Commercial/Generation 2
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- Toy commercial!
- NEW toy commercial!
- TRAAAAANSFORMERS!
- When Hasbro said you
- Should buy Generation 2
- They played the theme song now ORCHESTRAL!
- The CGI played
- Got better day by day
- But at the start it was a MESS-TRAL!
- In nineteen ninety-four
- They thought they needed more
- So they set the commercials to a RAP!
- They were tryin' for cool
- But they came off as fools
- 'Cause the music just sounded like CRAP!
- I hated the nineties!
- I hate how you're whiney!
- TRAAAAANSFORMERS!
- Commercials for Generation 2 include everything in this article. Each sold separately.
Batteries not included
1993
- Mini-series cartoon promo [1]
- Animation: CGI of the Cybernet Space Cube and excerpts from The Transformers: The Movie, which wasn't actually used as part of G2.
- Narration: Cybernet Space Cube Guy and various local TV station announcers
- Notes: This was a "Coming Soon" type promo that treated the first three episodes of G2 as their own mini-series.
- It'll blast you into hyperspace!
- Season One cartoon promo [2]
- Animation: Cybernet Space Cube from the end of an episode and various cartoon excerpts.
- Narration: Cybernet Space Cube Guy and various local TV station announcers
- It's a journey of incredible adventure and explosive action.


- Animation: Prime drives down a road and transforms; Ramjet swoops down and transforms to robot mode, then runs and fires. Prime and Ramjet shoot each other and grapple; Prime sends Ramjet flying. There are TWO moons in the sky (Prophetic!).
- Narration: Victor Caroli.
- Going ballistic to destroy the Autobots and conquer mankind, Ramjet IS an eevil Decepticon!
- Optimus Prime [4]
- Animation: Highway/vs. Ramjet, recycled from the Generation 2 comics commercial.
- Narration: Victor Caroli.
- "Uhmmm Mmptms Prmmm!"
- Optimus Prime [5] - Edited down from the previous commercial.
- Color Changers [6]
- Animation: Deluge drives down a race track; Drench pops up in robot mode to attack him; Deluge transforms and fires back.
- Narration: Victor Caroli.
- Blast 'em with hot water to
create disturbing imageryfind out whose side they're on!- Color Changers [7] - Edited down from the previous commercial.


- Megatron [8]
- Animation: Prime drives and transforms, but something targets his head with a computer readout. Megatron rolls up, transforms and fires, tackling Prime.
- Toy segment: Megatron completely trashes a poor Optimus Prime toy, knocking him down a hill, rolling over him in tank mode, etc.
- Narration: Victor Caroli, basically saying that Prime sucks and Megatron can kick his ass.
- Listen to the voice of DOOM! "Megatronattack." [sic]
- Megatron [9] - Edited down from the previous commercial.
- Jets and cars (Starscream, Ramjet, Inferno, Jazz, Sideswipe) [10]
- Animation: Starscream and Ramjet fly over rocky desert; Ramjet transforms and lands. Jazz drives through a roller coaster city highway and transforms.
- Narration: Victor Caroli.
- Inferno's water cannon is rainin' pain!
- Jets and cars [11] - Edited from the previous commercial.
- Constructicons / Dinobots [12]
- Animation: The Constructicons drive at the camera, scraping and tearing up the ground, Bonecrusher transforms into a very off-model robot mode and smashes an electrical box. Devastator smashes the ground, but the three Dinobots emerge from a fissure and attack. Dino mode Grimlock grabs Devastator by the leg and throws him aside.
- Narration: Victor Caroli.
- Notes: The Constructicon toys pictured in the commercial are the 1992 European versions. How these toys were able to stay combined as Devastator, when the aforementioned version of Hook is missing the pin needed to attach Bonecrusher, is unknown.
- They'll blast those Decepticons into extinction!
1994
- Season Two cartoon promo #1 [15]
- Animation: Excerpts from The Transformers: The Movie and one excerpt of Trypticon taking a bite out of a ship from The Ultimate Weapon
- Narration: Oddly enough, Garry Chalk in his first work with Transformers and various local TV station announcers.
- Notes: The sound clips of Megatron and Prime which play over the commercial do not actually go with any of the animation shown.
- You will enter the Cybernet Space Cube with 3D effects you can really sink your teeth into!
- Season Two cartoon promo #2 [16]
- Animation: Cybernet Space Cube effects and excerpts from The Transformers: The Movie.
- Narration: Garry Chalk and various local TV station announcers.
- "Transformers: Generation 2. Get ready for the ride of your life!"
- Season Two cartoon promo #3 [17]
- Animation: The exterior of the Cybernet Space Cube with morphing symbols, Spacecube effects, and excerpts from The Transformers: The Movie.
- Narration: Garry Chalk and various local TV station announcers
- Tune in and be transformed! So that's where Bob Skir got his inspiration.

- Aerialbots / Combaticons [18]
- Animation: Five jets soar over a live-action neighborhood; Silverbolt transforms and lands before a hyper-excited kid. "Jet formation!" "Jet transformation!" Superion and Bruticus slug it out in the kid's neighborhood; Superion moves the kid to "safety" five feet away. "That was brutal!" "No, that's BRUTICUS!"
- Narration: Victor Caroli. (Each sold separately.)
- Notes: Silverbolt (G1) and Superion share the same voice from Garry Chalk.
- Sample lyrics: The Combaticons are WARRING / Onslaught is ROARING / He is one metamorphing DUDICUS / They all combine / and kick Superion's behind / as the big bad battling BRUTICUS!

- Rotor Force / Laser Rods [19]
- Animation: At a race track, a live-action kid watches some of the Laser Rods race; Sizzle transforms and punches a pole aside. A moment later, Leadfoot also transforms, and fires a rotor blade.
- Narration: Victor Caroli. (Each sold separately.)
- Notes: Sizzle has a speaking part. Leadfoot's "Cause I'm a transformin' rotor!" [sic] is voiced by Garry Chalk.
- Sample lyrics: Flying all around / On the air and on the ground / Transformer rotors are SPINNIN'! / They can change before your eyes / into rotor-shooting guys / When they get into a battle they be WINNIN'!
- Holy crap, did Sizzle kill that kid?
- Combat Heroes [20]
- Animation: A live-action kid whines about a "battle tank" driving down his suburban street; it changes into Megatron. Fortunately, Prime is parked right behind the kid, and transforms to fight Megatron. "Battle THIS!" A moment later, the kid cheers for truck mode Prime, only to have another truck transform into Prime — "Uh, over here."
- Narration: Victor Caroli. (Each sold separately.)
- Notes: Includes Peter Cullen voicing Optimus Prime.
- Sample lyrics: It's heavy metal crunchin' time / as Optimus Prime / goes toe-to-toe with Combat Megatron / Prime is one tough dude / underneath his hood / he's a transformin' missile firin' phenomenon!
- Combat Heroes [21] - An edited, but still 30 seconds in length, version of the previous commercial. The CGI intro is shortened and only the narrator, Victor Caroli is heard talking. Caroli continues on with his spiel, replacing the rap. The ending CGI segment has the shot of the first Prime truck cut out, going straight to the kid turning around to see Prime transform and exclaim "Born to transform!".
- Dreadwing and Smokescreen [22]
- Animation: A kid runs down a city street, fleeing Dreadwing, who strafes the street before transforming to tank mode while Smokescreen flies overhead. On a downtown street, the kid cries for help as Dreadwing and Smokescreen transform to robot mode in front of him ("No one can save you... from
mustache-twirlingtriple-changing Dreadwing!") Electro and Sizzle (yes, Sizzle the Decepticon) drive up and transform, fighting the pair, but in the end they get picked up and smashed into each other by their foes. - Narration: Victor Caroli.
- Notes: Dreadwing speaks twice in this commercial.
- Sample lyrics: DreadWING / is punishING / his Gatling gun is ILLIN'!
- "Autobots! HALP!" [sic]
- Dreadwing [23] - Edited down from the previous commercial, with the rap removed. Dreadwing speaks the line "Born to transform." The evil Dreadwing is a triple changer!
- Cyberjets [24]
- Animation:
- Narration: Victor Caroli.
- Notes: This commercial is a 15-second version, typically the length of an edited version. To date, no full 30-second version has surfaced online, which is a shame, because it would probably have a rap song.
External links
- Generation 2 commercial compilation. Yes, it includes the rap songs!
