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Stretch Armstrong
by Kenner
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This memory was added on: December 19,2006
I guess you have Christmas memories and then you have CHRISTMAS MEMORIES that won't go away! Every year I am reminded by my 31 yr old son of the Christmas I stretched HIS Stretch Armstrong until the arm broke. ARRRRGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!! Well I thought the crying would be over in a day or two but unfortunately it has lasted over 25 years. Will they PLEASE come out with another Stretch just like the old one. PLEASE!!!!!!
Tormented Dad!
1955
DPridgenjr@aol.com
This memory was added on: December 19,2006
I was the only girl on the block who had a Stretch Armstrong AND the Monster. They were so cool! My brothers used mine for target practice and shot it up with BB's!!! Yep... I thought the oozy junk inside tasted yummy!!!
Suzy
1966
susant@fmh.com
This memory was added on: December 14,2006
I had the green monster and the strech armstrong guy. My brothers and I had a great time with this toy. Remember that red oooozzzz. Did anyone try to taste it? I still remember what it taste like!!! Not sure what happend to the monster, I do know we stuck strech in the frezer and smashed him. The good old days!!!!!!!!!!
Jason
1969
reefmaniac@comcast.net
This memory was added on: December 11,2006
ARMSTRONG DIDN'T STAND A CHANCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!....IN PITTSBURGH PA WINTER 1976
BIGCHILL
1967
superstar3994@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: December 10,2006
I had the Stretch Monster, one of Stretch Armstrong's enemies. He was green all over with a weird head. That remains as one of my favorite gifts of all time.
Erica
1974
hockeychick2336@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: December 9,2006
I remember that Stretch's head was removable and there was a clear cap underneath to see the goo inside. Then of course my brother and I stress tested Stretch and another one bites the dust!
Dennis Blake
1969
dcblakester@msn.com
This memory was added on: December 7,2006
i had the 1970's stretch hulk with purple trousers but as with so many it got scuffed on the fists and eventually they turned into holes asnd oosed that sweet stuff that actually tasted great after a day or so it was empty and i probably had a week off school sick through eating all the contents...They brought them back out a few years ago with the new movie, i got one for my own son at christmas but it is rubbish, hadly stretches at all and filled with poly balls i think
graham
1971
This memory was added on: December 5,2006
I never really wanted one of these but I remember the commercials it looked boring and just wasn't imaginative enough for me. My friend had one I remember it had a hole in it, I was suprised to see it had red sticky ooze inside. I didn't quite understand why that was necessary but it was an ok toy but there were too many cool toys back then to compete.
robert
1969
redkatmedia@gmail.com
This memory was added on: November 24,2006
I loved my Stretch Armstrong toy as long as he didn't leak through the band aids provided to cover-up his puncture wounds. All in all, it was a fun toy with a lot of potential (you could use him for a paper weight too).
Daniel
1965
dp352x@aol.com
This memory was added on: November 21,2006
Have you tried looking for one on Ebay? My sister got one of these for christmas when she was little. We had so much fun stretching the thing over and over... until one day she decided to find out what it was made of inside. I remember seeing this reddish gel come out.
jennifer
1969
what@what.com
This memory was added on: November 11,2006
hi i had a strech armstrong when i was a kid it was the choice between that and an alien and strech won later on tho i got me olie the strech octipus he was ace 6or 8 tenticals wiv a big jollie smile you cud pull alll thgose tenticals at the same time he was ace ] alas tho strech broke at the wrists wiv intense streching i wonder if the nerer streches hav the same problem n woh ever happened to vac man n strech monster?
andy
12/01/1970
nordlead@hotmail.co.uk
This memory was added on: November 6,2006
where can i buy a stretch armstrong from i need one for christmas please please please help me!!!!!!!!!!!!!
polly
1986
michaelaspden@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: November 5,2006
I got Stretch Armstrong for christmas when I was about nine. My older sister and a friend of hers thought it would be funny to see how far they could stretch him. He put up a good fight but I think it was about 15 to 20 feet when his arm split. I was so upset.
michael B.
1968
michaelmpls@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: October 26,2006
I got a Stretch Armstrong and my little brother got a Fetch Armstrong for christmas one year. My older brother pulled the arms, and it had a whole in it before i even had a chance to play with it. I remember being so mad because nothing happened to my little bro's fetch...that was until the neighbor left it outside in the sun for like three days...fetch didn't look too good after that
Jamie
1983
This memory was added on: October 21,2006
Ive got a coursework to do which is to develop a website on stretch armstrong how sad! or cool is dat?
adam
1985
adam@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: October 21,2006
What a weird toy. We had one--used to PULLLLL on those arms like you wouldn't believe. Sometimes those arms didn't retract all that well afterwards. A fun time was had by all.
Grulg
1966
Uigle@msn.com
This memory was added on: October 9,2006
I received a Stretch Armstrong Doll for Christmas sometime in the late seventies. Out of curiosity one day I decided to take a popsicle stick and proceeded to puncture Stretch’s chest half a dozen times, sticky pinkish ooze, R.I.P. Stretch:(
Jeff
1973
jj_nez@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: October 3,2006
This toy was the sh@#$!!!!!! I remember having one when I was a little boy. I would stretch it far as I could. Then oneday I tore a little hole in it and saw what I thought was jelly until I tasted it.......LOL.....It did not taste like jelly.
Romel
1971
romel_416@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: September 27,2006
My husband recieved a stretch armstrong doll when he was a kid for christmas one year, and his brother and sister's were pulling on it until finally it broke apart and the jelly came out...all this happened before my husband got to play with it once. He's still talking about this story...He say's that year it was the only thing he wanted for christmas. Does anyone know were I can get a 1970's version of the stretch armstrong doll? Late is better than never right?
Nina
1976
nebulabug2@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: September 6,2006
I had a Stretch Armstrong when I was about five or six yrs old.I remember my brother trying to pull his arms off and me getting upset.I one day poked him with a needle to see what was up.I hid him under the bed so my parents would'nt find out.
John Jones
1971
jonjonz@comcast.net
This memory was added on: August 17,2006
Well, it appears that many of us found out what's inside of Stretch...but most of you seem to have used tools to do it. I brought him to bed with me at night, and was chewing on his arm...I woke up covered in Armstrong Jelly. The story still comes up around the tree every Christmas.
Mike in Tampa
1972
This memory was added on: August 14,2006
One memory I have of Stretch Armstrong is not particularly fond. Those of you who had one of these as a kid may remember how heavy they were. One morning while staying at my cousin's house, my evil older brother thought it would be funny to wake me up by dropping Mr. Armstrong on my face. He and my cousin found this delightfully humorous, but as you might guess- I did not.
Jason Ormond
1971
jmoarch@aol.com
This memory was added on: August 12,2006
All I remember is having a Strech Armstrong doll and playing with him all the time back in the 70's. My friends and I would grab an arm and pull like crazy but he always went back. I always wanted to know what was inside, but loved him too much to disembowel him... Good Times
Terry
1965
madman131965@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: August 5,2006
I was very young and took Stretch to church with me one wintry Sunday but had to leave him in the car. Stretch and the cold never got along well so he ended up being completely frozen and very hard. I had to take him into the building after church and run warm water over him just to thaw him a bit. This was not the last time that Stretch met the cold, however. He never complained, though!
Ken
1967
mrmustachman@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: July 20,2006
i remember my uncle brought me back one of these in the mid to late 70's from the US where he wsa attending college. can't remember the exact year but this toy stuck in my mind because it was stretch so much and take much abuse. definitely a classic!!
jimmy
1973
ghosstryda@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: July 13,2006
Like most of you all, I had one and my brother had the other. I had Stretch Monster. My evil older brother stabbed him in the belly with a pencil. I put him in the closet and the next day, when I checked on him, he was covered with ants. Apparently, his guts were sweet. I miss him. 28 years and I still remember how he felt and looked like.
Dave
1969
dgvail@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: July 8,2006
I have just found my original Stretch Armstrong in the garage. It is still in the original polystyrene box but not the outer cardboard box and obviously no mat. It is in good condition with no punctures. Does anyone know where I could sell it? Also how much is it likely to fetch? Ebay only seems to have the modern ones.
Damian
1969
dthompson@localserve.net
This memory was added on: June 19,2006
I got stretch as a xmas gift when i was young probably age 7, my lil brother 3 yrs younger got it as well. We used to try and tie each other up with them....had alot of fun with them...till the day my brother stuck some of my mothers hat pins into mine and he oooozzed all over the floor. I was fumed. So I had to react back...I tore the head off my brothers...lol About 10 yrs ago i started thinking back on ole stretch wondering if it was possible to get another one..no luck, well at least for what peeps are wanting for them
david
1970
draddor@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: June 6,2006
MY ONLY MEMORY OF STRECH WAS PROBABLY NOT THE BEST, I DECIDED TO SEE IF I COULD STICK A FORK ( FLAT END ) INTO HIM TO SEE IF IT WOULD STRECH HIS STOMACH...NOT THE EFFECT I WAS LOOKING FOR. I POKED A GASH IN HIM AND THAT SYRUP OR WHATEVER WAS INSIDE STARTING SEEPING OUT. I PUT A BANDAID ON HIM BUT IT WAS TOO LATE...STRECH HAD TO BE PUT TO REST. BATMAN, SUPERMAN, SPIDY, LUKE SKYWALKER, HULK, AND OTHERS ATTENDED HIS FUNERAL. HE HAD SO MUCH PROMISE...HE WAS THIRD IN COMMAND OF MY SUPER HERO LEGION.
ERIC OAKES
8/30/71
EOAKES@QUALITYCOILSINC.COM
This memory was added on: June 2,2006
My dad give me an stretch armstrong when i was very ill and he gaves me on a big bag and he trying to put me in the bag but there i found the stretch armstrong. Sorry for the bad english.
Roger
04/06/1977
rogelio_arevalo@hotmail.cvom
This memory was added on: June 2,2006
Stretch Armstrong was a blast, and like so many other folks found out the hard way a real knuckle buster too (I think it was that deceptively soft squishy feel that caused the urge to try punching it -ouch!).
Anyhow, one of the big memories was the controversy going on around them. As a kid we were living in Chicago Heights ILL and the big controversy was how it would turn kids into some kind of masochists from "torturing" Stretch. My folks were actually worried for a while.
Mine too finaly came to a decomposition demise. I had stored him in his styrofoam sercauphagus, only to discover years later a pool of hard pinkish corn syrup (from what I remember that's what the goop really was) that had stuck his box to the floor. I kept his head though for a keepsake.
tim
1966
robotkid66@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: June 1,2006
I THOUGHT STRETCH ARMSTRONG WAS VERY HANDSOME AND FUN TO PLAY WITH, I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR ANOTHER ONE, MY LITTLE SISTER POKED HIM TO SEE WHAT WAS INSIDE HIM, SO I HAD TO THROW HIM AWAY. I HAVE EVEN GIVEN A PICTURE OF MYSELF AND STRETCH TO A LADY THAT RUNS AN OLD TOY STORE, AND SHE HAS NOT FOUND ONE FOR ME YET. I AM 45 AND I WOULD STILL LIKE TO HAVE ANOTHER, I LIKE CHILDHOOD MEMORIES, I THINK IT WILL KEEP ME YOUNG.
DLM
1960
frgmor@sbcglobal.net
This memory was added on: May 31,2006
I remember wanting to see if I could stretch Mr. Armstrong from our 2nd floor landing to the first floor. I ties his arms to the banister railing and hung on to his ankles as I walked down the stairs, I think I was small enough to hang by his ankles for awhile until his knotted arms gave way. You go...I go!
Kent
1968
kfitzhugh@townofgananoque.ca
This memory was added on: May 15,2006
I had an original 'Stretch' back in the day, and for some reason unbeknownst to me now, I decided to stick him in the freezer in the basement. Well, I forgot all about old Stretch until after about a week or two later, around the time my mother found him in a rather sorry state and really gave me hell for ruining my toy. Stretch's flesh had developed huge, gaping cracks (more like fissures) where magical and mysterious purple glop began to seep out. As the purple glop seeped out, it too froze, into giant sized purple polyps...sorry Stretch, I hardly knew yee...
Scott
1970
This memory was added on: May 5,2006
Brother broke it :'(
Paddy
1986
ph_est_!986@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: April 28,2006
I had one. His skin pulled and crack and I rember chewing on it and it i think i ate some of the goo. if i rember correct it was sweet.
i was young once
1971
This memory was added on: April 14,2006
How very cool to have found this site! I too played countless hours with my Armstrong, but alas he and Stretch Monster had one to many battles and I also buried Armstrong in a shoe box in my folks back yard in Michigan, no foolin'! I haven't seen a picture of him or the monster in about twenty eight years! By the way the parents put an in ground pool in some years after the burial and I remember wondering if he would be exhumed at that time. Very fun memories indeed :) Interested in Stretch Monster? I found an excellent site. http://home.comcast.net/~stretchmonster/
Denis
1970
denis_stephen@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: March 26,2006
I remember playing with my stretch armstrong when I was younger until I got bored.Then I end up sticking him into a shoebox and burying him in my parents backyard. I wonder if he is still buried back there?
Richard
1964
rcoco49er@aol.com
This memory was added on: March 23,2006
I remember when my brothers and i accidentally shot this guy up onto the top shelf of my closet. we never saw him again.
Libby Smith
10-8-91
zeppelinluver9@netscape.net
This memory was added on: March 20,2006
I am the Stretch Man. Check out my website, http.//stretcharmstrongworld.com This was and is the ultimate collectors toy to get. Unlike most plastic toys that can stay pristine for ever, stretch armstrongs are basically food and parishable. This makes them very valuable because most got hard and dried up or were torn. When you find a good one thats soft and free of holes, ChaChing$$$$.I have figured out how to preserve them as well. I have a huge stretch collection, all soft. I have almost every stretch made, and believe me there were more than you think. Great toy I will keep on collecting and give to my kids. Oh yeah, I have no kids, guess I have to keep them all to mself, oh darn.
T-MAN
1967
lonewulf@rochester.rr.com
This memory was added on: March 14,2006
He was my best friend and action super hero. I played with him every day until i poked his arm open with scissors. My life has never been the same.
Justin Sanford
10/26/90
jks102690@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: March 12,2006
anyone out there want to sell there armstrong email me I will pay top dollar. t.shuttz@comcast.net
terry
10-25-69
t.shuttz@comcast.net
This memory was added on: March 11,2006
i loved strech man armstrong, i played with him alot, on day i riped him open by his arm and all the red goo started coming out, worried about getting in trouble for wreckin my new toy, i hid him under my bed, two months later my mom found him, she was mad at me for not telling her that i broke him, and she was also mad at me for putting him under my bed, so the goo was now on the carpet.. i miss and will always love my strechman arm strong! ~*Braydon*~
Braydon
1990
Braydon90@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: March 8,2006
I remember playing with my stretch to the point where I rip him and the red goo from hell started to ooze out. I'm still in therapy for that.
Michael
1972
cookiemonstar63@aol.com
This memory was added on: March 7,2006
I had both Stretch Armstrong and the Sea Monster around 1977/78. I still remember sticking a toothpick in them to see what was inside. I remember the gel inside stretch was a light red color (kinda looked like Close-Up toothpaste), and the gel in the Sea Monster was a blue-greenish color. Those things were a bitch to stretch during winter!
Alex
1973
aestevez1973@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: February 27,2006
i recently met the man that "invented" stretch armstrong. hes in his seventies, shaved head and built like stretch, well an older version anyway. nice guy..i had to tell him the truth though, i never owned one..but every other kid in the neighborhood did. nice guy...lives right here in cincinnati ohio.
vincent
1966
vccarone@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: February 22,2006
Awesome toy, the new Fantastic Four stretch toy doesn't even touch the coolness of the original Stretch Armstrong. I wish I could find one reasonably priced and in good shape for my son.
Debbie
1971
This memory was added on: February 18,2006
I am the Stretch-man. I collect stretch armstrongs of all variations. I am looking for the Stretch Sea Serpent made by Kenner in the late 1970s. This will help to complete my large collection. I am willing to pay up to $2,000 for it depending on its condition and box etc.I also have many stretches I can add as trade.If you have this green stretch snake like creature, please contact me at lonewulf@rochester.rr.com I will personally pick up the item within the United States and pay cash. Also check out My website http.//stretcharmstrongworld.com Thanks ,Tony
T-Man
1967
lonewulf@rochester.rr.com
This memory was added on: February 11,2006
i have info on lots of stretch toys.And that hulk out of all the stretch armstrong toys is the most.on ebay it would go for about $600 but a real collector of stretch armstrong toys would pay thousands for 1.i have seen the offer go for $15,ooo !!!!!!!! visit www.stretcharmstrongworld.com and contact the colector and he will pay aolt of money for your rare stretchy toys :)
Jonathan
This memory was added on: February 10,2006
I remeber my dad coming home with a big suprize :) he had 2 stretch armstrongs (not the 1970's ones) 1 for me and 1 for my bro. we played with them so much they both died :( next christmas i had another 1 but this time i took good care of it.And now still have it and i have fetch armstrong(the dog) and i have vac-man(stretch amrstrongs enemy) and hopefully for my birthday i will get the original 1 from ebay because i have seen them on there quite alot :)
Jonathan
1992
jonathandavies_3@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: February 4,2006
hey my boyfriend told me about the stretch incredible hulk it was that he had, and how much it rocked. "the best toy i ever had" he described it as, and he cried when it broke. Any ideas if it is at all possible to get my hands on another one? im in england, and i dont know if it will b possible to get him another one :( any ideas, please email me or reply on here thanx helen :)
Helen
1988
xx_x_helena_x_xx@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: February 3,2006
i had this toy when i was a kid and my brother had the green stretch monster. i don't remember what happened to SA but the monster got left out in the sun and leaked red ooze and that was the end of that.
kelly
1972
katerbug72@gmail.com
This memory was added on: January 26,2006
What about stretch the sea monster???????????.....and I'm not talkin the green man monster, I'm talking about the rares of rare, the one that looked like a green snake with big eye balls......... I got 14 feet out of him once, and then it happened.............no one remembers this one, did really exsict............?
K.C.
1967
This memory was added on: January 23,2006
My older brothers got one of these in the 70's- one got strech armstrong, and the other got the green monster. It was awesome! I wish I could go back in time and re-live these memories. I loved playing with them. (I was 5 at the time).
Jeanine Hoffas
1971
cdjhof3@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: January 23,2006
Oh, how I remember the stretch...being the youngest of four in the 1970's I was beaten and on a few occassions with armstrong. My brothers used to try stretch me like one, and I had to journey to the hospital with my mom a few times with dislocated arms. Still remember sitting there with dictionary's in my arms, ready for the pop back in, but they are great memories. what doesn't kill you.... oh, yeah and the blue stuff/gel that would come out when you finally bust it open to see its magic contents.
Scott mangum
1976
shadygrover4@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: January 23,2006
I was too poor to have a Stretch Armstrong....
Danny
1967
dt@hotmail.net
This memory was added on: January 13,2006
i am like sooo in love with stretch armstrong, this one time i stretched stretch out way to far, like passed is limits which is hard to do but i did it, and i done broke strech and man did i cried, hell i cried for three straight, but then i cheered because i went to the nearest store and i got me another stretch, but for some reason this strech he didn't have the same meaning as my other stretch, but after a week or two of stretchin stretch i think i broke him in and man i had fun with my buddy, but then my dog chewed and he was gone, and there was no more stretches to play with because they stopped making them.
butch mcjunkin
1955
bbauer2007@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: January 12,2006
I worked at Toys R Us back in the heyday of Stretch Armstrong. My only really vivid memory of working there is that around Christmas time there was a shoping cart full of dead Stretchs...all lying there is various states of dismemberment, oozing. I found it kinda disturbing.
Dan
1961
drnoose@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: January 10,2006
My little sister wanted one of these for christmas back in the 70s. My parents were too busy to do a lot of christmas shopping, so I was instructed to make the necessary phone calls to stores in the area to locate this hard-to-find toy. Somehow I got a wire crossed in my head, and I thought the toy was called "Stretch Cunningham". That was the name of a character on the then-popular TV show ALL IN THE FAMILY. I spent the whole day calling tons of stores asking if they had a Stretch Cunningham doll in stock. Some clerks laughed at me and I was baffled as to why. Unsurprisingly, no store reported any Stretch Cunningham dolls in stock.
That night I suddenly realized I had been asking for the toy by the wrong name. The next day I located a Stretch Armstrong and my sister enjoyed it very much that christmas. It lasted for years. The coolest thing to do was to sort of tie the doll in "knots" and place it back in the stryrofoam packing form. It would gradually straighten itself out and make the craziest squeaking noises.
Frankin Ellis
1958
This memory was added on: January 7,2006
I had da green MONSTER , is one of my favorites toys ,I want one ,.
I rememver da stuff inside was sweet and white ,a frien told me that he's green monster, \had blue stuff,
jorge aguirre
1980
jorge_down@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: January 6,2006
The girl who lived behind me came over one day and asked to see my Stretch Armstrong. I reached into the back of my Big Wheel and gave it to her. 5 seconds later she kicked me with a pair of hard toe Buster Browns and took off down the street. A hour later my mother returned from the neighbors house with my Stretch Armstrong. Stretch was riddled with nail holes and lipstick. I haven't trusted another woman since.
james
1970
This memory was added on: January 2,2006
I was very familiar with stretch Armstrong, we had one in the late 70's, but the memorie I hold the fondest, is in 1993, I purchased one for my son, age 2 then....he opened him for Christmas, my father in law and I started pulling him in two different directions by his arms and my 2 year old son screamed bloody murder, covered his eyes and ears at the same time and yelled, "DON'T DO DAT!" We really have laughed over that for years as he is soon to be 14 in January. I stumbled across this message board by searching for one for him again this Christmas. No such luck!
Lisa
1967
haliebear2000@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: December 29,2005
My son had an original Stretch Armstrong in the 1970's and LOVED it. He is now almost 34 years old and I'd love to find one for him as a gift (new or used). I've looked on eBay for a while now, but all they ever seem to have are the ones from the 1990's. Any suggestions on where I might find one of the original dolls?
Sandy Smith
ssmith1952@charter.net
This memory was added on: December 29,2005
I'm looking for a figure which feels like a Stretch Armstrong, but it is all red. No face, just an all red muscle man looking figure. If anyone has any clue what I am talking about, please e-mail me. Thanks
~Kyle
vvilmmil@hotmail.com
Kyle
vvilmmil@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: December 24,2005
I had one of the more recent versions when I was younger. I hung it off a bed and well...it snapped. We got him patched up nicely though and we even made a hospital for him!
Will
7th October 1992
w.g.lloyd@btinternet.com
This memory was added on: December 21,2005
I had a stretch armstrong when I was a kid. I bit a chunk out of his leg , the red stuff taste like corn syrup. Later we tied kite string to him and threw him in the pond meaning to retrieve him with the string, but it broke . Now stretch rests in Davy Jones locker. I miss him.
thompson
cthom@ctechok.org
This memory was added on: December 21,2005
I remember clearly when I purchased Stretch Monster. It was fall 1977 in Fargo, North Dakota, at the famed West Acres Mall. I hadn't heard of the creature before, but somehow I was taken by the package, I guess. Just after I purchased it, I remember a kid coming up to me in the mall; he saw I was looking at the box. He seemed very excited, and I let him look at it. I hope he evenutally got his own. The thing I remember most about the monster was its smell. Kinda plasticy, rubbery, synthetic, yet oddly endearing. If I think about it I can still smell it today. That Christmas I received Stretch Armstrong, and I liked him, too, but he couldn't compete with Stretch Monster, especially that weirdly textured skin. If you can find it, look for the cool coloring book that featured both of them.
Matt
1968
This memory was added on: December 17,2005
I had his nemesis, a green 'creature from the black lagoon'-like character, who was so much 'cooler', in My opinion. His eyes even glowed in the dark!
Draconis Blackthorne
WarlockBlackthorne@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: December 15,2005
he was fun for a while, till i decided to stick him with pins,
Joe Novotny
1972
JONOVO5@aol.com
This memory was added on: November 30,2005
I grew up an only girl with four older brothers, the youngest being 11 years older than myself! When I was four or five years old, Santa brought me a Stretch Armstrong for Christmas. I remember not being strong enough to really stretch him, but I do remember my brother Brian and I poking him with a pair of scisscors until he bled that green stretch "ooze". Of course, the poking of Stretch was short lived, and he simply wasn't as much fun with no innards. However, the process of "milking" stretch of his ooze is one of my favorite early memories. We laughed for hours and had a ball.
Rachel
1971
rachelkirk@cox.net
This memory was added on: November 17,2005
Oh! My poor Stretch Armstrong!!! I think I was about 6 years old when I got that toy fro Christmas. I took him everywhere I went...even on vacation to Boston. That's when the unthinkable happened...my cousin took a knife to his arm and he began to bleed. I think he bled to death because he was never the same since. I cried and cried when my parents gave him a proper funeral :)
Christine
1970
mom2olivia211@aol.com
This memory was added on: November 14,2005
I just happened to find this site doing a search for Stretch Armstrong.
I worked for a company in the mid '70's that teamed with Kenner to product this doll. We made the bodies for them and they filled them and fitted the head. I still have one of the original production molds.
We worked with them to develop what became Monster Man, but someone else made it for them.
We also made the bodies for the Baby Alive doll and the roll up skin on the arm of the Six Million Dollar Man doll.
Those were the days...
Bill
1949
Morris9982@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: November 5,2005
It isn't exactly my memory but i was looking at a bunch of old toys and I asked my dad if he heard of any of them and he told me about how he broke open his stretch armstrong and he ate the syrup inside. SERIOUSLY IT'S FILLED WITH SYRUP. he says it tasted pretty good too:)
Damon
1992
dayday_hockey@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: November 4,2005
I still have my Stretch X-ray. My Stretch Armstrong got pulled apart by my brother and uncle. I can still remember finding him with goo all over. That's been over 25 years. I had Stretch monster and on was stored under my X-ray. It got smashed and leaked. I kept the head. You got to love those old school toys. No one seems to know what the goo was. "The Goo is People !!!!".
Craig Rottet
1971
rottet at gmail.com
This memory was added on: November 3,2005
Wow, the Best toy I ever had.. I think about the fun times I had with that Stretch Monster. it doubled as a weapon, how cool is that? I had the Stretch Armstrong guy first he came to the inevitable fate of bleeding to death so I then moved on the the stretch Monster guy, boy I loved him so much. The monster guy and me would be together all the time. I wouldnt dare stretch him for I did not want him to die on me. I kept him in his box at night or he would sleep with me. Our relationship flourished as I would from time to time use him as weapon on my big brothers for I knew how to use his real powers of blunt trama. One day after school.. I came home to find a grusome sight.. my two older brothers were fixing to stretch the goo out of my monster guy, so the fight was on for stretch monsters life.. I cried bloody murder so my parents would intervene. With no such luck of the Gods, I was on my own to defend him and rescue him from the parrel that awaited him at which I was successful. I defended him for months after the original war with my brothers but ultimatley he did start bleeding and I had to give him up to the trash man. He was the best toy of my life.
Mike
1969
ruggdbeef@aol.com
This memory was added on: October 26,2005
I had A Stretch Armstrong, So did my friends Ravi and Jordan.
My Stretch Armstrong got stretched the length of the lounge and he still had the big cheesey grin. And then the arm came off and all the goo came out. (I also had Fetch and Vacman but Fetch suffered the same fate as his master except for the belly split open and all the goo came out and as for Vacman the pump snapped.)
Ravi was stretching his one in the garden but because the weather was hot, the goo dried up, he went brittle and snapped into pieces.
Jordan's Stretch Armstrong was stretched like my one except that both arms came off and goo leaked everywhere.
My Emma's (My girlfriend's) cousin had one too but they both stretched him together and he let go of him, hitting Emma on the head.
Andrew Kang
1986
andrewhmkang@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: October 21,2005
Yes, I also remember the Hulk stretch armstrong, and yes, I too remember the leak. The death star guy from Star Wars was killed to in that tragedy, as the sticky purple stuff inside the Hulk glued his head to the carpet and when I tried to pick up the action figure, his head broke off.
licky oats
1974
lickyoats@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: September 25,2005
stretch armstrong is cool but does anyone remember the incredible hulk stretch toy? he was the best. until he got a leak and i had to chuck him in the dust bin. That was a dark dark day in my life.
mat
1976
fogboys03@yahoo.co.uk
This memory was added on: September 20,2005
We only had a wood stove to heat the house when i had my stretch... so in the mornings i used to have to set in front of the fireplace to get his insides warm enough to liquify, if not he was as solid as a rock, and you could crack him...
jjd
jesse d
1971
jdowlling@gmail.com
This memory was added on: September 15,2005
My younger brother had gotten a Stretch Armstrong. I still don't really get the whole concept. Had more fun with his Big Jim Sportscamper (......he's the king of the road, when you help him unload.......)
This memory was added on: September 14,2005
Stretch monsters are currently selling for around £250 GBP on eBay - I wish I had one!
This memory was added on: September 5,2005
hey, what about stretch monster??? i had stretch armstrong in the 1970's, but i also had his evil foe, the stretch monster.......ultimately, their long going battle was ended when my dog chewed both of them up, leaving them both in a puddle of purple mystery goo......weep, weep, weep!
P.J.
1968
lunarzoo
This memory was added on: August 25,2005
Ive gone through a few strech armstrongs in my day, he always ended up full of punchre outfit paches all over him.... Id love to get my hands on another one, ive not seen em for years tho', do they ever turn up on ebay
SiM
1973
simwilkins@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: August 24,2005
I had one in the 80s. My brother had an Incredible Haulk. Ke punctured a hole in mine. Can you tell me where i can get one? I would love to have one for my son.
Rodney Lennox
1974
lennox11@netzero.com
This memory was added on: August 13,2005
I actually owned his arch nemesis "Stretch Monster"...and he rocked my world. I would run around in my backyard (I was like, 8 or 9?) holding one of his arms and make my dog take him for rides around and stuff. But yup! I got curious and chewed a freakin' hole in his arm. The syrup didn't get me sick but, I did spit it out..gag.Dammit! I miss my freakin' Stretch Monster@!
Sherri
1973
starnermy@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: August 11,2005
some M-80s and a gallon of gas made lunchmeat of my Stretch. The poor bastard!
marko
1969
marko@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: July 15,2005
Wow, even though I'm young, I had a 90's Stretch! I had Stretch and his evil brother Wretch... I cut their limbs off with scissors! :D
To those who want one... there is a new Mr. Fantastic (from Fantastic 4) Stretch! HE IS HUGE. He costs 20 dollars, mine's in Walmart Layaway!
Eldwod
1991
teh_stapleman@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: July 15,2005
To add to my previous post about a Mr. Fantastic Stretch...
http://store.yahoo.com/cmdstore/086892722312.html
There! See? It's like the best and biggest Stretch ever!
Eldwod
1991
teh_stapleman@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: July 11,2005
It was Christmas in Baltimore circa 1976. Sam requested for Christmas from Epstien's department store a "Stretch Armstrong Doll" He hoped for that HE-MAN golden figure to be under the Christmas tree that year. He went to sleep with thoughts of stretching his limbs to 4 times the size. He went to his bed chambers and laid his head down on his pillow in his parents funeral home on the 4 th floor of the estate and went into a deep slumber. He then was wakened by his brother Dom yelling out , "Santa came to our house Sam." He thought --- I hope he was not to rushed or scared to leave presents because he had to go through the embalming room to get our den were we had our Chritmas hearth.. Sam rushed down the strtaircase from the 4th floor to the den and entered the room. He was in his blue frog pajamas and a bit tired. He sat by the tree just staring not yet awake and there his sister Felicia said, "Sam this one is for you". Sam looked up at Felicia and smiled. His Mom and Dad look at Sam with a knowing look. He tore open the Santa paper and there was the box with Stretch Armstrong inside, complete with Stretch Armstrong Band-aids. How cool!! He and Dom pulled and pulled at it all night... He then klssed his Mom and Dad and 7 brothers and sisters goodnight..... Later the morning he came downstairs for breakfast. His mom had said that there was a death last night of your friend Danielle's Grandparent. Sam was said for his good friend. The funeral services were going to be downstairs the next morning... He stayed open those days because of all the snow outside. Danielle came to the funeral home and Sam;s Mom said go upstairs and have some biscotti Chritmas cookies and say hi to Sammy. She walked into the Den were the Chritmas Tree hearth stood adn saw Sam, Sam said,"Hi Danielle" Danielle Said, "Hi Sammy." Sam uttered,"Do you want to see what I got for Christmas,"(To cheer her up) "She said, "O,K" Sam pulled out his large golden toy, "Stretch Armstrong" While her family was mourning ther Granparent below they pulled at it and pulled at it for hours. Then all of a sudden Danielle pulled so hard that the pink goo started to ooze from his arm pit right above his heart.. Danielle began to cry. "I am sorry Sam I broke your srtetch armstrong". Sam said, That is OK I have a special band-aid for him... He patched him up and placed him back in his white stryrofoam box. Stretch no longer was able to live because of the wound he sustained. So Sam place him were he rested for a liftime in his comfortable casket box labeled Kenner.. To this day Sam and Dan are best friends
Vincent De Paul
1970
szannino@aol.com
This memory was added on: July 6,2005
Wow, a snap back to when toys realy kicked ass! That is until they get a hole in them and leak out this funny green stuff! But good ol stretch was an all time fav. no matter what happened. And if ya ever got mad you could clear a room by swinging him around. Our dog was scared to death of him.....she would go nuts when she saw him. In all he is the bases for alot of good ol childhood memories. I hope alot of others can recall some good time they had with good ol stretch...later all!!!!!!!!
knkyff
roofgoof5162000@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: June 30,2005
Got an original Stretch Armstrong for Christmas one year. I totally loved that toy, and had it for two or three years after that. Finally, like it would seem everyone else on here did, I got curious. I took a sharpened pencil to Stretch's chest and slowly pushed it in until it punctured the skin. When he started to ooze red jelly muck I tried fix the damage I had done with a Band-Aid. It didn't help. Fearing that my grandparents would be angry with me for destroying Stretch, I buried him at the bottom of my toybox, and forgot about him. Several weeks later my grandmother followed a trail of ants from the door to the toybox. She dug down into the box to find my poor deflated Stretch totally covered in ants. Needless to say, she was slightly miffed.
I'll never forget Stretch.
Pariah
Pariah Leviticus
1969
phaque@comcast.net
This memory was added on: June 29,2005
Ahh, Stretch Armstrong - what a classic '70's toy. I remember a friend of mine owning one, but for some reason my parents decided to buy me a Stretch Hulk for Christmas 1979. I guessed, recently, that this could be quite a rare toy as I've not seen it listed on the internet or ebay etc... Does anyone out there have any info on this product?
Thanks
John Bates
1971
g4batesy@btinternet.com
This memory was added on: June 26,2005
hey guys...
Im so pissed off. My little sister's friend just broke mine... I REFUSE to throw him away damnit...I need to bandage him up so he can live on like any other trooper would. Its a small little puncture...any good method to repair it? Please, PLEASE email me back or reply on this website. Im a young man in need of help.
Donnie
1988
Conjunto31@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: June 24,2005
I really wanted Stretch Armstrong. I had a muscle fetish even back then and started lifting weights at age nine. I started sleeping with him but made my parents take him back because I felt strange...a boy sleeping with a soft, muscular, tiny man!
frenchfrye
1969
frenchfrye2000@mindspring.com
This memory was added on: June 19,2005
Turning out old stuff at my parents place in England and came across 'Fetch Armstrong'.
In good condition but without original packaging.
Am gonna put it on eBay tonight so for all those out there who sid they were dying to find one, check it out!
Jimbo
1979
This memory was added on: June 10,2005
Wow! A blast from the past! I finally got a hold of a stretch arm monster! That's right- a monster. They are sooooo hard to find. I paid $300 for him and he wasn't even in that good of condition. No leaks but had some cracking skin but still soft. Found him in England. My brother now owes me $300 + S&H for ruinging my Stretch monster when I was a kid. Feeling lucky to find one alive.
G.
Gary
1970
dyvrgary@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: May 12,2005
Aaargh i really really wanted a stretch armstrong but my mam said he was for boys..... i got a stretch kermit the frog instead.... loved him to bits!!
lisa-marie
02/02/1969
chamonemofobro@aol.com
This memory was added on: May 7,2005
Someone mentioned an urban legend about the "goo" inside being poisonous. I believe it!! I got Stretch one year for my birthday. I never punctured him, but after playing with him for a while, I'd feel really sick. Soon even just being near that thing would make me sick. Finally my parents gave him away. To this day I've always wondered what that stuff was & if there was a potential law suit there!!
Jim
1968
This memory was added on: April 28,2005
We all know that stretch armstrong rules the vintage toy kingdom.Afterall he started it all.As a kid I remember seeing that box wrapped under the christmas tree and I knew I got my wish.By far the #1 toy of my childhood.It sure felt a lot heavier back then.I would stretch the friigen hell out of it for about 5 days and out came the gooy mess.I would return it to the store and say it was defective and get a fresh one.After I did this several hundred times I guess I somehow lost interest in buying anymore.Man If I only new what these things would become to collectors now I would have had my mom buy out entire stores and store them in a controlled enviroment for 30 years and retire on my back like stretch himself. Now Im the biggest 38 year old Kid you ever saw.I have 4 stretch armstrongs,stretch monster,stretch x-Ray,both octopuses,stretch ninja,90s stretch armstrong,and the Holy Grail of stretches Himself,The hardest most immpossible stretch to obtain,One of only 1,259 ever made,The green,the bad ,the ugly. None other than THE DENYS FISHER STRETCH INCREDIBLE HULK. I as anyone of the other few people on this planet who are lucky enough cannot put into words how great it is to have him. These babys are fetching 5,000 to 10,000. Stretch armstrong is King
Tony
1967
lonewulf@rochester.rr.com
This memory was added on: April 19,2005
looks nothing like Brent Moloney...
moo
This memory was added on: April 18,2005
I had a great time with that strech armstong thing, back in my day. Lordy, we used to stay up late ito the morning, just sittin there and stretchin the thing out and makin it hit stuff. Heh,I had three of them, one got hit by the lawn mower, another fell off of some building and busted all over the place. Good times.
Bob Joe Clinton
1940
This memory was added on: April 12,2005
That was a pretty neat toy. Of course me being me I just HAD to know what's in it so one day I poked a friends Stretch with a pin and some kind of jell oozed out. Needless to say it became fun to make the stuff ooze out and pretty soon there was a huge mess so I put it under his bed and went home.. I'm sure he took the blame on that one but I never heard anymore about it so either it was no big deal or he was too traumatized to talk about it.....
Gina
1964
GinaUSA@aol.com
This memory was added on: April 10,2005
It is funny how as a kid everything is so much more extreme, I found an old ad for the original stretch today. The first thing i noticed was it said he stretched up to 4 feet, by my memory it was more like 10 feet! I would love to have another, but I would love to keep the memories the same, looking at it now through adult eyes might kill the magic.
Long live stretch!!!!
Calvin
1973
johndeermanjr@aol.com
This memory was added on: April 9,2005
I just remembered having this toy, and I went on Ebay to see if I could buy one. I had no idea how rare they are now... My brothers both had Stretch Armstrongs and I, being a girl, was given the lovely dog sidekick, Fetch. I loved that little bastard to death. I brought it with me wherever I went. My oldest brother's was the first Stretch to go, then my other brother's. Mine lasted the longest, because I was a girl I was less curious and a little weaker.One day, I went looking for my precious Fetch, but I never found him. To this day I still don't know what happened to the poor guy, but my best guess is that one of my brothers got the better of him. It'd be awesome to get another Fetch and relive the memories. Toys today just aren't the same.
Kristin
1990
This memory was added on: April 3,2005
Nothing was better than this toy! I own both the Mego Elastic Hulk and limited Denys Fisher stretch Hulk figures, both MINT in the box and in perfect condition! Sorry folks I will die with them. My mother never bought me the Hulks when I was a kid I got two Spider-man's and one Stretch Monster and they didn't last very long. So now as a major collector I paid BIG money to get these Hulks and now I can die in peace. Long live the Stretch toys!!!!!
Mego and Denys Fisher stretch Hulks
1973
teeteemalone@aol.com
This memory was added on: April 1,2005
I received a Stretch Armstrong when I was 3 or 4 for Christmas. I was told later that my uncle looked all over town for it. Not 10 minutes ater receiving it my grandfather got his hands on it and stretch it too much and of course it started to leak. Green oozing goo. Never had a chance to enjoy it.
Charles P
1974
This memory was added on: April 1,2005
I got one for Christmas the first year they came out. I still have fond memories of it being one of the greatest toys I ever recieved. I wish someone would start reproducing the originals from the original molds. The one made in the 80's was gay. Why doesn't anyone make cool toys anymore?
Greg G.
1967
This memory was added on: March 14,2005
I had fetch the stretch dog and i remember bringing him everywhere and one day when i woke up i decided to chew on him poor dog
i guesse curiosity killed the stretch doll!! lol
ps. i wish they still had them out ive been looking everywhere for one. They also have stretch steve the crocodile hunter
Anthony C.
1990
anthonycarbone50@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: March 7,2005
I used to have a Stretch and a Fetch Armstrong. My bro cut it opened though. Man, I wish I could find another one.
John Robert Watson
1989
This memory was added on: March 6,2005
No one I knew had stretch armstrong. We all had Stretch Monster in Kindergarten. I remember one kid left his on coat rack when we went to recess we found out the sun shining on it and it seemed ot have melted and oozed all over the coatrack. I carried mine in a little suitcase my mom no longer wanted. I do remember I used to take his head off all the time. I have no idea what happened to mine but wish I had at least kept his head.
Kirk
1973
shizumadrive@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: March 1,2005
one time me and my brother ate strecth and it tasted like jelly.
chris
1969
chris@aol.com
This memory was added on: February 28,2005
My brother had a Stretch-Armstrong. He always got the good toys at Christmas! I wanted one really bad!!! But it was a boy's toy my parents said! I got a Flatsy Doll instead! Anyway - as most stretch-armstrong owners know; curiosity got the best of my brother one day and the toy was stretched by the pair of us! I mean REALLY STRETCHED!! Poor Stretch developed an oil leak after that from various body parts! God I wish I could have my childhood over again!!
Lisa
1969
This memory was added on: February 18,2005
Man, I loved this toy. Got it when I was 9 or 10. Played with it for years until I got curious and cut him open to see what was in there! Just saw the BOX ONLY on ebay for $200. Rats.
Scott
1966
gssurber@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: February 17,2005
I remember wanting a Stretch Monster for what seemed weeks before Christmas. Long time for an eight-year old......So Mom and Dad decided not to get me some queer toy like the Wheel of Fortune board game and got me Stretch Monster instead. I probably wet my pants that Christmas morning. When I unwrapped the heavy gift and saw his green mug looking back at me I think I cried too. I loved that ugly freak for months, but curiousity got the best of me. I bit one of his big toes to see what his secret of stretchiness was. Purplish sticky syrup came out. I was sooooooo disappointed that it wasn't some radioactive chemical X........ so I blamed Stretch Monster's death on my 4 year-old brother. He got grounded and I didn't get any more Stretch Monsters.
Aaron Kilbourn
1969
This memory was added on: February 15,2005
My brother and I both had Stretch Armstrong (yes, even girls liked them too). We had a huge hallway/foyer upstairs. After we had them for a long while, we of course were getting bored with him. We both got in the middle of the hall, each took an arm and proceeded to walk backward. My brother reached the window before I reached the wall and he told me to keep going. Sure enough, Old Stretch couldn't take and one of the arms busted right off. The stuff inside ours was green and gooey. That has always been one of my favorite memories.
Penny
1967
chacina113@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: February 12,2005
OMG!!! I cannot belive this site. Ihad the stretch Armstrong and I rememeber a friend cut him open to see what was inside him. OOOOh, and then there was the other arch rival of Stretch Armstrong... What was his name?
Mario
5-5-1970
This memory was added on: February 8,2005
I had a Stretch Monster toy from 78' til 85' or so....I never had a Stretch Armstrong and didn't even know he existed until I recieved my monster. I grew up under a rock in VERY rural WY. My Stretch Monster was the ONLY toy I kept in the original box. One day I discovered he had turned hard as a rock and wouldn't soften up even after several attempts in warm water. I discarded him without ever seeing the red ooze or beheading him for a keepsake. Oh well, maybe someday I'll find another but my prospects are looking dim according to collectors out there. If they do exist, how much will I have to give for one?
Johnny "B"
1972
safesaxman7@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: January 14,2005
I had a stretch monster as a kid. With-in the first few weeks I took a fire poker to him to see what was inside. That was the end of stretch monster. I would love to buy one if anyone knows of one.
eric
1973
ethomas6@austin.rr.com
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