At Flashbak this week, I also posted about some vintage toy robots of the 1970s: Topper's Ding-A-Ling line. I discovered these at yard and garage sales of the disco decade, and have loved them ever since.
Here's a snippet and the url: (http://flashbak.com/robot-empire-remembering-toppers-ding-ling-robots-1970s-35161/ )
"In
the late 1960s, a toy company named Topper master-minded a toy robot takeover of
the universe. In 1970, Topper introduced the Ding-A-Lings: six-inch tall robots
with distinct personalities that -- thanks to removable battery operated
back-packs -- could walk and move under their own power.
Topper’s
robots were designed according to their positions or vocations in a robot
world. There was Claw, who could grab
things with giant pincers. And there was
Fireman, who could squirt water from a hose.
And
then there was Policeman, Chef, a boxer named Rocky, and the super-intelligent
Answer-Man.
These
tiny robots were colorful and individual in appearance, and they inhabited a
fully imagined universe. For example,
Topper manufactured several track sets like the “Super Return Space Skyway” by which the robots could traverse their
prospective metropolis. The robots could hook on to the tracks of their space
highways, and ride them right-side-up, or upside-down."
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