I've always loved having these types of questions come up with family and friends at gatherings:
There were tons of great cartoons in the 80's!
These were the ones that were definitely at the top of my list.
G.I. Joe
Voltron (In my opinion, the original Power Rangers)
Thunder Cats (when are they going to make a movie on this?)
He-Man
Transformers
Dark Wing Duck
For some reason, I remember one called, Astro Boy