Mattel
NEW Mattel - Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots Game
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- $69.00
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- $69.00
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Description
NEW - Rock ' em Sock ' em Robots
Classic Boxing Game
Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots have delivered hard-hitting fun for over 40 years!
The classic boxing match pits Red Rocker versus Blue Bomber in the ring, fists at the ready, each with one aim in mind: to be the first to knock his rival's block off!
You and an opponent control the punching action by pushing the buttons on your "joysticks." With the right use of speed, power, and angle you can knock your opponent's robot's head right off his shoulders to win the round!
Kids will have a blast battling it out in the arena with realistic sounds and jaw-jolting action.
It's Robot vs. Robot in the infamous battle in the ring!
It's the classic game from 1966 in which the battling robots try to knock each other's blocks off! Now kids big and little can "get back in the ring." Red Rocker and Blue Bomber battle it out in the arena with realistic sounds and jaw-jolting action.
Head to head action in an instant!
Designed for two players, this exciting game lets each opponent control his robot by operating the corresponding mechanism with his or her thumbs. The ring requires some simple assembly, and the robots easily fit into grooves on their platforms. Then just take your places, grab your controls, and let the battle begin!
Punching action and jaw crunching sounds!
When a robot lands a blockbuster punch to his opponent's jaw, that opponent's head pops up with that Rock 'Em Sock 'Em "gotcha!" sound. Press the robot's head back into place and you're ready for the next round. Kids control the intensity of the battle with their thumb speed and expert fighting skills! Go round after round and eventually crown a new champion! Until next time...
For 2 players.
Features:
- Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots deliver hard-hitting fun for over 40 years!
- The classic boxing match pits Red Rocker versus Blue Bomber in the ring.
- The game has one key aim be the first to knock your opponent's block off!
- Kids will have a blast battling it out with realistic sounds and jaw-jolting action.
- For 2 Players
Includes:
- 2 x Plastic Robots
- 1 x Boxing Ring
- 2 x Controllers
- 2 x Robot Platforms
- 1 x Pole & Rope Assembly
- 1 x Set of Game Instructions
Recommended For Ages: 6 Years+
Dimensions: 29 cm x 21 cm x 12.5 cm
Brief History:
Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots is a two-player action toy and game designed by Marvin Glass and Associates and was first manufactured by the Marx toy company in 1964. It features two duelling robot boxers, Red Rocker and Blue Bomber, mechanically manipulated by the players, and the game is won when one player knocks the opposing robot's head up and off the shoulders.
Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots has enjoyed far-ranging success in the United States, selling in the hundreds of thousands and becoming something of a minor popular culture phenomenon. The game was developed for the Marx toy company by the renowned toy design firm Marvin Glass and Associates. The toy was inspired by boxing games that appeared in arcades in the early 1960s, using mannequins made of metal that would fall over if a player managed to hit the button on the chin of the opposing player's dummy.
After some development, Glass decided to cancel the project in 1963 after the death of boxer Davey Moore in the ring. Burt Meyer felt that the toy was too good to go to waste and suggested that they "de-humanize" the characters, making them robots that fall apart, rather than humanoid figures that fall over.
Text on the box suggested an outer-space backstory for the two robots. The red boxer is "the rollicking Red Rocker" from Soltarus II. The blue opponent, the "beautiful Blue Bomber, pride of Umgluck
The toy first became available to retailers during the 1964 season. Marx produced the action set, virtually unchanged, for well over a decade, until the packaging and characters were updated for the 1977 sales season with a more overt outer-space theme to make it appeal more to buyers looking for space toys following the release of the movie blockbuster Star Wars.
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