Long before he was an A-list movie star, he was using his acting s𝓀𝒾𝓁𝓁s to sell toy sharks.
An old video clip has been circulating on social media of Fast And The Furious star Vin Diesel promoting a line of Street Sharks toys at a Toy Fair in 1994.
The 48-year-old flashed some muscle while wearing a black leather hunting vest in the clip as he demonstrates punching, head-butting and biting of the characters from the 1990s animated series.
Toy salesman: Fast and Furious star Vin Diesel is seen promoting a new line of Street Sharks toys at a Toy Fair in 1994
‘We’re looking at Boomer,’ Diesel says in the video. ‘This is Boomer. He’s got the biggest mouth of them all. He’s the whale shock. Say hello to that round mound of pound and his power slam. Very deadly.’
The successful action star appears to be extremely passionate about promoting the half-man, half-shark crime fighting toys.
Street Sharks originally ran from 1994 to 1997.
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‘Sledge the Hammerhead loves to lure the completion with the flying headbutt,’ The Last Witch Hunter star says in the clip, before pressing a button that launches a plastic piece from the toy’s head. ‘You got me?’
The young actor can’t take the smile off his face, describing Sledge the Hammerhead as the leader of the street sharks.
‘He’s got the real feel shark skin and his special power is the right hand roundhouse punch,’ he says. ‘He sends the competition to a watery death.’
Check this out! The young star seems to be enjoying himself as he picks up and talks about a couple of the Street Sharks toys
Shark attack: The clip was filmed at a Toy Fair in 1994
Just when you think the clip is over, Vin gets up and walk to another table, yelling: ‘I want to show you something up close and personal!’
‘I’ve got something with such finn-tastic detail it’s going to blow you away,’ he says. ‘Finn Shark!’
The actor then violently shakes the toy while making punching noises and yelling ‘Rocky Balboa action.’
Finn Shark! Vin Diesel makes punching sound effects while yelling ‘Rocky Balboa action’ in the clip