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!
My younger brother HAD to have one of these when they were revived in the late '70s. They certainly did not advertise potential disassembly at that point.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
It's hard to say what I loved more as a kid, this commercial or the actual toy when I got it. I wish I still had mine. Mr. Machine,, my FATCAT truck and that gun that blasted a puff of air across the room were probably my favorite toys as a kid...Plus Lincoln logs! I'm the exact same age as that kid was in the original Wonder Years. It was so great being a Baby Boomer growing up in the 60s. There were so many kids around and nobody had peanut allergies or had to worry about deer ticks in the yard giving you Lyme's disease. Polio was being conquered as we lined up for our sugar cubes with the pink serum on it. You could walk to school safely and even though there were more gun owners back then than today, you didn't have to worry about getting shot at school. The worst criminal would never have thought of doing that, let alone a kid! OMG. Innocence is really gone.
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.
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.
I do not remember a Mr. machine from the 1960s because I was never a kid in the 60s and speaking it at I was never born in the 50s and ever grew up in the 60s to remember a machine, but I’ve seen that commercial and black-and-white on a classic commercials DVD set many years ago.
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...
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.
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"?
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
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!"
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.
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.
@@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!
@@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!
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"?
I don't know why... But I'm fascinated by old toy commercials.
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!
That's awful lmao, I'd cry too
o woow
My younger brother HAD to have one of these when they were revived in the late '70s. They certainly did not advertise potential disassembly at that point.
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!
Ran across this gem! I saw this commercial when I was 6 and went crazy. Was the best toy ever!
I was 8 when this toy came out and I never had one.
But I really enjoyed watching the commercial.
Some toys were too expensive for my parents.
This was absolutely one of my very favorite toys I ever got for Christmas……!
❤️❤️❤️👍🏻
I just played this for my 64 year young daddio; he was bouncing around like a little kid. 😅
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.
Lmfao
So what did you do after you found it?
@@ryanm7249 That’s a great question and I want to know as well. Hopefully he/she will answer.
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.
@@ryanm7249 Ummm... Actually I only remember getting down out of the attic and setting on the desk in my room. I don't know.
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.
Ideal made awesome things. So many of our great toy companies gone.
I GOT ONE & TOOK IT APART, BUT COULDN'T PUT THE DAMN THING BACK TOGETHER. SO, THAT WAS THE END OF THAT.
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.
Do u still have it
tierrasunami
Unsurprising, since clockwork and rocket science are very, very different from each other.
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.
SAME HERE!!!
I got one for Christmas in 1963 - I was 5 yrs old-cool toy - wish I still had it
wowie
pain in the ass to put back together when your 6 years old
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
Wow must be amazing to bring back that memory! By the way, looking at your youtube channel name, remember, we are always spiritually young!
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.
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?
nice song
Ear worm of the day, eh? LOL
One of the earliest product placement was one of these in the 1962 film A Child Is Waiting.
I loved mine more than any other toy...
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.
Did you or your neighbor get it back together?
@@ryanm7249 No
Had one of those when I was Young!
OMG! It's Mr. Machine! I always wanted one of these but never got one. :(
It's hard to say what I loved more as a kid, this commercial or the actual toy when I got it. I wish I still had mine. Mr. Machine,, my FATCAT truck and that gun that blasted a puff of air across the room were probably my favorite toys as a kid...Plus Lincoln logs! I'm the exact same age as that kid was in the original Wonder Years. It was so great being a Baby Boomer growing up in the 60s. There were so many kids around and nobody had peanut allergies or had to worry about deer ticks in the yard giving you Lyme's disease. Polio was being conquered as we lined up for our sugar cubes with the pink serum on it. You could walk to school safely and even though there were more gun owners back then than today, you didn't have to worry about getting shot at school. The worst criminal would never have thought of doing that, let alone a kid! OMG. Innocence is really gone.
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.
My brother had one--too bad he still doesn't have it. It's a collector's item!
My next door neighbor had one in around 1961. Took it apart and never could put it together again.
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.
That's for sure! All children do today is sit in front of the TV and play video games all day.
He is real! He is real! and for you he's ideal
and his name is, Mr. Machine.
AMAZING
Dont remember much about it but i had one in the 80s
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.
I got one for Christmas 1963 and traded it for a Hercules beetle that my neighbor found he got the better bargain.
😎😎😎 I got one of these for Christmas when I was a child. We've come a long way ...unfortunately...🤪😩😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱
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...
were you always deaf?
Who buys a pre-assembled, perfectly functional toy & then immediately says, "Let's take it apart!"?
Bro I'm 22 years old living in the current year and I want one!!!
Who knows maybe there's an old one on EBay or something.
The prototype variant shown in the commercial seems much more extravagant than the final product.
@Sandguy99 I took mine apart too, but never did get it back together
I was able to get mine back together after my Father showed me a couple of times.
i had this.he was red
I do not remember a Mr. machine from the 1960s because I was never a kid in the 60s and speaking it at I was never born in the 50s and ever grew up in the 60s to remember a machine, but I’ve seen that commercial and black-and-white on a classic commercials DVD set many years ago.
This gave me nightmares for over 2 months at the age of 10. I have a reaction everytime I hear this. No no no ma’am
Why that song sounds like ‘be our guest’?
I had one took it apart could never get it back together again
I had one😁
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...
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.
@@armorybrunotjr.3204 Mattel should have left Ideal alone. Just like Hasbro should have not acquired Parker Brothers, et al...
😎😎😎 Now...2022...YOU ARE MR. MACHINE on Brain Computer Interface...😱😱😱
I got one for Christmas in 1960...l was scared shitless!!
Lol I came here from a comment in Boston dynamics' video
Don't remember ever seeing one of those anywhere. I am building a giant killer robot at this time . you should check my vids
Did someone know what name song is this
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"?
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
Even made a black one
I found one in my sisters closet, it was my grampas
Oh Yeah !!!
Wow mr machine got from im 6 in years mr machine weam im 8 and mr machine will be 6 or 7
Is Mr. Machine AWOL from a WWII Nazi regiment? He's doing the goose step!
now, in 2020 we've real robot's comercial
Wow, where do you live since it's 2020 for you.
Just kidding, I understand what you mean.
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!"
I watched this in a museum once, just wanted to say that 😐
I always wanted one, but my parents said no
Eddie, Mr. Machine has been brought back into production twice; most recently in 2004. They are available on Ebay.
Anyone else here because "The toys go winding down"?
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.
beeep boooop
Do this to yer damn I-phone
Go on facebook to my page classic tv commercials I just took a picture of one I found outside my job and it WORKS!!!!
Fucking terrifying
0:53 *censored* "He's fuckin' real!"
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.
Now look at boston dymanics
Of course they would have a boy building things, because us girls don't know how to do that!!! :)
Did you ever have one?
@@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!
@@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!
He says "Wind" Him.... pronounced whined
I was born in 56.
So...blah blah blah.
And no progress feminist agenda.
Looks like Joe Biden.....................................
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"?