I spent $1,000+ on these ULTRA RARE PIECES!

[@retrorick]

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!!! Also, don't forget to hit up this link to get $10 FREE bucks to spend on Whatnot...no strings attached! whatnot.com/invite/retrorick

[@knighthawk6606]

Hey Rick Do you have the talkbay chatter teeth and talkboy drum pen. I didnt see these in your collection.

[@retrorick]

@@knighthawk6606 hey! So I do have the pen, I’ve seen the chatter teeth but I’m fairly certain it has nothing to do with the talkboy and has no talkboy branding. It was however made by tiger electronics

[@rioncitylife1917]

Haven't seen a video in a while, still very good Happy Thanksgiving man

[@jamesproveaux8053]

I saw the bit for what not and signed up and then as I finish I see you mention the referral link. I was watching on TV. May want to move the portion about the referral link to right after mentioning whatnot so others don't miss out on 10 dollars.

[@DizzyGamerOfficial]

I'm thankful for this channel for getting me to go outside and go into Thrift Stores and do some thrifting myself.

[@retrorick]

That’s so rad! Encourages me to know you enjoy the channel!

[@buckorama76]

The star on the Tootsie Pop is definitely real, at least it was where I grew up in NC. I lived around the corner from a small convenience store who honored them. They only had one rule, you could not trade it in on the same visit

[@retrorick]

That’s amazing! Glad to see we weren’t the only ones

[@92bagder]

CA 90s reporting in

[@mondovision4460]

Same thing Des Moines Iowa if you got the star the gas station would bless you with a free sucker. This is when they were 10 cents a piece. They up 25cents or more and I’m only 30

[@TheIcePhoenixx]

​@@retrorick NV/UT, 80s/90s reporting in Sir!

[@coryjones3437]

Was real in Alaska also. Also the stars weren’t on every Tootsie Pop. We would spend a few mins looking through trying to find ones that were visible but most of the time just had to buy a bunch and trade in the winners.

[@tims8971]

Happy Thanksgiving Rick! I'm thankful I found your channel. You've brought my brother and me a ton of joy the past couple years! We're grateful to you. Have a blessed day!

[@retrorick]

I’m so glad you are enjoying the channel Tim!

[@Will-nq3fo]

Grew up in Illinois and the star on the wrapper was talked about in the 80's and 90's there as well.

[@retrorick]

Ha that’s crazy, wasn’t sure if it was only a thing here

[@willcusterjr2519]

Fun Fact about the Japanese MMPR a.k.a Super Sentai were not the first super hero's to have a megazord type robot, the japanese version of Spider-man was the first to have one

[@retrorick]

Ha I had no idea, thanks for the info Will!

[@adelexmarie]

Thanks for the shoutout! So excited to keep supporting each other on Whatnot! (It’s adele from magpie haha)

[@retrorick]

For sure!!!! Thanks Adele, appreciate y’all in the community!

[@matthewhoward3545]

That fella chuck is a one of kind dude! Love him! -mattmatt

[@retrorick]

Ha he’s the man!

[@Rodddknee]

Great video Rick. Hope you had a wonderful thanks giving. Keep up the great work!!!

[@christinekelly4068]

Also, the 90s commercials were more entertaining than todays commercials. Forgot about the frogs for Budweiser. That was the best ever!!!

[@emperortrajan3609]

I'm so happy I found this channel!

[@ravennareins3629]

Hey Rick I have a question - Did different countries produce different versions of talkboy products as ours ( here in the uk ) don't come in blister packs. Our deluxe talkboy comes in a cardboard box with a cassette tape

[@jeff_otf4183]

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Love the channel Retro!!! Keep the videos coming!!!!

[@TomTom.o.]

When I was a kid (born in 80) in LA I did it all the time and in 1990 I moved to CA and it worked there too so....I remembered looking at the package to see if I saw the remnants of one and got those. Sometimes it had the native but no star and those didn't work. It needed to be the whole image of the man and star

[@retrorick]

Yes! Same for us too

[@anthonyxavier6300]

The talkboy radio was pretty cool! Love the transparent colors!

[@Jhawk1441]

Those space jam monsters you should have picked up. This is the second time they have been on a video. Plus they would look great on your shelf.

[@stashmerkin9576]

Terry & the Pirates was a serialized, adventure comic strip that appeared in newspapers back in the 30's and 40's alongside the likes of Flash Gordon and Blondie. I don't know if was daily or Sunday only.

[@garzilla8981]

@19:40 from the movie 5th Element starring Bruce Willis as Korben Dallas if I remember correctly.

[@retrorick]

Ahh thanks for the heads up Edward!

[@Ashrudel]

The blister carded Talk Boy was pretty awesome. Surprised you didn't even mention the Toysrus sticker on it. (Or at least that's what it looked like)

[@retrorick]

Dang I totally should have!!

[@akoww1000]

There is a bit of truth to the star and Indian. I was born in 1972 and in 1979 I went to summer camp for the first time. There was a ma and pa type gas station/ food store. they had a sign that said, trade wrappers with the star and Indian boy for a free one. Now, this was in Florida and was in the middle of the woods near the summer camp. There wasn't any place near my house that did it. But the sign wasn't hand-printed and looked like a promo ad. I don't think most places had the offer, didn't want to give away free candy lol

[@weewooo122]

Man i love to see a new retro rick upload

[@retrorick]

Thank you my friend!

[@dcjrsrt10]

When I saw you guys pick up surviving the game just made my day, it was filmed in my wife's hometown of wenatchee wa, about an hour away from where we live know, my father in law and his father both helped in the set, they have a construction company that goes back to my father in laws grandfather in the wenatchee area.

[@williamcox740]

We had a bowling alley here in the 90's (SW Washington state) and if you got the star on the tootsie pop you could bring it up to the counter for a free sucker (they had a stand with holes that held the suckers and a slot for a quarters/folded star wrapper) they were 25 cents each good ol days

[@jasonshouseoffunandvideoga7169]

Love the talkboy items! I used to have one as a kid and it was the first thing I ever used to record me and my friends doing all sorts of things. We'd make up skits, run around the neighborhood, it certainly was a much different time and I still have tune tapes to this day, well over 20 years old! The talkboy didn't make it but I'd love to track one down eventually in box for the obvious nostalgia reasons. In regards to thinking your crazy with this purchase? I do not, for the simple fact that it's something that makes you happy and brings you back to a much more simpler time I'm sure. 👊

[@retrorick]

Amazing memories Jason! One of my fav toys from back in the day

[@HenryPadilla]

Happy Thanksgiving!!! Thanks for still uploading on the holidays

[@retrorick]

Happy thanksgiving Henry!!! Hope today was great

[@toddmcminn4722]

I had that same boom box growing up. I also have pics of me and my older brother in barney and Fred's cars at Flintstone land in south Dakota in the 80's

[@retrorick]

Dude that boombox was so sick!

[@Just-a-Dallas-girl]

My favorite has to be the talkboy stuff you found just because Home Alone has been a all time favorite Christmas movie 🎥 😁

[@rjalakayleh828]

I heard the tootsie pop star rumors when I was a kid as well. We got a bunch in my kids' Halloween candy and I still looked for them.

[@retrorick]

Haha it was everywhere!

[@noaha1474]

Love the videos, last video can’t believe you didn’t know what mummies alive was, classic show when I was a kid always remember getting dvds from cereal boxes and having inspector gadget, mummies alive, and the Mario tv show being on it. Those were the days

[@retrorick]

Man everyone is saying that! I just missed that one, pumped to check it out!

[@christinekelly4068]

Yes, tootsie pop Indian w a star was a thing growing up in DuBois Pa in the 70s. The big neighbor kids would trade for the pops, and give out the chocolate during trick or treating. Not sure what the rage of it ment.

[@LordZero1]

I Grew up in Arkansas and yes that was a thing i heard as well. find the star and you get a free one, we took ours to our local show up the street from my grandma and it did not work, but the owner hooked us up!

[@retrorick]

That’s amazing! I don’t think I actually ever got anything for mine but I collected them haha

[@arthurbrown2075]

You might have broke your rule but the items you got are priceless and as Apollo Creed said I quote " There is no tomorrow " if you had not gotten them they would have been gone trust me I know . TB in a box awesome I have a couple but no box so you did good bro

[@goldensyrupgamingshow2978]

Love the talkboy collection, got into lots of trouble at school because of them!

[@retrorick]

Haha they are my favorite!

[@TarheelFlips]

The Tootsie Roll star wrappers was a real thing in Tennessee when I was a kid. Could be turned in for a free pop.

[@retrorick]

Haha that’s so rad! Remember soda bottles with the free soda caps?!

[@maxamillion2140]

I knew there was a reason i saw you on whatnot so much, will you eventually show some of your whatnot purchases in a video?

[@retrorick]

Yup! Have a couple planned soon!

[@aaron71]

Here in Massachusetts we heard the same thing about the free Tootsie Roll pop when you found that on the wrapper! But... never heard of anyone cashing one in 😄

[@roboway2121]

That Gremlins lunchbox is awesome! I still have mine with the thermos from grade school! (Yes I’m older.) And yes! That Tootsie Pop rumor was in CA too!

[@robertholt3909]

Awesome episode. Loved the content. Your channel has grown tremendously. Keep up the awesome content.

[@SuperNicktendo]

I have that shooting star on a blanket. But no one honored it here and Tootsie is based in Chicago. Also I hope you find that blabbermouth. I'll keep an eye out since Tiger electronics was based here as well.

[@retrorick]

So weird that that was just “common knowledge” everywhere but most likely didn’t happen. Thanks man! I never see them 😩

[@jamesvozar1]

Love the smooth vibes watching this chan man.

[@coreyverrett8117]

Hell yea I see some license plates it's always awesome to see a hobby pop up in a video of another hobby lol

[@michaelcole8196]

"Corbin's Alley" Lootcrate thing - the monster on the cart and Corbin are from "The 5th Element".

[@scottyornes]

Pizza Factory in Kansas City MO used to honor the free tootsie pop with a star wrapper!

[@retrorick]

Heck yes!!! Wasn’t sure if it was only a thing here

[@Mr.steampunkedit]

I love your channel it inspired me to find retro toys and games I already have retro tv shows and movies

[@MrTexas76301]

Were there 2 different cassetts that came with the talkboys?

[@HotWheelsandRC]

I wanted the talk boy for Christmas when home alone came out, sooooo bad.. My mom couldn't find one, so she bought me the talk pen instead . I played with that thing for a few years!. I thinks its in a box somewhere at her house, wish I could find it.

[@jtlerch]

"From 1986... a year before I was born." Well thanks for making me feel as old as dirt. 😎

[@retrorick]

Hahaha we old James!

[@jtlerch]

@@retrorick I was born in '78... watching all the current YT guys makes me feel like an antique...lol

[@peteerdahl977]

If you collect so many tootsie pop wrappers with the star you can mail it into Tootsie Pop for free apparel like shirts. Also up in my area if you bought a single sucker at a gas station and found the star, you could bring it in for another free single sucker.

[@sharonbennett2953]

Well, now I have to find Troll Cards. I love Vintage Trolls!!

[@retrorick]

Honestly, I should have bought them!!

[@TheRetroGamingCollective]

Peep battle belongs playing in the background at around 12:30. One of my favorites to lead on sundays!

[@jasonwalker2895]

That Goonies shirt is on point My favorite move of all time

[@Miggylocz]

I actually live in astoria,or where the movie was filmed.

[@Will-nq3fo]

@@Miggylocz I heard the town does a festival about the movie every year. That true?

[@retrorick]

Dude one of my favorites!!

[@retrorick]

@@Miggylocz that is so rad!

[@Cronik509]

The star on the tootsie pops is real I used to trade them in at my local video game store (saint jacks) back in the 90's

[@retrorick]

Heck yes!!! I love that

[@akoww1000]

16:20 I have a copy of all of the Flintstone kids ripped from VHS to DVD. traded a VHS rip of Can't do that on TV for it. lol I have so many VHS rips of cartoons most people don't remember lol

[@Thomas-Skaa]

I was told we have to collect 10 of the star guys on the tootsie pop wrappers and then you send it into the company to get a prize.

[@masonsheppard1236]

Indian shooting the Star was also an old wives tale all the way up in Montana! To this day I don’t know anyone who redeemed one for a tootsie pop but that was always the saying.

[@supersupra89t12]

I had the talkboy pen back in the day, completely forgot about it until i saw it on your shelf haha

[@gary1134]

Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!!🦃🎉🍷😊

[@retrorick]

You too Gary!

[@denniscleary7580]

Happy Turkey Day Rick and family

[@retrorick]

Happy thanksgiving Dennis!

[@westleycombs5655]

With the bottles I don't collect them but I do like making lamps out of them if I can get them for free.... lol!

[@DerekLed]

Been on whatnot since it started. It's great until something gets dropped on you when you put in next bid and someone puts in a actual price. Happens so quick. But can definitely get some stupid good deals sometimes. Looking forward to Bidding

[@davidsims6696]

Whatnot has been my secret purchasing place for a few months.

[@TinaTerrones]

My husband collects the old pop bottles that still have pop in it

[@retrorick]

Ha I think we all probably collect things that are “different” to other people…for me TALKBOY ITEMS 😂

[@TinaTerrones]

In Iowa Hyvee grocery store use to give free tootsie pop if you had the Indian with the star

[@retrorick]

Ha that’s so cool!

[@chickrocker7777]

I wanted it all at the store you were at..lol.. Do you have the talkboy drummer pen?

[@nick_knows_stuff]

I've lived in a number of states, and all have the legend of the Toosie Star.

[@DitchDr101]

The star on the tootsie roll pop was real for the gas station nearest too our house growing up in the mid 90’s. It was a mom and pop has station and the owner sold them loose I wanna say for 25c a piece. If you found a star label, you got a free tootsie pop!

[@SrSpookfest]

Yes happy thanks to u

[@retrorick]

Happy thanksgiving Ryan!

[@JoeDaddyAlcantar]

I think if i remember right they use to sale those talk boy pens on the school book sale catalogs that they use to give out.. I think I might if had one to..Lol

[@macorourke2222]

Thanks for sharing Brother. Congratulations on Your Holy Grail items. Keep up the Super work 😀 👍 ♥️ 🇺🇸🇨🇦🎉🎉🎉🎉👏👏👏👏🎉🎉🎉🎉💯💯

[@GoodKyle702]

My wife would also I’m addicted, always fun seeing you into the auctions I’m in :))

[@leigh-annpalmero7008]

19:40 that’s a reference to the 5th Element. Corbin was Bruce Willis’ character

[@FlippinMatt]

The Indian with the star was a tale in Oregon as well, I never knew anyone who actually got a free sucker lol

[@violetaquintanilla3482]

You talk a lot about how crazy it is that you spend your money on that stuff, but man, is something you love, and you can aford it, dont feel bad for it, you deserve it!

[@andreastenberg855]

Love it, I have the original amd blue talk boy and love them

[@Videogamelover58]

hope you had a good thanksgiving!

[@expensivecardboard]

Let's goooo chuck!!!!!!

[@F.C.Sneakerfactory]

Retro Rick. Happy Thanksgiving 🦃 my buddy. I hope you had a blessed day. Great and 🔥video as always. You are a maniac when it comes to talkboy items. Very cool items. Who would have thought back then that talkboy toys would be so high in value. Crazy. Looking forward to the next video. Keep bringing the 🔥🔥🔥. always showing the gems in every video.

[@hunterbates9539]

Dude I totally use to tell all my friends about the Indian shooting the star on the tootsie pop...if I recall some of the old mom and pop Arkansas backwoods gas stations would give you a free pop for every wrapper with a full Indian shooting the star...couldn’t be a partial lol

[@willcusterjr2519]

the NES loot crate has the creature from the 5th element on it

[@retrorick]

Ahh thanks for the heads up Will!

[@willcusterjr2519]

@@retrorick you're very welcome Rick , love all of your videos and the nestalgia of my childhood from the early 80's to the late 90's

[@jasonwalker2895]

Great video Happy Thanksgiving to all

[@retrorick]

Happy thanksgiving Jason!

[@VinnyVidiVintage]

Korben's Alley - that was an alien from The 5th Element on the cover and Korben was the name of the hero... Korben Dallas.

[@brianrice1613]

The myth of the star on the tootsies pop was a thing even in Canada growing up!

[@LolaNeverLeaves]

What about the YakBack products from the mid 90's? Those had us crying laughing in class

[@NoahClevinger]

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

[@retrorick]

You too Noah!

[@brianrvd]

That corn sheller in the flea market got my attention.

[@chrisbehle6449]

I can confirm in KY, when a bank teller would give kids tootsie roll pops n we had the star, they’d give us another tootsie roll pop

[@Rayymer]

Chase that bag retro 💰

[@coxwayland5841]

Shout out from Greenville NC love your videos.

[@retrorick]

What’s up Cox! Hope you had a great thanksgiving!

[@jaymo9896]

Anderson Missouri gas stations used to do that with the star they did the 90s early 2000s when I was a kid

[@lifeofbilbolee]

The star on the tootsie pop was totally real up in Minnesota! It worked in my hometown at least and then you got the “bouquet” of tootsie pops…..do they still sell them like that?

[@johnpalmerrushaz]

I grew up in SLC Utah, and we had the wives tale about the star on the tootsie pops too.

[@GamrSquad]

Love the video man also happy thanksgiving.

[@retrorick]

Thank you my friend, happy thanksgiving!

[@GoodKyle702]

The star for tootsie pop was a untrue thing but some shops would honor the wrapper for another one.

[@DRNicholasJones]

Even better with the orange toys r us sticker on it .

[@KungFuChess]

Yeah Whatnot is amazing I'm addicted to 😂

[@retrorick]

Dude me too, I love it so much!

[@jtatl3311]

Rat Patrol lunch box brought back good memories

[@retrorick]

Dang I must have missed that one!

[@Anarchist86ed]

You know the sad thing is I remember that care bears tray and I remember it exactly the one and only time I ever saw it. My friends and I went to rent movies and games. We got The Goonies and watched it while we ate McDonald's off that exact same tray.

[@goldo87]

Spyderco knife … that’s a real good gift lol

[@Reyd_01]

WHOAAAA!!! LOOKIT THIS RANDOM THING TO DISTRACT from the fact I just horribly damaged that troll card box...

[@GeorgeSchott]

You typed … without ending the sentence “… that I did not buy, despite destroying the value, but hey, I’m sponsored, so help me get more money by using my link!”

[@toddmcminn4722]

The loot crate looked like alien on the fifth element

[@retrorick]

Looks like that was confirmed, thanks Todd!