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Some television channels have laws, or at least rules, that commercials played during an animated series cannot directly promote toys based on the series itself. The viewer is more likely to see such commercials played in a similar time slot during some other show. This does not always relate to other kinds of promotions, such as contests.
This probably results from [[Media Watchdogs|media watchdog]] pressure during the early nineties, when parents became sick of the blatant [[Merchandise-Driven]] aspects of shows their kids were watching (which parents pejoratively referred to as “half hour commercials.”) Many shows during this period, like ''[[Transformers Generation 1]]'' and ''[[He-Man and the Masters of the Universe]]'', were actually
Pragmatically, this is [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|slightly bad business]]; Japanese television certainly has no such rule in regards to [[Anime]], which peddles tie-in merchandise shamelessly.
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