Vintage Mr Machine Robot toy TV Commercial from IDEAL

Classic Mr Machine. Find more classics at www.VintageTVcommercials.com

[@Sandguy99]

My favorite Christmas toy of 1960. I was 3, and my father insisted on taking it apart to show my how, and it took him 6 hours to put it back together. I cried all day!

[@NoQuarter91]

I just played this for my 64 year young daddio; he was bouncing around like a little kid. 😅

[@krisbaron4433]

Ran across this gem! I saw this commercial when I was 6 and went crazy. Was the best toy ever!

[@robertroddy]

pain in the ass to put back together when your 6 years old

[@unclejuniorsoprano]

I GOT ONE & TOOK IT APART, BUT COULDN'T PUT THE DAMN THING BACK TOGETHER. SO, THAT WAS THE END OF THAT.

[@tierrasunami]

I had one which I took apart and could not get back together. My mother gave it to my cousin who was an actual rocket scientist, worked with NASA and everything. Couldn't do it either.

[@corecop]

Do u still have it

[@jameswalker199]

tierrasunami Unsurprising, since clockwork and rocket science are very, very different from each other.

[@WackoPaco]

That TV commercial certainly was very effective! I watched it many times back in the day, and a few minutes ago I was walking down the hallway and happened to be swinging my arms, and a tune came into my head . . . and then the words . . . "Here he comes, here he comes . . ." and then I came straight here and found this video. Howdy to all of you who embraced, with either fulfillment or frustration, Mr. Machine!

[@iplaymytele]

This was absolutely one of my very favorite toys I ever got for Christmas……! ❤️❤️❤️👍🏻

[@pdgearhead3504]

I got one when I was 4 or 5 (around 1960). My dad noticed that I had a fascination with mechanical things, so for Christmas he gave me one. My older brother insisted we take it apart. I said no, but he did anyway and a gear got lost and it never worked again. Dad was going to get me another, but they had stopped production. And since then he always called me mr machine. I purchased and still have an original '60s Mr. Machine that is in very good shape (no box), however even though I am a 'gearhead', I won't take it apart.

[@st.charlesstreet9876]

SAME HERE!!!

[@Randyr3]

OMG! I got one of these for Christmas when I was about 4. One night when I was in bed, the bit of winding that was still left kicked ol Mr. Machine into gear. When his mouth opens like that he made this creepy growling sound. I FLIPPED OUT!!! Mr. Machine spent the next 12 years buried in the garage attic. I came across it when I was about 16.

[@kevmorrow9659]

Lmfao

[@ryanm7249]

So what did you do after you found it?

[@myles_bennett77]

@@ryanm7249 That’s a great question and I want to know as well. Hopefully he/she will answer.

[@gerardschwerdt4648]

Same thing happened to me! That growling sound made me cry. I ran as far away from that toy as I could, and never touched it again. My parents were furious because I begged them for weeks to buy it for me. As I recall, it was a very expensive toy at the time.

[@Randyr3]

@@ryanm7249 Ummm... Actually I only remember getting down out of the attic and setting on the desk in my room. I don't know.

[@creditdebitcardscostyoumon4588]

I got one for Christmas in 1963 - I was 5 yrs old-cool toy - wish I still had it

[@lumenpraetorius4592]

I was 8 when this toy came out and I never had one. But I really enjoyed watching the commercial.

[@taroman7100]

Some toys were too expensive for my parents.

[@LeslieGMN]

Oh man, I was SO desperate for one of these! That tune brings it all back. Thanks, fellow Me. Machine fans--or not!--for sharing your stories.

[@taroman7100]

Ideal made awesome things. So many of our great toy companies gone.

[@terryduncan5718]

I got one for Christmas in 1960...l was scared shitless!!

[@jaymorgenthal9479]

One of the earliest product placement was one of these in the 1962 film A Child Is Waiting.

[@OldLady-um9kt]

OMG That song just popped into my head and I had to look it up. It's been close to 70 years ago that I heard that song for Mr. Machine. lol

[@ryanm7249]

Wow must be amazing to bring back that memory! By the way, looking at your youtube channel name, remember, we are always spiritually young!

[@nomercy4338]

I had one of these and loved it. I could take him apart and put him back together. I was 8 or 9 years old. I also had a Tic Tock Clock. Same idea. A big face clock that had all the big plastic gears you could take apart and put back together. Don't think it kept time but the arms would move around like a clock and you could see all the colorful gears move. Toys like these and Erector Sets helped me develop my mechanical skills being able to take things apart and putting them back together. After all, isn't that the skill you need to fix things? They just don't make educational toys like this anymore. Every toy today needs a screen and keyboard.

[@ryanm7249]

That's awesome considering most people are commenting they couldn't put it back together. Was the Tick Tock Clock Ideal, Mattel, or something else?

[@furmaster212]

1: they will NEVER make bad ass toys like this today, and 2: children will never be as innocent as they wher in the time this toy was made.

[@ryanm7249]

That's for sure! All children do today is sit in front of the TV and play video games all day.

[@lawrenceherrel6370]

Had one of those when I was Young!

[@janesawyer1342]

I was 7 and at my neighbor's house, and someone had just gotten a Mr. Machine for Christmas. Well, the commercial said I could take him apart and put him back together again. I didn't know better, but I took him apart. A few days later, my neighbor said, "Thanks a lot for taking Mr. Machine apart." Oh my.

[@ryanm7249]

Did you or your neighbor get it back together?

[@janesawyer1342]

@@ryanm7249 No

[@davidwilliams7935]

My next door neighbor had one in around 1961. Took it apart and never could put it together again.

[@hebneh]

This commercial made me ask for a Mr. Machine for Xmas 1960, which I got. Unfortunately I got tired of him pretty quickly because all he did was march around like this. When we moved in June 1961 I agreed we didn’t need to take him with us.

[@WTSD850]

He is real! He is real! and for you he's ideal

[@ryanm7249]

and his name is, Mr. Machine.

[@scottdog1165]

Parents got me this for Christmas when I was about three, but it made weird sounds (Whaaaa… Whaaaa… whaaa) along with bells dinging and scared the hell out of me, so they took it back and that was the end of that.

[@richardhincemon]

I got one for Christmas 1963 and traded it for a Hercules beetle that my neighbor found he got the better bargain.

[@bobsesiongdl]

nice song

[@ThePaulster22]

Ear worm of the day, eh? LOL

[@smokeynewton]

OMG! It's Mr. Machine! I always wanted one of these but never got one. :(

[@jerrycapodilupo9195]

😎😎😎 I got one of these for Christmas when I was a child. We've come a long way ...unfortunately...🤪😩😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱

[@lightenddragon100]

Dont remember much about it but i had one in the 80s

[@writegyu]

My brother had one--too bad he still doesn't have it. It's a collector's item!

[@JohnHoranzy]

I was able to get mine back together after my Father showed me a couple of times.

[@crazywulfe8105]

When I was real little I remember ads for one of these... barely remember anything about them and just found out they were called Mr Machine...

[@limescaleonetwo3131]

were you always deaf?

[@CineMasterDamian]

Bro I'm 22 years old living in the current year and I want one!!!

[@ryanm7249]

Who knows maybe there's an old one on EBay or something.

[@MultiMifune1]

What's sad about this toy? The guy who inveted it (a CEO) was constantly harassed by his shrewish wife who complaned "You have no time for me! Your'e a company machine!!" Stung by this rebuke he created...

[@armorybrunotjr.3204]

Hilarious story, yet it was also embarrassing. I'll bet the CEO and his wife got a divorce after that incident. In 1981, Mattel bought out Ideal, which originated in Hollis,New York in 1903 and retired after 78 years of excellent toymaking.

[@QuadMochaMatti]

@@armorybrunotjr.3204 Mattel should have left Ideal alone. Just like Hasbro should have not acquired Parker Brothers, et al...

[@Josh-le6lu]

The prototype variant shown in the commercial seems much more extravagant than the final product.

[@kayfowler1]

i had this.he was red

[@eglide73]

I had one😁

[@ricmac2067]

Took it apart on Christmas day and couldn't put it back together. All the inside parts were coated in some kind of grease. Has anyone noticed the similarity between the jingle in the ad and 'Be Our Guest' from "Beauty & The Beast"?

[@kennethlindsey8357]

I had one took it apart could never get it back together again

[@hamilton7750]

@Sandguy99 I took mine apart too, but never did get it back together

[@jerrycapodilupo9195]

😎😎😎 Now...2022...YOU ARE MR. MACHINE on Brain Computer Interface...😱😱😱

[@eugeneyu4582]

Why that song sounds like ‘be our guest’?

[@VMA225]

Oh Yeah !!!

[@Byehk2047]

Lol I came here from a comment in Boston dynamics' video

[@kathyteague2734]

Wow mr machine got from im 6 in years mr machine weam im 8 and mr machine will be 6 or 7

[@crrider12564]

Don't remember ever seeing one of those anywhere. I am building a giant killer robot at this time . you should check my vids

[@rustydogj]

I found one in my sisters closet, it was my grampas

[@alissunwolf8249]

Is Mr. Machine AWOL from a WWII Nazi regiment? He's doing the goose step!

[@Rujenz7]

now, in 2020 we've real robot's comercial

[@matteopalima9747]

Wow, where do you live since it's 2020 for you. Just kidding, I understand what you mean.

[@jasondarling0629]

Anyone else here because "The toys go winding down"?

[@musicbill123]

WHAT ABOUT MR MACHINE WITH A FLY WHEEL AND TIMING CHAIN FOR IT? THEN A REVERSE CONNECT TO THIS FOR REWIND? I SEE IT I REMEMBER THE ADDS IN THE 50S FOR THIS TOY

[@rr7firefly]

You bring up an interesting scenario about the dark side of Mister Machine. There is something just a little bit creepy about this toy. He'd be a terrible thing for an acid head to encounter on a bad trip. Middle-of-the-night crazy screaming and then a desperate attempt to escape at any cost. "You can run but you can't hide!"

[@inconspicuousentity7283]

I watched this in a museum once, just wanted to say that 😐

[@almeromarrohim506]

Did someone know what name song is this

[@eddieknox9874]

I always wanted one, but my parents said no

[@KRW628]

Eddie, Mr. Machine has been brought back into production twice; most recently in 2004. They are available on Ebay.

[@iwonthesitateebltch3319]

Fucking terrifying

[@timpriddy349]

Do this to yer damn I-phone

[@mycolortv1]

Go on facebook to my page classic tv commercials I just took a picture of one I found outside my job and it WORKS!!!!

[@scary1695]

Now look at boston dymanics

[@michaelquinones-lx6ks]

Ill bet a lot of those Mr Machines ended up being BB gunned, Nuked with lighter fluid, Blown up with firecrackers or super M-80's, Crashing down stairways, Being sent out in on coming traffic to be crushed by cars and trucks, And, Thrown into lakes by the little Monsters, Also, The same with Remco's 'Rudy The Robot'. I would like to hear stories about that.

[@mjphoto45]

He says "Wind" Him.... pronounced whined

[@CahillandDelene]

Of course they would have a boy building things, because us girls don't know how to do that!!! :)

[@ryanm7249]

Did you ever have one?

[@HotPursuitMusicEntertainment]

@@ryanm7249 no. I’m a girl. Although I would have liked to have one! Instead, I would draw precision concert tickets, that looked like the real ones at the time, except with my name as the “star”. And now, I perform music for concerts, so it’s ok! I was/are a tomboy though, and would have loved this!

[@ryanm7249]

@@HotPursuitMusicEntertainment plenty of girls have had them by reading the comments or wanted one. So don’t feel like your alone. That is awesome you now perform at concerts! Best of luck with your career!

[@grampsinsl5232]

why do you feel the need to plaster your stupid website URL over every single frame of the video? do you think you own that footage? it just covers up part of what we want to look at.

[@limescaleonetwo3131]

0:53 *censored* "He's fuckin' real!"

[@Kevin_Kennelly]

I was born in 56. So...blah blah blah.

[@janick1021]

Looks like Joe Biden.....................................

[@jettrink7510]

And no progress feminist agenda.

[@ricmac2067]

Took it apart on Christmas day and couldn't put it back together. All the inside parts were coated in some kind of grease. Has anyone noticed the similarity between the jingle in the ad and 'Be Our Guest' from "Beauty & The Beast"?