1960's IDEAL Christmas Toy TV Commercial

Robot Commando. Classic toy of the 60's. Find more IDEAL Toys at http://www.VintageTVcommercials.com

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[Neil6000]

As a 5-year old watching this commercial it was impossible for me not to ask Santa Claus for this toy.

However, the commercial gave me the impression that the toy city, tanks, and airplanes also came with the Robot Commando. Under the tree Christmas morning I only found the toy robot.

48 years later I am still waiting for Santa to bring the rest of those things to me.

[Roodosutaa]

That thing has voice recognition????

[gymnastix]

What is "Christmas" about this commercial? TV ads for toys are aired year-round, usually during children's programming, which, when I was a kid, was mostly Saturday mornings.

But with cable TV, on a kids channel, the toy ads could air virtually 24/7.

So unlesss a commercial specifically mentions the Christmas season, it is just a regular toy commercial.

[Roodosutaa]

@CaneFu Yeah I was pretty sceptical when I saw this ad - even TODAY voice recognition on the iPhone is hit-and-miss at best (or maybe it's just my voice...). I can imagine an episode of Mad Men based around this

Although to be fair they did cover themselves by showing the kid turning a knob on the controls

[CaneFu]

@Roodosutaa

"That thing has voice recognition?"

I remember being very disappointed that it didn't respond to my verbal commands because the commercial certainly seems to imply that doesn't it? You had to turn a knob to make the robot turn left or fire a missile as the microphone was fake. This commercial was obviously made before false advertising laws were in place.

[CaneFu]

@kolaboy

Mine worked perfectly and I remember attacking my older sister's boyfriend with the robot one night while he sat on the couch waiting for her to finish getting ready. Between the balls it threw out of his hands & the missile launched out of his head, the robot did a pretty good job on him - enough to make him angry and tell on me...that wimp.

[TheRedzGuy]

@Neil6000 Ebay?

[ironhorzmn]

Be the FIRST kid on your BLOCK...to DESTROY it!

[kolaboy]

Great commercial.

Well, I had this thing. It NEVER worked. That lid on his head always stuck in the "open" position. One of the few times the rocket actually fired, it shattered a vase. The left eyeball was frozen looking off to the right. The cord connecting the control to the robot's body was only 2 feet long. And it took about 20 D-cell batteries to run the thing.

And yet it looked great standing up on my dresser. Wish I still had it...

[SatansMullet]

@Beamshipcaptain Yeah, and my mom only got 50 cents a week allowance too.

[Poodleinacan]

It might have been fun to be born in those times...

Now, I'm waiting for jan. 25, because am buying the collector's edition of Dead Space 2!, for 80$ ...

We live in a very different time now.

[Beamshipcaptain]

Gasoline was only 30 Cents a gallon in 1961 in New York!