Comments on: BIG Toys Week: Earthquake Tower by Remco

By: Seventiesfan

Seventiesfan — Thu, 10 May 2018 01:21:12 +0000

It's odd that I don't remember this playset, but I saw the movie in the theater back in 1974. And I thought Remco had an interesting idea with monsters that glow in the dark and give bear hugs.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 09 May 2018 15:06:01 +0000

Right. It's [Max] Mills. Oops. My new resolution, for next year, is- I'll stop using the internet, when I'm sleepy. 🙂

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 09 May 2018 08:45:40 +0000

Hi Mike Mills,

You could probably make one of these- by yourself, or ask an art-type person to make one.

You could probably do this- by using moving company-like, cardboard boxes, + make your tower pieces out of these boxes, and decorate the tower, to your taste.

The boxes + art of this toy, could probably be made by any adult, in their spare time, over a month or something. :)

By: Morty

Morty — Wed, 09 May 2018 02:16:19 +0000

I hadit and it wasawesome- for awhile. The building was made of cardboardand didn’t really last a long time. All those people plumeting to their deaths? That lasts forever!

By: Max Mills

Max Mills — Tue, 08 May 2018 15:16:57 +0000

This was one of the toys I really wanted as a kid. I'm sure it sucks, but sadly I will never know. I wonder how it would have gone with army men and construction toys.

By: Donald Benson

Donald Benson — Tue, 08 May 2018 07:10:43 +0000

I'm guessing the R&D team spent a lot of time trying to create a lawyer-proof burning building before settling for an earthquake. Enjoyed hearing the record. That loop of music sounds more appropriate to a cheap superhero cartoon; wonder if any of the kids who got this were inspired to let their Mego figures do the rescuing.

There was a lot of dubious judgement if you looked for it. The wholesome "Little House on the Prairie" board game was about surviving the elements -- while nudging opposing players into harm's way. "Alien" toy commercials, in response to complaints, superimposed a weird subtitle saying something like "SELECT APPROPRIATE MOVIES". And Marx put out a Ben Hur playset that included a little slave market.