Comeback - 2009
Milky Way - 2009
In the summer of 2009, Mars brought back this animated ad from 1989. The advert itself remains fairly close to the original, just with all references to Milky Way being the light treat that won't ruin your appetite before dinner being removed. The centre segment, with the updated line 'coz he knows its something that tastes just right' was later cut from showings, possibly after they were tired of hearing people shouting about political correctness...
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Toys R Us - 2009
Celebrating 25 years of stores in the UK, Toys R Us resurrected one of their most famous adverts for Christmas 2009. The original advert, featuring a worrying amount of child labour dancing round the store aired in 1989, and remained in full use for a few christmases. Throughout the christmasses of the 90s, the animation and music were both trimmed back before finally being dropped around 2002. For 2009, not only was the whole ad back (albeit for only a few days, with the rest of the christmas period keeping only a few seconds), the whole advert had been reanimated afresh. Bringing it into widescreen, but still sticking to every detail of the original.
Lego - 2009
The 'Kipper' advert last aired in the UK in 1983, and rather oddly popped up out of the blue again in 2009. Featuring a Tommy-Cooper soundalike, the ad shows a series of models changing into various creatures or machines to try and outdo the other.
Thinkbox - 2009
Not a reborn advert in itself, the Thinkbox advert instead contains a series of audio segments from other classic adverts from over the years. Thinkbox was created as a marketing body by Channel 4, Five, ITV, Sky, Turner and Viacom in 2005 with the goal of promoting the power of television advertising to... well... other advertisers, in the modern era of declining ad revenues. As well as providing a large amount of facts, stats and presentations on advertising, their site acts as a treasure trove of some classic television advertising clips.
