Vintage Mr Machine Robot toy TV Commercial from IDEAL

[MultiMifune1]

What's sad about this toy?

The guy who inveted it (a CEO) was constantly harassed by his shrewish wife who complaned "You have no time for me! Your'e a company machine!!"

Stung by this rebuke he created...

[crrider12564]

Don't remember ever seeing one of those anywhere. I am building a giant killer robot at this time . you should check my vids

[musicbill123]

WHAT ABOUT MR MACHINE WITH A FLY WHEEL AND TIMING CHAIN FOR IT?

THEN A REVERSE CONNECT TO THIS FOR REWIND? I SEE IT

I REMEMBER THE ADDS IN THE 50S FOR THIS TOY

[PunchSydeiron]

Mr. Machine? Wow, they must have spent seconds coming up with that name.

[majorferret]

i have this and the great garloo!they should bring back the old toys!

[kayfowler1]

i had this.he was red

[lmarias89]

i have one! its a lil dusty and some parts are missing but it still works lol.. i love it

[furmaster212]

1: they will NEVER make bad ass toys like this today, and 2: children will never be as innocent as they wher in the time this toy was made.

[bobsesiongdl]

nice song

[justjohn2]

gotta love the internet. i've carried the memory of this toy around in my head for apparently 49 years. i remember getting it for christmas and somebody winding it and setting it off. i'd never felt so scared! i started crying and wanting the noise to stop. it has stayed in my head all these years. now i just have to find that dinosaur that would walk and you had to shoot it with a a rubber dart gun. that one freaked me out just as much.

oh the joys of early childhood christmas's

[MsSuzyQ88]

@justjohn2 Do you mean King Zor the fighting dinosaur by Ideal???

[writegyu]

My brother had one--too bad he still doesn't have it. It's a collector's item!

[Sandguy99]

My favorite Christmas toy of 1960. I was 3, and my father insisted on taking it apart to show my how, and it took him 6 hours to put it back together. I cried all day!

[hamilton7750]

@Sandguy99 I took mine apart too, but never did get it back together

[Swaptool]

I had one of these. I loved that toy.