Friday, February 29, 2008

Thumbwrestlers Rule



Indulge me on this slow Friday. I mean, come on...its a leap year/day, for cryin' out loud.

I came across Mental_Floss' WWF Superstars Quiz and started thinking about Thumbwrestlers. There's no adequate video of these amazing toys on the Youtubes, but I found this site. They actually had the commercial to download, so I embedded it using the awful fantastic Blogger video embedder.

I know for a fact I had Big John Studd and Hillbilly Jim. Nothing sick about sticking your thumb into a hole just above a rubber wrestler's ass.

Good times, the '80s.
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7 comments:

  1. The Sports HerniaFebruary 29, 2008 at 4:02 PM

    Nikolai Volkoff, a forgotten legend.

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  2. UnknownFebruary 29, 2008 at 4:09 PM

    Not that forgotten...he ran for public office in Maryland just last year.

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  3. The Sports HerniaFebruary 29, 2008 at 4:17 PM

    Just read that on his page. Wow, that's impressively insane.

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  4. tecmoFebruary 29, 2008 at 4:54 PM

    More impressive...that Nikolai Volkoff has a Wikipedia page

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  5. Handsome PeteMarch 1, 2008 at 9:43 AM

    And pillow wrestlers...

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  6. AnonymousMarch 1, 2008 at 8:20 PM

    what was even better were those 2 "slightly bigger than ken doll" action figures of Rambo and Hulk Hogan

    how the hell did we even come into possession of those?

    oh ya

    thanks, jared

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  7. UnknownAugust 11, 2008 at 4:40 PM

    Wow, I even forgot I had that commercial on my site. I feel like I left it somewhere in the internet's moldy basement. Good find!

    But yeah, they were pretty cool collectibles for WWF (WWE) fans. But as far as actual "thumb-wrestling" goes, playing without those things was more fun.

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