# Please help, looking for old toy

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-looking-for-old-toy/953627>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Tags:** toys-models\
**Created:** [November 1, 2021, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-looking-for-old-toy/953627 "2021-11-01T14:36:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2021, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-looking-for-old-toy/953627/21 "2021-11-02T02:25:49Z")

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They have sonic sound!

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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2021, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-looking-for-old-toy/953627/22 "2021-11-02T07:07:07Z")

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> [@Darren\_Garrison](#):
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> They have sonic sound! &nbsp;

Did they go “zzzip” when they moved?  
Did they go “bopp” when they stopped?  
Did they go “brrr” when they stood still?

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2021, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-looking-for-old-toy/953627/23 "2021-11-02T07:17:54Z")

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> [@Senegoid](#):
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> Did they go “zzzip” when they moved?  
> Did they go “bopp” when they stopped?  
> Did they go “brrr” when they stood still?

Exactly what I was thinking. For those not in the know, here’s “The Marvelous Toy,” by Peter, Paul, and Mary:

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/XLYefZkOMB0/hqdefault.jpg "The Marvelous Toy - Peter, Paul and Mary") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLYefZkOMB0)

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**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2021, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-looking-for-old-toy/953627/24 "2021-11-03T01:41:41Z")

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> [@Darren\_Garrison](#):
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> They have sonic sound!

That confused the hell out of me when I was a sprog, and when I got older I figured I’d misremembered it because “sonic sound” is bad and would never make it into a commercial.

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2021, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-looking-for-old-toy/953627/25 "2021-11-03T07:15:24Z")

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> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#):
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> [Smash Up Derby](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE6J3wWE2Pg) was a variant. Good Stuff.

Mt brother had that. One of the few toys I remember that genuinely did what it said on the tin, worked effortlessly, and were loads of fun.

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