Stretch Armstrong

Stretch Armstrong was a large, gel-filled action figure first introduced in 1976 by Kenner. Stretch Armstrong was in the shape of a well-muscled blonde man wearing a pair of swimming trunks. Its most notable feature was that the doll could be stretched from its original size (about 15 inches) to four or five feet. However, if a tear did develop it could be fixed with an adhesive bandage.

A vacuum pump which attached to the heads of these figures removed the air from within, which would “freeze” the toy in its stretched position. The doll was reissued in the 1990s with a canine sidekick, “Fetch Armstrong”. He also has an evil brother named Evil X-ray Wretch Armstrong who has a skull face, sports a mohawk and also stretches. Wretch Armstong seems to be a redesigned, smaller remake of Stretch X-Ray.

4 Comments to Stretch Armstrong

1. 

   Mine was the Incredible Hulk.
MOE DIRT on April 9th, 2011
2. 

   I love the kid’s brown turtleneck/brown pants combo- very 1970′s.
Suds on April 10th, 2011
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   Had one of these….my friends and I staked it out in the yard….stretched its arms and legs and staked them to the ground…left it out in the hot summer sun for hours and took a kitchen knife…and cut it down the middle to watch all of the gel “ooze” out….
   Totally cool…
   Totally got our asses beat when Mom and Dad got home…ruined yet another “toy” and a kitchen knife !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

   Ahhhh to be 8 again…………lol !!!!
Peakclover on April 12th, 2011
4. 

   Wow, Peakclover, you were a violent 8 year old…..You were awesome!
Person on June 9th, 2011

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