comic series spun off from the cartoon. The series ran for eight issues. Four issues and issue 5's cover of the series were drawn
The Transformers (TV series) South Korea. The series was supplemented by a feature film, "" (1986), taking place between the second and third seasons. This series is also popularly known as "Generation 1", a term originally coined by fans in response to the re-branding of the franchise as "" in 1992, which eventually made its way into official use. The series was later shown in reruns on Sci-Fi Channel, The Hub and Discovery Family. The Transformers toyline and cartoon/animated series was inspired by the Japanese toyline, "Microman" (an Eastern descendant of the 12" G.I. Joe action figure series). In 1980, the "Microman" spin-off, "Diaclone",