[TOMT] Squishable action figures from the late 80s or early 90s
I'm looking for the name of the toys I had around 1990. They were about 6-inch tall dudes made of foam that could be squished down to about a half inch and they slowly reformed.
They were all fairly monster-ish: a doctor with eyeball teeth, a scarred rock star, a deformed weightlifter...
There were commercials for them so I'm sure they were somewhat popular.
FOUND THEM (My mother remembered, inexplicably): MASH 'EMS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5CEF-m6-9g
Posted Feb 5, 2011, 9:08 PM UTC · edited
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I've been looking for over an hour for these, because I know exactly what you're talking about! I even texted my bf and he was no help. I'm going to keep looking though!!
Neat! Do you remember any of the other characters? I know I had more than three but all I remember are the mad scientist doctor guy with eyeballs in his mouth, the rock star with the pointy guitar and amp, and a relatively boring weightlifter with red barbells.
Unfortunately my recollection was more vague than yours, but when I read it I knew exactly what you were talking about. I never had them but my cousins or neighbor must have.
I looked through an archive of 90's commercials, and had no luck, but may have over-looked something.
I figured looking for the commercial first would be the best bet, because key words in google aren't working.
Another idea I had was to look through bulk lots on ebay? I know there are a ton of '90's toys' for sale in bulk, and on the posting they have the name of the toys.
Don't worry, it's bugging the hell out of me too, so I'll keep looking! Way to drag me down with you! :)
I have also been spending today's tea-sipping time watching 80s and 90s commercials and looking through ebay categories.
(There was also a biker guy with a green helmet and red hair, riding a tiny motorcycle.)
Could I have made up the existence of the tv spots? Could these be really obscure, and you are my cousin or neighbor?
Well, I texted my boyfriend when I read your post hoping for an easy answer and he said "no, but I really wanted that"which while being extremely vague, implied to me that he saw it in a commercial.
Also, I don't think my neighbor would understand/frequent reddit, nor would he dedicate a section of his day to sipping tea (which is unfortunate for him, because tea-time is a must in life!)
The two that I remember most distinctly are the wrestler, and the rock star...It's really unfortunate that there isn't a website dedicated to squishy toys from our past. The 80's and the 90's had tons of them. :/
edit:I was hesitating on adding a joke about squishy toy sites for adults, so I'll just leave it as an in-edit reference