12. Rock Em Sock Em Robots
Where It Was Sold: Macy’s, Sears, Toy Stores
Company: Marx Toy Co.
Original Price: $5-$10*
The Blue Bomber and the Red Rocker were the two combat toys in this 1964 two-player toy game. By switching between these characters’ controls, players would attempt to remove their opponent’s head.
Robots that Rock and Sock: eBay/Pinterest
Rock Em Sock Em Robots had great popularity in America, selling hundreds of thousands of copies annually, and as a result, they became something of a minor pop cultural phenomenon. Marx updated The Robots to have a space theme in the 1970s in an attempt to cash in on the popularity of Star Wars.
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