Are 2000s Toy Ads as Good As We Remember?

[@4ply4ply4plywhenicry4]

3:48 I believe this type of aesthetic is called Superflat Pop. It focused on vinyl figures, grafftti, and bright colors. It might still be around to this day.

[@Raymundo_2112]

THANK YOU!!

[@4ply4ply4plywhenicry4]

@@Raymundo_2112 No probs! Keep making great videos.

[@AcidicGothess]

Yea, it's definitely still around although in much rarer cases. Tokidoki still uses it.

[@BinglesP]

Gives me Frutiger Metro vibes

[@southernpride2003]

​@@Raymundo_2112 I was born in 2003 but When I was a kid I was collecting NECA and Mezco horror figures and McFarlane movie Maniacs and The Walking Dead figures Oh yeah I also had this old wood burner kit from the 1950s or 60s it was where you could burn pictures in wood

[@himmyhommy6438]

The mix of horror and nostalgia on this channel shouldn't work but it works so well. Love it!!

[@xahalo8355]

Sort of like "The Librarians" mix of creepy & comfy.

[@fml2266]

unfortunately there's a lot of millennials on KZbin, it's the majority because they grew up with KZbin, in reality the 90's were the best, why? because it bridged the gap between bad tech and good tech, 2000's kids already had PS2 and N64 ect, cellphones were already popular... it wasn't a defining area, it's just that millennials are LOUDER, more ignorant and they believe they are entitled to an age that they didn't grow up in (what the 90s kids experienced). It's sad, 2000 kids basically just wish they were 90s kids but think the word "aesthetic" means a theme from a specific age, no sorry it's an artistic explanation that millennials shouldn't use.

[@gatex33d74]

Why wouldn't it work? It's literally what 90% of horror content is like now, extremely nostalgia based

[@stonedrei]

nostalgia and horror always mix well

[@honee-di2jg]

There's honestly nothing better than some 2000's nostalgia

[@Darkstalkers1232]

I agree

[@fml2266]

unfortunately there's a lot of millennials on KZbin, it's the majority because they grew up with KZbin, in reality the 90's were the best, why? because it bridged the gap between bad tech and good tech, 2000's kids already had PS2 and N64 ect, cellphones were already popular... it wasn't a defining area, it's just that millennials are LOUDER, more ignorant and they believe they are entitled to an age that they didn't grow up in (what the 90s kids experienced). It's sad, 2000 kids basically just wish they were 90s kids but think the word "aesthetic" means a theme from a specific age, no sorry it's an artistic explanation that millennials shouldn't use.

[@dairyking6514]

​@@fml2266yall weirdos really be writing essays saying yours is outright better rather than just admitting its an opinion lmaoo

[@dziankolack9331]

@@dairyking6514 Ikr. I hate pretentious people who think their nostalgia is objective. People say, "They don't make good cartoons anymore." And yeah they make wayyyy better ones these days. I wouldn't know much about toys since I son't really collect toys anymore, except Nendoroids.

[@lovelydolltime8006]

Agreed, rawr XD.

[@ratkid_kelp]

That “OR GRANDCHILD” in the pillow pets commercial really worked wonders because my sister and I each received a pillow pet from each grandmother. I still have both of mine, I have used them to prop up my pillow my whole life and they are both holding up quite well! A little flat but still good on the outside :)

[@3psilon9]

Does anyone remember this brand of toys that were battery-powered hamsters that you could collect? They were called Zhu-Zhu Pets, and I became an avid collector of them. They came in many skins, and they would move and turn every time you turned them on. There was one major rule: Don't get hair in the wheels. There were also side series like Zhu-Zhu Pet Babies and Kung Zhu. I think I had around 30 of them, and my first ones were Nugget and Scoodles. I think it started with around 6 or 12 to collect, but then it grew over the years. I remember having this Pizza set where your Zhu-Zhu Pet would go into a drive through, and these wheels hidden inside would make the treadmill transport the pizza boxes into a delivery scooter, and your Zhu-Zhu pet would drive in the scooter. Those toys were cool af. I think I stopped collecting around 2012, but they made me become a collector of things in the future.

[@ratkid_kelp]

Yes! I had a pink one, my sister had a yellow one, and we shared a third white one. They made those little noises and rolled around the kitchen, so cute! But like you mentioned, my parents were worried we’d get our hair in the wheels lol. I think they also had some zhu zhu mice in later years.

[@3psilon9]

@@ratkid_kelp I believe the third one was named "Chunk”, who I think was part of series 1.

[@trickster6669]

My dog killed mine :(

[@3psilon9]

@@trickster6669 Natural hunting instincts

[@pursuedsubset5915]

I still have the ds game😂

[@RealSato23]

It's really nice to see representation of Gogo's Crazy Bones. Not many videos about toys from the 2000s usually mention them. Really Love your videos keep up the amazing content!

[@ActualRealityChannel]

Facts. I was just watching this just cuz then when he mentioned Crazy Bones I got so happy!

[@eins2001]

I used to have a mad collection of those! They were baller.

[@fml2266]

unfortunately there's a lot of millennials on KZbin, it's the majority because they grew up with KZbin, in reality the 90's were the best, why? because it bridged the gap between bad tech and good tech, 2000's kids already had PS2 and N64 ect, cellphones were already popular... it wasn't a defining area, it's just that millennials are LOUDER, more ignorant and they believe they are entitled to an age that they didn't grow up in (what the 90s kids experienced). It's sad, 2000 kids basically just wish they were 90s kids but think the word "aesthetic" means a theme from a specific age, no sorry it's an artistic explanation that millennials shouldn't use.

[@itsdasji]

⁠@@fml2266 Millennials by definition were born in between 1980 and 1990, so with that being said, it sounds like you are the ignorant one and it sounds like you yourself are the millennials you speak of

[@boinkmcbingo8890]

​​​@@fml2266the y2k asthetic is a whole different thing stfu. No one was a kid during the 2000s saying "dam I wish I was 2 console generations back not playing shit like halo with online multi-player." You are just a dumbass mainly because millennials are the generation you're praising not the one you think you're talking about.

[@AGENT666.]

I'm glad you gave attention to Lego and how good it was during the mid 2000s to early 2010s. Most of my collection has sets from during that time. SpongeBob, City, Marvel, Toy Story, early Ninjago, Pharaoh's Quest, Atlantis, Batman, Hero Factory, and of course Star Wars and Bionicle. Lego has never been better and it was truly the peak.

[@dziankolack9331]

I don't collect much now but Lego was huge for me as a kid.

[@lydiakach]

Oh my gosh you just unlocked a memory with the Spongebob Lego sets. I remember building a Spongebob Lego set and all the power in my house was out because there was a tornado going through my neighborhood. I remember that the tornado actually hit out neighbor’s house and ripped out their newly built porch.

[@BinglesP]

Once again, I have to say, Mixels is goated

[@FTChomp9980]

Growing up in the 2000s was the greatest childhood of all time! Anyone remember Gormiti? I remember being obsessed with those little figures as a kid and played with them so much.

[@xahalo8355]

I have so many

[@karlo125]

I swear Gormiti were so cool im suprised it was not popular in USA Like in croatia, Italy and South America

[@spinoraptor536]

dude omg, the ads for them were so cool

[@archangel.girl.watches.you.]

Omg in italy they were so popular! Even if I haven't grown in the 2000s (I've grown more in the 10s) I remember them clearly. I'm not sure but I think plenty of kids still play with them (I apologize for my bad English I'm not a native speaker)

[@TheRastafarianStuff]

I thought they were only a italian thing since I grew up in italy

[@prismopatterson]

The Gogo’s Crazy Bones art style is similar to Superflat, an aesthetic created by Takashi Murakami.

[@JFed4]

I was thinking it reminds me of frutiger metro

[@prismopatterson]

AAAAAAA THANKS FOR THE HEART!!!

[@prismopatterson]

@@JFed4 That too!

[@dinglydinglson]

This made me think about the memories I had seeing old toy commercials and really wanting the toy and I realized that toy commercials just no longer feel the same

[@maif.7055]

I had the earlier version of Creepy Crawlers as a kid where you actually cooked the bugs. I LOVED bugs so naturally it was one of my favorite toys. The only thing is that the smell was absolutely horrible and I can still vividly remember the smell 20ish years later. I didn't have a lot of the toys mentioned in this vid but the Creepy Crawlers definitely brought back some burning rubber scented nostalgia

[@katgirl476]

You had a Thingmaker from 1964?

[@maif.7055]

@@katgirl476 I had either the 90s version or the 2001 version, not sure exactly which one it was.

[@SuitGuy6579]

Omg dude I remember the old commercial rabbit hole on KZbin I used to watch them for HOURS! Such good memories.

[@michelledo6645]

Us 2000s kids really had an amazing era just like you said, before crazy technology. Good times😭❤️

[@RyZGuy53]

6:43 this gives me so much nostalgia from a video I saw as a kid, I was a 2010s kid and I remember a toy review from some grown man and just seeing that made SO MUCH memories flow in

[@KamiSamaSensei]

Man, I was born in '93 and literally remember all of these commercials. I actually found some of my Mighty Beanz recently at my parent's house recently! I had some of the cool gross-out balls too, those were my favorites with worms and blood in them. Good video, really brought back my old memories~

[@SkeletalSpyro]

That clay dinosaur commercial unlocked a hidden memory for me! That's so crazy I had no recollection of it until you showed those clips! Great video as always

[@the_real_slim_scaly7069]

Bruh I’m telling you, the 2000’s-2010’s life was PEAK. Politics didn’t exist to us yet, we weren’t scared of the uncertain future and all we cared about was what cool thing was up at the time! Seriously I wish I could live in this time period again ngl I’m also thinking of writing some story that takes inspiration from the nostalgia of 2000’s-2010s and its villains are based on Gen Z childhood trauma

[@FTChomp9980]

Do it we need creativity now more then ever in this era of blandness!

[@thekiwiclipper1113]

Last paragraph is so cringe

[@assassin8636]

​@Ignochomp99 uh this era is not blandness

[@mattpace1026]

@@assassin8636 Don't bother. Probably just some nihilist moron who can't handle the reality the world isn't giving them everything they ever wanted.

[@randomtinypotatocried]

@@assassin8636I think they mean media such as Disney

[@liz_merr1003]

Its interesting to see a perspective on boys toys. I didn't pay much attention to these commercials as a kid, since they weren't aimed at me.

[@Kirakiracuremarine]

I based my entire room of of the aesthetic of early 2000's/2010's girl nostalgia I have everything from barbie CD ROM games to obscure doll lines from the time

[@ratbones620]

Finally someone who talks about the trash pack! I had so many of them and the garbage truck. They were awesome. I love how you also went down the toy commercial rabbit hole as a kid! That was all I used to watch on KZbin.

[@MagicJunk]

I absolutely loved the video. Even though I didn't grow up in the 2000's it was still a blast seeing all of those weird toys you guys grew up with. One that I would add was the Angry Birds Star Wars telepods ads or Angry Birds commercials in general (and yeah they technically don't fall under 2000's neither does the 3ds)

[@Mewtwo_150]

Gogo's hold a special place in my heart right beside Lego. I basically turned them into "Pokemon" for my Lego minifigures since they were around the same size lol.

[@QuickManSimp]

I remember my first memories of Mighty Beanz when my classmates brought them to school and I remember being so in awe and so jealous and I BEGGED my mom to get me some and she refused; this absolute chad of a classmate gave me one and I couldn’t have been any happier

[@Kid15X]

it's so weird to hear people talk about watching The Hub as kids nowadays, I used to watch it in high school because I was big in the Brony Fandom in my late teens, it really doesn't feel like it's been that long but I keep forgetting I'm almost 30 😂

[@saintsprayer727]

I loved MLP on The Hub but it’s what got me obsessed with Transformers because Transformers Prime would play before

[@Kid15X]

@@saintsprayer727 Transformers Prime is still probably the best Animated Iteration of the property, Shit's incredible

[@steelscorpion9114]

For me it was coming home from school to watch a episode of Dan Vs on the Hub. I'll be 25 this year and I am so not ready

[@angii_psycho4196]

Nice video👍 I can't explain why, but kinda gives off a cozy, comfortable, and vibe. And I usually hate long videos. Wouldn't mind if you'd make a part 2 :)

[@yoayhaitmaiselv3129]

My man, I absolutely love and adore you for this video. I actually had the same experience with this ad rabbit hole thing when I was like 7 or something and couldn't even understand English, but I still would spend hours watching these random advertisements. I thought I would never hear anybody talk about these, and I really could not find them by myself (I completely forgot the names), but here we are. Thank you for this vid, it may possibly be one of my favorite youtube videos of all time, just because of sheer nostalgia it brought me

[@DecomposingJedi]

The slushie magic cup did actually work for me! It didn’t make it like a slushie from a mixer, but it was a very passable slushie.

[@PandamoniuGaming]

From my experience some were better than others because I had one that was pretty good and the slushies it made were pretty dam close to a proper slushie, the only downside is they were fairly small because a third of the cup space was taken up by the cold pack thing

[@bcamp8987]

Stretch Screamers are still something my dad and I talk about to this day. We both loved those things. They also had a McDonalds line that was pretty awesome

[@izzybelisle3550]

The aesthetic is called Frutiger Aero

[@dantexas4571]

If you really enjoyed the lego rock monsters, I remember there being a movie that had an opening scene with them in it, it was called clutch powers.

[@Raymundo_2112]

Clutch powers was peak

[@aruce9]

The idog was the first big thing that capitalized off of the success of the iPod. Also I wish times stayed in the mid-late 2000’s just before the rise of social media going into at the latest the early 2010s. Times were vastly different, things felt fun, like there was infinite opportunity. I feel the late 2010s going into the 2020s are incredibly boring and increasingly corporatized.

[@zora4527]

The clone trooper is from the 51st recon corps. Easily one of my favorite clone designs. Most unique helmet designs in star wars battlefront 2.

[@sammas7816]

I always loved how goofy these ads were lol

[@tallussy_hallussy]

As a 2000's kid, I miss all the childhood toys like Shopkins and Zhu-Zhu pets. I feel like all the kids toys now are just.. not on the same level.

[@kitten-whisperer]

Maybe just maybe it's because you're not a kid... really, might beans was just sooo much better?

[@twotruckslyrics]

i miss shopkins 😭😭

[@isolatedirectorofficial]

I miss the 2000s. Most of the toys of that time I never got but I remember getting a Ladybug Pillow Pet! I have a big one and a mini one! I remember seeing the Slushy Magic commercial, but I didn’t get it. I also got some LEGO City sets and after all this time I still even remember the digit number for my first LEGO set. I also looooved Hot Wheels cars and the playsets and I used to be an avid collector of them.

[@RyZGuy53]

When you first said Gross out toys, I immediately thought of Mad Balls bought couldn’t remember the name

[@Dat1Frogboi]

I legit thought the same thing before you mentioned the theory about the September 11th incident changing the atmosphere of the USA while you where talking about how dark and creepy the things were..

[@thedenofbeasts8251]

I was punched in the face with nostalgia and flashbacks the moment I heard the pillow pets theme, was not ready for that.

[@Lolofyr]

Absolutely ecstatic to see gogos crazy bones I had a MASSIVE collection of them and haven’t heard a single person talk about them. I thought they were a weird fever dream for a bit lol.

[@kaymustdiex]

8:17 watched this bc i LOVED watching early 2000's toy commercials and wasn't expecting a reference to my current hyperfixation LMAO this is why i love ur vids :')

[@camthekidmcg2598]

I'm so happy you mentioned Trash Pack I had so many like a decade ago. I never had a toys r us near me so when we did drive out to one I'd buy them immediately. Luckily target and walgreens stocked them

[@LuizVitor]

In mid-2010's (2014-2015ish) gogo's came back to life here in Brazil with a Disney collab, and ALL the kids went nuts! I myself remember being OBSSESED with this mini disney figures when i was like 8, and all the kids at school and my family had them !! It was truly awesome, and they same in blind bags too, with a 4 stickers for the sticker album... great times!

[@samuelartist2007]

Literally a great era for toys and mostly my childhood toys kind were 2000s

[@Ash21]

I wouldn't say that Disney buying star wars ruined the toys and that they haven't been better since, I always saw it as more of a mix bag: Yea you had those awful cheaply made figures but they also brought us The Black Series, basically splitting the toys into 2 separate things: cheaper Five Points of Articulation figures for kids, highly detailed figures mainly geared towards older kids and collectors. The Vintage Collection (the line that was going on right when Disney bought star wars) was changed over to the Black Series 3.75 inch line which released alongside the main 6 inch figures. Then in 2018, Disney/Hasbro discontinued the 5poa line and brought back The Vintage Collection alongside continuing 6 inch Black Series, both figures have never been more detailed and as poseable. Outside of that, great video! A lot of nostalgia!

[@MadDogRyan]

Love the way he used “I’m not okay” as the background for his ad lol

[@GENESISsav]

A large collection of Bionicles, you say? You wouldn't happen to also collect Transformers, would you? Cuz that would definitely do it for me, lol!

[@DarkestVoid]

I could comment a lot on different things throughout the video but it’s cool to hear an underrated gem of a song being covered by MCR in the background. Summertime is such a good song.

[@royalcass]

Raymundo playing with toys is so wholesome

[@brutal_zelduh2581]

Awww. You bringing up dream jelly is so cute! I have been watching them since the first upload! No wonder your videos showed up for me. ♡

[@stillwithstanding]

Your mom sounds like an incredible person

[@Mysda_]

Power Miners, my favorite lego line, I just love them

[@Josh50391]

The metal fight beyblades will always be my favorite childhood toy. They were simple but very fun to play with. Also, really miss lego spongebob.

[@infinitefun527]

ena

[@misseselise3864]

my brother loved them but we lost our beyblade privileges because we’d chuck them at each other when we were fighting

[@ThePumpkinHeaded]

Dude I remember the Dr. Dreadful zombie/ skull head. That was the shit to me when I was 6. That mention really took me down memory lane. I sadly no longer have it but I think I still have the tweezers that came with it. Edit: holy crap Pillow Pets, that unlocked a whole core memory for me. I think I still have the dog one.

[@perfectharvestmlpstudios9152]

31:44 God, seeing that advert for the Lego ARC-170 took me back to being 8 tears old and my mum taking me to get it from Argos after a swimming lesson!

[@sammieegoldwand]

Oh god the slushy magic. My mom got me one of those when I was little. I think we still have the little gel ice cubes. I remember the commercial said you had to shake it for about 5 minuets, but my mom ended up having to shake it for 20 minuets or so and there would still have been no slushy. It sucked.

[@katelinlowery5790]

I loved the iDog as my first speaker outside of my radio at the time. Lived in apartment at the time and I would bring it outside to play music with my friends who lived there too and let them use it sometimes. I remember turning it on and the growl turned into a "bark bark bark" plus the whine it made when it turned off. I loved it "dancing" too.

[@stillwithstanding]

W mario galaxy pajamas

[@purebones]

we had such a similar childhood interest wise 😭 watching this was so nostalgic i adore ur channel dude can't wait for u to get even more recognition!

[@Trey_816]

Nothing beats the Lego Star Wars from the era.

[@Pehmokettu]

I remember Crazy Bones only because here in Finland some parents bought it thinking it was candy. And then the kid or they themselves bit one and hurt their teeth. Those were often sold at the grocery stores near the cash registers and also candy in the same size bags was sold there so the mistake was easy to make if you were in a hurry. Let's just hope that no one choked to death with these toys.

[@thedoctor21]

Damn, some of these commercials were a trip to memory lane for me. I used to own a pretty good number of Trash Pack toys (I used to call them "Trashies" as a kid), I remember getting the Make Your Own Martian toy as shown in this video, and I also owned a ton of Gogos and Squishies. I remember Pillow Pets and the Slushy Magic advertisements playing a lot on DisneyXD whenever I came back from my local Playground Program as a kid. Also shoutout to those Super Hero Squad and also to that Star Wars series, I used to collect a ton of those toys and had a blast.

[@dubwussy]

I was so infatuated with GoGo Crazy Bones, that In the late 2000’s my uncle suprised me by signing me up to become an ambassador for the toy. They sent me a limited edition gogo and a little card that had the model number for the ambassador gogo. Only 5000 were made.

[@BinglesP]

Imagine Ambassador Gogo selling for thousands of dollars off eBay, like all those other limited edition toys

[@BlockBusterHomeVideo]

The art style is called Superflat, one of the few things i remember from school.

[@TemporalsonToys]

GoGos were my childhood! I use to have so many! I use to love the little magazines you use to get in the UK that you could stick the stickers in.

[@urmom.comlol3930]

Saw the title and like the words 2000’s compared with ad’s really hit me

[@The-three-eyed-Prophet]

that video whas a great nostalgia trip ... i remember so man stinky, trash or toilet toys from the early 2000´s ... bionicle´s where so cool i remember watching the first bionicle movie with my dad i just wish i had them all to build the big super bionicle´s !!! ...

[@jaxonbobbitt5779]

Great video 😊

[@Duncaster]

Holy shit I remember that one Gushers commercial! I remember playing that flash game a few times as well, I hadn’t thought about this in years. You awoke a primal memory there dude!

[@EmiQ81385]

You’re very lucky to still have your childhood toys. My parents got rid of mine in garage sales and donated them to thrift stores without my knowledge/permission. I came home once from a trip (i was in a relationship at the time) and i was tired excited to br back home, laying in bed, tired…and as i was entering my bedroom, to my shock, everything was completely cleared out but 1 mattress. Everything i had gone! When i confronted my parents they admitted they sold everything i had because they assumed i wasn’t coming back since i was in a new relationship at the time. They never apologized. A month later, i went to visit a local thrift store and ended up finding some of my childhood toys. I was so happy to see them…but at the time i was unemployed and needed $$$ and asked my dad for a few bucks to buy my toys back, he refused and said “why do you want that crap?” i said ”because you donated my stuff without asking me!”. Ignore me and that was it…my toys are gone! i had so many action figures. 80s and 90s toys, my massive lion king collection, my simpson toys, my spawn toys. I had everything. 😭 My parents aren’t the most forgiving or easiest parents to get along with. They went as far as selling my pet parrot. 💔🥺 What was done was no accident. i know they were upset that i left on a trip knowing they didn’t want me going. So in revenge they got rid of everything. I never got over what they did. Apologies for ranting. I enjoyed the video! Thanks for sharing. 😊

[@puggospizzeria]

I absolutely loved the trash back so much i have 1000+ of them, thank you for reminding people of them

[@xiancastillo]

Amazing video, loved it. With that being said, it also made me realize I was way poor as a little kid in the 2000s. I barely got to GO to Toys R Us, never got to pick anything, and I have never had a toy from a commercial, despite my nostalgia amd love for them. Interesting what retrospect can reveal

[@pigeonmama]

HOOOOLY SHIT. I've seen SO many of these nostalgic toy talk videos and NONE of them EVERRR talked about Martian Matter. Kudos to you for bringing it up because that toy was my shit!! I thought they were so cute and got so sad when they shriveled up lol

[@Pehmokettu]

For Pillow Pet I remember one wedding where I was a guest. One of the guests, an elderly woman, had injured her arm and she had very elegant dress for the wedding - and a Pillow Pet pig around her arm. It looked funny and at she was also joking about that. She just couldn't find any other way to make her arm rest comfortably so Pillow Pet was perfect. 😊

[@JoshuaI-nv5il]

Power Miners was my entire childhood ✊. I still have all my sets with every piece accounted for.

[@israquinta]

Growing up, my family was never really well off to say the least and in my neighborhood no one was either. I never had any of these or ever had the opportunity to see the commercials very often, but I distinctly remember going to Walmart or Walgreens and seeing these toys and staring in awe. That on its own gave me immense nostalgia while watching this video. The only of these toys I ever had was an idog that I got from a friend. I never used it since I thought it was too stiff to be a toy and I didnt have an ipod lol.

[@paolaluftnagle7099]

randomly clicked ur video to have something playing while i work and found you make great background noise while i make art! good job on the video dude im about to check out more of your stuff :)

[@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245]

Imo Air Hogs in this era was the best toy. They sold small, durable foam fixed wing aircraft and micro helis that flew surprisingly very well, far before the drone hype. Definitely got me into hobby grade RC.

[@laurenbrooks3091]

I remember Gogo's Crazy Bones, Creepy Crawlers (LOVED those things. I can still remember what they smelled like), Slushy Magic, Amazing Elastic Plastic, and Pillow Pets. Mad Balls look vaguely familiar.

[@saint-and-sinner]

toy commercials were some of the first videos i watched as a child on youtube with no parental guidance whatsoever the cooking toys especially gave me a rush of nostalgia, i guess i was more gravitated towards toys that created stuff. so it was not just cooking toys, but the play doh ones (i vividly remember owning the cake maker), jewelry makers with a bunch of pretty beads, and orbeez. besides that there were a bunch of doll commercials i watched and some other toys i forgot the names of. mainly that one toy you can make your own pixel art from (kinda like perlers but also not really??) and a toy where the pieces are made of something like rubber or plastic, shaped like fidget spinners the most(??) and you can connect them together. i made a ball with those toys

[@SuperHexer123]

God I absolutely loved the Crazybones series of blindbag toys. My parents even got me the collectors books and would often use them as things like stocking stuffers. I think I still have most of them back at my family home, but I kept the little grimm reaper one and I set him on the speakers on my desk.

[@andrewdobosz3682]

I still have all mighty beans out in the garage! Even some knock off ones. I think they revamped them a few years ago I saw them in the toy section, but they were bigger beans still under the mighty beans name.

[@Snavels]

13:16 I remember, I actually got my parents to buy me a mold for one of them that came with some glow in the dark material to use, but I didn't know that I couldn't use the mold by itself without the really expensive grinder thing so I just had the mold with no way to make it 😂 Also, I think you were able to take destroyed creepy crawlers and grind them back up to make new ones

[@JohnDoeSmokes]

Thank you for doing this. I know it helped a lot of kinds remember some of the things they had (I had a 10-20 trash pack collection 10 that I def bought myself one was from series three and gold or whatever the rare was at that moment) and I lost most if not all childhood toys due to my parents splitting and storages not getting paid for. The trash packs are deff long gone but I do definitively have a couple strong arms and such from the affordable line or nerf guns…

[@eggy7346]

Anyone remember dream lights? They were essentially pillow pets with a light projector and the commercial always made me want one

[@slidersides]

I miss the pop tarts that were being eaten at 1 years old

[@MarsMakes]

i remember me and my brother had pillow pets when we were young we had the dog, ladybug and another ladybug that was pink and lit up

[@ANDRESGARCIA-qp2fd]

Heading Billy cobb was crazy here. Love the video dude, very nostalgic!

[@londoncintron680]

I think the closest way I can describe the Gogos Crazybones aesthetic is Y2K maybe? The same sorta aesthetic you see in the Super Milk Chan Show ( a *really* obscure anime that aired on [adult swim]) and RebelTaxi's videos

[@D4NY301]

I had MadBalls and ended up squeezing it too hard in the back of a car and it popped spilling everywhere XD

[@phineasgage2338]

I remember the gusher for an eye game vividly, it was exactly how you described it. I personally remember having nightmares about the mouth people

[@maximuspower4439]

When I was like 10-13 when I first got my iPod touch 4th gen, I would watch Mike Mozart toy reviews on KZbin. That was like 2010, those days and the commercials on TV were so great haha I remember watching them during the summer.

[@darkninjafirefox]

Crazy bones! One of my earliest memories is opening a pack of them on a plane ride! It might have been a happy meal toy

[@SealClubberz]

Tech deck dudes....they legit where the shit growing up as a kid. Plus each "dude or dudette" you got had their own theme/vibe and name that was usually pun based off their characters.

[@Contumacy]

Dude I love this so much, I think the gogo figures style were called Superflat Pop that was super popular around that era

[@inthiccwetrust5779]

They were something else, feels like alot of creativity and genuine passion was put into toys from like the mid 80's to 2010, dont get it wrong there was definitely alot of manipulation and evilness to get kids to buy it but it feels like current day toys are entirely that, with everything made to emulate kid cocaine so they get hooked, you know flashy stuff, hyper ads, blind bags which is basically gambling with insane odds now, fomo out the wazoo. Im 24 now though so I've been out of the game for a minute and I'm incredibly biased being a 90's kid, rose tinted glasses and all that. I just hope young gen z and the next gen can look back on this sort of stuff with fondness like we do, it's a rough world out there and you need the happiness where you can get it, even if it's just a silly toy you forgot about a couple of months later lol

[@garfeedandgrowfish]

I did not expect to see the real dinosaur eggs video mentioned that brought back some major nostalgia

[@squishy_lord8x8x]

This video brought back lots of childhood memories. Especially trash pack. I think I still have them in my storage? 🤔

[@forbiddendancing]

The Trash Pack is and will be forever my favorite toy EVER. I hate that they discontinued them but then I started to collect The Grossery Gang which was similar and I almost have all of the collection, I also have most of the Mighty Beanz and Gogos

[@directionless6304]

16:24 McDonald's ice cream machine doesn't work so they expected you to buy one and make it yourself.

[@bigtacos1897]

Gogos crazy bones ran my childhood for awhile there, I’d be so hyped when a new series would be announced. Trash pack brought back a lot of memories. Such a great video