I’m sure a lot of you do not remember these toys. My brother and I were the only ones we knew that had these little guys.

Released in 1987, they were just little hard plastic bodies with squishy little abdomens. They were separated into 2 armies, blue and orange (coincidentally, I had the orange). They had little interchangeable guns, walkie talkies and other weapons.

They were the kind of toy that you would watch the commercial and be so excited to get 100 of them. When you go to the store and your Mom says you can only get a 3 pack, it kinda ruins all the fun…

Did you have any Army Ants?

9 thoughts on “Artifacts of the Analog Age: Army Ants

  1. Grazia Michel says:

    You are a nerd.

  2. Benjamin says:

    I had a few of them as a kid, and I thought they were cool toys.

    1. gabe says:

      We made little bases for them, they were cool!

  3. Frank says:

    Army Ants!
    I had about two dozen of those as a kid, split between the two armies. I bet I could find them if I dug around my old stuff in my parents’ garage.

    1. gabe says:

      Cool! I always wanted a bunch of them. I still have one left but I’ve lost the weapons.

  4. Manny says:

    Bought them for my nephew but really as an excuse for me to play with them. I liked them well enough but preferred M.U.S.C.L.E.

    1. gabe says:

      I preferred M.U.S.C.L.E. too! Too bad M.U.S.C.L.E. never came with any weapons!

  5. Tyler says:

    Oh man, I forgot about these. I think we had like two small or one large pack spread between 3 kids.

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