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Old 02-24-2009, 05:10 PM   #1
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Default Favorite toy jingle/song

CROSS FIRE, YOU'LL GET CAUGHT UP IN THE... crossfire... crossfire.... CROSSSSSS FFFFFFFFIIIIIRRREEE!

What's yours?
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Old 02-24-2009, 07:25 PM   #2
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I don't know what my favorite jingle is but when I read your description, I was watching this on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5eNcFRit8M

Ah... The things you find when your searching for old cartoons on youtube.

EDIT: This one was always stuck in my head as a kid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3syQ...eature=related

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Old 02-24-2009, 08:05 PM   #3
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second vote on CROSS FIRE
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Old 02-24-2009, 08:37 PM   #4
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mr bucket singing about balls in his mouth!
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Old 02-24-2009, 10:09 PM   #5
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I didn't care much for the Crossfire commercial jingle. The best thing about that tv spot was the one kid with a big mullet.

But kids with mullets were pretty common in 1980's (and early 90's) toy and junk food commercials.
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Old 02-24-2009, 10:09 PM   #6
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mr bucket singing about balls in his mouth!
You mean this one? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dV1hv6L0R74
"The first to get their balls in Mr. Bucket wins. But lookout because the balls will pop out of his mouth"
For some reason that never seemed dirty when that commercial was new.
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Old 02-24-2009, 11:13 PM   #7
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Going back to the 1970's for a moment: I had this old toy called a Ricochet Racer. One version of this toy had a Marvel Comics motif, and the jingle was typical of the hit-`em-over-the-head mentality when ad men write this stuff. It was this growling male voice singing (screaming) something like "Ricochet race to the target! Spider-Man races Captain America! In! Spider-Man Ricochet!". Still stuck in my head over 30 years after the fact.

I had one of these, but got bored of it pretty fast. So I took the gun part and tried to make my own shrinking ray out of it, but that's another story.
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Old 02-25-2009, 01:27 AM   #8
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Mentioned it in another thread, but found the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gr8MZOVl8rk

"Knockout - it'll knock you out!"

And not a jingle, but...
"I'll use my broadsword!" "FIRE OF WRATH!"
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Old 02-25-2009, 02:08 AM   #9
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"MOONSHOES! MOONSHOES! ANTI-GRAVITY SHOES, MOONSHOES!"

The amazing part, they used the same commercial 10 years later. They didn't even reshoot it.
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Old 02-25-2009, 06:33 PM   #10
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Anyone remember Weebleo's?

Man I loved that commercial, "Weebles wobble but they don't fall down!"
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Old 02-27-2009, 08:13 AM   #11
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Anyone remember Weebleo's?

Man I loved that commercial, "Weebles wobble but they don't fall down!"
Webelos?




Anyway, my vote goes to The Grape Escape. Two weeks ago I went to an opera pops concert and heard the actual song this is based off of and I'll be darned if I didn't sing The Grape Escape lyrics to it
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Old 09-15-2009, 04:00 AM   #12
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I instantly thought of my jet hopper (turbo hopper in the states)
i went to my shed and mine is still packed away looking a little worse for ware i must get it out clean it up see if it still runs
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Old 09-15-2009, 11:59 AM   #13
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Hearts! Stars! Horseshoes! Clovers and Blue Moons! Pots of Gold and Rainbows, and the Red Balloons!!!

can't forget the classic cereal commercials

other than that, i gotta say "HOT WHEELS LEAD THE WAY!!!!"
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Old 09-15-2009, 11:31 PM   #14
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I guess I may have a predictable answer, but it's true.

Slinky:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZL6RGkPjws
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Old 09-15-2009, 11:59 PM   #15
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Does this count?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om84Zc4-KcQ
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Old 09-16-2009, 04:28 AM   #16
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I vote for Crossfire. Get caught up in it!
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Old 09-16-2009, 05:31 AM   #17
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"Pop" goes Perfection!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2JsY8abGOI
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Old 09-17-2009, 05:05 AM   #18
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"CREEEEEEPY CRAWLERS!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZyGI...eature=related

Can't seem to find the one with the theme song from 92'.

I never knew about the Power Rangers additions:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLnIyOiR8po
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Old 11-02-2009, 04:45 AM   #19
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Either log:
It's lo-og, lo-og, it's big it's heavy it's wood, it's lo-og, lo-og, it's better than bad, it's good!


or nin-ten-do cereal.
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Old 12-23-2009, 03:01 PM   #21
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I used to love the old Madballs commercial.
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Old 12-24-2009, 01:22 AM   #22
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Zartan toy ad theme music, cant get enough of it lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyOguzggkHQ
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Old 01-19-2010, 11:57 AM   #23
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Old 01-20-2010, 05:48 AM   #24
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Dunno if it counts but....Maxx Steel's Robo Force

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7fxNmxif74

I always dug the intro where they sing his name and he busts through the wall.

One day I will find another Maxx Steel and it will be mine!
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