Hungry little devils, aren't they?
  -- Dusty (to a Cobra agent, who is pinned down in a pool filled with piranhas)
Home Toy Commercial Animation Zartan (1984)

Like all of the scenes in the commercial, the first scene was recycled from the advertisement for issue #25 of the comic book series.
This animation sequence also contains the first of two instances in which the animated version of Zartan wore the mask that was included with the toy. Zartan removed his mask a second time in the comic book commercial for issue #40.
At the end of the toy commercial, the shot of the doorway filled with sunlight that causes Zartan to change colors is repeated to emphasize that the toy can change colors. This scene is the only time Zartan's skin changes to a dark blue.
The song heard during the animation sequence was borrowed from the advertisement for issue #25.

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