I think it's safe to say that Action Man is a self parody. With a name like Action Man (and an adventure named "Operation Extreme") it's painfully obvious that this game is able to poke fun at itself. But just because your game is able to laugh at itself doesn't mean it's safe from the Commercial Break. Action Man may be this generic on purpose, but we're still going to ridicule this advert until we reduce everybody involved to tears.

So who is this Action Man? Judging by this cover he's your high school gym teacher. He has a huge headset, Clark Kent glasses, and the worst logo ever. I have a hunch I don't want to hear his theme song. But forget about Action for a minute, who are those guys behind him? One is wrapped up like the Invisible Man, only there's no problem seeing him and his spiked purple hair. And then there's the other guy whose fist says he's ready to fight, but his head says no. And why are they wearing those clothes? What is this, Back to the Future 2?

Afraid you're going to miss something in this advertisement? Don't worry; you can see the entire advert all over again on the bottom right side of the commercial. You can always go ahead and read the short description, but it's probably not the type of thing you want to admit in public. If Hasbro was going for "generic" then they accomplished their goal, but if this is a serious attempt then this might just be the worst commercial of all time. Either way, though, this is pretty awful and deserves to be archived with the rest of the bad advertising.

FROM: Behind the Bad Advertising