1987 Transformers Commercial Featuring Fortress Maximus
With Hasbro’s release of the Titans Return Fortress Maximus (find at Amazon.com*), I thought it would be fun to take a leap in time back to 1987 and the release of the original Transformers Fortress Maximus toy. As always, this classic Hasbro commercial features incredible animation and really goes out of its way to make the toy look like one of those “I gotta have it!” designs.
As I said in Each Sold Separately*, those toymakers at Hasbro in the eighties sure knew how to drive excitement. Hasbro’s marketing staff today could learn a lot by watching those old commercials and flipping through the old pack-in catalogs. Hasbro, please throw some money at traditional animation and make a new commercial for your Transformers toys!
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