Editing Maple Town (section)

===United States===
In October 1986, toy manufacturer [[Tonka]] acquired the rights for US$2.5–3 million<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MN&p_theme=mn&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EFE48FC426DD736&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20170728115000/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MN&p_theme=mn&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EFE48FC426DD736&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|archive-date=2017-07-28|url-status=dead|last=Wascoe Jr.|first=Dan|title=Toy makers tuning in to TV show connections|date=February 16, 1987|access-date=December 10, 2023|url-access=registration |work=[[Star Tribune]]|page=03M|quote=In an era when the investment to launch an animated cartoon show ranges from $12 million to $15 million, shrinking viewership means 'the economics are becoming strained', [Tonka Toys' president Pat Feely] said. 'We don't do it unless we feel we've got a strong product line.' In the case of Tonka's ''Maple Town'' series, the cost was much less—between $2.5 million and $3 million—because it's an edited and dubbed version of a popular Japanese show, Feely said.}}</ref> and became its US licensee, launching a toy line and ad campaign early the following year.<ref name=tonka/> Tonka invested US$7 million on television ads for the toy line.<ref name=ad-age>{{cite journal|last1=Stern|first1=Sara E.|last2=Forkan|first2=James P.|title=Fantasy dolls stay in action; High-tech toys finding big consumer interest|date=February 2, 1987|journal=[[Advertising Age]]|publisher=[[Crain Communications]], Inc.|page=33}}</ref> An English-dubbed version, airing in tandem with the toy promotion, starred actress Karen Hartman (credited as Janice Adams), known previously for her other children's TV role as Talkatoo Cockatoo on ''[[Zoobilee Zoo]]'', as Mrs. Maple in its book-ending live-action segments.<ref name=Erickson/> Mrs. Maple was the only human inhabitant of the title town in this version, and she offered each episode's moral lesson. The voice cast included [[Rebecca Forstadt|Reba West]] as Patty Rabbit and [[Steve Kramer (actor)|Steve Kramer]] as Wilde Wolf.

The English version of ''Maple Town'' was produced by [[Saban Entertainment]] and The Maltese Companies,<ref name=Erickson/><ref name=tv-age>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=72u4AAAAIAAJ&q=%22Maple+Town%22|title=Television/Radio Age|volume=36|page=55|year=1988|access-date=2009-12-31|publisher=Television Editorial Corp.|quote=Last season Maltese produced the barter-syndicated series ''Maple Town'' and ''Spiral Zone'' for Tonka Toys; the former is on Nickelodeon.}}</ref> the latter of which also produced ''[[Spiral Zone]]'', another syndicated series with Tonka, and the 1988 animated feature ''[[Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw]]''.<ref name=tv-age/>