Tonka Truck Commercial

[AtariFTW]

Chuck norris had a tonka when he was little

[HammondEMA]

Bring back the metal tonka trucks! Id build a sandbox and re-live a childhood moment.

[at400andromada]

I remember havin one of those huge metal trucks, good memories

[LordKorloros]

Im slightly glad they are made of plastic now. When I was little I had a big metal tonka dump truck and I used to hold on to it from the top of the bed and race it around, if I tripped (which I usually did) I'd bust my mouth on the metal bed. With plastic that wont be AS bad.

[bbblazer]

Hell I used to love this commercial as a kid and had a Tonka truck of My own

[cfirg014]

FUCK YEAH

[paxilill]

It’s sad to see how much children’s toys and behaviors have changed in the last 20-30 years. Not only are they made out of plastic, but also children seem to be more interested in electronic noise making gadgets with screens that meld the zombies of tomorrow.

[thegarlands04]

didnt thy run those damn things over with tanks

[MusicResurrector]

FUck the plastic condom material they use now I want the metal back they were heavier, durable and more realistic

[civicmaneg6]

@MusicResurrector You could even ride on top of them back then thats how good they were.

[MusicResurrector]

@civicmaneg6 i know

[darla1970]

They are made in China, Hasbro bought them in 81 and they started making them from plastic in the late 80s. They are now made in China in factories that Hasbro doesn't even own. I was glad to be a kid when I was...All my toys were made in USA and a few from Japan.

[scnwpa]

I had a bunch of them. My mom threw them all out one day. Yeah, she did some stupid stuff like that. They are made from plastic today because of the safety police. Gotta love big brother making sure we don't do something we learn from.

[bladester100]

yes i have infomation lol

this was filmed at betchworth quarry in surrey ,uk me and my famaly watched the filming and my dad was at the top of the cliff with his bulldozer holding the dumper attached to a cable .. they threw about 20 little toy trucks over the cliff and used 1 to film it comeing over a bolder to get the effect ..i still have 2 of the trucks as a suverneer

[XXINTL]

tough lil trucks, i used to sit in the box of my tonka and ride it down the hill on my street.

[horta85]

Had one! Now these were real toys....

Now a days the media doesn't want to "genderize" children! So they give them dildos to play with (all made in china)

[yungkidnf]

my aunt ran over my tonka n her 87 volvo but it still kept ticking

[jmm2000]

Still got the dump truck, crane shovel and auto carrier when they were made from the metal over 30 years ago.

[bustyrandit]

THATS when Tonkas were Tonkas,not the crap you see now. I had various Tonkas as a kid,passed em on to my brothers and cousins, and they're STILL around and ready to be played with.Thanx for the memories, Tonka.

[Mr41432]

geez the toys were soooooo much better in the older days now we have this plastic crap made by asians ~>:-(

[atrax70]

I remember Christmas 1977 my parents bought me every Tonka vehical that was out then.

[bestamerica]

before american own make tonka truck,,,

now asian make tonka truck for america,,,

why do that,,,

how come tonka company throw away to asia and avoid america

[CamaroSS2236]

Ive dropped cinder blocks on my tonka truck as a kid. Just dents and paint scratches. That thing is invincible.

[bobofempires]

i hate how everything today i shitty/made by asians

[JOCKATEO]

i use to like riding down the roads on them the metal ones not the later plastic crap

[DUSHANMANGRUE]

@JOCKATEO they made metal ones? =o

damn i was born late

[JOCKATEO]

the early ones were in about 1983 when i had mine the digger and the truck

[TISAC1]

@DUSHANMANGRUE

Yes :) They did, and kids actually tossed them from cliffs just like the ad shows...

My late nephews' friend took his brand new one and let it go off a 30 foot rocky drop... His mother flipped out of course, considering that he was in danger there, but mainly due to the fact she had just bought it for his birthday!

BTW-- kid was a nut case who wished his father was dead, and later when he was a teen he killed a child.

Made national headlines-

Name- Matthew Rosenberg

[bobofempires]

now theyr cheap shitty and asian

[bestamerica]

i have my R/C tonka truck with 12 wheels and MX missile model rocket in here video

[bowie731]

i remember this advert from the 80s i had the same tonka truck

[Mrpantymelt]

they arent indestructable :)

[kennyrealz]

Crazy video. That's why they call them tonka truck. They are tuff.

[Pantechnicon]

I remember this ad from around the age of 9 or so. It had me literally convinced that Tonka trucks were made out of some sort of adamantium-like substance ("tonkanium"?)

Awesome ad. Thanks for posting it!

[julimarti]

TONKA rulez!.... but better yesterday than today

[tonka1972]

I think they should make them out of metal not that plastic crap they do now

[RaustShieldra]

@tonka1972 Back at the time of this commercial, they were made of metal, I used to have one.

[Josue31627]

"Rough, tough, Tonka's got the stuff!"

[mesa401]

I would imagine back then they were made in the U.S.A. They are made cheaply in Communist China now.

[kanjikevin]

@mesa401 yeah i actually used to get on one and ride it down the hill outside my house when i was younger!!

[krap101]

@mesa401 China isn't "technically" communist anymore. 

[fastman454]

They just dont make tonka trucks today like they used to. hell, they arent really made out of metal at all anymore. Thats pretty gay if you ask me. why must they ruin a good thing.

[TheCultofTonkaRat]

I too used to emulate this commercial, mostly down the stairs of our house while my sister was passing by. I am now 46 and still get the same truck out for my sons. But Tonka always were "Real tough toys for real tough boys"

[AlienXCherie]

I believe I am the reason this commercial ceased to air on tv. When I was a kid, me and my brother went camping next to a cliff on a regular basis. After a Christmas we got those trucks, we had a camping trip. We proceeded to "emulate" the commercial and broke one and severely damaged the other.

When we got back, my mother called Tonka to tell them what happened. They had her mail the trucks to them, sent us two back, and the commercial was not seen in Arizona EVER again. LOLZ

[iLLMiLLz978]

Man I've been lookin for this commercial for 20 plus years

[sailormatlac]

The same for me. I used to reproduce the same thing with my Tonka truck in the quarry next to my home!

[manic242]

that lady was scary

[ronfake1]

That, I believe, is the crazy lady from Wife Swap (or Trading Spouces) who went nuts and kept calling the host family "dark sided".

Nicely remixed!