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  • Werewolf
    Inhuman
    • Jul 14, 2003
    • 14616

    London Toy Fair: The original Stretch Armstrong returns.

    Super cool!!

    You are a bold and courageous person, afraid of nothing. High on a hill top near your home, there stands a dilapidated old mansion. Some say the place is haunted, but you don't believe in such myths. One dark and stormy night, a light appears in the topmost window in the tower of the old house. You decide to investigate... and you never return...
  • cockyhoskins
    Career Member
    • Jan 13, 2009
    • 920

    #2
    I am so happy that they went with the classic look, over that cheesy 90s version. I wonder why they didn't just make an exact replica, instead of changing it slightly? Also, you'd think there'd be better fill material today than the old corn syrup. I wonder how the 90s Stretches have held up.

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    • Werewolf
      Inhuman
      • Jul 14, 2003
      • 14616

      #3
      Stretch is being released by Character Options in the UK under license from Hasbro. Hopefully it will be released in the US and Canada too.
      You are a bold and courageous person, afraid of nothing. High on a hill top near your home, there stands a dilapidated old mansion. Some say the place is haunted, but you don't believe in such myths. One dark and stormy night, a light appears in the topmost window in the tower of the old house. You decide to investigate... and you never return...

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      • palitoy
        live. laugh. lisa needs braces
        • Jun 16, 2001
        • 59204

        #4
        Hot damn, I'm in. I hope this means Stretch Monster too.
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        • Iron Mego
          Wake Up Heavy
          • Jan 31, 2010
          • 3532

          #5
          Holy ****, the day I've been waiting for for 40 years is coming! This is one of the grails that I figured would allude me forever. I never had one as a kid, and, although I know folks like Palitoy dig him, the Stretch Monster was simply not a welcomed substitute for me. Simply ecstatic about this.
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          • Hedji
            Citizen of Gotham
            • Nov 17, 2012
            • 7246

            #6
            Oh, I want one!!! How wonderful!

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            • Hedji
              Citizen of Gotham
              • Nov 17, 2012
              • 7246

              #7
              Originally posted by Iron Mego
              Simply elastic about this.
              Fixed that for ya!

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              • Iron Mego
                Wake Up Heavy
                • Jan 31, 2010
                • 3532

                #8
                Heehee, good one!!
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                • Werewolf
                  Inhuman
                  • Jul 14, 2003
                  • 14616

                  #9
                  Originally posted by palitoy
                  I hope this means Stretch Monster too.
                  That would be super cool. That's the one I wanted as kid.
                  You are a bold and courageous person, afraid of nothing. High on a hill top near your home, there stands a dilapidated old mansion. Some say the place is haunted, but you don't believe in such myths. One dark and stormy night, a light appears in the topmost window in the tower of the old house. You decide to investigate... and you never return...

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                  • Sideshow Spock
                    valar morghulis
                    • Mar 8, 2005
                    • 2850

                    #10
                    Picture of me, Christmas 1978. Stretch was one of my favorite toys ever. Hasbro did a Stretch Homer Simpson a few years ago that ended up being UK only and never released in the US. Hopefully this isn't the case again...
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                    Last edited by Sideshow Spock; Jan 26, '16, 12:19 AM.

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                    • starsky
                      veteran member
                      • Aug 26, 2007
                      • 6200

                      #11
                      sign me up for three of those bad boys!! always wanted one and finally my mom gets me one for xmas and stretch sprung a leak while in the box even before i unwrapped him!!! went to exchange him and sears was all sold out.

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                      • rche
                        channeling Bob Wills
                        • Mar 26, 2008
                        • 7383

                        #12
                        I recall having stretch monsters head in my bottom dresser drawer for years after all the bandages and tape failed to contain his leaky syrup. We may have buried the body somewhere near the family pet cemetery in the backyard, but my memories are a bit fuzzy as to if that was plan or action. I have no idea what I ever did with the head, but I would welcome a modern replacement.

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                        • Brown Bear
                          Still Old School
                          • Feb 14, 2008
                          • 7057

                          #13
                          Thee most excited toy news since FTC announced TV batman.
                          I literally had goosebumps reading this!!
                          Absolutely pumped up for this.
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                          • MIB41
                            Eloquent Member
                            • Sep 25, 2005
                            • 15631

                            #14
                            INCREDIBLE!!!! I will have one...well...maybe two. Me and Lil D will likely wear out that first.

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                            • TheNewGiJoeWithKungFuGrip
                              Veteran Member
                              • Jun 18, 2015
                              • 450

                              #15
                              This is wonderful. Hopefully I can get one from England for an affordable price.
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