WHAT THIS BLOG NEEDS is a beer bellied robot Brontosaurus

My philosophy is that no toy robots ad is completely worthless but boy does this one come close. If it didn't feature great line art of one of the most ridiculous toys in roboplastic history I wouldn't have kept it because the price doesn't show up for some reason. Still it's pretty great because it's for the tremendously crappy "Beer Bellied Sludge" knockoff Dinobot:

Toys & Gifts Outlet 10/23/85


THIS IS WHAT SLUDGE WOULD LOOK LIKE IF DINOBOTS WORKED AT HOT TOPIC

Alex at the Super Toy Archive calls this Sludge the cheapest of all Dinobot knockoffs yet. It has plastic issues and a bad design that keep the dinosaur's back halves from separating, resulting in a robot with an enormous gut. But you gotta love the six legs, frill on the back and horns on its head that make it look like some sort of mutant juggalo Brontosaurus. I never expected to come across an ad for such an obscure and sucky toy but that's how Toys & Gifts Outlet rolled in 1985 and I'm grateful.