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now THAT was innovation (Cross Boss)
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 8:32 am
by Lonestar
Right, this is a vintage RC site, correct? so here's a vintage ad... granted, we're not talking racecars here... still, when I stumbled upon that one on rcmoustache.blogspot.ch (Salut Nicolas!!!) I nearly fell off my chair. This was freaking brilliant and in 1986 ANYTHING rc would sell like hot cakes!
[youtube]K8MzIhbGoQY[/youtube]
Paul
Re: now THAT was innovation (Cross Boss)
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 9:01 am
by scr8p
i still have mine, and i'm pretty sure it still works. another one of my old toys packed away in my parents basement.
Re: now THAT was innovation (Cross Boss)
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 9:50 am
by GotXjaG
I don't remember this. Around what year was this out?
Re: now THAT was innovation (Cross Boss)
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 10:20 am
by kaiser
ahhh, good old galoob. they made some interesting stuff and their comercials were always great.
what a way to jump start the memory, now i'm thinking about stompers and rough riders.
Re: now THAT was innovation (Cross Boss)
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 11:43 am
by mrlexan
I dont remember that, but is freggin cool!
Re: now THAT was innovation (Cross Boss)
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 1:12 pm
by Coelacanth
I never heard of it either, kinda funky...but man, what a weird niche product!
Re: now THAT was innovation (Cross Boss)
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 3:00 pm
by Lowgear
Toys in the 80's (like most everything else in my opinion) were the greatest! I had a lot of fun with this truck.
Here are two others from Galoob that I also owned:
Flex
[youtube]02ABnNdbEvg[/youtube]
The Animal
[youtube]4cq9GN1X1Qc[/youtube]
Re: now THAT was innovation (Cross Boss)
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 3:49 pm
by Charlie don't surf
Lowgear wrote:Toys in the 80's (like most everything else in my opinion) were the greatest! I had a lot of fun with this truck.
Here are two others from Galoob that I also owned:
Flex
[youtube]02ABnNdbEvg[/youtube]
The Animal
[youtube]4cq9GN1X1Qc[/youtube]
I remember those commercials!! These remind me of the movie "Big"
Re: now THAT was innovation (Cross Boss)
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 4:41 pm
by Coelacanth
Didn't Galoob make candy?
Re: now THAT was innovation (Cross Boss)
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 5:49 pm
by Bormac
I still remember those 'animal' commercials. Back then it seemed like the ultimate 'fun' truck.
Yeah the 80's rocked man!
Re: now THAT was innovation (Cross Boss)
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 5:57 pm
by CAT3K
I love the old toy adverts
I had one of these as a kid, it's probably up in my parents loft somewhere. I'll have to dig it out next time i'm over
[youtube]an8eejlhadk[/youtube]
Paul.
Re: now THAT was innovation (Cross Boss)
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 6:12 pm
by j-sou
I still have my Cross Boss, my Animal, my 32 wheeler, etc... a few of the toys I didn't take apart and/or completely destroy.
Re: now THAT was innovation (Cross Boss)
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 7:03 pm
by Charlie don't surf
I still have all four of my Stomper mini trucks from Mc Donalds happymeals
Re: now THAT was innovation (Cross Boss)
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 7:59 pm
by cunawarit
Man! I miss the 80s
That Cross Boss is really quite something! Not sure how well it would REALLY work, or if it would actually get over stuff that a toy grade rock crawler wouldn't... But the bridge action is still hella cool!!!
Re: now THAT was innovation (Cross Boss)
Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 2:54 am
by Diamond Dave
Coelacanth wrote:Didn't Galoob make candy?
Haha As if Coel,
Those clips are awesome. Thanks for bringing it back to me. I so remember having those, what a blast.
Great stuff guys, fantastic.