It took 22 years to find this toy

[@therealPinta77]

Update: In the video, i was wrong about Chameleon-nak, he comes in every color INCLUDING grey. Also, I was able to find the gorton's naknaks, you can see them here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6TOloWIZd-SjKMsi=y3C87ihkMx8hPrSk Additionally, we now have a few photos of the climbing wall playset that Verticalnak came in. You can also find these photos in my community posts. Again, thanks to Caleb aka theWWEfan2020 for his massive effort in preserving all of this.

[@jordancambridge4106]

I had like 4 of them but not from McDonalds but I got the fisherman guy from a Long John Silvers and I had 2 from the Great Clips and they were cheap as shit. They fell apart from not doing anything with them. They are garbage. They didn't stand up. They didn't hold up at all. They just fell apart. The quality was insanely garbage. They were considered the toy that even losers wouldn't play with. Every kid I ever knew that touched them had the same exact response which was this item is just plane garbage. A reason that they are extremely rare is because they were trash and like trash they were thrown away.

[@jordancambridge4106]

Oh a huge issue with them and another reason they are rare is because their was a recall on them because turns out they were made from toxic chemicals and the parts that were potentially toxic was the glue that held the cheap paper pictures on, the paper itself had a nasty habit of being made of asbestos, and the plastic itself was recalled because it was mixed with toxic chemicals and made so cheaply that it would stink. They were garbage then and just because stuff is old and rare doesn't mean its worth anything nor is it a bright idea to collect garbage. If you collect these things then you are a hoarder not a collector there is a huge difference.

[@Soyanide]

I remember getting one of these in a happy meal when i was a kid. Thanks for dusting off a memory from 20 years ago!

[@parris4038]

Fr I had the zombie one from McDonald’s

[@maxwell_edison]

same!

[@beastmanreview009]

Same here!

[@eb.3764]

i only remember these from mcdonalds. i never knew they existed outside of mcdonalds

[@UniversesUnited]

I would like to believe you but I’m having mixed feelings because of the amount of kids who just lie about these things

[@DarthP00P00]

Was scrolling through my feed until I saw the thumbnail for this video and I almost s*** my pants because it was such a sudden rush of nostalgic memories that somehow unlocked and found their way back to me. Wow that's a trip.

[@Sube-Tube]

As soon as I saw the mummy creepnak, it all immediately flooded back to me. The rotating head was the first thing I remembered

[@MuensterQ]

I had the same feeling.

[@101Cookie100]

Same

[@vistas5823]

It really boggles my mind how so much of the 80's and 90's media is seemingly well documented but the 2000's are just a big memory hole.

[@timm2396]

World wasn't the same after Y2K

[@TheGir96]

​@timm2396 can you expand more on this as of why it would lead to less documentation of novelty items as opposed to previous years?

[@therealPinta77]

I am noticing this. Gonna see if there's something we can do about it.

[@austinreed7343]

Like there’s this 2001-era toyline of robots made out of junk; I distinctly remember one with a translucent purple head that looked like a broken CRT monitor. And then there’s ones that I at least barely remember the name of; P-Brains, Morphmen, Bendos… Even a lot of toys based on TV shows are ill-documented; the YGO line is largely superseded by superior collector-aimed products but still had a lot of unique Duelist Kingdom rep and even a figure of a Duel Monster that STILL doesn’t have a real card.

[@taqresu5865]

I only ever remember getting a couple of the McDonald's ones. I forgot these guys even existed until this video jogged my memory. Specifically I remember the mummy one. I didn't know of it's sales or promotions outside of McDonald's, I didn't even know there was a game.

[@BananaMana69]

Its funny thats the exact one I remember too

[@Hippienolic2]

Crazy how you said everything I was thinking

[@rigelc.hoffman2496]

Wow, the orange mummy is exactly the only one I recall in detail

[@taqresu5865]

@@rigelc.hoffman2496 yeah, That's how it is for me too lol

[@KapustaCuber]

Me: “oh cool, I had these! I wonder if any were rare.” *getting the most common rare one required mailing a fish stick company* Me: “guess I don’t own any rare ones.”

[@brandonamezquita4501]

Yesn't

[@zobblewobble1770]

Wow, these are things that I had but completely forgot they existed. Thanks for unlocking the memory.

[@Parzivle]

I’ve been trying to remember these things for fucking years the racheting sound and sensation has been crystal clear in my mind for 20 years without answers. Thank you so much

[@MisterBungle]

These NakNaks would make excellent fidget toys today. I remember keeping a couple of them under my desk at school to pose, stack, cartwheel them, click the arms and legs, pretty much the perfect fidget toy. They were like my little desk pals. . I eventually lost them due to my family moving around a lot 😢 I'd occasionally remember this specific childhood toy, next to the Bionicles. Good times !

[@therealPinta77]

Ah man, Bionicles 😅

[@DandyCrocodile]

LOVED Nak Naks as a kid. Super glad I still have all of mine, including two of the Gorton's Naks.

[@brandonamezquita4501]

I have all the Gordons and had an unopened set, but traded it for a Dinoco Lightning McQueen when I was a kid. Worst trade ever 😂.

[@AceHalberjt]

THEY'RE CALLED NAKNAKS AAAAAA I've been searching for these for YEARS, couldn't ever quite remember what they were called. As a kid I called them knickknacks and clickclacks, so in all my searching I've NEVER been able to find them. And then suddenly this appears in my recommends. Twenty years of curiosity have finally been sated. Thank you.

[@timothyapplegate2881]

I remember Naknak as a toy plucked from the clearance aisle because it seemed neat. I've always liked stacking figures. I had no idea the line was this deep or promotions so varied.

[@benamisai-kham5892]

It really played on the connecting markers part of the brain

[@finstaboy0226]

BRO THIS SHIT JUST UNLOCKED A CORE MEMORY

[@ArcNeoMasato]

I literally went to Ebay and bought 2 small lots of these while watching this video. Made sure I got some dice in one of them so I could actually play the game too, since that's actually the point of me getting them. Figured it could be a fun way to have a little stacking game in my collection, and I remember wanting these SOOOOO badly as a kid, so it's nice to make that finally happen.

[@MrMeattball]

I have been trying to remember what these were called for years! THANK YOU!!

[@SilentCrown]

So nice to see my childhood being preserved by troopers like you. Thanks for sharing this to the public and taking me back to a much younger version of myself. 🔥

[@AizakkuFu]

I remember having the Verticalnak as a kid. And if I remember correctly, I got it at the Dollar Tree, maybe after they discontinued them. I also got that boat playset there. Shame, I feel like these would’ve had more potential nowadays, especially with how IPs are all over collectibles.

[@therealPinta77]

Thanks for sharing! Nice to hear from another person who had Verticalnak

[@NicolaiLol]

Banger content. I actually loved Nak Nak

[@slow_start]

So glad someone decided to cover this!

[@bes03c]

For some reason, I watched a 10 minute video about an obscure toy I have never heard of, but enjoyed every minute of it. You just got a sub from me.

[@HydramaticM16A197]

Thanks! I was trying to remember this in the back of my mind. I remember as a kid I vaguely had a toy like this and couldn't remember them until seeing your video. Thank you!

[@sambassmanstoner]

This is awesome dude, thanks for making this. I used to play the game with my brother as a kid, and I think it was a result of the McDonalds promotion. I distinctly remember having the soldier, that robot with the open palms, the abstract art looking one, and the galaxy looking one.

[@meatblazestudios3778]

8:31 A Naknak was one of the toys used in some of Jacob Lenard's oldest stop-motion animations

[@BRatindustrys]

I feel, like in the very back of my mind, that I had one of these guys before.

[@therealPinta77]

You may very well have!

[@lukestarkiller1470]

I always love learning about weird obscure toys like this. I do remember seeing these guys at some point in the early 2000’s but I never had any. But it’s really fun to see someone be so excited by them. Toys are cool

[@awestrich2172]

Thanks for this blast from the past. Good luck with your collecting!

[@dumbjakeworld]

To be honest I had no clue there was a game that went with NakNak. This video definitely gave me the itch to collect some again! NakNak and Mighty Beanz have similar vibes to me in that they were their own unique thing, I feel like if they came out today they'd be star wars or marvel branded.

[@demonwolf3286]

I never imagined id find something i never even remembered i had at one point until now

[@WCOBDisorder]

My brother and I had these. Some couple years ago I randomly remembered them, but could find nothing online.. Thanks for shining a spotlight!

[@stephencoles3664]

Wow, this was a throwback. Didn't know they made so many!

[@ItsEveristo]

I forgot all about these lol I used to have a few of the McDonald's NakNaks. I remember having the mummy figure. Thank you for this video. It's always nice to remember a fun blast from the past.

[@bassmankilla9352]

I've never heard of naknaks, but your love for them is what makes this video good. I wish I had a rare naknak to give you.

[@hibbs1712]

Hasbro marketing after their beyblade bungle:

[@FeralFetus]

Loved Nak-Naks when I was a kid, I would collect a ton of them from Dollar Tree. I also had a ton of Mighty Beanz.

[@13Kr4zYAzN13]

Oh yeaaaaah. Fucking mighty beanz lol

[@Zerio105]

Naknaks were one of my favorite toys as a kid, something about their design just clicked (ha) with me. I have quite a collection from back then, my favorites were the Dominaks, Maginaks and Robonaks. I had no idea so many of these extra promotional designs and cancelled figures existed, really cool to see these discussed again after so long. I knew they were supposed to be stacked but I always would just play with them like they were normal action figures lmao.

[@TopMostFlavor]

Every once in a while I come across a video that is just interesting, this is why I watch. Thanks for the video. I haven't thought about these things since I was very young.

[@brandonamezquita4501]

I have the Gordon ones. I also had a set of unopened ones, but I traded them with a friend for a Dinoco Lightning McQueen, only for him to forget and cry when he saw me with it, so I returned it to him, but I didn't get my NakNaks back 😂.

[@DoctorBombs]

Thank you for the memories I didn’t know I had of this

[@imoldgregg8]

Bros been looking for that toy since I was born 💀

[@jennamorrison-rn5zs]

I had these and didn't remember until you just unlocked that memory

[@PineappleAndStuff]

I collected a ton of these as a kid. I never could remember the name of these toys! This video is a blast of nostalgia

[@avrielfernandez]

This was my favorite as a kid man thank you for bringing memories back

[@GeohToy]

Fantastic video! If I’d have to assume, usually the Today show and other morning shows would feature new toys for like Christmas. Maybe NakNak was featured on a segment and that was made to be given to the audience or studio staff? Anyways still fantastic video and I wish you luck in finding the missing pieces of your collection! Subscribed!

[@therealPinta77]

Thanks! Your theory is exactly what I was thinking. I looked, and couldn't find any segments about Naknak. Also reached out to some some people regarding toy shows that may have been affiliated with Today, and I just couldn't really find any leads. I hope someone uncovers this one day, but we'll see

[@illuminatedtriangle9092]

I remember trading some trading cards for one and bringing it to school the next day for it to be confiscated by my teacher then left on a park bench then stolen by another student. Ever since that happened I always wanted to know what it was then out of nowhere 10 years later this vids pops up on my reccommended page lol. Its great to finally know what it was and where it came from.

[@axelotls_]

dude, thank you SO MUCH for actually naming this toy. i've spent ages on and off trying to track these down because i never actually knew what they were called, just that they were basically a fidget toy for me as a kid. never knew there was a game attached to them ! cool to learn something about this weird thing thats occupied part of my brain for years

[@LadyofStarlight]

Omg I had the little yellow pyramid from McDonald's set when I was little! I don't remember having any figures with it tho. I'd searched on and off to find out what the hecc it was, but now I know! Thank you!!!

[@webbraham2768]

I must have only gotten great clips and happy meals naknaks, those were the only ones I remember having. How cool, I completely forgot about these guys

[@therealPinta77]

I never knew about the great clips ones before I started researching for this video. Always went to supercuts

[@domsanimationstudios]

I was 4 years old when I first got my NakNak . Good times ❤.

[@Coaltergeist]

Scrolling KZbin and seeing the thumbnail was like getting hit by a brick. Bunch of nostalgia, all at once

[@diegogalvan1810]

No idea how this popped up in my feed but it was a great watch, I do remember as a child finding Naknaks kinda sitting at the bottom of toy bins and at plenty of garage sales. I thought they were odd and didn’t understand the point, glad to have finally learned about it

[@tayloreh]

These seem highly easy to replicate/make knockoffs of - so I'd say be careful too! 3D printer and some stickers could go a long way to fooling people.

[@LekstiI]

There are so many collectible things like toys that are sold for so much more than these silly NakNaks and that are so much easier to forge than these. People pay tens of thousands of dollars for something that is just printed cardboard (eg trading cards). It would be much easier to distinguish something 3D printed from moulded plastic.

[@tayloreh]

@@LekstiI its actually amazing how hard it is to make believable forged pokemon cards. They always get some detail wrong! But yeah, on the internet its a suss thing and easier to fool ppl.

[@incredibleflameboy]

A friend of mine recently bought a sheoldred, the apocalypse MtG card for £120 and it's kind of a yes and no. For regular play whilst sleeved it looked the part the seller even sent 100 of the same sleeves it was in to finish his deck. Perfect, right? Wrong, it looked real but the second it left the sleeve it felt wrong. It had a different card stock and the likes and he immediately showed it around to get opinions on how real it was. In a sleeve you'd be hard pressed to spot the fake and the scam of "hey it's ready for you to build around" hadn't crossed anyone's mind up until then and honestly if he hadn't just needed another copy for his deck he probably wouldn't have taken it out of the sleeve it was in. So I guess the TL;DR is convincing fakes can be made but there's always that 1 thing that just feels off to someone who knows the products well. P.s. getting his money back is a bitch. It's been like a month and a half and unless it was refunded yesterday he still hasn't got it.

[@michaelrussell42]

This brought back a lot of memories. My grandparents had a tub of these for when me or my cousins visited. I am too young to remember them when they were still being made but I have a lot of memories of playing with these when I was young. Must’ve been around 2006-2010 when I played with these. I didn’t even know what they were called. No wonder I never saw them anywhere else! Unfortunately my grandparents house flooded around 2016-2017 and those toys haven’t been seen since.

[@jbomb7867]

I forgot all about these

[@josiahblaze2270]

Man, this unlocked some memories. I remember me and my siblings each had a NakNak, but none of us even knew there was a game involved. I think the one I had was Voltnak, and my brothers had Nukenak and Thinkernak.

[@genghisdingus]

This was probably one of the first happy meal toys I ever had. So early that I don't even remember getting the meal just having them in the toy box.

[@jabmaster1000]

Wow, this is a memory I never though I’d think of again. In my grandmothers house, there was this big bag of toys, all of these were toys that my brother or cousin didn’t want and were then kept to my grandmothers so that I could play them. Years later did I realize that most of those toys were actually McDonald’s toys and one of them was the NakNak mummy. I think by the time I played them, these things weren’t even around anymore, it would have been 2007 at the earliest.

[@OwainOwine]

Never had any of these but this has just unlocked memories I didn’t know exist. Definitely played with these with a couple of friends when I was a lot smaller.

[@Shoxpyre]

The first dollar tree I had ever been to was in my local mall across from the (also in the mall) movie theater and I always theorized they were getting some toys from the KB Toys that didn't sell well because you sometimes found really good toys in there. I remember these being one of them, I remember getting them whenever I saw new styles and series I undoubtedly have every one from the first couple series at least. We had so many of them I don't remember playing the game much the way it was meant to be played but making it like a challenge to stack them as high and interestingly as we could haha

[@michaelsaunders1400]

I remember those too! I struggled to find them too, not just because they're so rare, but also because I didn't know how to spell it for such a long time.

[@youjustgotwreced70]

My life I didn’t realize it was a game

[@LunarForte]

I still have my whole collection of these!! I'll have to dig them out sometime.

[@_Louis322]

Honestly never seen this toy line before, but cool vid! Also, nice Gamecube collection :)

[@criticalboot2567]

i absolutely love weird obscure collectible toys, this is my first time hearing of these but they are quite cool

[@VincentRuckaRuc]

Bro just unlocked one of my core memories i remember having a few of the more common ones of these as a kid but i just lost them at some point but me and my little bro used to play with them

[@Cs24v]

unlocked a memory! these were awesome

[@ConstanceMists]

I remember having these as a kid! I only have a few deep memories playing with them and I never even knew there was a game, I just remember the figures

[@raucoussauce1528]

I was obsessed with Naknaks as a kid. Thank you for this video

[@_arealla]

Core memory unlocked... holy hell, I remember having like 3 or 4 of these little guys when I was 5.

[@piratebear3126]

I remember buying these at the dollar store and having a thing for them for a bit, but could not remember what they were called until I saw the thumbnail. Never actually got to play the game. They were just fun to see how high I could stack them. Cool blast from the past

[@Ultras1981]

YOU JUST UNLOCKED A MEMORY THAT I COMPLETELY FORGOT I HAD!!!!! I remember having one of these toys but I couldn't quite remember which one until the orange mummy from McDonald's popped up!!! Good old days!

[@darkjapan]

I've never heard of these toys, but your passion, enthusiasm and knowledge of this niche bit of pop culture was a joy to watch! I'm sure the creators would be happy to know their toys are so well loved and remembered! Edit: Calling Sir Michael Caine "another actor" is a brutal accidental burn lol

[@imoutofangs]

found your channel and immediately fell in love, thank you for reminding me of the weird niche stuff from my childhood

[@TorchicNidoran1994]

I had a booster pack with Kid Nak, an Alienak, and a Robonak with a few others. I loved this toyline and remember the commercial showing them off and mentioning the Stinja by name. Glad I wasnt the only person obsessed with these!

[@TheToyRoom]

Woah! You just unlocked a memory I didn't know I had stored in my brain

[@jasohavents]

aww hell yeah I still have my Nak Naks. I even had the battle set. God what a blast. I think I even have a couple rare ones.

[@Toboar]

I have a very specific memory of these. When they first came out I was in 1st or 2nd grade. My uncle, younger brother and I went to McDonald's and got some. Then we went home and my uncle and brother took a nap. For some reason I was in the room too. These toys made a lot of noise when you pose them and I sat in a corner unable to play with them because everytime I did, my uncle would wake up and tell me not to mess with it. Idk, weird memory, but this video made me remember it.

[@iReima]

I like to think a lot of these designs started off as whole pictures and it was up to some poor intern to crop out the individual rectangles

[@bringbacktheoldyoutube]

I've been looking for these and forgot the name. Thank you for bringing up my childhood.

[@demoncushion9600]

oh, I still have a chameleon knak and the battle set. I completely forgot about theses!

[@exactinmidget92]

pretty sure McDonald's was my only interaction with NakNak. even as a kid i thought it was dumb.

[@arthurhill8185]

Gosh I definitely had those two hairynaks as a kid, but I'm pretty sure the stickers on at least one of them were shredded to basically nothing because I couldn't stop picking at them.

[@thezombiequeen1908]

Thanks for unlocking a core memory. I had a couple of these.

[@dakkenly]

2005-ish is when I had these. The only two I can recall were coppernak and combatnak. Never thought I'd see these accursed things again

[@zdiehl1]

never thought I would see these toys again, really cool and informative video

[@atticus9845]

Dude I had a lot of these! That's crazy you made me remember. I specifically remember having wacky nak. I had a black one with white patterns on it. They're all at my dads house.

[@maxc6963]

i love it when a person get obsessed with items like these nice time capsule video lol

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

Jesus, I had four of these as a kid! Haven't thought about them for years!

[@hitscann1136]

I think about Naknaks maybe twice a year at random. I had a medium sized collection with the rocker as a young kid which my mom got at a thrift store or yard sale. The weird and sorta abstract characters- the kinda transhumans and astral beings- must've made some kind of artistic impression on me. Thanks for the vid!

[@therealPinta77]

This is exactly how I feel. Certain characters just kind of stuck in my mind forever

[@AmbroseBoaBowie]

Didn’t expect the early 2000s to punch me right in the childhood today

[@hammychan1]

Awesome BGM choice. Pure nostalgia.

[@johnhopkins896]

Seriously one of my top 5 toys as a kid, my brother’s and I had dozens of these things. Got me wanting to run out and search boxes from my old room to see if any remain!

[@BlizzardWolfPK]

Oh god this video unlocked memories of these things that have been dormant for years.

[@StuntedSlime]

Trading non-card games are interesting to me for some reason.

[@alexcontreras9081]

I can’t imagine a world where the Great Clips Naknak Promotional poster was lost forever. Truly frightening

[@timvangenechten5258]

To be honest, I just liked your video because I want to get your channel noticed again. And 2 I like the pase of your editing and tone of your voice. Good luck with your channel!

[@therealPinta77]

I appreciate it :)

[@crazyinsane500]

The only reason I remembered these is because I saw the game Mount Your Friends and thought "oh, they made a game of that one weird toy."

[@RoachDogggJR]

now this is a real blast from the past, super obscure but i was there for it

[@CBMX_GAMING]

no way, I totally forgot about these, that's incredible

[@vegetashairline3060]

I loved these as a kid. It saddened me when i found out that none of my friends did

[@stevencooper564]

Wow, I haven't thought of these in years. Thanks, it was nice nostalgia.

[@Bukkarooo]

I loved these, played often with my dad. We even got the rocker to complicate things, we always had a lot of fun. I used to have a small tin filled with them and the dice, wish I still had them.