22 Responses to “Great Garloo 1961 Marx Toys”

1. rollfitty69
   January 4th, 2009 - 10:28 am

   Mint!!! thanks for sharing.I had this when I was a kid and it scared the shit out of me at night.I had to have my mom make sure its face was facing the wall in my closet at night before i went to sleep.Still it was my favorite toy.

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2. dezurtdude2
   January 8th, 2009 - 1:15 pm

   A great toy, although strange! The box is made so you can cut out a hole and the cardboard piece is used as a serving tray. When stored in the box, you can see his face staring at you, and I’m sure he scared many kids. Thanks for viewing my vid.

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3. TomtheMan68
   January 12th, 2009 - 6:56 pm

   I’m curious
   as to where Marx toys got the name The Great GarLoo from?
   I’m also curious
   as to how much he must’ve cost back then too.

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4. dezurtdude2
   January 14th, 2009 - 6:17 pm

   Garloo was made in 1961 and the commercials (one here on youtube) shows the suggested retail price of $19.98, and that was a LOT of money back then, especially considering, a comic book cost 10 cents and a candy bar cost a nickel. I don’t know how they came up with the name, and even stranger, is why they made a little 3 inch tall wind up (shown in another of my vids) called “Son of Garloo”.

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5. TomtheMan68
   January 14th, 2009 - 6:25 pm

   I believe you about the price being alot
   of money back then!Remember back when Star Wars toys got made?I wanted the Millinnum
   Falcon, but it was 36 bucks!
   My Parents decided to give me an allowance of a buck.
   How am I suppose
   to save up anything on a buck, I thought to myself.
   So I never
   did get the Millinnum Falcon.

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6. srgeese
   February 6th, 2009 - 6:44 pm

   Ugly toy!!!!!

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7. Garvoon
   March 6th, 2009 - 12:48 am

   My brother and I each got a Great Garloo and a Robot Commando for Xmas that year 9′61). Both sets of grandparents bought us dupes, so we had one of each. Those were the days!

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8. Garvoon
   March 6th, 2009 - 12:49 am

   PS – Thanks for posting the demo … what a flashback.

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9. dezurtdude2
   March 6th, 2009 - 7:00 pm

   My pleasure! Thanks for viewing. Yup, it is a flashback for sure!

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10. dezurtdude2
    March 6th, 2009 - 7:02 pm

    Man, I wish that I was you or your brother back then! These toys were expensive then and to get both is really cool! I bet you and your brother had “Garloo vs. Robot Commando” battles!

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11. dezurtdude2
    March 6th, 2009 - 7:04 pm

    Yup, Ol’ Garloo is an ugly, but he now is a vintage collectible and worth big bucks! He can be ugly as hell, as far as I’m concerned!

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12. Garvoon
    March 7th, 2009 - 2:35 am

    Of course we had every scenario you could think of! Robot on robot, or robot on Garloo! We were very fortunate. Thanks AGAIN for the blast from the past!!!

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13. SUPERSAYENNICK
    March 14th, 2009 - 1:07 pm

    was he bad or good?

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14. mediamadman747
    April 2nd, 2009 - 9:21 am

    Probably for those who couldn’t afford $19.98.

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15. illymozar
    May 10th, 2009 - 10:34 pm

    That toy w/box goes for big bucks today!

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16. dezurtdude2
    July 14th, 2009 - 9:07 pm

    Yes, but only if they work.

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17. loveco13
    July 18th, 2009 - 9:22 am

    My friend had this and I always wanted to play with it whenever I came over his house. Most of the time I didn’t because he was tired of it.

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18. dezurtdude2
    October 2nd, 2009 - 6:21 pm

    I hear ya! My friends had this and similar toys (we weren’t rolling in bucks and I never got one) and they bored easily of them and didn’t want to play with them while I stood there drooling!

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19. Sandguy99
    October 11th, 2009 - 12:36 pm

    I had a friend who had him and I just loved him.

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20. Sandguy99
    October 11th, 2009 - 12:40 pm

    I’ll bet the 3 inch windup “Son of Garloo” was geared to a more middle class budget.

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21. agabler2112
    November 16th, 2009 - 9:25 pm

    this was my all time favorite toy. then my brother had some kind of robot that worked the same way

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22. Fiftiesflashback
    December 24th, 2009 - 1:52 am

    Lionel had a slogan,

    “A LIFETIME INVESTMENT IN HAPPINESS”

    It’s seems that may be said of many of our childhood treasures.

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