I think to most appreciate this installment of "The Toys That Made Us" you should be in your 40s or younger...and, perhaps, also be a guy. After all, I'm in my 50s and never had any interest in Transformers because I was in college when they debuted.
This episode follows the origins of the toy in Japan with two different companies and shows how the product increased in popularity worldwide when it was taken to the United States and a major marketing campaign was introduced. Like many of the toys in the series, it is about marketing....spinoff cartoons and how they helped to take a big brand and make it a mega-brand. Overall, fascinating....even if you are too old to care about this particular toy.