Film Father sent me an email, asking if I knew what a certain toy was that he couldn't remember the name of. For the life of me I've got no clue, maybe you know. Here's his description:
It featured a long track, like a plastic rail, that you could set up rollercoaster-style, then you put these stout, boxy plastic robots on the track (the robots were probably 6 inches tall) and you pushed them along the track. There were all different kinds of robots, but the one I remember the most is from the front of the (big) box the track came in: he had a human face, with a mad/angry look, maybe black hair, and he may have had a black eye...
Anybody know?
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Sorry, drawing a blank. Was there ever a commercial for it?
I don't know. I'm stumped. It's the not-knowing that's bothering me the most....
..so Marissa, did you have a favorite toy when you were a kid?
Not even ringing a bell ...
Dang...
Favorite toy? (Giggling) Paper dolls. We didn't have much money, so imagination was everything. Maybe Spirograph. And you??
The 1974 fisher price castle. there's a pic of one near the bottom of my site. I loved that thing.
I had a castle too but it wasn't a mainstream toy brand that I remember and targeted at a slightly older kid. It was pretty cool though with knights, horses, towers, drawbridge, etc. I never really thought about that question, I really liked my Atari, not sure you'd consider that a toy...
I had Atari. Loved it.
@Marissa: No, I don't remember ever seeing a commercial for it. Though that would surely help jar my memories, as well as help with my Web search.
@Joe: Thanks for posting my email; I shall continue searching. If I hit paydirt, I'll drop a comment here and let you know.
Okay! Thanks!
I don't remember the name of it, but I remember the toy. I wanted it for my birthday-I may have been in 5th grade(around 1970)My parents said I couldn't get it because it was a toy for boys, and I was a girl!
I loved my Fisher Price playsets, but unfortunatley I didn't have the castle :(
Ding-A-Lings
Joe, thanks for the heads-up in the comments at my blog about this. YES! Anonymous is right: They were called Ding-a-Lings. Here's a pretty good blog post about them, with additional links:
http://atomictreehouse.blogspot.com/2007/07/ding-ling-robots-topper-toys.html
I totally remember the Boxer and totally remember the box art. My neighbor across the street had these, and I was so jealous.
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