It’s the Red States vs. the Blue States! Red appears to have gotten in the first punch, but Blue will be fighting back — I hope!
Here’s a toy every boy wanted, but I never had. After all that pounding and punching, Rock ‘Em and Sock ‘Em haven’t aged a day in 40 years!
They were introduced in 1966 by Marx, a NYC company that had nothing to do with the Marx brothers, but with a knack for making inexpensive and interesting toys. Read more about Louis Marx and Co. on Wikipedia.
Mattel is bringing back the Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots for the reasonable price of $15, and Amazon.com has ’em for pre-order. Don’t see a release date, but let’s hope it’s out before Christmas.
No electronics, no batteries, only mechanically manipulated mayhem! Mattel should introduce a Marital Dispute Edition. They’d sell out in no time!
That’s awesome, gotta get some! I never owned it myself but played at my neighbor’s house frequently. Another favorite was “Battling Tops”… wouldn’t mind finding that again too!