Comments on: Batteries Not Included - a collection of vintage toy commercials

By: fergus1948

fergus1948 — Sat, 26 May 2012 08:45:00 +0000

‘Gaylord comes with a bone of his own.’

Hhhnn hhhnn hnnn hhhn

(And I especially loved the opening shot of a female loading a film projector. “So simple a WOMAN can load it!”)

By: sdnative1958

sdnative1958 — Fri, 25 May 2012 23:51:00 +0000

Holy cow, let’s see – I had Potato Head, Creepy Crawlers, Robot Commando (LOVED THAT THING!) Major Matt, Vrooom, American Flyer train and Zeriods. Wish I still had some of these – can’t imagine what happened to them. Probably a combination of blowing them up/setting them on fire/seeing what they would do in the washing machine.

Shout out to Billy Mumy there, in which there was a very unusual self-referential tagline for the time period!

By: Patsy Cline

Patsy Cline — Fri, 25 May 2012 13:10:00 +0000

God I feel old. Too many of these I remember.
What a strange world we’ve grown up in.

By: Preston Sturges

Preston Sturges — Fri, 25 May 2012 04:50:00 +0000

“He’s heading for Deadwood!”

http://youtu.be/PgaEYyIjykM

By: Adrian

Adrian — Fri, 25 May 2012 03:13:00 +0000

Two of the Remco ads featured Patty Duke.

By: technogeekagain

technogeekagain — Fri, 25 May 2012 03:04:00 +0000

Yeah, I remember some of these ads…

By: GrymRpr

GrymRpr — Fri, 25 May 2012 01:29:00 +0000

HA! Bill Mumy @ 28:07

By: Melinda9

Melinda9 — Fri, 25 May 2012 00:32:00 +0000

Well, that was an interesting trip to the Twilight Zone. The only one of those toys that I had was Creepy Crawlers – probably my all time favorite toy along with Creeple People. I could bake those things all day, and then you could sell them at school.

By: skyhawk1

skyhawk1 — Fri, 25 May 2012 00:08:00 +0000

I want Sonar Sub Hunt!