These are just slightly before my time but growing up with action figures (not dolls :) , I can relate. The Planet of the Apes series of films - particularly as you get further into the series and they just get weirder and darker - are well worth a look too. (Start out with the first film - Planet of the Apes - for context and make sure you see Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, which has this whole apes as slaves in the 1990s thing going on. )