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OldBaldy1701E

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6. So, my mother recently found a picture of me during one Christmas with Rock/em Sock/em Robots beside me.

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Wed Nov 26, 2025, 09:00 AM

Nov 26

So, she bought me another one as a joke gift. She was so happy that she did this, as she wanted to give my brother and myself a connection back to those days.

I didn't have the heart to tell her that the Robots were my brother's gift. I am holding the gift I loved the most that Christmas.

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Toy inventor Burt Meyer, who dreamed up Lite-Brite and Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots, dies age 99 [View all] BumRushDaShow Nov 26 OP

We had Lite-Brite and Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots when I was growing up. Prof. Toru Tanaka Nov 26 #1

He did "Mouse Trap" too BumRushDaShow Nov 26 #3

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My brother and I had the Rock-'Em-Sock-'Em Robots. Aristus Nov 26 #4

And "you knocked his block off"!! BumRushDaShow Nov 26 #5

So, my mother recently found a picture of me during one Christmas with Rock/em Sock/em Robots beside me. OldBaldy1701E Nov 26 #6

Did you "knock his block off"? BumRushDaShow Nov 26 #8

Repeatedly. OldBaldy1701E Nov 26 #12

LOL BumRushDaShow Nov 26 #13

I installed carpet for a 100 years and we would find those light-brites all over the place Bengus81 Nov 26 #7

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I have that book and watched on the History channel a documentary about these toys kimbutgar Nov 26 #14

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Never Had The Robots Or LiteBrite ProfessorGAC Nov 26 #18