Retromercial of the Day: Day 9



Man, it's gonna take weeks to top this one.

Here they are, trying to pitch these to kids. I remember hunting these in the stores when I was about 13 and I had to be the youngest person going after them since everyone else was in their later teens and even well into adulthood. I guess my point is that this commercial was really aimed at the wrong audience.

But I still want that Transporter. Man, Star Trek toys were and always will be expensive.

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