- Creator Backlash: Budd Lewis, who played Dr. Langley and wrote the script, hated
the film. - Creator Killer:
- At the very least, this ruined any chance for Cullen Blaine to make it into live action. He'd go on to direct a few episodes of Garfield and Friends and Hey Arnold! afterwards.
- The uncredited actor who plays Shoeboogie (the lab technician who accidentally animates R.O.T.O.R.) has never been named, recognized, or identified as appearing in anything else, making his brief but vivid appearance a fascinating enigma for fans of the movie. According to IMDB, though, it’s the film’s composer David Adam Newman… who hasn’t done anything else since, either.
- Development Hell: The movie's release was delayed by almost two years due to financial problems. By the time director Cullen Blaine was able to find the money to finish post-production, several members of the cast, including lead actor Richard Gesswein, either could not be tracked down or refused to return for ADR dubbing, forcing Blaine to have other actors dub all of their dialogue.
- He Also Did: Before and after this, Cullen Blaine was a storyboard artist and animator for many 80s/early 90s cartoons, mainly for DiC and Hanna-Barbera. And one of his prior director credits? The Get Along Gang, which is far more kid-friendly than this. He even worked on The Simpsons, including the first episode "Simpsons Roasting On an Open Fire". He won two Emmy Awards for Tiny Toons.
- Playing Against Type: The film was directed by Cullen Blaine, who normally works in animation. It remained his only live-action directing credit until his death in 2020.
- Reality Subtext: Willard the Robot is played by APD2, a robot purchased in 1986 by the police department of the Town of Addison, a northern suburb of Dallas, for $17,750 (approximately $41,000 in 2018 dollars). The bot performed
public relations duties and was tapped to lead the Christmas parade in Addison that year.
- Referenced by...: Argentine indie rock band El Mato a un Policia Motorizado is named after a (bad) translation made by the film's subtitles in Spanish of what the driver who found Coldyron at the beginning of the film said.
- Same Language Dub: Loren Bivens provided the voice of Coldyron, who was played by Richard Gesswein, while Georganna Barry provided the voice of Steele, who was played by Jayne Smith.
- Tuckerization: Haughteling is named after the director, Cullen Blaine, whose birth last name is Haughteling. Detective Glorioso is named after one of the producers.
- What Could Have Been: Screenwriter Budd Lewis notes that his original idea was a police comedy called Blue Steel before it became a tonal mess of a movie.
