OT: Coolest Toy Every Made

Zippylip · November 2008

If you were a little kid in the late 60's/early 70's (a great time to be a little kid I might add :laugh: ), you had to have a set of these (otherwise you were :angry: ). This is the original first year run (1966) by Marx Toys in near perfect condition:

Woody69 · November 2008

I still have one of those somewhere in my attic. :laugh:

mad max beyond eggdome · November 2008

i loved rock-em-sock-em robots!!!!

today, they would probably come with all kinds of warnings from the consumer product safety commission, and the do-gooders would tell us that they promote violence in our children!! .. .yeah, like we went outside after playing them, and then beat each other up every afternoon!!

Celtic Wolf · November 2008

You didn't??

mad max beyond eggdome · November 2008

nope, tell me a smart guy like you did though??. . .

Celtic Wolf · November 2008

Me?? By the time these toys came out I was well into "Peace and Brotherhood MAN" m\/ B)

YB · November 2008

I guess I'm old...In 1966 I was at Paris Island S.C. playing with M14,16's and 45's.I went in on 11-10-66 the Corps birthday and it was great and then came 11-11 and boy did things change.I forgot today is th USMC birthday.

Larry

Sun Devil Brett · November 2008

I loved my rock em sock em robots :laugh:

stike · November 2008

i got one for my birthday and never opened it. it's still in the plastic wrap in my attic... if anyone wants it, they can have it

(nah... just kidding all you collectors out there)

i set up my atari game a while back. man that was fun. space invaders, etc. hahaha

Woody69 · November 2008

I still have the Atari and several games also. I've been wanting to get it out and show the kids what our video games were like....

stike · November 2008

we got coleco 'pong' when i was maybe 12? that was a fun game...

lowercasebill · November 2008

very cool... by the time that came out i was too busy trying to find someone old enough to buy me beer..none the less a great blast from the past.

Zippylip · November 2008

beer, vicariously punching the crap out of your friend, they went together :laugh:

Fidel · November 2008

Happy 233rd Birthday Larry.

My father was in and out of Paris Island just a few years before you.

Thank you for your service to our country.

lowercasebill · November 2008

you got a point there

Morro Bay Rich · November 2008

Apparently, you have never seen a yo-yo.

bubba tim · November 2008

so nothing has changed for you. :whistle: :whistle:

bubba tim · November 2008

Jar head :woohoo: 101st Airborne Ranger Infantry 71 - 86. I guess we breathed some of the same dust. Welcome Home!

Zippylip · November 2008

you try'n to say I don't have a mirror :ermm: :huh: :laugh:

NJ-GrEGG · November 2008

They don't make them anywhere near as good today. I bought one for my newphew last Christmas and the quality was so cheap. Buyer beware!

Haggis · November 2008

Regretfully I was beyond them. Too busy trying to get drunk, get laid, and avoid the draft and failing badly at two of the three, then learning a different toy to use in a fight. Southeast Asia is a great vacation spot!

They remind me of the Transformers my son had in the mid-80s. What are they?

JLOCKHART29 · November 2008

"You knocked my block off" Boy thats a blast from the past!! Some good times but know what? Wouldn't go back if I could. Pretty darn good now. B)

Zippylip · November 2008

That was a great commercial JL. Remember the names, the 'Red Rocker' & the 'Blue Bomber'

Meinbmw · November 2008

The one on the right looks like Mike Tyson ... that big, dumb SOB.

Smokin' Jacket · November 2008

Several weeks ago at my daughters high school...several kids were talking about a fight between two kids that was suppose to happen between classes later in the day. All the kids started talking about the fight and whn the time came for the fight there was a large group of kids gathered in the hallway to watch the fight. One of the kids reached into a bag and pulled out a rock'em sock'em robots toy and the kids began their fight.

Both kids were suspended for "causing a disturbance"

JLOCKHART29 · November 2008

I guess old age beats the alternative! :laugh:

Buxwheat · November 2008

I never had one of the originals, but loved playing w/ them. About 15 yrs ago during the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle craze they came out w/ a Rock 'em Sock 'em version using the Turtle characters. Bought one for my son since he loved this stuff. I still like playing w/ them, but they don't hit like the originals and one of the fighters seems to lose his head more easily than the other one.

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