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Stretch Armstrong
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Stretch Armstrong: The Indestructible Icon of Childhood

Mickey Yarber

Stretch Armstrong was the toy that felt almost alive. Heavy, rubbery, and endlessly bendable, he turned every living room into a science experiment and every kid into a believer in indestructible heroes.

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