1980s Transfomers Wristwatch Commercials

Here's a question: would these Transfomers wristwatches have sold even better in the west if they had simply ran this Japanese ad exactly as-is? See the dreadful Western ad after the jump for the same item, albeit lacking the brand.

Or, perhaps, its merely that they could sell them better today if they ran these ads now. As with anything, the nostalgic hankering is usually preferable to the thing being hankered after.