Please help me find these 1970s robot toys.
August 5, 2012 8:47 AM Subscribe
I'm try to find a series of robot toys I had in the early 1970s. I've tried various relevant search terms on Google, AskMe and eBay, but have come up empty. Maybe you can help based on the details I remember.
I remember buying some of these robots in the 1970s at John's Bargain Store on Frankford Ave in Philadelphia, and I might have bought some at another Philadelphia toy store called Kiddie City.
The robots had metal bodies with plastic details, and they were a little smaller than Matchbox cars or Hot Wheels cars. They all had unique functions. I remember one had a scissor-lift, and one had a spring operated claw.
All of the robots in the series shared the common trait of being mounted on a flat metal plate with 4 wheels. There was a coupler like a trailer hitch on the rear of the plate, and a short flat bar mounted on a pivot on one end and with a hole on the other end so that you could create a train of robots.
There were at least 8 to 10 robots in this series. They were sold individually in blister packs.
The robot toys I am thinking of are definitely not Ding*A*Lings.
Do you have any idea what this series of robots wer called based on these scant details? Thanks for any help you might be able to give me.
I remember buying some of these robots in the 1970s at John's Bargain Store on Frankford Ave in Philadelphia, and I might have bought some at another Philadelphia toy store called Kiddie City.
The robots had metal bodies with plastic details, and they were a little smaller than Matchbox cars or Hot Wheels cars. They all had unique functions. I remember one had a scissor-lift, and one had a spring operated claw.
All of the robots in the series shared the common trait of being mounted on a flat metal plate with 4 wheels. There was a coupler like a trailer hitch on the rear of the plate, and a short flat bar mounted on a pivot on one end and with a hole on the other end so that you could create a train of robots.
There were at least 8 to 10 robots in this series. They were sold individually in blister packs.
The robot toys I am thinking of are definitely not Ding*A*Lings.
Do you have any idea what this series of robots wer called based on these scant details? Thanks for any help you might be able to give me.
I know the ones you mean. I had all of them. One had a metal chest shield and plastic arms that could throw small objects. They had a single plastic eye in either blue green or red. I may still have them in the attic. I'll have to look.
posted by Splunge at 3:34 PM on August 5, 2012
posted by Splunge at 3:34 PM on August 5, 2012
Response by poster: Those sound like exactly the robots I'm looking for. I think the scissor-lift robot had a red body with a single plastic blue eye.
posted by Rob Rockets at 6:21 PM on August 5, 2012
posted by Rob Rockets at 6:21 PM on August 5, 2012
Best answer: I believe the toys you're describing are Microbots made by Kenner. See this link:
Kenner Microbots
posted by peppermint22 at 1:36 PM on December 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
Kenner Microbots
posted by peppermint22 at 1:36 PM on December 27, 2012 [1 favorite]
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posted by carmicha at 9:47 AM on August 5, 2012