Stretch Armstrong was first sold in 1976, and is still available today. The dolls were latex skin filled with a thick gel that would give it a little bit of shape inertia.
There was nearly a Stretch Armstrong movie, although the project ultimately fell through. I personally feel that is probably for the best.
Here is an unstretched Armstrong.
And stretched.
Yah I forget where that theme was from but I thought it was a play on the popular he man tv series…but in miniature form. Micro machines were also super popular back then too.
That guy sure could talk fast!
He certainly could lol