"Who was the first president of the United States" 2XL asks. "Lincoln" the kids respond back. "Wrong you will be vaporized"!!! 2Xl exclaims. five seconds later the kids are never seen again because they were dumb.
@wmidol Exactly! Mom bought me the original version that was produced by Mego Corporation back around 1980. And a little over 10 years later I remember seeing the commercials for this new 2-XL that Tiger Electronics made, and I thought, "That's not 2-XL! The real 2-XL is somewhere in Mom's basement, and he's boxy and brown and he runs on 8-track tapes."
I wonder what we ever did with that old 2-XL. I should call Mom and try to dig him up again.
@BloodyBay I hated the 8-track version.. I LOVED my cassette tapes... There were a LOT more questions and answers, whereas you were pretty limited with 8-track.
one time, there was some Cap'n Crunch sponsored contest for a toys r us (i may be wrong) shopping spree, you had to get as many free stuff as you can within a certian amount of time, and they had a 2xl on the shelf. The kid passed it by, in this commercial I remember.
not sure about the 2 sided audio cassettes, but there was a toy with tape that had things like "Inspector gadget" in which you followed instructions, like "push the green button" if you played back these tapes on a regular stereo or mono tape player, you would hear 4 things at once. either 'quadraphonic' or a '4 track' "fold down" for there product.
I used to have "Sesame Street" tapes similar to the "Inspector Gadget" tapes you described in your comment. I don't remember if I ever played the "Sesame Street" tapes in a regular tape player, but on the 2-XL 2-sided audio cassettes I had, you heard one thing at once on either side. If you played the tape on the side with the ID sticker, it would play forwards, but if you played the tape on the side that said "WRONG SIDE" on it, the audio from the "correct" side would play in reverse.
YES!!! I saw something like that at a friends house. I may have some tapes somewhere that I found at a thrift store. those were either stereo or quadraphonic type tapes and the machines were built differently in the audio department...like say "Quadraphonic' mized for 'fold down' stereo through one speaker.
Cassette was WAAAY better... sorry. LOL 8-track??? really??
DeSilverware 3 weeks ago
"Who was the first president of the United States" 2XL asks. "Lincoln" the kids respond back. "Wrong you will be vaporized"!!! 2Xl exclaims. five seconds later the kids are never seen again because they were dumb.
RigTig16 1 year ago
I have this still working in my house :)
zionsphere 1 year ago
i still have mine, and is still working yeah!
valerock667 1 year ago
this is not from the 80s, it's from probably 1992, that is the year tiger released it.
wmidol 2 years ago
@wmidol Exactly! Mom bought me the original version that was produced by Mego Corporation back around 1980. And a little over 10 years later I remember seeing the commercials for this new 2-XL that Tiger Electronics made, and I thought, "That's not 2-XL! The real 2-XL is somewhere in Mom's basement, and he's boxy and brown and he runs on 8-track tapes."
I wonder what we ever did with that old 2-XL. I should call Mom and try to dig him up again.
BloodyBay 1 year ago
@BloodyBay I hated the 8-track version.. I LOVED my cassette tapes... There were a LOT more questions and answers, whereas you were pretty limited with 8-track.
DeSilverware 3 weeks ago
@wmidol nope
DeSilverware 3 weeks ago
one time, there was some Cap'n Crunch sponsored contest for a toys r us (i may be wrong) shopping spree, you had to get as many free stuff as you can within a certian amount of time, and they had a 2xl on the shelf. The kid passed it by, in this commercial I remember.
TEMPmichaelhansen 2 years ago
Man I used to have so much fun with that thing. The jokes are so frigging awful but you can't help but laugh. I really want him back :(
MahBoi22 2 years ago
wow... nostalagia!
arshsingh1984 3 years ago
I just picked up one of these robots yesterday for only $3 at a yard sale.
Galvatron23 3 years ago
I wonder if harryfosho would like this robot?
tycar54 3 years ago
I miss my 2xl :(
Slatch35 3 years ago
This is great!!! Where did you find this commercial?? That is me as a child!!
nova0616 3 years ago
Now why should it be illegal to use 2-XL??
Ian16545 4 years ago
By the way, this is from the 90s, not the 80s, as this version of 2xl came out in 1992.
mbsjrcc06 4 years ago 2
I was gonna tell smohr that, but youre right
barber747 4 years ago
with an 8 track???
TEMPmichaelhansen 2 years ago
The one on the commercial here is the newer one with the 2-sided audio cassettes.
mbsjrcc06 2 years ago
not sure about the 2 sided audio cassettes, but there was a toy with tape that had things like "Inspector gadget" in which you followed instructions, like "push the green button" if you played back these tapes on a regular stereo or mono tape player, you would hear 4 things at once. either 'quadraphonic' or a '4 track' "fold down" for there product.
TEMPmichaelhansen 2 years ago
I used to have "Sesame Street" tapes similar to the "Inspector Gadget" tapes you described in your comment. I don't remember if I ever played the "Sesame Street" tapes in a regular tape player, but on the 2-XL 2-sided audio cassettes I had, you heard one thing at once on either side. If you played the tape on the side with the ID sticker, it would play forwards, but if you played the tape on the side that said "WRONG SIDE" on it, the audio from the "correct" side would play in reverse.
mbsjrcc06 2 years ago
YES!!! I saw something like that at a friends house. I may have some tapes somewhere that I found at a thrift store. those were either stereo or quadraphonic type tapes and the machines were built differently in the audio department...like say "Quadraphonic' mized for 'fold down' stereo through one speaker.
TEMPmichaelhansen 2 years ago
@mbsjrcc06 That toy is called Talk N Play by Playskool.
electronic4evr 11 months ago
CASSETTES??? BLASPHEMY!!!!
eyeh8cbs 4 years ago