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[aoiddr]

Hey, I've been going through my toys from when I was a kid and can't seem to figure out a few random things. Can anyone help figure these out?

 

Madball-y guy with eye coming out:

http://i.imgur.com/0TjCHya.jpg

 

 

 

 

Identified:

 

[Tonka Adventure people] 3 3/4" men in diver type suits:

http://i.imgur.com/K8tgQ2M.jpg

 

[Z-Bot] Some miniature Robot:

http://i.imgur.com/aLzSuDd.jpg

 

 

Thanks!

Edited by aoiddr, 09 September 2015 - 11:32 AM.

[redspook]

Hey, I've been going through my toys from when I was a kid and can't seem to figure out a few random things. Can anyone help figure these out?

 

Madball-y guy with eye coming out:

http://i.imgur.com/0TjCHya.jpg

 

3 3/4" men in diver type suits:

http://i.imgur.com/K8tgQ2M.jpg

 

Some miniature Robot:

http://i.imgur.com/aLzSuDd.jpg

 

 

Thanks!

The 3 3/4" guys are Tonka Adventure people and I'm pretty sure that robot is either a Z-Bot or a knockoff thereof.

[Draznar]

The last figure is a Z-Bot

[dixiebull]

Yep, all that is true about picture 2 and 3...the mad ball eye poppin head thingy was probably a vending machine toy. Is it flat on the back; possibly with little rubber circles in a few places on the back? They were made as "finger puppets" and have been in vending machines since the early 70's I believe. 

 

Here is an example of what I am asking if the back of yours looks similar to. 

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[aoiddr]

Yep, all that is true about picture 2 and 3...the mad ball eye poppin head thingy was probably a vending machine toy. Is it flat on the back; possibly with little rubber circles in a few places on the back? They were made as "finger puppets" and have been in vending machines since the early 70's I believe. 

 

Here is an example of what I am asking if the back of yours looks similar to. 

 

It's round and the same size as a Madball. It's made of soft plastic and inflated. No company markings to be found on it, though.

 

 

 

Thanks, Redspook and Draznar, for helping figure the adventure people and z-bot out.

Edited by aoiddr, 09 September 2015 - 09:32 AM.

[dixiebull]

Oh ok, I gotcha now. It just really looked like a finger puppet head in the picture. Well it is likely just some form of bootleg madball then; The inflated ones were all bootlegs of some kind I believe. I don't know if you will be able to find yours here but this is a page dedicated to all the different madballs and knockoff balls that were made over the years. 

 

http://blarghhhspot.blogspot.com/

[MasonofDITreasures]

More specifically the Z-Bot is Bugeye from the Burger King series.