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* The Tonka Mighty Dump Truck was advertised as being virtually indestructible through the course of normal play, and damned near impossible to break ''outside'' of normal play. In one memorable advertisement for the truck, they had an elephant step on it, as seen at the top of this page. The truck was fine. Think about it... an eight-pound toy truck that could hold several tons of elephant foot and not break. This toughness extended (and still extends) to pretty much the entire Tonka brand, regardless of the toy.
** According to Hasbro (who owns the Tonka toy line), there are currently seven people around the world who, because of the Tonka guarantee, receive a lifetime supply of free merchandise because they ''somehow'' managed to destroy a Tonka toy through the normal course of play. Whenever a claim is made on the guarantee, Tonka sends out a team of investigators to make sure the toy in question wasn't destroyed intentionally (by detonating it with explosives, for example), or by extraordinary means that don't count as "normal play" (like accidentally running it through a machine press, for example). For Tonka, the
* [[Fischer Technik]] construction toys are made from super tough nylon, are either so hard ''or'' so flexible they can't be broken, and will usually survive 30 years of play and storage with only minor yellowing.
* Mattel [[Barbie]] dolls of humans and animals.
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* Quite a few ''[[Transformers]]'' toys are well known for the fact that they simply refuse to be destroyed, including quite a few of the 1987-1988 toy releases, which started using tougher, thicker plastic than many of the Diaclone-based toys, and several of the ''[[Beast Wars]]'' era toys, where the use of ball and socket joints as well as thick hinges meant that they could survive much tougher play. The main issue for those particular toys tends to be losing small, independent parts rather than damage or destruction of the toy. Other toys, however, are known to break at the drop of a hat, including many of the 1984-release toys and anything that suffers from [http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Gold_Plastic_Syndrome Gold Plastic Syndrome.]
* [[MSX]] machines made by Yamaha appear to be completely indestructible. It's not unheard of them surviving ''decades'' in the Soviet high schools with no apparent wear.
* Motorola's RAZR series. Able to survive anything, from dipping (returned to normal functioning after just one day drying) to being thrown from the third floor
** More generally, this tends to apply to quite a lot of older phones - you can throw them from the third floor and they'll be fine.
* The government can't afford to buy armor when you're in tour in hostile territory? No problem, just make sure you always have your [http://www.toughbookuniverse.com/?tag=bullet Panasonic Toughbook] with you.
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