Comments on: Help Me Remember These Obscure Toys

Question: Help Me Remember These Obscure Toys

sjuhawk31 — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:09:00 -0800

ObscureToyFilter: Help me remember a toy from my childhood. My siblings and I are remembering plastic, colored blocks and cylinders that unfolded to become characters. We recall a king and queen, almost certainly a pig, and maybe a cow.

Google has failed us so far. It was almost like these things were precursors to Transformers, but they were far less complex (as we were far younger). They would only unfold once, on a hinge, and the character would be printed on the inside of the shape. They weren't perfect halves, either; there would be little legs and arms sticking out.

This would most likely be in the 1984-1988 range, when we were between 5 and 10, but perhaps earlier.

Bonus points for pictures proving accuracy.

By: MaryDellamorte

MaryDellamorte — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:17:39 -0800

Were they the Sweet Secrets toys? They were a couple different ones, including animals. Here are three commercials:

Commercial one
Commercial two
Commercial three

By: blind.wombat

blind.wombat — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:29:33 -0800

DoubleDooz, as seen here?

Here's what might be the relevant patent.

By: sjuhawk31

sjuhawk31 — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:30:18 -0800

I'm positive they weren't Sweet Secrets, MaryDellamorte. Our toys weren't attached to any box.

By: sjuhawk31

sjuhawk31 — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:32:06 -0800

blind.wombat, YES!!! How ever did you remember that?

By: blind.wombat

blind.wombat — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:33:57 -0800

Heh, I had no idea what they were, just used my black-belt google skills :)

By: sjuhawk31

sjuhawk31 — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:46:16 -0800

I bow to your Googlefu. No combination of words we had tried worked.

By: peep

peep — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:55:04 -0800

I tried to click on blind.wombat's "here" link, and apparently my company's filtering software thinks the Sears Wishbook is PORNOGRAPHY. *boggle*