Stretch Armstrong keeps best at room temperature. Stretch Armstrong is made of latex rubber filled with gelled corn syrup, which allows it to retain shape for a short time before shrinking to its original shape. An estimated 67 different versions from Japan, Germany, Italy, France, Australia, and other countries released Stretch Armstrong variations between 1976 and the 1990s. The last two were filled with a granular solid in place of the viscous liquid found in the other figures. A vacuum pump, which attached to the heads of these figures, removed the air from within, which "froze" the toy in its stretched position.
Auburn Rubber Company in retail stores through the early 1970s. The Deming toys are probably the Auburn Rubber products most often seen for sale at flea markets or on eBay today. Kwitny, Jonathan. 1979. "Vicious Circles: The Mafia in the Marketplace". New York: W.W. Norton, 422 pages. Leopard, Dave. 2003. "Rubber toy vehicles - Identification and Value Guide". Collector Books, 144 colour pages. and Sauer, Lee. When it wasn't cars, it was car parts. KPC News online. Kendalville, Indiana. Auburn Rubber Company The Auburn Rubber Company was a rubber products manufacturer best known for its line of children's toys (Leopard 2003). It was