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Generation 1's stylized and somewhat dated commercials played a huge part in propelling the Transformers brand to household name status (after all, they reached audiences who weren't actively looking for robots). As the theme song played over many of them, they are also responsible for the jingle's status as a mid-80s icon.

Generation 1 commercials would commonly start with a short sequence of original cel animation, then cut to two or more boys in the 7 to 10-year-old range playing with the toys. Victor Caroli and another narrator (here referred to as "The Other Guy") provided voice-overs to describe just how exciting the incredible new toys were. New voice acting from the cartoon cast became incorporated into the animation featured in the commercials in 1985, and across 1986-87, the narration was partially replaced with various show characters narrating the adverts "in-universe" (Optimus Prime and Megatron in 1986, Ultra Magnus, Rodimus Prime, and Galvatron in 1987), but Caroli and The Other Guy were usually there at the end to affirm that the toys were "each sold separately", and Caroli returning to more full-length narration from 1988 onwards. Background music would feature the show's theme song, but often with new lyrics about the toys in question. The lyrics had to stretch to fit the cadence of the song; sometimes they were jammed into a different melody altogether. Most of the early commercials had an animated segment at the end with Hasbro's logo being "hammered" by animated human hands onto the screen, often having Caroli saying "...only from Hasbro!".

Transforms from robot to lawsuit right before your eyes!

The animated segments often featured high-quality art and animation. Some of the 1986 and 1987 animation was combined into a title sequence for "The Rebirth", the final three-part episode of the Generation 1 cartoon (they contrasted painfully with the lower-quality segments produced by AKOM.) The short length of television commercials meant the animated sections were fast-paced, with characters speaking their lines very rapidly; within the context of the fictional world they portray, this could lead to some hilarious results, such as Jazz taking about 1/4th of a second to decide to become an Action Master. The animated segments would sometimes feature the voice actors from the cartoon; however, some such as Blaster had not been assigned a voice actor yet. Later segments required soundalikes for characters whose voice actors had died (Jazz) or were unavailable (Megatron). These spots were the only American animation produced for dozens of characters from the toyline's later years, and in a few cases, remain their only fictional appearance ever.

Toy segments would typically consist of jump cut filled sequences of the kids transforming the figures, followed by a big group battle. The transformation steps would be accompanied by loud clicking noises to emphasize the parts shifting into place.

The Halloween masks were weak this year.
Transforms from child to robot and back!

Perhaps the most memorable aspect of the commercials featured one of the young actors staring very seriously into the camera, mouthing "Robots in disguise!" as his eyes glowed and/or his face transformed into that of a robot (based on Galvatron or Ultra Magnus.) Variants on the "kidmation" clip continued throughout Generation 1. The AllSpark Almanac dubbed this process "reverse-pretender technology."

Many commercials were reedited into even shorter versions, without the animation segments.

Some of these commercials, along with some Takara Transformers ads are available on the Sony DVD release of The Transformers: The Movie. Because of legal issues, the young actors' faces have now been blurred. A greater number of the commercials (of varying quality) were also available on the earlier Madman Entertainment release of The Transformers: The Movie in Australia, and their final collection of the Generation 1 cartoon complete with unblurred children. Shout! Factory's "Matrix of Leadership" complete series collection of the Generation 1 cartoon, as well as some of their individual season sets, contains several Generation 1 commercials and the ad for Generation 2 Optimus Prime. The first season set's "Triple Changer: The Origins of the Transformers" featurette contains clips of the commercial for the The Transformers #1 comic.

1984

First year toy commercials were structured a bit differently from what would become the norm for The Transformers. With the exception of the re-worked Optimus Prime ad, they all started with stop motion animation of the featured toys with streaking effects added. This would then be followed by animation re-used from the Marvel US #1 ad. This animation used early character models, some of which would be revised for the cartoon itself, most notably Megatron. The commercials were evidently produced before names for the toys had been finalized; no characters are ever referred to by name, and only Optimus Prime, Megatron, and Soundwave are specifically identified, being referred to as "the Autobot Commander," "the Decepticon leader," and "the Decepticon Communicator" respectively. While there would be no original animation in the ads until 1985, the reworked Optimus Prime commercial added an excerpt from the cartoon's first season intro. The animation would be followed by jump cut sequences of the toys being transformed, a Kidmation clip and finally a scene showing four kids battling with the toys. The toy footage was filmed on a set that consisted of large mounds of red dirt in front of the porch of a house, with a dusky sky backdrop behind it. The sky, the color of the dirt and the architectural style of the house would seem to place it in the southwestern United States, no doubt related to that being the type of environment the Ark was frequently depicted as having crashed into. Closeups of the toys seemed to be filmed at lower positions in order to use the dirt mounds as backdrops.


You've got to get up preeeetty early in 1984 to catch Megs with a black head.
Animation: Fast pan-ins take us from Cybertron to Earth, with a Decepticon ship attacking the Ark and forcing it to crash on Earth. The three Seekers fly in, transform and attack a power plant. Three cars drive out to meet them, transforming into Prowl, Jazz, and Sideswipe. Megatron joins the counter-attack, prompting the Autobots to take off into the sky. Optimus Prime arrives out of an explosion cloud, transforming and firing. An image of the first issue cross-fades into view.
Narration: Victor Caroli.
Notes: Almost every element is an early production model. Starscream and Thundercracker have strangely colored faces; Megatron is in his pre-animation black helmeted design; the Ark is a green-colored model with X-shaped wings; and the Decepticon ship resembles a flying aircraft carrier. In addition, the cover shown at the end differs greatly from the final one, notably with a more on-model Optimus Prime. This ad is known to have aired at least as early as April 21st of 1984.[1]
It is a world transformed, where things are not what they seem. It is the world of the Transformers. {The Transformers! More than meets the eye! Autobots wage their battle to destroy the evil forces of the Decepticons. The Transformers! Robots in disguise. The Transformers! More than meets the eye.} The Transformers from Marvel Comics.


  • Optimus Prime and Megatron 30 sec
Animation: Prowl, Sideswipe and Jazz transform to robot mode and launch into the air, flying past a cliff face. Optimus Prime rolls up to the edge of the cliff in vehicle mode then transforms to robot mode and jumps off. Megatron descends out of the glare of the sun, and opens fire.
Narration: "The Transformers, from Hasbro", by The Other Guy.
Kidmation: Buck-toothed kid mouths robotic "Robots in disguise!"
Toy segment: Some very early 80s streaking effects as Optimus Prime is shown driving past a plateau and transforming with Starscream flying overhead. Toy segment proper starts with a jumpcut sequence of a buck-toothed kid transforming Optimus Prime before doing his Kidmation bit. Three other kids holding Starscream, Thundercracker and Skywarp watch as the buck-toothed kid, holding Optimus Prime, rises up from behind a dirt mound situated between the three of them. More early 80's streaking effects as we see Megatron instantly transform on top of a plateau.
{The Transformers! More than meets the eye! Autobots wage their battle to destroy the evil forces of the Decepticons. The Transformers! More than meets the eye. The Transformers! Robots in disguise.} "Attack the Autobot Commander!" "Call in the Decepticon leader!" {The Transformers! More than meets the eye.} The Transformers. From Hasbro.


Starscream in his Ramjet suit.
  • Autobot Cars and Decepticon Jets 30 sec
Animation: In the desert, the Seekers strafe Prowl, Sideswipe and Jazz, who transform and fire back; the three jets transform, land, and grapple with the Autobots, while three more Seekers fly past in robot mode.
Narration: "The Transformers, from Hasbro", by The Other Guy.
Kidmation: Bowl haircut kid mouths robotic "Robots in disguise!"
Toy segment: More streaking effects as the toys are shown instantly changing from vehicle to robot. At the beginning, Starscream transforming and landing on a plateau. At the end of the ad, Jazz and Sideswipe drive along a curving and descending road before transforming, the same road Optimus is seen driving past in the previous ad. Toy segment proper starts with a jumpcut sequence of...something. It's probably intended to be his transformation to plane mode, but the last step shows his wings being positioned for robot mode. Anyhoo, this is followed by Starscream and Thundercracker being flown side by side and a jumpcut sequence of Sideswipe being transformed to robot mode. Following the Kidmation we have a four kid battle scene with two of them swooping the two Seekers down as the other two holding Sideswipe and Jazz turn their figures to face the attack.
Notes: The Starscream stop motion segment can arguably be interpreted as what happened after he flew out of frame in the Optimus Prime and Megatron ad.
{The Transformers! More than meets the eye! Autobots wage their battle to destroy the evil forces of the Decepticons. The Transformers! More than meets the eye. The Transformers! Robots in disguise.} "We're under attack!" "Get more Autobots!" {The Transformers! More than meets the eye.} The Transformers. From Hasbro.


Animation: Prowl, Jazz, and Sideswipe transform, as well as a light blue Soundwave, who fires twice, opens his cassette door, and tosses out Laserbeak, who transforms and fires upon the three Autobots, who fire back.
Narration: The Other Guy.
Kidmation: Bowl haircut kid #2 mouths robotic "Robots in disguise!"
Toy segment: Streaking effects as Buzzsaw drops into Soundwave's tape compartment. This triggers Soundwave to instantly transform to robot mode and then Buzzsaw flies out of his chest in bird mode. The toy segment proper starts with a jumpcut transformation of Soundwave, removal of Buzzsaw from his chest compartment and Buzzsaw's transformation. After the Kidmation we get a four kid battle scene with two of them flying Soundwave and Laserbeak and the other two holding Trailbreaker and Mirage and turning them to face the oncoming Decepticons.
Notes: The animation depicts Laserbeak as Soundwave's partner but the toy segment uses Buzzsaw who was actually the one packaged with Soundwave. Granted, it would take a keen eye to tell which it was so, most kids probably assumed it to be Laserbeak.
{The Transformers! More than meets the eye! Autobots wage their battle to destroy the evil forces of the Decepticons. The Transformers! More than meets the eye. The Transformers! Robots in disguise.} "It's the Decepticon Communicator!" "Get more Autobots!" {The Transformers! More than meets the eye.} The Transformers. From Hasbro.


Animation: Recycled from the Transformers #1 and "Optimus Prime and Megatron" commercial, as well as footage from the first season cartoon opening. This results in the two very different Megatron character models appearing in two consecutive clips.
Narration: Victor Caroli.
Kidmation: Buck-toothed kid mouths robotic "Robots in disguise!"
Notes: This ad is a reworked version of the earlier Optimus Prime and Megatron ad. The footage of Megatron transforming with streaking effects is replaced by footage of the Optimus Prime toy being "flown" in front of a mountain. The introductory stop-motion animation has also been dropped, the ad now starting with the early animation, followed by the excerpt of Prime and Megatron leading their troops from the cartoon intro. The change to introductory animation sequences appears to be where the transition from using stop-motion and animation from the Marvel #1 ad to using original animation segments began. The reason for Megatron's removal is unknown, but likely due to legal and/or ethical issues with advertising a toy that turns into a realistic looking gun. Given that it would've taken some time to re-do the ad after it was identified as needing a change, this ad would have first aired in very late 1984 at the earliest. It's possible it didn't air until 1985.
  • Optimus Prime 30 sec - A resoundtracked version of the ad, this time using the season two theme song. Obviously this version didn't air until 1985. Buck-toothed kid is replaced by buck-tooth kid #3, with freaky glowing green eyes. As you can probably tell, the video here has an issue with the left audio channel not working.


Homeland security falls to a kid on a Big Wheel. You know, it must be said that NSA really is failing here.
Animation: Recycled from the first Transformers commercial. Black helmet Megatron and the Decepticons attack a power plant and the Autobots arrive to stop them. The animated segements are interwoven with the live action footage to create a strangely slanted narrative (see below).
Narration: Some wussy dude.
Toy segment: A kid on a big wheel rides up to a playground and points at some wooden playground equipment shouting that "they're attacking the power plant!". The scene disolves into an animation segment with Megatron and the Decepticons arriving in front of a power plant and shooting. The kid decides it's time to transform his Power Cycle. After, the scene switches to another animation segment, this time Optimus Prime arriving and taking a shot. This translates back to the real world as just missing the kid as he rides. The kid declares "Missed! But I won't!" Another switch to animation to show Jazz, Prowl and Sideswipe running and firing, presumably towards the kid. Switching back, the kid decides to return fire with his missiles. This translates to the next few seconds of the previous animation clip of the three Autobots, with them diverting in different directions to avoid an explosion. The evil Autobots now defeated, the kid returns the Power Cycle back to cycle mode. Another kid shows up and asks him what kind of wheels he has: "More than meets the eye."
Notes: This commercial advertises a Coleco-made {{w:Big Wheel}}. The cuts between the live-action and animated footage make the kid look like a Decepticon sympathizer by having the kid blasting some Autobots. Of course that's only fair since the cuts also make it look like Prime fired first and the Decepticons are the ones defending the plant. Oops.
Introducing the Transformers Power Cycle. You can imagine a world of adventures. "Look they're attacking the power plant!" "Time to transform into a robot." "Missed! But I won't!" "Missiles away! Pew! Pew!" "Back to cycle mode." "Hey, what kind of wheels you got?" "More than meets the eye."


  • 30 second cartoon promo 30 sec
Animation: Various excerpts from season one of the cartoon.
Narration: Victor Caroli on Xanax.
"The Transformers, the world's most exciting robot adventure, continues." - Victor Caroli, in a decidedly un-excited intonation.


1985

1985 brought some changes to Transformers advertising, both in quantity and style. While in 1984 Hasbro had just five known ads produced, one of which was a reworking of one the first four, they expanded to thirteen in 1985. This was natural as the toyline itself expanded dramatically due to its huge popularity. This increased popularity led to more commercials for tie-in merchandise. There was even a primetime commercial spot that was run during the holiday season and featured a celebrity in the form of Alex Karras in order to appeal to parents directly. Stylistically, the most notable change was the use of original animated segments. Every ad got it's own brand new animation clip featuring the highlighted toys with the exception of the Jumpstarters. Some clips even featured new dialogue provided by the same actors used in the cartoon. Another element brought over from the cartoon was the faction symbol flip, used in the ads as the transition from animation to the live action footage.

This year's toy commercials would be re-edited a number of times to update them for different reasons. Pretty much every ad got resoundtracked with the season two cartoon theme (the Jupstarters and the Mini-spies ads are the only two ads for which a season two version hasn't been found). The Optimus Prime ad from the previous year also got a season two update. These resoundtrackings also came with updates to the Kidmation, frequently replacing the Kidmation segment with one from another ad. Whether or not the Kidmation was replaced, the Kidmation was always enhanced by giving the kids freaky glowing green eyes. Some ads received additional edits to add a plug for Action Cards and/or a stinger to notify consumers that the toys would be available "While supplies last!". The latter type of edit also came with yet another Kidmation change, this time swapping the Kidmation for an entirely unique clip of a kid saying "I know what I want!" before his eyes turned green and he mouthed along to the "Robots in disguise" lyric.

Toy segments kept the same structure and while they started using some different sets, the sets still retained the general look of the 1984 set. Most were just mounds of dirt with unidentifiable backdrops, though the Omega Supreme and Jumpstarters ad utilized a futuristic black floor with white grid pattern in front of a dusky silhouetted mountain backdrop.

Toys

Animation: Amid a raging thunderstorm on Earth, Grimlock, Slag and Sludge take on Soundwave, Ravage and Laserbeak.
Narration: The Other Guy.
Kidmation: None.
Toy segment: Three kids positioned around a mound of dirt. Two have the Dinobots standing on the mound while the third flies Thundercracker overhead. Segment ends with a jumpcut sequence of Grimlock being transformed to robot mode.
Notes: Very similar to the Dinobots commercial, using the same toy scenes (albeit in a different order, and with a different soundtrack) and animation. There are several characteristics, that most Generation 1 commercials share, but this one does not:
  • There is no Kidmation, but the voice is present in the audio.
  • The ending still shot is not taken in front of the diorama used in the toy segment. Instead a blue backdrop with a "Dinobot Grimlock" text overlay is employed.
  • The toy segment starts with the multi-kid battle instead of ending with it.
Due to these oddities, it was previously thought this might be a test version. However, footage has since surfaced on YouTube which proves this ad made it to air. A recently found version of the Dinobots ad that also has a blue backdrop for the end shot (see below), suggests that this ad was reworked to create the Dinobots ad. It is possible though, that the opposite is true. Given that G.I. Joe ads of the time also used blue backdrops for their end shots (although there wasn't any text beyond the G.I.Joe logo), this may have been an experiment before settling on a new format for 1985 (or a quick throw together while they were figuring it out). See the Dinobots ad for additional notes on the toy segment.
To help them battle the evil Decepticons, you can imagine the Autobots create: Dinobots. {Dinobots wage their battle to destroy the evil forces of the Decepticons.} "The Decepticons are attacking!" "Dinobooots!" "Grimlock and Slag will stop Thundercracker!" {The Transformers! Robots in disguise.} Each sold separately. {The Transformers! More than meets the eye.} Transformers Dinobot Grimlock. Other Transformers sold separately. From Hasbro.


Animation: Amid a raging thunderstorm on Earth, Grimlock, Slag and Sludge take on Soundwave, Ravage and Laserbeak. Same as Grimlock.
Narration: The Other Guy.
Kidmation: Buck-toothed kid #3 mouths robotic "Robots in disguise!"
Toy segment: A lot of the same footage from the Grimlock ad but rearranged and with some additions. Starts with a shot of Grimlock in robot mode atop a mound of dirt, before cutting to a jumpcut transformation sequence. Only the head flipping segment is used though, and in reverse order as this transformation is robot to Dinosaur rather than the reverse. After Kidmation, we cut to a brief snippet of the multi-kid battle scene from the Grimlock ad before moving to new closeup footage of Grimlock munching on and releasing Thundercracker's wing. The ad ends with another jumpcut sequence of Grimlock from dinosaur to robot, reusing footage from the Grimlock ad.
Notes: Soundtracked with a minor variation on the Season One cartoon opening theme: "Dinobots wage their battle to destroy the evil forces of the Decepticons!" The Dinobot toys used appear to be prototypes as Grimlock has a chromed sword and Slag has chromed horns.
To help them in their never ending battle against the Decepticons, the Autobots create a new breed of robot: Dinahbots. {The Transformers! More than meets the eye. Dinobots wage their battle to destroy the evil forces of the Decepticons. The Transformers! Robots in disguise.} "The Decepticons are attacking!" "Dinobots'll get em!" "Can't beat the Dinobots!" {The Transformers!} From Hasbro.
  • Dinobots 30 sec - A transitional version between the Grimlock ad and the regular season one theme Dinobots ad. The narration is the same as the Grimlock ad, except for not calling out Grimlock by name at the end. Toy segment is yet a different shuffling of the footage, being mostly similar to the Grimlock with the exception of having more footage of Thundercracker flying around. This includes the clip from the regular Dinobots ad of Grimlock munching on Thundercracker's wing. Much like the Grimlock ad, the toy segment also ends with a jumpcut transformation, albeit a shorter one. The end shot is against a blue background, but no "Dinobot Grimlock" text this time. Despite the toy segment otherwise being pretty similar to the Grimlock ad, the audio of the kids matches the Dinobots ad.
  • Dinobots 30 sec - A re-soundtracked version of the previous commercial using the season two theme song (still with "Dinobots" replacing "Autobots".) Kidmation spot uses the same footage of buck-tooth kid #3, but with freaky glowing green eyes.
  • Dinobots 30 sec - A modified re-soundtracked version, slightly shortened to squeeze in a plug for Action Cards.
  • Dinobots 30 sec - Another re-soundtracked version of the Dinobots commercial, this time using the season three theme (still with modified lyrics). Narrated by Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime and Victor Caroli; soundtracked with the alternate Season 3 theme song (still with "Dinobots" replacing "Autobots".) The Kidmation has been replaced with the standard 1986 "kid face to Ultra Magnus face" Kidmation. The end shot has been edited to match the 1986 "flipping panels" and starburst transition aesthetics.
Optimus Prime: To help us in our neverending battle against the evil Decepticons, we create the incredibllllle Dinobots!


"Congratulations, Cliffjumper. It's a Decepticon!"
Animation: Huffer and Cliffjumper allow a yellow FX1-type Mini-spy to enter Autobot Headquarters. The little robot starts messing with the computer; Huffer and Cliffjumper come racing in and check his faction symbol. "It's a Decepticon! After him!"
Narration: I Wish I Was Victor Caroli
Kidmation: Kid points urgently at the camera: "It's an Autobot!"
Toy segment: A hand pulls back and lets go of a buggy-type mini-spy to demonstrate it's motorized action on a black table. A hand is then showing pulling a carded Gears with buggy mini-spy from a rack of store pegs. The min-spy is shown zooming along the table again before being transformed to robot mode. The mini-spy is then instantly back in vehicle mode so his rubsign can be demonstrated. After Kidmation, we get another look at the mini-spy zooming along the table. We end on a closeup of the yellow promotional burst in the upper right hand corner of a package toy, that upon a pan-out we can see is a
Notes: Casey Kasem provides the voice for Cliffjumper's single line. Visible among the packaged Mini-Bots on the store pegs are a red Bumblebee and a (red) Cliffjumper with a yellow vehicle mode pictured on the package.
In the world of the Transformers, it used to be easy to tell the Autobots from the Decepticons. But now, the Mini-spies are on the loose. They look like Autobots, but are they? "It's a Decepticon! After him!" Transformer Mini-spies. You get one with each of the six Autobot mini-car packages. Motorized Transformers. You can't tell if they're Autobots or Decepticons until you rub up their symbols. "It's an Autobot!" Transformers Mini-spies. Get 'em while supplies last.


Animation: Starscream and Thundercracker strafe Hound, Prowl and Sunstreaker. As the three transform and retreat, Jetfire steps out of a mountain and takes on the Decepticon jets; Shockwave transforms halfway and fires, then transforms the rest of the way and fires again.
Narration: An incredibly mellow Victor Caroli.
Kidmation: A grim-faced buck-toothed kid mouths the robotic "Robots in disguise!"
Toy segment: Starts with a close-up of Shockwave's gun barrel, lights flashing as his electronic sounds squeal. Cut to a jumpcut sequence of a kid transforming Shockwave. After doing his Kidmation bit, the buck-toothed kid flies in Jetfire to take on Shockwave. The segment ends with a jumpcut sequence of the buck-toothed kid transforming Jetfire.
Notes: Jetfire here is in his original, toy-based animation model. The toy shown is a Pre-TF Macross VF-1S Valkyrie, albeit with red Jetfire armor. The set is once again mounds of dirt in front of a house somewhere in the Southwestern US. A white picket fence with a plant growing along it is visible in the background of the wideshots. The closeup of Jetfire flying appears to be in front a rocky area with a few tufts of prarie grass strewn about.
Tired of losing battle after battle in the sky, the Autobots create the ultimate robot jet: Jetfire. {The Transformers! More than meets the eye.} But the evil Decepticons have a secret new weapon: Shockwave. {The Transformers! Robots in disguise.} "Jetfire to the rescue!" "Shockwave will stop him!" {The Transformers!} From Hasbro.
  • Jetfire and Shockwave 30 sec - Resoundtracked with the season two theme song and a much more energentic Victor Caroli. The Kidmation has been replaced by the "freaky green glowing eyes" enhanced version of the Jumpstarters ad Kidmation.


Animation: A boy and his father are working on their farm when a horde of Insecticons attacks.
Narration: The Other Guy.
Kidmation: Blond-haired kid.
Toy segment: Jump cut transformation sequences for Kickback and Shrapnel are followed by the Kidmation. Afterwards, the Kidmation kid brings in Swoop to attack the Insecticons being brandished by another kid. The segment ends with a jumpcut sequence of Kidmation kid transforming Swoop.
Notes: While there are already Insecticons chewing on the farmhouse by the time we see it, the fact that the farmhouse shows damage in areas not being munched on suggests the farmer hasn't been doing proper upkeep. The set this time is largely obscured by closeups and motion, but we can see dirt mounds/platforms and a backdrop that seems to imply the kids are in really tall grass.
"Pa, look!" "What is it?" "It's the Insec-ti-cons, an evil, new menace in the world of the Transformers!" {The Transformers! More than meets the eye. The Transformers! Robots in Disguise.} "Decepticons!" "Transform the Dinobots!" {The Transformers! More than meets the eye.} The Transformers. From Hasbro.
  • Insecticons 30 sec - Resoundtracked using the season two theme song. Kidmation has been switched to a "freaky green eyes" enhanced version of the one from the Jumpstarters ad.
  • Insecticons - Resoundtracked from the previous commercial, with the 1986 version of the background music.


  • Constructicons/Devastator 30 sec
Animation: A construction crew works on a building site in the desert. The crew flees when their vehicles suddenly transform, revealing that they are the Constructicons. Devastator touches his fists together over his head and is enveloped with energy.
Narration: The Other Guy.
Kidmation: Blond-haired kid again in a different shirt.
Toy segment: The Constructicons sit in a circle in vehicle mode on top of a mound of dirt. Two jumpcut transformation sequences are shown. Long Haul's results in him having Devastator's crotch plate positioned behind his head. Scrapper's on the other hand, is more impressive. He not only turns into a robot, but a whole other Constructicon as a shot of his vehicle mode is followed by a jumpcut sequence of Bonecrusher's transformation. After the Kidmation, we get a jumpcut sequence of the Constructicons forming Devastator, popping into view one by one. Devastator then swoops in to attack Inferno and Tracks who turn around to watch him bear down on them.
Notes: The construction worker yelling "Run!" sounds like Corey Burton doing a voice similar to adult Spike. The toys appear to be prototypes, based on Mixmaster having a lavender mixer barrel and Hook having a lavender crane boom, rather than the yellow-green of the final releases. Speaking of Mixmaster, he is mistransformed in the end shot with his cab not being swung up to form his feet. This results in him towering over the other Constructicons. Long Haul is mistransformed in the initial vehicle modes shot, his head being flipped up.
In the world of the Transformers, nothing is what it seems. "Run!" Meet the Constructicons, six evil robots that transform into one mechanical giant. {The Transformers! More than meets the eye. The Transformers! Robots in disguise.} "It's Devastator — six Constructicons in one!" {The Transformers!} Each sold separately. "Devastator's attacking!" {More than meets the eye.} Sold separately. From Hasbro.
  • Constructicons/Devastator Giftset 30 sec - Resoundstracked with the season two theme and has a tweaked ending showing the Constructicon giftset. The Kidmation has been changed to the freaky glowing green eyes enhanced version of the Kidmation from the "Autobot Cars plus Thrust and Dirge" ad. The tweaked narration switches "Sold separately." to the oxymoronic "Constructicons giftset sold separately."
  • Constructicons/Devastator 30 sec - Resoundtracked and slightly re-edited for a 1986 re-use with the introductory narration now provided by Frank Welker as Megatron. Kidmation segment is the standard 1986 segment featuring a kid's face fold-morphing into an Ultra Magnus-like generic robot. The ending shot has also been edited to match the aesthetic of the 1986 ads.
Megatron: "In the world of the Transformers, nothing IS what it seems. Meet my Constructicons, six evil robots that transform into one mechanical giant."


Animation: None.
Toy segment: Repeated shots of the Jumpstarter toys doing their thing on a futuristic smooth black floor surface (with custom early-80s sound effects), while shaggy-haired kids turn their heads to watch at whiplash-inducing speeds. At the end two kids fly Starscream and Thundercracker towards two others rolling Topspin and Twin Twist in front of a mountain at dusk backdrop.
Narration: The Other Guy
Kidmation: Buck tooth kid mouths "Robots in Disguise"
Notes: An unusual set this time between the white grid on black floor pattern and the mountain backdrop framed by white lattice and having colored dots on the dark colored mountain's lower half. The shots of the Jumpstarters zooming along appear to be framed by zooming in on the floor at the base of the mountain. The resulting effect is that they appear to zipping through outer space.
Introducing Jumpstarters. Jumpstarters. In the world of the Transformers, no Autobots can jump into battle faster than the Jumpstarters! {The Transformers! More than meets the eye. The Transformers! Robots in disguise.} "Decepticons!" "Jumpstarters attack!" {The Transformers! More than meets the eye.} The Transformers. From Hasbro.


  • Autobot cars plus Thrust and Dirge 30 sec
Animation: As Optimus Prime and Jazz fight a battle in the desert, Smokescreen, Tracks, Hoist, Inferno, Red Alert and Grapple drive up and transform, prompting Megatron to summon Thrust and Dirge.
Narration: You're Gonna Get It
Kidmation: Beatles haircut kid mouths robotic "Robots in disguise!"
Toy segment: One by one panels featuring an Autobot car being rolled are zoomed in, flip over to reveal the same Autobot being flown in robot mode and then zoom out to their final location on-screen. After Kidmation, we see Thrust's nosecone and cockpit flipped up without the arms in place, then a cut to last step of flipping the left wing up. Thrust and Dirge are flown side by side and then we get a jump cut sequence of Inferno's transformation. Inferno, Red Alert and Hoist all whip around just in time for Hoist to get a face full of Thrust. Hey, that's Ramjet's schtick!
Notes: Smokescreen and Grapple appear in the animation segment and are called out by name in the narration but do not appear in the toy segment. The first step shown of Inferno's transformation is incorrect. Instead of the cab being rotated down, it's rotated up either due to being the wrong clip or the clip being run in reverse.
NEW Autobots join Optimus Prime. Smokescreen, Tracks, Hoist, Red Alert and Grapple. And joining the evil Decepticons, Thrust and Dirge. {The Transformers! More than meets the eye. The Transformers! Robots in disguise. The Transformers!} "Decepticon attack!" "Autobots'll stop 'em!" {The Transformers!} The Transformers. From Hasbro.
  • Autobot cars plus Thrust and Dirge 30 sec - Resoundtracked with the season two theme. In a change of pace, the original Kidmation is retained and enhanced with freaky green glowing eyes, rather than being replaced.
  • Autobot cars plus Thrust and Dirge 30 sec - Same as the season two resoundtracking with an Action Cards plug squeezed in at the end.


  • Triple Changers and Perceptor 30 sec
Animation: Astrotrain grapples with Optimus Prime, then escapes on some train tracks. The Autobots blast a trestle out from under him; he transforms and flies away. Optimus Prime uses Perceptor to examine some Decepticon debris.
Narration: The Other Guy
Kidmation: Bowl haircut kid #2.
Toy segment: A blond haired kid uses Perceptor's microscope mode to examine a leaf before changing him to robot mode. Bowl haircut kid rolls Blitzwing in tank mode before changing him to plane and robot, flying each. The two kids engage in battle over a mound of dirt and are joined by third kid wielding Astrotrain.
Notes: Cameo animation appearances from Sunstreaker, Sideswipe, Ratchet. Perceptor is portrayed as significantly shorter than Optimus, perhaps the same size as Bumblebee. The Astrotrain figure shown is a prototype figure in his animation colors). While Astrotrain appears in the animation and in the toy footage, he is never identified by name.
And as the battle between the Autobots and the Decepticons rages on, Megatron creates Triple Changers, the most eeeeevil Decepticons of all! But the Autobot scientist Perceptor is ready for anything. Introducing Perceptor. From a working microscope he changes into a robot. {The Transformers!} And Triple Changer Blitzwing changes from tank to plane and from plane to robot. {Robots in disguise.} "Tri-ple-Changers!" "Autobots'll stop em!" {The Transformers!} Sold separately. From Hasbro.
  • Triple Changers and Perceptor 30 sec - Resoundtracked with the season two theme. The Kidmation has been replaced with a freaky green eyes enhanced clip of the bowl hair cut kid from the "Autobot Cars and Decepticon Planes" ad.
  • Triple Changers and Perceptor 30 sec - Similar to the re-sountracked version, but with a "While Supplies Last" stinger added to the end. The Kidmation has been swapped out yet again, this time for a clip of a kid with a bowl cut and heavy eyebrows saying "I know what I want!" then mouthing along to the music. In contrast to other enhanced Kidmations, this time around we get to see the kid's eyes turn green instead of just starting at that point.


Rumble repeats Spike's mistake in spectacular fashion.
Animation: Rumble merrily walks into a Decepticon base carrying Blaster in boom box mode; Blaster transforms, prompting Soundwave to send Laserbeak and Ravage at him.
Narration: The Other Guy.
Kidmation: Bucktooth kid.
Toy segment: Blaster is shown sitting on some dirt in boombox mode before being picked by a kid who holds Blaster to his ear. This is followed by a jumpcut transformation sequence. Then we see a different kid rolling Optimus Prime through a dirt road diorama before seing Soundwave and Buzzsaw flying by a rock wall. After the Kidmation we go back to Soundwave and Buzzsaw briefly before jumping to Prime in robot mode joining Blaster. Another quick cut to flying Soundwave and Buzzsaw before seeing them come around the wall and clash with Prime and Blaster.
Notes: Soundwave and Rumble's voices are provided by Frank Welker as usual. Blaster's single word of dialogue seems to be provided by Welker (as opposed to his normal actor, Buster Jones) as well, sounding much like his Trailbreaker voice.
"Hey look at this radio I found!" Soundwave: "Autobot intruder!" Rumble: "Where?!?" Blaster: "Here!" Soundwave: "Laserbeak, Ravage, attack!" [Not a working radio] Introducing Blaster! He looks like an innocent radio but transforms into a powerful Autobot Communicator. "Optimus Prime to Blaster, watch out for Soundwave!" {Robots in disguise} "It's Soundwave and Buzzsaw!" "Blaster and Prime will stop them!" The Transformers. Sold separately. From Hasbro.
  • Blaster 30 sec - Resoundtracked with the season two theme. Another rare case of the Kidmation simply being enhanced with "freaky green glowing" eyes instead of being replaced.


Animation: In the desert, Starscream and Thrust attack the new Autobot defense base, not realizing it's Omega Supreme. Omega transforms and attacks. Includes The Transformers: The Movie stinger at the end.
Narration: I Wish I Was Victor Caroli
Kidmation: Shaggy haired kid.
Toy segment: Two kids play with Omega Supreme's base mode on futuristic black floor. One kid places the tank on the tracks to roll around while the other picks up the rocket for a liftoff. This is followed by closeup the of the tank rolling along on its own as the narrator points out the motorization and lights. Two other kids join the action by swooping down Ramjet and Dirge. Cut to a modified jumpcut transformation sequence where instead of straight jumps, the frame becomes a panel and flips around to the next clip. Closeup on Omega Supreme's motorized walking before and after the Kidmation. The segement ends with a wideshot of the second two kids swooping Ramjet and Dirge towards Omega Supreme leading to one last closeup of Omega Supreme walking.
Notes: Starscream and Thrust have their normal cartoon voices. Except for Starscream's last line, "It's Omega Supreme!" which sounds like Chris Latta inhaled helium. The set is the same one from the Jumpstarters commercial.
"It's the Autobot defense base!" "But where are the Autobots?" "Who cares? Decepticons, attack!" "Oh no, look!" "It's Omega Supreme!" Introducing the Autobots' Omega Supreme defense base. It comes with a motorized tank with flashing turret lights. "Decepticons!" "Counterattack Omega Supreme!" {The Transformers!} "Omega Supreme'll stop them!" {Robots in disguise.} "Omega Supreme is invincible!" {The Transformers!} The Transformers. Sold separately, batteries not included. From Hasbro.
  • Omega Supreme 30 sec - Resountracked with the season two theme song. Kidmation has been replaced with the enhanced version of the Kidmation from the Blaster commercial.
  • Omega Supreme 30 sec - Modified version of the 1985 resoundtracking with the same unique Kidmation and "While Supplies Last!" stinger as the variant Triple Changers and Perceptor ad.
  • Omega Supreme 30 sec - Resoundtracked with an Optimus Prime intro narration and the season three theme song. The Kidmation has been replaced with the standard 1986 Kidmation and the end shot has been edited to match the 1986 aesthetic.
Optimus Prime: "There it is, the Omega Supreme defense center! And that's its fantastic motorized tank!


"I've lowered myself to this?"
Toy segment:Alex Karras, along with two unidentified boys, calmly promotes the virtues of Perceptor (a working microscope!) and Blitzwing (what a great tank!) and urges you to shop now if you want one for your kid for Christmas.
In addition to Alex and his child assistants demonstrating the toys, footage from the Dinobots commercial is reused.
Kid KARRAS-mation: Alex Karras mouths along to the "robots in disguise" line and then continues his spiel without missing a beat. Sadly, his eyes do not glow green.
Notes: This ad aired between Halloween and Thanksgiving in order to get a head start in promoting the toys for Christmas. Amongst the many boxed Transformers sitting on the table (in various shots) are Blaster, Snarl, Swoop, Soundwave, Ratchet, Megatron, Jazz, Astrotrain, Grimlock, Wheeljack, Jetfire and Optimus Prime. Three Blitzwings, Jetfire, two Perceptors, Optimus Prime, Smokescreen, Red Alert, and Astrotrain are all shown loose.
These are the Transformers, one of the hottest selling toys in America. If you want one for your kid this Christmas, go now while stores have a good sel-ec-tion.


Animation: A mixture of clips from various 1984 and 1985 commercials, plus the The Transformers logo coming out from behind a volcano taken from the season one cartoon intro.
Narration: Megatron, Optimus Prime and Victor Caroli.
Kidmation: Reused from Autobot cars plus Thrust and Dirge.
Toy segment: A brief clip of a finger rubbing the rubsign on the roof of Smokescreen, with the rubsign then becoming the scene change symbol flip. Later in the ad we get reused clips of the Hoist and Red Alert turning around from the Aubot cars ad, Grimlock's dino head being flipped down from the Dinobots ad, Twin Twist jumping up to his feet from the Jumpstarters ad, and Soundwave's jump cut transformation sequence from his ad. The ad ends with a repeat of the Smokescreen clip.
Notes: This ad was created to help inform consumers that real Transformers toys now had rubsigns to distinguish them from bootlegs and other brands such as Tonka's GoBots.
"We are conquerors." "No one is like us." "Only we have the right to be called by the name." "Only we have the right to wear this symbol." "Or THIS symbol." "Only WE are Autobots and Decepticons." "Good versus evil." "And only WE have the right to be called the Transformers!" Only the Transformers are REAL Transformers!
  • Rubsigns 30 sec - Resountracked with the season two theme. The Kidmation, surprisingly, appears to be unchanged.


Other

Animation: Excerpts from "More than Meets the Eye".
Narration: The Other Guy
Notes: Despite the animation being taken from "More than Meets the Eye", that tape is not actually among those pictured. The pictured tapes are (from left to right): Divide and Conquer, Transport to Oblivion and Roll for It. It is stated that the tapes are available on VHS or Beta.


Animation: Two unbelievably generic Decepticons invade a command post by storming the power station, vastly outnumbered by the unbelievably generic Autobots defending it. Despite the advantage in the numbers game, the train races in to help the Autobots counterattack with "a new secret weapon you control".
Narration: Unknown.
Toy segment: The various features of the train cars are demonstrated, followed by two kids watching the train go around and around. At the end, two robotic shadows appear over the tracks.
Notes: This spot is soundtracked by a new version of the Season 1&2 outro. The generic Autobots have suprisingly drab color palletes, being mostly gray, white and black with some highlights of either yellow, grean or teal. It's even more surprising in contrast to the two Decepticons, who are mostly light blue and golden yellow. The animation models for generics are actually based on the designs of the robot figures which come with the train set. As well, the two shadows at the end appear to be those of two of the robot figures, though not the same two figures upon which the animated Decepticons are based on.
The Decepticons are invading the command post. As they storm the power station, we counterattack. With a new secret weapon you control. A speeding Transformers train. It's more than just a train, as every car transforms into a Hawk Fighter, Weapons Center, Proton Laser. Search mode equipped. "And ready for action!" "Find a new? position and cut off the enemy's escape." {Transformers! More than meets the eye.} The Hawk Fighter attacks with supersonic speed and saves the power station. You've won today, but will you be ready tomorrow?"


They shouldn't race so close to the nuclear power plant.
Animation: None.
Narration: Unknown.
Toy segment: Shots of the racers speeding along the track in normal lighting and then "into a whole new universe of night-glow" are featured.
Notes: Features the same version of the Season 1&2 outro as the train set commercial for background music. This is the only time Natron and Freezon are given names.
Natron, the Autobot, on alert for Freezon, the Decepticon. {Transformers! More than meets the eye.} Up ahead, is that the enemy in disguise? If it is, two can play this game. And the chase is on, between Natron and Freezon, in one form or another. {Transformers! More than meets the eye.} In Transformers Racing. Now, turn off the lights and your Transformers race into a whole new universe of night-glow. Transformers Electric Racing. By Tyco, of course.


"Put your hands in the air!"
  • ViewMaster Showbeam Projector with Transformers cartridge 30 sec
Toy segment: A brother and sister talk their mom into letting them stay up to play with the projector. After she leaves, they are suddenly pulled into the images and the battle they depict. Mom walks back in to see what the ruckus is about. The boy responds "Just our Showbeam Projectors Mom." and displays the projector on her shirt to everyone's amusement.
Notes:
Kids: "Wow!" Mom: "Bedtime!" Boy: "Aw Mom." Girl: "We wanna play the Showbeam Projectors." Mom: "Ok." Boy: "Let's show the Transformers!" Girl: "Yeah!" Both: "Wow!" Girl: "Look out! Decept-E-cons!" Boy: "Take that Megatron!" Mom: "Kids?" Boy: "Just our Showbeam Projectors Mom." Showbeam Projector comes with a cartridge containing a 30 scene Transformers story. Other Showbeam cartridges each sold separately. From ViewMaster.


Cartoon

Animation: Various cartoon excerpts which are mostly from Season One episodes. There are two versions of the ad, which use a different assortment of clips. A clip of the Sub-Atlantican General firing at the Autobots from Atlantis, Arise!, which is used in the Monday-Friday collage, is the most notable exception in version 1 of the ad. For version 2, a scene of Warpath being shot by a fake Starscream from A Prime Problem is the most notable.
Narration: Victor Caroli, various local TV station announcers.
Notes: The Season Two theme is played in the background as Victor Caroli informs us that we can "Watch the heroic Autobots battle the evil Decepticons five days a week." The Caroli narrated segment was sent to the various local TV stations who then added narration and a screen with the station logo and slogan to the end of the spot. This type of customized promo would continue until Transformers left terrestrial television.
The Transformers are like nothing you've ever seen before. Don't miss a single day!


  • 15 second cartoon promo 15 sec
Animation: Various cartoon excerpts from the first two seasons, though mostly Season One.
Narration: Victor Caroli and Optimus Prime.
Notes: This spot reuses the animation clips from the collage in the previous commercial. However, instead of using them in a collage, a screen flipping transition is used to go from one to the next. The local station end screen was modified to include a small clip of Optimus Prime standing up. To go along with this, a Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime narration was added in the format of "Weekdays at [insert time here] on [insert station call letters here]." Considering there were likely in the neighborhood of 100 or so syndication affiliate stations, that must have been a long day at the office for Mr. Cullen!


1986

Movie

"We're the Dandy Highwaymen, and here's our invitation."
Animation: A number of scenes from the movie including Unicron's devouring of Lithone, Kup telling stories to the Dinobots, Ultra Magnus, Springer and Arcee transforming Autobot City, and Unicron's transformation.
Narration: Victor Caroli tells us how awesome the movie will be by giving away some fairly hefty plot spoilers.
Notes: Created for the purpose of getting potential investors to buy into the movie, this trailer features LOTS of unfinished or ultimately unused animation. Also features several placehoder items including a temp music track featuring cues taken from Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, the voicework for Kup and the Autobot City computer (the latter of which was dropped in the final film), and an early movie logo featuring the word "Movie" in plain red text under the standard The Transformers logo. The subtitled version omits a large portion of Caroli's introductory narration and begins at him naming the movie.
A new motion picture will transform the summer of 1986 into an incredible adventure. Transformers: The Movie. It is the year 2005, and a mysterious planet threatens to devour the galaxy... Kup: "This gigatic igyak came stomping at us out of nowhere." Conceived in the epic tradition of Star Wars, this spectacular animated adventure stars Leonard Nimoy as Galvatron, Robert Stack as Ultra Magnus, Judd Nelson as Hot Rod, and Eric Idle as the Junkion warrior Wreck-Gar. "Battle stations! Battle stations!" And at film's end, when the monstrous planet Unicron, played by Orson Welles, reveals it's long held secret by transforming into the most gigantic robot ever, you'll know you've been watching a movie that is destined to bring back audiences again and again. In the summer of 1986, the most exciting adventure in the universe is on planet Earth. Transformers: The Movie.
  • The Transformers: The Movie theatrical trailer 1:28 - Edited down from the promo trailer and re-soundtracked with some new Victor Caroli narration and proper Vince DiCola music to be sent out to cinemas. The edit removes the hefty spoilers.
A new motion picture will transform the summer of 1986 into an incredible adventure. Transformers: The Movie. An epic story of good versus evil, this spectacular animated adventure stars Leonard Nimoy as Galvatron, Robert Stack as Ultra Magnus, Judd Nelson as Hot Rod, and Eric Idle as the Junkion warrior Wreck-Gar. In the summer of 1986, the most exciting adventure in the universe is on planet Earth. Transformers: The Movie. Coming this summer to a theater near you.


  • The Transformers: The Movie theatrical trailer 1:30
Animation: Clips from the movie, starting with the Autobot shuttle launching and the Sharkticon guard pulling the feed-them-to-the-Sharkticons lever. "The Touch" plays across the first half, then Lion's rendition of the theme song covers the second half.
Narration: Victor Caroli introduces the characters and expounds on how great the movie is. Robert Stack and Eric Idle have been dropped from the list of featured performers.
{You've got the touch!} Hold on tight. The most incredible rock and roll adventure ever is here! Quintesson: "Feed him to the Sharkticons." Starring: Judd Nelson as Hot Rod, Leonard Nimoy as Galvatron: "Galvatron." and Orson Welles. Unicron: "I am Unicron." {You've got the motion. You know that when things get too tough, you've got the touch!} Beyond good. Beyond evil. Beyond your wildest imagination. {Transformers!} Transformers: The Movie. {Their battle to destroy the evil forces of...the Decepticons. Transformers! Robots in disguise! Transformers! Transformers! Transformers! More than meets the eye!} Transformers: The Movie. {Transformers!} Coming to a theater near you this August.
  • The Transformers: The Movie theatrical trailer 1:25 - An alternate version not only has Caroli dropping the hefty spoilers again during the musical interlude, but actually presenting them as a selling point. This version of the trailer was included the Japanese promotional VHS tape The Transformers: The Movie - Apocalypse: Be Eternal, Matrix.
{You've got the touch!} Hold on tight. The most incredible rock and roll adventure ever is here! Quintesson: "Feed him to the Sharkticons." Starring: Judd Nelson as Hot Rod, Leonard Nimoy as Galvatron: "Galvatron." and Orson Welles. Unicron: "I am Unicron." {You've got the motion.} It's the ultimate battle between Autobots and Decepticons. {You've got the touch!} Beyond good. Beyond evil. Beyond your wildest imagination. {Transformers!} Transformers: The Movie. {Their battle to destroy the evil forces of...the Decepticons.} New heroes, new villans, in the ultimate Transformer experience! And, the final confrontation between Megatron and Optimus Prime. Transformers! Transformers! The battle between good and evil rages to a new level! {More than meets the eye!} Transformers: The Movie. {Transformers!}


  • The Transformers: The Movie TV spots 30 sec,30 sec (Opens in 3 days)
Animation: Similar to the trailer with Autobot shuttle launch at the beginning, then switches back and forth between the Autobot City battle, Unicron devouring Lithone and Kup and Hot Rod vs. the Decepticons. Again, "The Touch" plays for the first half, then Lion's rendition of the theme song.
Narration: Depending on the version, Victor Caroli, The Other Movie Guy, or both.
Notes: Several different versions of the TV spot were produced, updating the amount of time to go until the movie's release. The known variations are: "August 8th" (60 & 30 seconds), "Opens Tomorrow" (60 & 30 seconds), "Opens Today" (30 seconds) "Now playing!"(60 & 30 seconds), "Opens in Three Days" (30 sec #1), and "Opens in Three Days" (30 sec #2).
So exciting you'll have to see it twice to take it all in!
Version Length Link
Opens August 8th Teen 0:60 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYt28T7n1Mc
Opens August 8th Teen 0:30 20thDVD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyw0Yn6ttpk
Opens August 8th Kid 1 0:30
Opens August 8th Kid 2 0:30
Opens in four days Teen 0:60
Opens in four days Teen 0:30
Opens in four days Kid 1 0:30 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ES2XjRhQ_eY
Opens in four days Kid 2 0:30 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XSgsgDjZt0
Opens in three days Teen 0:60
Opens in three days Teen 0:30
Opens in three days Kid 1 0:30 http://youtu.be/DYt28T7n1Mc?t=235
Opens in three days Kid 2 0:30 http://youtu.be/DYt28T7n1Mc?t=143
Opens in two days Teen 0:60
Opens in two days Teen 0:30
Opens in two days Kid 1 0:30
Opens in two days Kid 2 0:30
Opens tomorrow Teen 0:60 20thDVD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IbpFqBXKxg
Opens tomorrow Teen 0:30 20thDVD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2jn1SCYKY0
Opens tomorrow Kid 1 0:30 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lszfvuRcG68
Opens tomorrow Kid 2 0:30
Opens today Teen 0:60
Opens today Teen 0:30
Opens today Kid 1 0:30 http://youtu.be/DYt28T7n1Mc?t=69
Opens today Kid 2 0:30
Now playing Teen 0:60 20thDVD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdR5fKht5LY
Now playing Teen 0:30 20thDVD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoCH1L7vE5Q
Now playing Kid 1 0:30
Now playing Kid 2 0:30 http://youtu.be/DYt28T7n1Mc?t=107


  • The Transformers: The Movie TV spots [1] - Transformers The Movie contest - Enter to win prizes

Toys

  • Hot Rod, Kup, and Blurr; Cyclonus and Scourge; and Rrrrrodimus Prime. 30 sec
Animation: A running battle in the desert with each character charging in and quipping as the narrator identifies him.
Narration: Victor Caroli.
Kidmation: Kid face to Galvatron face.
Toy segment: Rodimus Prime drives along a dirt road in front of a dirt wall. A starburst transition leads us to Rodimus in robot mode standing on a mound of dirt. Next is a jumpcut sequence of Rodimus' trailer being transformed to base mode and then Rodimus is placed behind the gun mount. Cut to a side by side of Cylconus and Scourge being flown in robot mode front of a rock wall before a transition into Rodimus being flown in robot mode from the other direction. The segment ends with the Kidmation.
Notes: Cameos by Starscream and Skywarp, making this bit of animation yet another one of the pre-TF:TM ancillary stories that contradicts the movie itself. Additionally features an older Hot Rod animation model placing his Autobot symbol above his fire emblem, as it also appears in the movie promo trailer. Frank Welker voices Hot Rod for his single line. Kup and Blurr's voices are provided by their normal season three voice actors and John Moschitta.
And new Autobots join Optimus Prime. Kup, "Reminds me of the battle of Beta Four." Hot Rod, "Watch my smoke." And Blurr. "Nowyouseeme. Nowyoudon't." And these are the new Decepticons, the evil Cyclonus "I'm spoiling for a fight." and Scourge. "No one escapes the Sweeps." But soon a new Autobot leader will arrive. Introducing Rodimus Prime. No one can take on the Decepticons like Rrrrrodimus Prime! {Transformers! Robots in disguise.} The Transformers. Each sold separately. From Hasbro.


Animation: Decepticons are attacking the Autobot launch site. With Optimus on Cybertron, it's up to Ultra Magnus! Magnus loads up some 'bots in Autobot City, then rolls out into the desert to fight the Decepticons, plowing through the Combaticons en route.
Narration: Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime and Victor Caroli.
Kidmation: Kid face to generic Magnus face.
Toy segment: Hot Rod, Smokescreen, Tracks, and Red Alert are loaded in order top to bottom onto Magnus' carrier mode, with a zoom in on the lower level. A close up on Magnus rolling fully loaded past a rockwall is followed by a different angle showing that Magnus is being rolled along an unpaved cliffside road. Mimicking the animation, he runs into the Combaticons (this time it's Swindle, Brawl and Vortex) and knocks them off the edge. The segment ends with a jumpcut sequence of Ultra Magnus' transformation to robot mode and a very short repeat of Ultra Magnus barrelling through the Combaticons.
Notes: Blaster gets his normal voice actor this time around. Ultra Magnus' voice is provided by his season three voice actor, Jack Angel. Cameo appearances by Starscream, Skywarp, Thrust, Dirge; Jazz, Red Alert, Smokescreen; Onslaught, Swindle, Brawl; Tracks. Another version of this ad has the ending
"Decepticons are attacking our launch site. Where's Prime?" Blaster: "He's on Cybertron. It's up to you Ultra Magnus." Ultra Magnus: "Autobots, transform and mount up." {When Ultra Magnus rolls - into action - he takes on Decepticons - like no one else can.} Optimus Prime: "Meet Ultra Magnus. As car carrier he can transport four Autobots into battle, but once there he tranforms into my powerful Autobot commander." {The Transformers! Robots in disguise.} The Transformers. Each sold separately. From Hasbro.
  • Ultra Magnus 30 sec - Slightly shortened to squeeze in a plug for The Transformers: The Movie narrated by Victor Caroli and Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime. :And coming this summer, Transformers: The Movie. Optimus Prime: "You've never seen anything like it."


  • Ultra Magnus and Galvatron 30 sec
Animation: Magnus and Galvatron, along with others, do battle on a highway. Starscream and Skywarp can be glimpsed flying into battle alongside Galvatron!
Narration: Optimus Prime and Megatron.
Kidmation: Kid face to Galvatron face.
Toy segment: A jumpcut transformation sequence of Galvatron going from cannon to robot is followed by a zoom in on his head as his electronic lights and sounds are demonstrated. A clip of Ultra Magnus' loaded carrier mode (re-used from the previous ad) rolls into a ball before expanding into a clip of Ultra Magnus being flown in robot mode (also re-used from the previous ad). Cut to two boys battling with Galvatron's electronics activated and the toys held awakardly above and behind them. Back to the reused loaded Magnus carrier mode clip which does a confetti like transiton to a still shot of Magnus in robot mode standing on a dirt plateau. Galvatron's light and sounds are demoed again, this time in cannon mode before ending with a bordered spray transition to a still shot of Galvatron's robot mode in front of a rock wall.
Notes: Cameos by Jazz, Red Alert, Smokescreen, Tracks (could this be in continuity with the previous commercial?!); Skywarp and Starscream. Galvatron's voice appears to be Frank Welker doing a less-gravely Megatron-like voice. Ultra Magnus' voice is again provided by Jack Angel. Megatron and Galvatron are treated as separate characters to avoid spoiling the fact Galvatron IS Megatron.
{Ultra Magnus!} Optimus Prime: "The courageous Ultra Magnus is a born leader." Ultra Magnus: "We meet at last Galvatron." Galvatron: "And it will be the last time we meet." Megatron: "And Galvatron is Ultra Magnus's sworn enemy." {The Transformers! Robots in disguise.} Megatron: "Galvatron transforms from laser cannon to fighting robot." Optimus Prime: "And Ultra Magnus transforms from huge car carrier to Autobot Commander." {The Transformers! More than meets the eye.} The Transformers. Each sold separately. From Hasbro.
*Ultra Magnus and Galvatron 30 sec - A shortened version includes a tail-end ad for The Transformers: The Movie, narration by The Other Movie Guy. Does Prime die?!


It sorta happened like this in the movie. A little.
Animation: Original animation, but the plot draws heavily from The Transformers: The Movie. Springer's shuttle is destroyed by the Revenge; he flies to the surface of Junkion and battles Wreck-Gar and another Junkion.
Narration: Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime describing Springer, Frank Welker as Megatron gleefully describing Wreck-Gar as though he were a Decepticon (and the toy shown has a Decepticon symbol) and Victor Caroli.
Kidmation: Kid face to generic Magnus face.
Toy segment: Wreck-Gar is rolled up a dirt incline in front of a rock wall, leading into his jumpcut transformation sequence. Similarly, Springer arrives in car mode on a dirt platform before going through a jumpcut transformation sequence. The segment ends with two kids battling it out with the toys, standing over a dirt platform.
Notes: Wreck-Gar is voiced by Frank Welker for this commercial, not sounding particularly distinct from Megatron aside from affecting a British accent; his lines are rearranged snippets taken from his lines in the movie. Wreck-Gar's treatment as a Decepticon may have been another attempt to avoid spoiling the plot of the movie à la treating Galvatron as a separate character from Galvatron.
Optimus Prime: "His spaceship destroyed by Decepticon fire, Springer, the toughest of the Autobot Triplechangers, crash lands on planet Junkion." Wreck-Gar: "Hurry, hurry, operators are standing by. No welcome wagons. Hello Stranger!" {The Transformers! More than meets the eye.} Megatron: "Junkion Wreck-Gar transforms from motorcycle to robot." Optimus Prime: "And triplechanger Springer transforms from car to helicopter to robot." {The Transformers! Robots in disguise.} The Transformers. Each sold separately. From Hasbro.


  • Sharkticons, Kup, Hot Rod and Wheelie [2]
Animation: Like the previous commercial, heavily based on the movie. Hot Rod and Kup battle a group of Sharkticons, and Wheelie (who sounds so much like Scrappy-Doo, it's hard to figure out whether Frank Welker or Don Messick voiced him in this particular commercial) arrives to help.
Narration: Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime, Frank Welker as Megatron and Victor Caroli.
Kidmation: Kid face to Galvatron face.
Toy segment: Starts with two kids shoving their Sharkticons into the camera. Hot Rod and Kup drive through a rocky diorama meeting up on pile of dirt from which they are uncerimoniously shoved off by the Sharkticons. The segment ends with a jumpcut transformation sequence.
Notes: Once again, the Hot Rod toy is the prototype magenta color. The toys are consistently referred to as "Sharkticons" and the individual name "Gnaw" is never used.
Optimus Prime: "What could be more terrifying than being Kup and Hot Rod stranded on an alien planet battling the merciless Sharkticons?" "Wheelie say, find friends today!" {The Transformers! More than meets the eye.} Megatron: "Meet the Sharkticons!" {Autobots never faced an evil force worse than the terror of - the Sharkticons! The Transformers! Robots in disguise.} The Transformers. Each sold separately. From Hasbro.


  • Aerialbots and Stunticons giftsets 30 sec
Animation: The two teams both arrive in the desert and transform; both combine, and Superion bashes Menasor into a cliff. Menasor's legs are on backwards.
Narration: Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime, Frank Welker as Megatron and Victor Caroli.
Kidmation: Kid face to generic Magnus face.
Toy segment: Still frames of each of the Aerialbots' alt modes flip around and zoom out into place in a collage of Aerialbot robot modes. This is followed by a jumpcut assembly of Superion and Superion flying in front of a wall. After the Kidmation, a kid pops up from behind a rock holding Menasor and engages in battle with a second kid holding Superion.
Notes: This ad was filmed on a "rocks and dirt in front of a house in the Southwestern US" set but a different one from any of the previous ones. Megatron's dialogue is rather strange switching from narration to ordering the Stunticons to attack as though they can hear him. Megatron's dialogue also includes one hell of a sentence fragment: "Only the Stunticons!" ...only the Stunticons what?
Optimus Prime: "Look, the Aerialbots!" Megatron: "Look, the Stunticons!" Megatron: "Only the Stunticons!" Optimus Prime: "Only the Aerialbots have this kind of teamwork." Megatron: "Stunticons attack!" {Aerialbots wage their battle to destroy the evil forces of the Decepticons. The Transformers! More than meets the eye. The Transformers! Robots in disguise.} Kid 1: "Nobody can stop Menasor!" Kid 2: "Except Superion!" Stunticon and Aerialbot giftsets sold separately. From Hasbro.
Aerialbots and Stunticons 30 sec - Similar to the previous commercial except that the music has been changed from the Season 2 intro theme to the Season 3 intro and instead of advertising the giftsets at the end, it advertises the individual toys.


  • Combaticons/Bruticus and Metroplex 30 sec
Animation: The Combaticons fly through a canyon, combine, and attack Metroplex, who transforms to his enormous robot mode and fires at them.
Narration: Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime, Frank Welker as Megatron and Victor Caroli.
Kidmation: Kid face to Galvatron face.
Toy segment: Rocks pull away and the camera zooms in (with jumpcuts halfway through) to reveal Metroplex sitting in base mode on a small rock platform. As Prime describes Metroplex's modes we jump to a shot of his battlestation mode, a jumpcut transformation sequence and Metroplex flying by the ol' rock wall in robot mode. The Combaticons get the bum's rush by comparison. Their portion consists of a close up of Onslaught that zooms out to show all five Combaticons in vehicle mode on a dirt area then a very quick jumpcut assembly of Bruticus. After the Kidmation, we get a closeup of Bruticus flying that leads to two kids transforming Metroplex from city to battle station to robot in another very quick jumpcut sequence. The segment ends with a brief shot of the two kids battling with Metroplex and Bruticus.
Notes: Once again, Megatron switches between narration and giving orders, this time doing it mid-speech. The Combaticon toys used have an early sticker set that
Megatron: "Only we have a military attack group like the Combaticons. Transform Combaticons and attack the new Autobot city!" {The Transformers! More than meets the eye.} Optimus Prime: "Autobots, this is our new city Metroplex! It can transform into a battle station and then transform again into the giagantic Metroplex himself." Megatron: "But the Combaticons can combine to form Bruticus!" {Robots in disguise.} Kid 1: "Decepticons attack!" Kid 2: "Transform Metroplex!" {The Transformers!} Each sold separately. From Hasbro.
*Combaticons/Bruticus and Metroplex 30 sec - Slightly shortened to include a plug for the movie. Caroli/Prime version.


  • Protectobots/Defensor and Trypticon 30 sec
Animation: The Protectobots drive down a road towards the Decepticons' massive new base, transform and attack. Astrotrain's voice commands the base to transform into battle station mode; the Protectobots become Defensor and fire back. Trypticon changes to dinosaur mode and blasts fire-breath at Defensor.
Narration: Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime, Frank Welker as Megatron and Victor Caroli.
Kidmation: Kid face to Galvatron face.
Toy segment: Starts with a zoom in on Trypticon's city mode on a platform in a rocky area, similar to the Metroplex one but sans revealing rocks and jumpcuts. Afer a jumpcut transformation sequence to Trypticon's battlestation mode, a collage of the Protectobots flying in robot mode warps into a ball and then unwarps into Defensor flying. After a brief snippet of animated Defensor firing, we see Trypticon's head rotate around to complete his transformation to dinosaur mode and a clip of Trypticon breathing fire. After the last bit of animation, two kids playing with the toys are very affected by the sight of toy Trypticon knocking over Defensor via his motorized walk.
Notes: The area where Trypticon's toy is shown in city mode is more desolate than the one in the Metroplex ad, with what looks to be several "stumps" of trees cut down at the three foot/one meter height range in the background.
Optimus Prime: "That's it, Trypticon, the new Decepticon city." Hot Spot: "It's enormous!" First Aid: "That never stopped the Protectobots before!" Astrotrain: "Transform Trypticon!" Megatron: "The awesome new Decepticon city Trypticon can transform into an incredible battle station." Kid: "Transform the Protectobots!" Optimus Prime: "But the Protectobots can transform into Defensor!" Megatron: "But, Trypticon can transform again into a dinosaur!" {The Transformers! Robots in disguise.} The Transformers. Batteries not included. From Hasbro.


Animation: The Dinobots barrel over Skywarp, Thundercracker and Starscream; the Predacons charge in to counter the Dinobots, transforming into robot mode and then combining into Predaking.
Narration: Frank Welker as Megatron and Victor Caroli.
Kidmation: Kid face to generic Magnus face.
Toy segment: Headstrong, Tantrum and Divebomb each get a jumpcut sequence where a shot of them flying in robot mode peels back from the center to reveal their alternate mode shoved into the camera. The last alternate mode still, Divebomb's, pans back to become the center of a collage of Predacon alternate modes. The collage rolls into a spinning cylinder before unrolling into Predaking flying in front of a rock wall. After the Kidmation, Snarl (at an angle reminiscent of Jazzy Jeff being physically tossed out of the house on{w:The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air}) and Grimlock are shown flying in front of rock wall in separate shots. Predaking flies in from the other direction and the kid holding him clashes with another kid holding Swoop. The remaining four Dinobots sit idly below on a dirt platform.
Notes: Snarl is missing from the animated Dinobots. He was also missing from previous commercials featuring the Dinobots. He did make it into the toy footage though. Sludge also gets his first toy segement appearance.
Megatron: "Few Decepticons can stand up to the Dinobots, but the Predacons can! The Predacons not only transform into robots but into one gigantic robot! Predaking!" {The Transformers! More than meets the eye.} Kid 1: "Transform the Predacons!" {The Transformers! Robots in disguise} Kid 1: "It's the Dinobots!" Kid 2: "Can't stop Predaking!" The Transformers. Each sold separately. From Hasbro.


Animation: Predaking smashes through a mountain to attack the Dinobots. Slag notices Predaking and Grimlock thinks they're in trouble, but then Sky Lynx swoops in to save the day.
Narration: Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime and Victor Caroli.
Kidmation: Kid face to generic Magnus face.
Toy segment: Sky Lynx's shuttle component flies through the air before a jumpcut docks it on his transporter half. We then get a jumpcut transformation sequence showing the shuttle converted to bird, the Lynx mode of the transporter half, and finally the combined form. After Kidmation, a kid swoops down Predaking onto the dirt platform where Sky Lynx's combined from stands. After Predaking lands, Sky Lynx "stops" him by slowly walking into him.
Notes: Impressively, in the clip of the shuttle being docked onto the crawler transporter, the transporter is moving the entire time. Like the Ultra Magnus commercials, this one could actually be in continuity with the Predacon commercial, which ended with the Predacons combining. Slag (Neil Ross) and Grimlock (Gregg Berger) both have their cartoon voices (well, the higher-pitched voice that Slag had in Season 3.)
Slag: "Look it's Predaking!" Grimlock: "Me Grimlock think we in big trouble!" Slag: "Not to worry, here comes Sky Lynx!" {The Transformers! More than meets the eye.} Optimus Prime: "Meet Skylynx. This ferocious motorized Autobot triple changes from space shuttle...to bird and lynx and then combines to form Sky Lynx." Kid 1: "Predaking's attacking." Kid 2: "Sky Lynx'll stop him!" The Transformers. Batteries not included. From Hasbro.


  • Triple Changers - Sandstorm, Broadside and Octane 30 sec
Animation: Blitzwing and Astrotrain attack Powerglide and Warpath; Sandstorm and Broadside change repeatedly as they travel over water and land. This ends with Sandstorm driving off a ramp-like cliff and transforming into a helicopter to take on Astrotrain and Blitzwing alongside Broadside in jet mode.
Narration: Victor Caroli
Kidmation: Kid face to generic Magnus face.
Toy segment: Sandstorm's buggy mode rolls along a ridge as the narrator starts naming off his modes and we get jumpcuts to his other two modes flying. Broadside's aircraft carrier mode rests on the same ridge as his transformations are named and shown flying. We then get a transition to a scene of two kids swooping the Autobot triple changers in robot mode down on Octane in tanker mode as third kid drives him along the same ridge we saw earlier. A jumpcut shows a close up on Octane's tanker mode rolling on the ridge followed by cuts to shots of his other two modes flying while Caroli names them. The last Octane shot gets sucked into the center of the screen to transition to another battle scene with the three kids.
Notes: The commercial uses the alternate character model for Broadside, also used in Carnage in C-Minor.
Pinned down one time too many by Astrotrain and Blitzwing, the Autobots build their own triple changers. {Autobot - triple changers battling - the triple changers of - the Decepticons!} Triple changer Sandstorm transforms from dune buggy to copter to robot and Broadside transforms from carrier to jet to robot, to fight Decepticon triple changer Octane who transforms from tanker to jumbo jet to robot. {The Tranformers! Robots in disguise.} The Transformers. From Hasbro.
*Triple Changers - Sandstorm, Broadside and Octane 30 sec - An edited version of the previous spot with the animated segment shorted in order to fit in a tail-end plug for the movie.


Animation: Amid a field of erupting volcanoes, Ultra Magnus and his usual team of Autobots (Jazz, Smokescreen, Red Alert and Tracks) transform and march forward in lock-step, prompting Megatron to order the Battlechargers to attack. Runabout and Runamuck drive off a cliff; Runabout transforms with a green grid effect and fires.
Narration: Frank Welker as Megatron and Victor Caroli.
Kidmation: Kid face to Galvatron face.
Toy segment: The Battlechargers and pulled back and released. This causes a kid to whip his head around to follow them as they zoom along and transform upon a black floor with a futuristic white grid pattern. The transformation is immediately repeated with streaking effects comprised of a trail of the toys' upper torsos. This is followed by Runamuck being released to zoom and transform on his own. We then get a different clip of both toys being pulled back and released, with a longer lengthwise look at the toys' vehicle modes rolling along before cutting to the front end angle for the transformation. Again the transformation is repeated with the trailing effect but instead of the kid whipping his head around, he's merely follows with his eyes. We then see Runabout pulled back with highlighting and smoking effects added to his wheels. The kid whips his head around again to see Runabout transforming with the trailing effect. We then get a sequence of jumpcuts starting with a closeup of Runabout's head before switching to shots of Runamuck's gun being equipped and then Runabout's. The last cut is to a shot of Runabout being converted to car mode. Hot Rod flashes across the screen as we see two kids rolling the Battlechargers. One of them yells "It's the Autobots!" as we see two kids approach holding the aforementioned Hot Rod and...Scourge? "Battlechargers attack!"
Notes: The set from the Jumpstarters and Omega Supreme ads is back.
Megatron: "Look! It's Ultra Magnus and the Autobots. Battlechargers attack!" {Nobody jumps into action - faster than - Battlechargers!} Megatron: "My Battlechargers will crush the Autobots!" {Nobody jumps into action - faster than - Battlechargers! More than meets the eye. The Transformers! Robots in disguise.} Kid 1: "It's the Autobots!" Kid 2: "Battlechargers attack!" The Transformers. Sold separately. From Hasbro.

Other

Spike, if you don't put the patch on your skin, you won't get the nicotine.
This socially awkward scene could be all yours!

Animation: Jazz and Cosmos land on a plateau and request that the dark blobs moving below identify themselves. Spike replies that it's him and some friends. Jazz, Cosmos, Tracks and Smokescreen shine their lights to reveal that it is in "Spike and friends" and they are wearing Transformers reflective patches. Spike and his friends subsequently follow Cosmos into the Autobot base.
Narration: Victor Caroli.
Kidmation: Kid face to generic Magnus face; also, a kid saying "Robots in Disguise" through the Voice Changer.
Notes: The appearance of Tracks and Smokescreen is a bit more than the cameo in the background of a single shot it would initially appear to be. The shot of Spike and friends being illuminated has beams of light coming from five different directions which means that Tracks and Smokescreen must be joining in. But that's only four Autobots which means a fifth unidentified Autobot must be there as well. Between the animation and the Ultra Magnus Kidmation we get a quick shot of a kid turning to face the camera (and a spotlight) while wearing a sweatshirt covered in relective patches while standing in front of a white picket fence. The lighting is dim outside of the spotlight, presumably to highlight the patches and echo the nighttime setting of the animated segment. After the Kidmation, we see two other kids (one in a solid red shirt the other in a white shirt with red sleeves) standing in front of a peg wall of 1985 and 1986 Minibots. One of them grabs a Seaspray and turns to look at the back, alongside his friend looking at the back of Swerve. When he turns it is revealed that behind them is a set of shelves containing larger Transformers. The top shelf has Soundwave along with a number of each of the four Deluxe Insecticons. The middle shelf is full of Jetfires while the bottom shelf has Omega Supreme. Standard cartoon voices for Spike, Jazz and Cosmos. Background cameos by Tracks and Smokescreen. Next we see a kid wearing a blue sweatshirt over a dress shirt (different kid from the first segment) run into a room holding carded Swerve and Skydive to announce to the kid in the red shirt from the previous segment: "I got a free reflective patch!". Cut to the night time fence scene from the first segment and the second blue shirted kid and the other kid from the store segment show off their Superion and Omega Supreme patches on their shoulders while yelling out the character names. After this we get a demonstration of a Blitzwing patch being ironed onto some sort of black fabric. As the narration goes on to talk about the prizes, we see scenes of a kid's birthday party in a wooded area with performers in Thundercracker and Jazz costumes (similar if not identical to those from the Universal Studios Tour), a kid talking into the Electronic Voice Changer, and the same stock footage of the Action Cards from the 1985 ad stingers. The ad ends with a scene of kids running up to the peg wall to grab Transformers. This wider shot reveals that in addition to Minibot pegs there is also a column of Stunticon and Aerialbot limbs. This ad is INCREDIBLY consistent in featuring the patches. EVERY single kid visible in the ad, animated and live action, has at least one patch on their shirt. This even includes the party scene and the kid using the voice changer! While Spike and the friend to his left have Autobot patches (Ultra Magnus and Omega Supreme, respectively), the friend on the other side has a Blitzwing patch! Since all three follow Cosmos into the base, the Autobots must not have held it against him.
Cosmos: "Who goes there?" Spike: "Spike and friends!" Jazz: "Shine a light on them, they're wearing Transformers reflective patches." Cosmos: "Okay!" {The Transformers. Robots in Disguise!} In the Transformers Prizes in Disguise game everyone's a winner! "I got a free reflective patch!" "Superion!" "Omega Supreme!" And eight more. And your patch may disguise an instant prize, like a party with life-sized Transformers or electronic voice changers. "Robots in disguise." Or Transformers Action cards. Get Transformers reflective patches and game details free in specially marked packages. From Hasbro.


Kidmation: Three different kids turn into animated versions of the lead good guy from the toyline that corresponds to their underwear while growling that line's catchphrase and the name of the good guy. The last of the three is Freddy, who pulls on his Transformers Underoos and turns into Optimus Prime while growling "MORE than meets the eye! The Transformers!".
Notes: The animation model used for Optimus Prime has design simplifications which make it very similar to the animation model used in the actual cartoons. The coloring of the model however, is based off Prime's package art. It oddly deviates by coloring the upper legs blue, and having a white line just under his forehead crest.
"Freddy, what are you doing up there?"

Cartoon

  • 30 second cartoon promo 30 sec
Animation: Various Season One and Two excerpts.
Narration: Victor Caroli, various local TV station announcers.
Notes: In addition to the customized end tag, a text overlay in that station's style was placed over several scenes early in the spot. Uses the Season 3/Season 4 theme. Two different Megatron quotes are used.
"We'll be waiting!"


  • 10 second cartoon promo 30 sec
Animation: Various Season Two excerpts.
Narration: Victor Caroli, various local TV station announcers.
Notes: Uses Season Three/Season Four theme.
It's the incredible adventures of the Transformers. Watch as Heroic Autobots bravely battle Evil Decepticons every Monday through Friday. Don't miss a single day!

1987

Many of the live-action segments for the 1987 toy commercials showed kids playing with the toys in a rocky, doom-laden environment, replete with constant flashes of lightning illuminating the toys. It is possible this is meant to be Nebulos, given the way that planet is portrayed in the animated segments.

"Let's search that planet, Magnus! We've got to find them! With their help, we can defeat the Decepticons!" Keep hoping, Rodimus. Keep hoping.
Animation: The four Autobot Headmaster Nebulans climb into their respective partners, who are parked in vehicle mode in a base; they roll out and clash with the three Headmaster Decepticons. Includes particularly nice closeups of Monzo and Stylor.
Narration: Rodimus and Ultra Magnus narrate. (well, Rodimus actually spews out a series of basically incomprehensible lines.)
Kidmation: A kid leaps and flips, turning into a stop-motion version of Ultra Magnus's toy.
Head. MasterTransformers—more muchmore than meets the eyes! [sic]

Animation: At the secret base of the Headmaster Decepticons, the "trainers" are putting Skullcrucher, Weirdwolf and Mindwipe through their paces, having them jump through hoops and smash through rock statues of the Autobot Headmasters. Yes, the "trainer" concept actually made it into animation. They even carry whips!
Narration: Galvatron, Victor Caroli.
Kidmation: Kid to stop-motion Magnus toy.
Nothing's better than going into battle with these Transformers!

Animation: Apeface and Snapdragon fly into a canyon and transform to robot mode, then change to beast mode and charge, spewing fire and swinging rocks around.
Narration: Victor Caroli.
Kidmation: Extreme closeup of a kid's eye, with a camera pull-out emerging from the pupil.
The jaws of the beast become the pilot of the plane, and the pilot of the plane becomes the head of the robot!

Animation: Live-action set of a rocky planet explodes. Cel: on Cybertron(?), Crosshairs and Sureshot get strafed by Triggerhappy, who transforms and grapples with Sureshot, while their guns do the same. Crosshairs drives forward; he and Pinpointer transform and run, then both get tackled by Misfire and Aimless.
Narration: Galvatron, Ultra Magnus, and Victor Caroli.
Kidmation: Kid flips and becomes stop-motion Ultra Magnus toy.
Two Trans-for-mers, all in one! The vehicle transforms and so does the gun!

Animation: Rodimus Prime and Galvatron lead their teams in battle; Sixshot attacks and runs through his various modes, as Galvatron describes them and Cyclonus counts them off.
Narration: Victor Caroli.
Notes: Cameos by Kup, Wheelie, Blurr, Scourge. Galvatron has his usual cartoon voice, but Cyclonus does not. A deeper version of the substitute Cyclonus voice is also used for Sixshot. Also, atypically for animators Toei, Cyclonus' earlier pre-production character model as most often seen in AKOM-animated episodes is used.
The most challenging Transformer of them all!

Hi-Tech Sentai Nerdranger
Revenge of the nerds!
  • Technobots/Computron and Scorponok 30 sec
Animation: Galvatron runs down a ramp as Scorponok transforms from base to scorpion to repulse the Technobots; the Technobots combine, and get hit with a rock thrown by Scorponok.
Narration: Galvatron, Victor Caroli.
Notes: Naturally, Zarak is visible running around as Scorponok transforms.
And now it's a beast with capture claws and a trainer who becomes...the HEAD of its robot!

  • Technobots and Terrorcons 30 sec
Animation: The two teams battle on Earth, while Rodimus and Magnus narrate.
Narration: Ultra Magnus, Rodimus Prime, and Victor Caroli.
Kidmation: Kid to stop-motion Ultra Magnus.
Notes: Includes decoy stinger.
"Those hi-tech heroes are in for one horrific battle!"

Animation: Punch informs Rodimus that he can trust him, transforms to car mode, rolls out of the base and promptly transforms to Counterpunch and tells the waiting Galvatron that he can trust him. The Decepticon Clones run through a rocky landscape in perfect step and open fire on the Autobot clones, then both groups transform.
Narration: Victor Caroli.
Kidmation: Kid to stop-motion Ultra Magnus.
Notes: Cameos by Goldbug and Cyclonus. Sometimes included a decoy stinger.

Animation: Blurr and Rodimus Prime arrive; Kup tells them that there's been an accident, and the new Autobots are monsters! The Monsterbots trash a lab, then burst through a wall and fight some Decepticons.
Narration: Victor Caroli.
Kidmation: Kid to stop-motion Ultra Magnus.
Notes: Cameos by Scourge, Octane, and Cyclonus.
And they've even got sparks, BLASTING out of them!
I think pulling my head off is a pretty good idear.
Brainstorm was actually pretty happy to get rid of his bizarre zombie vampire head.

Animation: Flywheels’s jet portion swoops down out of the sky and links up with his tank, transforming to robot mode before being jumped on by Rodimus Prime. "That jet is going to crash into that tank!" "No, it's not. They're going to transform into one robot!"
Narration: Galvatron, Victor Caroli.
Kidmation: Kid to stop-motion Ultra Magnus.
Notes: Includes decoy stinger.
They think they’re twice as tough as any Autobot—and MAYBE THEY ARE.

  • Fortress Maximus "FOR-TRESS MAX-I-MUHUUUS!" 30 sec
Animation: Fortress Maximus transforms to base mode and blows away the Terrorcons, who combine into Abominus and attack him.
Narration: Victor Caroli, Rodimus Prime, Ultra Magnus.
Notes: Hun-Gurrr's single line in this commercial ("Terrorcons, form Abominus and destroy Fortress Maximus!") is provided by Wally Burr.

Animation: The post-Movie Autobots and Decepticons shoot it out on Cybertron: Galvatron and Scourge fire on Blurr and Rodimus; Springer grapples with Soundwave; Ultra Magnus...stands there. Two teams "blast" their way to Nebulos. The Autobots detach their heads, which are replaced by "the intelligent Nebulons". The Decepticons do the same. Scorponok and Fortress Maximus slug it out; the Targetmasters charge at each other and transform.
Narration: Victor Caroli.
Notes: Features completely random, made-up heads for the pre-Headmaster robots.


  • The Return of Optimus Prime promo [4] or [5]
Animation: Excerpts of the Optimus Prime death scene and Prime vs. Megatron from The Transformers: The Movie.
Narration: Victor Caroli and various local TV announcers.
Notes: Many TV stations shrank or otherwise manipulated it at the end, but New York's WPIX simply overlaid a graphic on the bottom saying, with a red line between them, "4:30 PM" on top, and "Tues. & Wed." on the bottom, with their classic "Circle 11" logo on the far right.
"It's over Prime." "Never!" Hang on, Autobots, it's not over! Optimus Prime returns, February 24th and 25th on The Transformers.
  • Optimus Prime week [6] – Same as above commercial but re-narrated with the removal of "Never!" and changed to speak of a whole Optimus Prime week.
"It's over Prime." Wrong, Megatron! It's just the beginning!
  • EMERGENCY AUTOBOT ALERT [7] – Excerpts of Optimus Prime at Moonbase 1 and Prime vs. Megatron.
"Heroes never die. I, Optimus Prime, can never be conquered!


Animation: A set of excerpts from The Transformers: The Movie almost identical to those used for the Return of Optimus Prime and Optimus Prime week spots.
Narration: Victor Caroli, trying to exclaim every line more dramatically than the last and various local TV station announcers.
Notes: Features a brand new piece of background music incorporating the Transformers theme. Similar in sound to the music Vince DiCola composed for The Transformers: The Movie.
Autobots versus Decepticons. Good against evil. Metal against metal!


  • Season 4 cartoon promo #2 30 sec
Animation: Excerpts from The Transformers: The Movie and several 1987 toy commercials/the Season 3 title sequence. A scene from the movie of Hot Rod and Kup watching Decepticon missiles come back towards their shuttle has the view from the shuttle's “windshield” replaced with crude CGI to make it look like they're flying through a...a...well, we're not really sure what it's supposed to be. It kind of looks like a base, though it has both Autobot and Decepticon logos in different areas. A shot of a crude CGI Optimus Prime closes out the commercial.
Narration: Victor Caroli, various local TV station announcers.
Notes: Features the same new music used in the previous commercial.
They're more, much more than you've ever imagined! The Transformers. Watch as the battle between the Autobots and Decepticons reaches an incredible new level.

1988

Many of the 1988 commercials began with a still shot of several animation frames, arranged as if in a comic book. The camera would zoom in on one as the animation began.

Animation: Brainstorm and Highbrow battle Mindwipe and Weirdwolf. Three Autobot Pretenders are created (nekkid!). Dreadwind and Darkwing attack and the armored Pretenders split to reveal their robots, forcing the Decepticons to flee. The Decepticon Pretenders burst through the wall and both groups split.
Narration: Victor Caroli
Notes: Includes tail-end spot for the relevant Marvel Comics issue.


Animation: Clips re-used from the comic commercial.
Narration: Victor Caroli.
Notes: Features only the first wave of large Pretenders (Landmine, Cloudburst, Waverider; Skullgrin, Submarauder and Bomb-Burst.)
After a series of startling defeats at the hands of the Decepticons...


Animation: The Autobot Pretenders splitting, re-used from the comic commercial.
Narration: Victor Caroli.
Kidmation: A bizarre segment of kids proclaiming what they "are" ("I’m a video gamer!" "I’m a skateboarder!"), only for the skateboarder to split Pretender-style, revealing a generic CGI robot who announces "I’m a Transformer!"
  • Pretenders 30 sec - Edited down version of the immediately preceding commercial.


Animation: The Autobot Pretenders splitting, same as the above commercials.
Narration: Victor Caroli
Kidmation: Kid's face splits apart to reveal his 'inner' robot face.
  • Pretenders [8] - Edited down version of the previous commercial

Why are you here, again?
Animation: Amid desert canyons, the various Powermaster partners transform to engine form and combine with their partners, including Optimus Prime transforming his trailer to base mode. This is followed by the Autobot Powermasters shooting at Darkwing and Dreadwind who, now that they've accomplished their goal, are once again in their plane modes.
Narration: Victor Caroli.
Notes: Features Getaway / Rev, Slapdash / Lube, and Joyride / Hotwire; Darkwing / Throttle and Dreadwind / Hi-Test; and Hi-Q. Includes tail-end ads spot for the relevant Marvel Comics issue.
Their engine’s the key that unlocks their Transformer en-er-geeee!


Truck? What truck?
Animation: Dreadwind and Darkwing chase Getaway and Joyride around the rim of a crater. Dreadwind and Darkwing transform. Includes segments recycled from the first Powermaster commercial.
Narration: Victor Caroli.
Kidmation: A kid crackles with energy, which surrounds and replaces his head with a very, and we mean very, crude CGI Powermaster Optimus Prime head.
Powermaster Transformers! They've got the power to surprise!


  • Powermaster Optimus Prime 30 sec
Animation: Recycled footage of Prime transforming from the Powermasters commercial; Powermaster Optimus Prime firing Quickswitch.
Narration: Victor Caroli.
Kidmation: Kid to Powermaster Optimus Prime.
POW-er-master Optimus Prime! Greatest hero of his time! ("It's great to be back!")
  • Powermaster Optimus Prime [9] - edited down from the previous commercial.


  • Powermaster Prime and Doubledealer 30 sec
Animation: Footage of Prime reused from other commercials featuring him, then a new segment with Doubledealer in robot mode standing with Prime. Doubledealer transforms to vehicle mode, then Skar flies out of Piranacon's hand and locks into place, transforming Doubledealer to falcon mode.
Narration: Victor Caroli.
"Who’s that new Transformer with Optimus Prime?"
Look at my chest.
HOOKA chaka HOOKA chaka HOOKA HOOKA HOOKA chaka

Animation: The small Autobot Headmasters (Nightbeat, Siren, Hosehead) drive on a rocky world; Nightbeat and Muzzle transform. The small Decepticon Headmasters burst through a wall in beast mode; Fangry and Brisko transform.
Narration: Victor Caroli, and Galvatron, who's obviously never met Fangry, Squeezeplay or Horri-Bull: "Our new Decepticon Headmasters will give us more brainpower than ever!"
Kidmation: A kid flips through the air, converting to a robot and folding up to become the head of a larger (stop motion?) robot resembling Brainstorm.
And when the head enters the robot's body you get a readout of its power!


If it's a Beast War you want...
  • Pretender Beasts/Pretender Vehicles 30 sec
Animation: Snarler and Catilla battle in beast mode... then... are suddenly in their shells... and then come out of their shells...? Gunrunner emerges from his vehicle and transforms to jet mode; Roadgrabber emerges and transforms his vehicle to battle mode, opening fire on the flying Gunrunner.
Narration: Victor Caroli.
Kidmation: Pretender Kid.
Now, in the world of Pretenders, there are Pretender Beasts; Strange and terrifying.


  • Quickswitch. "It's Quickswitch, Sixshot's son! And he's on our side!" 30 sec
Animation: In the midst of a moon battle, Getaway spots Quickswitch incoming and mistakes him for a Decepticon, urging the others to destroy him, until someone says he's an Autobot. Quickswitch runs through his modes, beating up Horri-Bull and Snaptrap, then goes to gun mode and lands in Powermaster Optimus Prime's hand.
Narration: Victor Caroli.
Kidmation: A kid holding the toy mouths a synthesized "How quick can you all six" [sic], while his head flops around disturbingly.
Determined to make good where his Decepticon father went bad, Quickswitch joins the Autobots!


Animation: Spinister and Needlenose chase the Autobot small Targetmaster Nebulans (most prominently Boomer and Ricochet) across a rocky landscape. The Nebulans transform to gun modes and link up with their vehicle mode Autobot partners, Quickmix, Landfill and Scoop, who then transform and fire. Holepunch and Tracer fly out of Scoop's hand and combine into their double weapon form. Scoop fires at a strafing Spinister and Needlenose, who transform, land and charge into battle.
Narration: Victor Caroli.
Kidmation: Kid flips over and turns into a gun for a very crude CGI robot.
Targetmaster Transformers—theeeeeey've got the power to surprise!


Now auditioning for Gamera vs. The Firecons
  • Triggerbots/Triggercons 15 sec
Animation: Recycled Dreadwind and Darkwing chasing Getaway and Joyride, from the Powermasters commercial.
Narration: Victor Caroli.
And when the Triggerbots battle the Triggercons, there's no doubt there'll be a real shoot-out! KERRUNCH.


Sadly, Dreamwave never learned that what works in animation doesn't always go over so well as a still image.
Animation: Beneath the ocean, the beast mode Seacons take bites out of a M.A.R.S. Industries submarine. Piranacon switches out his left arm and gun.
Narration: Stephen Keener.
Kidmation: A kid leaps over the top of a generic stop-animated robot and transforms into his gun, which he fires.
  • Seacons / Sparkabots / Firecons 30 sec
Portions of the Seacon commercial with a Sparkabots/Firecons segment at the end.
Animation: The Firecons march forward in beast mode, spewing flames; the Sparkabots drive forward and transform; the Firecons transform and grapple with the Sparkabots (Cindersaur vs. Sizzle being most prominent.)
  • Seacons / Triggerbots / Triggercons - Same as previous with the Triggerbots/Triggercons segment in place of the Firecons/Sparkabots.


Animation: A set of excerpts from The Transformers: The Movie plus excerpts from puppet Optimus Prime segments.
Narration: Overly excited Victor Caroli talking about how AMAZING this new season will be.
Notes: "You gotta see it to believe it! NEW EPISODES! And Optimus Prime LIVE!" Well, only one of those ended up being true...
It's unBEELLLLiiiiievable!

1989

Animation: From Optimus Prime's glowing fist, the Race Car Patrol and Off Road Patrol charge forth. They infiltrate a Decepticon base, driving right past Piranacon, Darkwing and Dreadwind, who wonder why they don't have those things. Then the Micromasters swarm around Dreadwind's head. In stop motion, a stream of Micromaster toys topples a gray-painted Scorponok.
Narration: Victor Caroli.
Kidmation: Kid scoops up the Micromasters and opens his palm to show them off.
Notes: Dreadwind and Darkwing are given voices.
"Our new commandos, who go where no one else goes!"
  • Micromaster Patrols 15 sec - Edited down version of the previous commercials.


You came to the wrong neighborhood, mother-slagger!
  • Micromaster transports and battle stations 30 sec or 30 sec (ends with TFTM for $1 promotion)
Animation: A horde of Micromasters swarms over an attacking Zarak Maximus; Prime opens his palm to reveal a Micromaster city; Red Hot transforms and flies at the camera. Stop-motion spots show a fleet of Micromaster vehicles driving around the combined playsets.
Narration: Victor Caroli.
Notes: Includes stinger for a $1.00 copy of the movie when you buy two Transformers toys.
"The most incredible Micros of all! They're not just small; they're Tranzzforrrmerrzzz!"
  • Micromaster battle stations [10] - edited down from the previous commercial.
"The only Micros that transform!"
  • Micromaster transports [11] - edited down from the previous commercial.


That's the second time Spike's mistake has been repeated!
Go ahead. Make my day.

  • Micromaster micro bases 30 sec
Animation: Bumblebee and Jazz drag two captured Decepticon vehicles (the Interstellar shuttle and the Helicopter) up to Optimus Prime in an Autobot base, only to have them transform and attack, with the guns manned by the Sports Car Patrol and Skystalker.
Narration: Victor Caroli.
Notes: Bumblebee has his normal voice. An unidentified voice presumably belongs to Skystalker.
You can connect them to form whole cities!
  • Micromaster micro bases [12] - edited down from the previous commercial.


Animation: As Prime transforms and comes under attack in a nighttime city, the Autobot Pretenders arrive to help out.
Narration: Victor Caroli.
Notes: Grimlock is voiced by Gregg Berger. Includes stinger for a $1.00 copy of the movie when you buy two Transformers toys.
"Bumblebee, Jazz, you're back!" "And me Grimlock!" "And the eeeevil Starscream is here too!"
  • Classic Pretenders [13] - edited down from the previous commercial.


  • Mega and Ultra Pretenders 30 sec
Animation: Crossblades and Vroom slowly drift out of their shells and transform; Roadblock avoids a strafing run from Skyhammer, then his two robot forms both pop out of his vehicle shell and fire.
Narration: Victor Caroli.
"Who's more than they pretend to be? Mega Pretender Transformers, Mega Pretenders!"
  • Mega Pretenders [14] - edited down from the previous commercial.
"Inside one, there's the other; then they both transform and combine to form another!"
  • Ultra Pretenders [15] - edited down from the previous commercial.


Decades later, their melting shells let you re-enact this scene.
Animation: Starscream dunks Wildfly, Icepick and Scowl into colorful vats; they and the others emerge as Pretenders and charge at the camera. "BEYOND! (beyond) anything you've EVER SEEN before: Transformers Monster Pretenders!"
Narration: Victor Caroli.
Now, the Decepticons have Monster Pretenders. Monster Pretenders with rubbery skin!

1990

"Sure, Prime, I'll give up the alternate mode that I never had."
"Estroy them!" Actual dialogue. We're not making this up.

The Action Master commercials began and ended with a metal fist bursting through a wall, with "ACTION MASTERS" emblazoned across its knuckles. Some of the animation was screened against real-world backgrounds, with poorly animated characters morphing into the real toys.

Animation: Inside a base, Optimus Prime invites a circle of Autobots (Jazz, Prowl, Wheeljack, Rad, Over-Run and Sprocket) to join him. Prime, Jazz and Rad dash before the animation morphs to show their respective toys. Megatron, Treadshot and Krok blast through a wall before they too morph from animation to toys.
Narration: Victor Caroli.
Notes: Jazz is voiced by a sound-alike (possibly Frank Welker), Scatman Crothers having passed away. Rad is given a voice by Michael Bell.
"Who will give up the power to transform to become stronger faster more alive?" [sic]


  • Action Master Vehicles — Starscream, Prowl, and Overrun 30 sec
Animation: A short battle sequence (on Cybertron?) with the three featured characters.
Narration: Victor Caroli.
And look! The Action Master vehicles transform into powerful battle stations!


  • Action Master Vehicles — Wheeljack, Sprocket, and Gutcruncher 30 sec
Animation: Gutcruncher takes to the sky in the Stratojet; Wheeljack and Sprocket drive out of a tunnel.
Narration: Victor Caroli.
Notes: Gutcruncher speaks!
"Estroy them!" [again, sic]
  • Action Master Vehicles [16] - Edited down from the previous commercial.
Micromasters melt in your mouth, not in your hand.
Hey, daddy-o, where's the drive thru at?

  • Hot Rod Patrol and Construction Patrol 30 sec
Animation: Cel: Jazz and Prime pick up the Hot Rod Patrol and examine them. Stop-motion toys: The Construction Patrol destroys a bridge, making Scorponok fall into a ravine. Rawr!
Narration: Victor Caroli.
  • Hot Rod Patrol / Construction Patrol [17] - Abbreviated (and accelerated) version of the previous commercial. Neil Ross jibbers his lines at hilariously high speed: "Micromasterconstructionpatroldestroythebridge!"


  • Micromaster Combiners/Combiner Transports 30 sec
Animation: Megatron grabs at a couple of combiner vehicles (Roadburner/Wheel Blaze and Missile Master/Moonrock), only to have them split apart, reconnect, and shoot him in the face. Cement-Head and Terror-Tread, along with their transport, transform from vehicle to robot/base.
Notes: Victor Caroli voices Megatron (and sounds like a wussy Frank Welker); Neil Ross voices the indeterminable Micromaster. Roadburner somehow fires a laser from the short end of his cherry picker crane.
Narration: Victor Caroli.
  • Micromaster Combiners [18] - Edited down from the previous commercial.

1999

  • Kid Rhino Video Trailer
Scenes from The Transformers: The Movie, G.I. Joe: The Movie and Jem are shown with their corresponding theme songs followed by text narration asking you to turn your home into a zoo by buying Kid Rhino's home video releases.
Notes: The Transformers scenes are of Unicron demolishing Lithone and Springer transforming to helicopter mode before following Rodimus Prime and the other Autobots through Unicron's right eye.

2006

  • Sony The Transformers: The Movie 20th Anniversary Edition DVD Preview [19]
Scenes from The Transformers: The Movie play as text narration overlays promote the features of the DVD.
Notes: This preview was shown at the Transformers panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2006.

2008

"Hey, look at the pretty numbers..."
  • Transformers G1 Awakening trailer 1 [20]
Composed of sound-less excerpts of actual game footage highlighting some aspects of the control interface, in-game bios and battle mechanics.

2009

  • Transformers G1 Awakening trailer 2 [21]
Excerpts from the Season 1 intro to the original The Transformers cartoon are interspersed with shots of a CGI cellphone displaying actual game footage.
Notes: The cartoon animation is taken from Kid Rhino's Season 1 DVD boxset, complete with the "remastered" 5.1 surround sound audio track.

2011

  • Cobra-palooza Megatron-A-Thon 30 sec
Cobra Commander and Megatron have an argument related to a New Year's Day marathon of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero and the Generation 1 cartoon.

2014

  • Transformers 4 July Marathon 30 sec
Friday, July 4th. Celebrate the Transformers' 30th Anniversary with the Hub Network. "Lock and load." Featuring three decades of Transformers action-- "Roll out." All. Day. Long. "Let's go for it." "Brace yourselves." There's fireworks a plenty-- "Boom." with the 4th of July Transformers Marathon. Friday, July 4th, starting at 11:00 AM Eastern, 10:00 AM Central. Only on the Hub Network.
Notes: this was a marathon featuring the re-titled Transformers: The Animated Movie, Predacons Rising, and various Rescue Bots episodes.


  1. ↑ [22] - Ignore the title, the commercials for The Easter Parade and the Yankees' games place this ad break squarely on the day before Easter.
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