80's Commercials Vol. 13

Here are some kid-oriented commercials that aired on KBHK TV 44 and ABC in 1988.

1. Army Ants (This is the best commercial ever! Grab the eggs!!)
2. Groove Tube (What are the point of toys like this? I don't even think my cat would be interested in this for more than a minute, tops)
3. Head Master Transformers (They've got the power to surprise!)
4. Transformers Target Master Seacons and Sparkobots (Piranhacon! Awesome. I love the little animated bubble effects in this commercial)
5. Froot Loops (The animation in this is pretty damn good for a cereal commercial)
6. "Joking Around with the Little Clowns" (A recurring commercial break on ABC's Saturday Morning Lineup)
7. Hi-C (Awesome!)
8. Promo for the "Walt Disney World Happy Easter Parade" (With Joan Lunden and Alan Thicke)
9. Scoots (If I ever see a gang of preschoolers on scooters I'm running like Hell in the other direction)
10. Oreo Cookies
11. Giggles Cookies (That wiseguy on the left is probably working for the Mob right now)
12. McDonald's (I always find myself "Doing the Arches" and getting strange looks from people)
13. Dinosaur Report (Look for the Readasaurus in your town, and keep reading!)
14. 976 Number (So the guy in the animation drowns? Great story there)
15. 976 Number (I just can't get over how tasteless these are. Think of how many kids dialed without their parents permission to hear some crappy puppets on an answering machine)
16. Baskin Robbins Baseball Helmet Sundaes (I totally remember eating chocolate ice cream out of a Mets Helmet)
17. Pogo Bal Blaster (Why didn't this revolutionary alternate mode of transportation ever take off?)
18. Ertl Toy Airplanes, Cars and Trucks (I love the image of Air Force Admirals playing with toy airplanes)
19. After Burner by Sega (If you play the arcade version with the moving joystick, watch out for your teeth!)
20. Candilicious (Candy commercials in the 80's were acid trips)
21. Cocoa Pebbles (If one of my friends tried to steal cereal from me on MORE THAN ONE occasion, they would no longer be my friend!)
22. Dino-Riders (I want to live inside of these commercials)

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[AvEryBadApPLe]

8:32 soo not true.

[80sCommercialVault]

@AvEryBadApPLe ... Sega still produces games.

[PurpleBlackOut]

Wow, gotta say the US is in a completely different era right then 20-plus years ago, things were cheaper, people were happier, our stranded in living wasn't been threatened and we made good wages, never have we been such a divided country as of right now......Let's get the USA back people,!

[BONNEVILLE2000]

remember when you actually got prizes in your cereal?????

[Britishdude1]

My sister got a pogo ball for Christmas sometime in the mid 2000's

[Britishdude1]

@PurpleBlackOut Regan was president. Direct correlation I think.

[AcidBurn5009]

i got a craving for froot loops now

[Greencloud8]

i failed at pogo ball.

[MysticalChicken]

Man, I always thought I watched a lot of TV as a kid, but I only remember a few of these, and mostly just for the product, not the commercial itself. I remember Giggle cookies (I think my mom bought a box or two when I was young), Transformers obviously, Pogo Bal (I could never get the hang of those things), and Dino-Riders, only because my little brother had a Dino-Riders VHS when he was like 6 years old. Oh, and Candilicious--I do remember the commercial for that one, albeit vaguely.

[RaTTinvader]

I had Army Ants when I was a kid...wow these bring back some great memories!

[darkdialga777]

this afterburner is nothing compared to afterburner CLIMAX (the arcade game)

[Vebinz]

I'm thinking the people who made the Candilicious ad also did the one for Watchamacallit candy bar.

Also, I don't recall the "doing the arch" ever catching on.

The Baskin-Robbins helmets were beyond awesome. If they planned of having people buy lots of sundaes, then they succeeded.

Finally, no, the Pogo Blaster never jumped higher than four or five inches off the ground.

[ozzyfudd24]

mmm giggles were good

[weEVILzLAIRS89]

I've always wondered why come barney never went and bought his own cocoa or fruity pebbles. With the trick rabbit I just figured its because animals aren't allowed in stores and dino riders seemed awesome but dinosaurs were never meant to be controlled like that