ASTAR THE ROBOT FROM PLANET DANGER

"I can put my arm back on. You can't. So play safe!"
I had to write to the war amps of canada and pretend I was a teacher that needed this video to show my class what it's like to be missing limbs. My eternal damnation from lying to soldiers who fought for our lives is for your viewing pleasure. I hope it was worth it.
MANY THANKS TO MATTG FOR SENDING A BUNCH OF REDDITOR HIPSTERS HERE. Go check out his site now.
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[@angrius]

I had to write to the war amps of canada and pretend I was a teacher that needed this video to show my class what it's like to be missing limbs. My eternal damnation from lying to soldiers who fought for our lives is for your viewing pleasure. I hope it was worth it.

[@EdgeLord-js4vf]

I'm a robot

[@amybemister625]

I’m part of the champ program for child amputees this was shown at the seminars every year,I’ve outgrown going to the seminars so this brings back memories

[@danmarr9105]

Thanks bro

[@quantumhelium]

The thing is, you are still raising awareness and I guarantee you that you've done more for war amputees than 99% of the people reading your comment.

[@bear1050]

Totally..

[@felicity4711]

“I am Astar, a robot from planet Reboot”

[@unwelldanny7108]

Bob: "I come from the Net!"

[@stmusic2164]

Many years later now... but thank you for posting this! My late brother did all the animation for it and I thought I might never see it again. Thank you again!

[@InsaneCopePosse]

Wow what was his name

[@Dyluck387]

I remember seeing this as a kid and thinking it was a video game. I wanted to play War Amps so bad.

[@FoxBoy1992]

I was unaware a simple ad could have a fan base dedicated enough to debate which version of it is better.

[@Kronical69420]

No debate. Its not this one. Lol

[@lethai5128]

@@Kronical69420I LOL’d when I heard this robot speak.🤣

[@JohnDoe-sz3lz]

Years later I find out this War Amps PSA is just a remake of another live-action War Amps PSA from the 1980's. My whole childhood has been a lie.

[@23v0lv32]

John Doe this version suuuuucks. The OG 80s version is so much better

[@Fireholder1]

I came here looking for the one I saw as a kid in the 80s.

[@angrius]

You know I put this video up a few years ago in hopes that maybe a handful of people would find it and have a small moment of nostalgic bliss. I'm surprised on a daily level when I see how many people have left comments. Play safe. Chad

[@Willowtree3333]

Grateful!!!

[@MetalAllDayAllNight]

I saw this as a kid and I've never broken a bone. Thanks Astar

[@nekomasteryoutube3232]

Same here, worst I've done was get a nasty scar on my leg as a kid, but today is amost gone as a 31 year old. Dont play with boiling water, it makes nasty long life scars.

[@Dylan_thebrand_slayer_Mulveiny]

This used to scare the shit out of me when I was a kid. 30 years later, it scares the shit out of me as an adult.

[@lauralu800]

This fucked me up back in the day

[@elenabermejo1732]

Man these graphics are A1👌

[@WoodlandsWorld]

The animation on this was so life like as a child.. now it feels like I am watching an intro scene for reboot.

[@WhoTube277]

I remember seeing this when I was almost 20 and dying a little inside. Loved and always remembered the original from the '80s. Astar! What have they done to you?!

[@TernaryHound]

Really glad you uploaded this version. Remembered the whole 'planet danger' thing and thought I was going crazy watching the other shorter version.

[@allbn]

this brings back some good memories when i was watching ytv after school.

[@kcool134]

It's like watching the magic carpet escape scene from Aladdin. Nowadays, the CG is really kind of old and goofy-looking, but in the early 90's it was THE COOLEST THING EVER

[@mars.x]

I am 23 now and I am still absolutely terrified of this video

[@johnnyngo2896]

OMG! I Remember This! I Always Saw It On YTV Back In 2003!

[@jawkneeG]

Gonna be honest all that fun made it seem worth it. This is probably why i got into parkour. Sequentially I later fucked up my ankle pretty bad. Thanks for nothing PSA...

[@andyeccentric]

You had one job!

[@StrickenRecord]

He warned you to play safe, you know…

[@Kersquawk]

I preferred Astar's original, older commercial.

[@CaptainDoomsday]

Was this the newer one? I know there were two, but thought this was the original.

[@doobyboy21]

This was the coolest commercial ever ! I remember when I would hear this commercial I would run to the tv to watch it !

[@SgtCandy]

How the hell did the massive walrus from Pingu scare 5-year old me but the end to THIS had me unfazed?

[@InsaneCopePosse]

Astar was my boy

[@hammies.]

The walrus scared the f out of me too LMAO

[@nicks4802]

when the guys who made reboot are asked to throw together a commercial in their already half assed animation, and under even more time constraints...

[@secretythandle]

Fuck that shit, I'm gonna go dodge some cars in traffic!

[@CanadianWarMachine]

I recently saw a pic on FB of Astar and didnt remember but after seeing this now I remember

[@PomeloYT]

This commercial made me terrified to leave the safety of my house as a kid.

[@Pseudonym10]

This is exactly how I felt every time I saw this commercial as a kid.

[@bonafide2524]

thank you for your sacrifice

[@BlaiseTighe]

If you were a Canadian 90's kid, you know.

[@christsampson]

this remains one of the greatest mysteries of all time to me. Why on earth they would attempt remake this commercial using CGI how many years later? only to end up looking like a bad N64 game when the original looked amazing and still does to this day!

[@InsaneCopePosse]

Agreed. It was the 90s fad

[@michelchartrand3719]

This one came after the nicer looking one? Crazy. This thing looks like a prototype put together with the intention of rendering better graphics once the idea got the green light. I can't believe someone made this with the intent of it being an improvement on the original. Yikes.

[@pharbizorg]

The saw blades at the end always scared the s*** out of me when I was young.

[@helpimarock66]

As a kid, this was one of the most perplexing things I'd ever watched.

[@DemonPikachu]

YOOOOOOOOOOOOO I GOT A FULL TRANSPORTATION BLAST FROM THE PAST, COMPLETELY LINKED UP WITH THE OPENING And what an interesting desc as well. Yes, this was very much worth it! Thank you! It's message worked completely on me as a kid, everything about it was so serious and hazardous. It was like watching a mini movie about this badass robot! Jeez how many years has it been since I saw this anywhere, least of all TV? Really hope one too many oversensitive guardians didn't forcibly remove it, or I will be sure to send them off to planet danger.

[@marcovarius]

Top 10 OP anime characters

[@Adii30]

I remember all of these! Well, in a sense of they were just keeping me from watching Reboot.

[@fen4554]

The original stop-motion animated one was WAAAY more uncanny/creepy.

[@RedEbSeb13]

This one was scary as fuck. I remember seeing it at night and freaking out.

[@MiserableBliss]

Suddenly my childhood television viewing flashes before my eyes... o_o

[@MrNightlyProductions]

I can remember back when I was a kid and this stuff seemed like good graphics.

[@SendyTheEndless]

... and then his whole body is irrepairably crushed by a Mashy Spike Plate.

[@TheLateLordKardok]

Damn robot, thinks he's better than me.

[@grouchobox]

Does anyone know the studio that made this masterpiece?

[@drewdegruyter]

this isn't an old TV show intro, it's a public service announcement from the War Amps.

[@Badunkawank13]

What happens if your TV cut out right before he said "you can't" ? You have doomed us all Asstar

[@Faule]

ahh I miss these old PSAs they'd show between shows on YTV.

[@Boa837]

I remember this commercial, haha. But me thinks that perhaps Astar may want to relocate. Or perhaps just not jump into big holes that obviously want robots for lunch and just chill by the lava pool.

[@azzurriblue65]

This didn’t just jog my memory, it fucking cheetah sprinted my memory. Wow.

[@happyelf8455]

This is still the scariest video I have ever seen

[@Maikonix]

when it started i thought they were playing a new intro to beast wars. Then I got scared.

[@MsRandom303]

The drummer from Def Leppard could have learned something from Astar.

[@Spudst3r]

I remember when I watched these ads on TV as a kid I had no idea what the robot was actually talking about or supposed to represent.

[@TheSourceForMegadeth]

Anyone old enough to be brought here from remembering shit they actually saw on tv?

[@savestate6360]

Planet Danger looks like a pre-rendered PS1 cutscene.

[@CantThinkOfAHandleSoItsThis]

So iconic! I can tell this is the extended version though; they had a shorter version that replayed a lot more.

[@thewingedeel]

You know, I always hated Astar. Ever since I was 5. He was all up in my face like "Hey, I'm Astar, I can put my arm back on, but you can't...BITCHES!" Man, he used to get on my last nerve. And I tell you I only had 4-5 when I was that young.

[@PaladinGuy]

Planet danger, also known as Australia.

[@Rawd1976]

but not too hard because it could come off... but then again, He is Astar... A Robot... he can put his arm back on... we can't... so play safe.

[@Murrison]

Probably the second most dangerous planet I've seen.

[@abcdefgenerali]

what kindda twisted person mad this commercial! brought back memories though lmao

[@angrius]

Obviously you've never seen Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith or travelled to Mustafar.

[@guitargod63]

For some odd reason I do remember this commercial, but I don't think I ever saw it on TV, I feel like I saw this on an old PC rom game, like Lego island or something, somebody hmu if you've seen this PSA other then on TV

[@wrarmatei]

I fucking loathed this commercial, as a child in the 80s. I'll put limbs in the way of whatever harm I like.

[@Kadzuku]

This commercial freaked me out so much when I was a kid, haha.

[@CelesteK]

So do I. The kids now can't shake Astar's hand so to speak.

[@nickelei]

watching this use to terrify me as a child!

[@nicodevhaymic]

Spin chilling to say that it’s a really disturbing and uncomfortable psa to sit through

[@mimimarshmellow]

this commercial scared the shit out of me was a kid

[@Defiant2379]

No one will ever have as amazing a child hood as those of us born between 1988 and 1992, things don't get much better then Astar! :)

[@Fromaginator]

If this robot is so great putting its arm back on and such how come it hasn't figured out that leaving planet danger would probably be a better solution to this losing your arm all the time problem

[@Outistic]

0:43 Who needs a ladder when you can climb the wall?

[@kennye3335]

So anyone else notice astar lookin like golden freeza

[@heavymetalstew]

what he meant to say was "have fun, play safe; don't stick your fingers where you won't stick your face." and why doesn't he just fly to planet fluffy kitten, or planet giant marshmallows?

[@VikingBoyBilly]

I can put my arm back on. But you can't so play safe. 5 stars.

[@Knapperoni]

I get that he can put his arm back on but he doesn't have to be a douche about it

[@jordanetherington1922]

Thank you Best Friends.

[@poopasoreass]

Biggest rule in life is knowing I am unable to put my arm back on, but he can.

[@biohazardousbacon]

yeah, because your gunna lose an arm when you go outside... be safe.

[@Jag0n03]

Because he can put his arm back on and you can't. So play safe.

[@TRUE_GR1T]

lmao I remember this shit on TV. Any idea what years this aired? The way you acquired this video is rather amusing as well.

[@MrSparco777]

lmao, i remember this and those 90's War Amps commercial where the kid got his leg chopped off with a farm machine

[@stevenscott1479]

thumbs up for nostalgia overload

[@renaud68]

OH ASTAR, HOW YOU HAVE SAVED ME AND MADE MY LIFE WORTH LIVING!

[@URProductions]

You know who else can put his arm back on? The amputee boy with plastic arm, that's who.

[@kevin4gwen]

idk how this could scare anyone I thought this commercial cool when I was little. I got to see a robot dodging all that dangerous stuff kinda like reboot

[@lordibleach]

Planet danger sounds safe

[@lilityger19]

this thing scarred the shit out of me when i was a kid.

[@GOOBERDANGUS]

HOLY NOSTALGIA

[@benito4244]

Because they can put their arm back on. But you can't, so you live on earth.

[@acesofspades293]

the portal from the beggining loots like the one from reboot

[@XeniKobalt]

28 people can't put their arm back on.

[@liliebilie]

i used to be so afraid when it came on.

[@ThePaleoAgrarianist]

I don`t know what the hell he`s talking about... I can put my arm on just fine.

[@alanmacquarrie4450]

I am Astar, a robot from Southern Ontario.

[@jlr4781]

Who BUILT this planet

[@Medli]

I can't stop watching this just to hear his condescending remarks at the end of the video.

[@tinystalker1821]

Is this C3P0's badass cousin?

[@unwelldanny7108]

Not only that, someone says he sounds like what is pretty much RX-24.

[@Poodleinacan]

Wow, the graphics!.... So real....

[@stan_dinghere]

i always thought this was a bumper for zixx level 3 or reboot

[@yellowsunshinerain]

I remember seeing this for the first time when I was 5. It scared the shit out of me :P

[@FregleyRules]

Jesus christ this scared me sooooo much as a kid. I CRIED when i first saw this as a 6 year old.