The battery-powered steel traps Mattel installed instead of mouths clamped down on hair and fingers--and anything else the kids could think of to put inside--and didn't let go.

You can't fault the success of this toy, but I had mixed emotions about the Whee-lo my parents bought for my brothers and me when we were kids. At the time, I wondered if they had put much thought into it.

What...the...heck? I mean, seriously, humanoid food in military garb? The coolest thing about these fighting figurines was the name "Mean Weener".