Rock 'Em Sock 'Em ROBOTS Game
by Mattel
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Toys and Games Reviews of Rock 'Em Sock 'Em ROBOTS Game
Customer Review: Rockem Sockem Is Still Fun 44 Years Later
Summary: 5 Stars
January 23 2010. I just received the Mattel Rockem Sockem Robots game yesterday. I am quite pleased with the quality of the version available of the classic 1966 Rockem Sockem Robots game. Everything looks just like it did when it first came out in 1966. Assembly of all the required parts was relatively simple. The robots themselves are smaller than when they first came out but nevertheless, they are identically detailed to the originals. I've seen some of the negative reviews about the robots not staying put on their pedestals and the ring ropes not staying put. After putting this newer version to the ultimate test, I found that everything held up quite well and the ring ropes never came off (not even once) from the retention holes. When assembling the robots to the pedestals you must make sure that the two tabs on the tips of their feet must line up with the pedestal slots and then to finally push down on the back heel of the foot to properly lock the feet in position. The robots never once popped off their pedestals while under use. It's recommended as stated on the box that an adult should assemble the components together to achieve the best performance. Overall, I loved this game as a child when it first came out and I love it again with Matell's latest version. The newer version is definitely recommended.Customer Review: Not at all like the original...
Summary: 2 Stars
My husband and I purchased this toy for our daughters birthday. Yes, a girl ! Anyhow, we found this very hard to put together, not too mention frustrating. The quality of the cheap plastic that it is assembled with is not durable. Forget about trying to stretch the rope ring around the edge of the platform, it took us over 20 minutes. The rope was not very generous in size and everytime you would push in one end the others would pop out. After a while we decided to give the rope a little stretch as it needed some play, but the rope was already fraying and after a try the rope snapped. We still have one rope around the ring, but its not the same. So now it's time to play the game. My husband was excited to play this with his daughter because he remembers when "Santa" brought him one (the original) when he was a little boy. He found that the punches were weak between the robots and it was almost impossible to punch hard enough to pop the opponents head up. My daughter left the game crying and frustrated and said it was "stupid". Sad to see a parent spend money on a toy that is such a disappointments. Guess we need to read these reviews and hope they are accurate before we purchase something :)Customer Review: HUGELY DISAPPOINTING!
Summary: 2 Stars
Like many baby boomers, I had the original toy myself as a kid. As much as we may like to believe it, the old classic one was not perfect either. It always seemed like one robots head popped off much easier than the other, or the rubberbands came off underneath. Time has tended to make us look back on these toys much more fondly than we did when we actually owned them.
That said, these "new-fangled" versions are extremely poor quality. First of all it just feels flimsy. It certainly is not as durable and heavy as it used to be. Second it seems that one robot is always overly sensitive while the other needs to be hit with a sledgehammer to get the head to pop up. And of course you don't have the trademark, sound that the old metal teeth used to make when the head popped up. Our kids must have thought we were nuts to have enjoyed this so much and we have to try and explain how it "used to be better!" The designers who made this should be forced to play it non-stop for 8 hours a day. Shame on Mattel for ruining a classic toy.
Customer Review: disapointing
Summary: 2 Stars
My wife bought this for me because I've told her so many times how much I loved Rockem Sockem Robots as a kid. I kept it in the box until my own kid was old enough to play with it.
The toy is not much as I remember it at all. First of all the robots are smaller and less durable. The robots don't make that cool "RRrrrRR" noise when the head pops up and on our game, the head won't hardly pop up at all. We got both robots up as close as possible to each other and even throwing good punches the heads wouldnt come up. I remember on the old one from the 70's if you got in close enough to your opponent to land a good punch in the nose the head would pop up. My kid was bored after about 20 minutes.
For those who grew up with this toy and are buying this for your own kid, youre gonna be disapointed. This is NOT the same toy. I was really hoping to recapture a piece of my childhood, no luck though
Customer Review: Where shall I begin...
Summary: 1 Stars
ah yes, "Rockem Sockem Robots" the classic favorite. What a shame. I have no problem with the lack of educational value inherent in this toy-- kids have too much "educational" everything shoved down their throats as it is (in my opinion children need to have at least some play that exists for the pure joy of having fun, but I digress). What really gets this toy only one star is the poor quality. This toy is difficult to assemble (I have trouble snapping it together every time it falls apart), which brings me to point 2: it falls apart anytime my boys look at it funny. Worst of all, not even my husband and myself have been able to "knock" the head up from either robot. The end result? It looks good on the playroom shelf, but is not good for much else (unless your 7 year old likes to pop the robots off the game to be the bad guys when playing "Power Rangers", too...)