Damn! I forgot about Rockem Sockem Robots!!!!
Check out this catalog. It has all sorts of oldie-but-goodie toys.
LOL...easy mistake. I also had the knob and rod controlled hockey rink where you'd flip the puck around on the miniaturized rink by twisting the controls and sliding the players around on the table. That and the, lame by todays standards, electric vibrating football field. You'd line up your players and turn on the power and hope the guy with the little foam football vibrated his way to a touchdown.