Smash Martians

They were a family of Martian robots who would watch humans laboriously preparing mashed potato the traditional way on TV.

[1] The Smash Martians were designed for the advertising agency Boase Massimi Pollitt by Sian Vickers and Chris Wilkins, also responsible for the four-wheeled red telephone used to advertise Direct Line, the GoCompare opera singer, Sheilas' Wheels commercials and Mr.

Mouse, a blue American rodent advertising the insurance group Esure.

Unauthorised copies of the Martians were made from car parts by workers at the Ford Halewood factory near Liverpool.

Other examples are preserved in the Head Office of the current brand owner, Premier Foods, in St Albans.