Favorite childhood toys and shet...

[ApexOversteer]

Available from Hammacher Schlemmer for just $75K

[NeedSpeed]

Originally Posted by ApexOversteer

Available from Hammacher Schlemmer for just $75K

[Aerovette]

I was the only kid I know with one of these...



Side by side launch up to the mountain and the winner was the first motorcycle to come down the single return track.

[onedef92]

Rock'em, Sock'em Robots. One of the all-time favorites from the 1960s and '70s.

Marx first introduced this set in 1966. It came in a large display box with a boxing ring scene insert and score cards. Ring measures approx. 15" square. "Red Rocker" & "Blue Bomber" were the two robots names.

Later, in the 1970s, Marx re-introduced the robots. They were the same ring and robots but in a smaller box. You had to put this set together yourself.

[Yamma]

Originally Posted by aerovette

I was the only kid I know with one of these...



Side by side launch up to the mountain and the winner was the first motorcycle to come down the single return track.

never seen that before - that's awesome!!

[onedef92]

Action Jackon was "Mr. Joe Kickass" too! Jackson was an 8" jointed action figure made by Mego and distributed from 1971-1974. He was basically the first widely distributed Mego action figure.

Basically, the idea was you buy an AJ action figure, then buy different outfits to change him into. Sound familiar? You bet! Just like Barbie - but for boys!

Remember that catchy jingle and shit? "Action Jackson is his name! Bold adventure is his game!"

[onedef92]

Stretch Armstrong was another cool toy. That mofo could definitely take a licking and keep on ticking. Once his skin was breeched, though, that was pretty much his noble end. And did anyone ever figure out what the red powdery substance was he was packed with?

We used to pretend it was some freaky, coagulated, powdery blood like out of those corpses in that sci fi movie "The Andromeda Strain" and shit...

[Aerovette]

Originally Posted by onedef92

Stretch Armstrong was another cool toy. That mofo could definitely take a licking and keep on ticking. Once his skin was breeched, though, that was pretty much his noble end. And did anyone ever figure out what the red powdery substance was he was packed with?

We used to pretend it was some freaky, coagulated, powdery blood like out of those corpses in that sci fi movie "The Andromeda Strain" and shit...

According to Wiki...

Stretch Armstrong is made of latex rubber filled with gelled corn syrup, which allows it to retain shape for a short time before shrinking to its original shape.[2] The later 1990s figures had small beads inside them.[Citation Needed]