SKANNERZ BARCODE SCANNING TOY FROM 2001!

[@BigBlueandWhite]

I remember one kid had it at school when I was 10. We knew one of our teacher had barcode tattoo in his lower back but obviously he didn't let us scan it. That put some rumours he had some crazy monster out there :D

[@MattSipka]

I had the green one, pataak tribe. They could honestly redo this concept today but with a QR code mobile app

[@TheNerdLair]

Oh yeah definitely! Make it like Pokemon go and it would be a hit :)

[@A__Mina]

Yes, they were ahead of their time 😂

[@FeedBunnies]

I love these things. I'm currently trying to convince my wife to buy one with me so we can battle and scan everything in the shops.

[@southpark159753]

I was obsessed with these back when i was 6-7 years old. I had all the tribes including the commander and all the monsters.

[@P4nzerk93]

I played it untill the healing bar code was ruined. Then my mom contacted the company and they sent another magazine and my mom copied the code 8 times on a paper and then copied the papers so I had like 40 of the healing bar codes :D

[@TheNerdLair]

Whaaaa! That's oddly cool and sorta hackerish :)

[@rj5485]

Wish my mom was that smart lol. My annoying nephew destroyed mine. It was wrap aftert that. I was heated!!!

[@notoriouscasual3333]

i remember that any radica product barcode could be used to heal but because i knew about finding cheats for n64 games i found a barcode online and printed as many of it on a page as i could lol

[@rj5485]

@notoriouscasual3333 dude, I remember my pain-in-the-arse lost my health barcode. I thought I couldn't play no longer, so my Skannerz sat thereafter for an eternity. I wish I had used my head back then. I'm jealy lol

[@notoriouscasual3333]

@@rj5485 i swear they made the magazine one easy to rub away on purpose cuz that thing did not last long enough LOL before i figured out i could get more i was resetting it and starting over every time all my monsters died

[@CobraComputerSystems]

The little blip after you scan doesnt mean nothing it means you have to keep scanning it

[@TheNerdLair]

Yeah a couple people have said that to me, but I wasn't sure since I read that is means there was nothing in that barcode. I wanna do a video on one of the Orbz Skanners which I guess that the models after this one. Thanks for the comment bud!

[@MusicOfAdam]

@@TheNerdLair I remember scanning the bar codes numerous times repeatedly and getting a monster eventually. This was especially the case with old VHS tape sleeves and clamshells.

[@TheNerdLair]

@@MusicOfAdam oh cool yeah I thought I read in the instructions that if you didn't get one it meant there wasn't a monster there. Or I would get a monster that wasn't compatible with my skanner

[@timothyroehm4307]

CobraComputerSystems :Liar!!!!!

[@xXSinForLifeXx]

@@TheNerdLair I always thought it meant there was no monster inside. Made it for fun anyway waiting for the succes beeps or the failures.

[@armandoguzman8945]

god we that grew up with these had a blast i remember running through stores with my parents or grand parents scanning all the barcodes possible lol

[@iamlorddems3859]

They need to make an app version of this for the modern day

[@MrMetallax]

I remember i had the skannerz commander and i remember scanning stuff nonstop and barely getting any monsters but when one did pop up i used to get so hype haha

[@TheNerdLair]

I really miss these and Tamagotchi being a thing haha times are so boring now

[@MrMetallax]

@@TheNerdLair so true! I think it was last year they came out with new tamagatchis and i bought a couple of them, i miss when toys were cool, kids will never experience what we did back then, all of them are glued to an ipad nowadays:/

[@TheNerdLair]

@@MrMetallax it truly hurts me hahaha I'm sure we would have been the same way with iPads back then but we didn't have em so we got to the real nostalgic experience

[@MrMetallax]

@@TheNerdLair dude same, i see it everyday becsuse im a barber, but you are right ipad woudl have nuts when we were kids haha, there was so much cool stuff when we were young, hell even the snacks😂

[@TheNerdLair]

@@MrMetallax hahaha I remember feeling like a sellout when I had to get a new cell phone that had a touch screen haha I was so used to T9

[@xXSinForLifeXx]

Just suddenly remembered this toy and had to search it up I remember scanning all the food in my pantry.

[@Jaredpoth]

That little beep means a bad scan. You get 3 chances. Also you gotta pan to see the whole monster. This was my favorite toy for a while as a kid

[@A__Mina]

So I was looking at a QR code just now when this commercial popped into my head ☺️

[@1yaz]

Back in the day both me and my sibling had issues scanning within the return window. Not even the barcodes in the manual would scan, even after a reset. Was fun for ~3 weeks though.

[@TheNerdLair]

Yeah people keep telling me there is a technique to the scanning but I think that's just BS haha

[@PsionicMonk]

Oh man. I loved this concept so much. That and the digimon games where you put CDs and DvDs into the disc tray to get monsters. Good times

[@TheNerdLair]

Thanks for stopping by the channel! And yeah I guess in this video people are saying I didn't scan the barcodes correctly or something, I'm actually doing a video on the original Tamagotchi virtual pets and the Digimon Tamagotchi :) consider subbing to the channel and go down the Nerd Lair rabbit hole :D

[@PsionicMonk]

The Nerd Lair Pretty sure I never did it right as a kid. I'll take a look through some of the vids.

[@PsionicMonk]

The Nerd Lair Subbed, btw. Looking forward to those videos!

[@TheNerdLair]

@@PsionicMonk much appreciated! Also video suggestions are always encouraged :)

[@TheNerdLair]

@@PsionicMonk if you remember the Pikachu Tamagotchi I did a video on that, it's my most viewed video :)

[@Ophelia_Pain]

I loved this game. I was 20 or 21 when this came out. I loved it!!

[@baldeysadventures963]

I always scanned it 3 times and some times it might give me a monster the 2nd time

[@TheNerdLair]

Yeah I guess a lot of people were saying you just gotta keep scanning it :) thanks for the comment bud! Hope you enjoyed the video

[@rj5485]

Had a BLAST playing skannerz back then OMG!!!!

[@Chironex_Fleckeri]

I had a red one. Man.. they were so cool but just a novelty. Pokémon Silver was my jam

[@melaningamer_]

Amazing times in my childhood.

[@TheNerdLair]

It was a great time to be a kid that's for sure. :)

[@edgardeitz2784]

I heard they should have tried to balance the system more, so getting a successful scan would be fairly more common, whether it was a monster or an item. This product is pretty much a prototype of "Pokemon Go" or whatever it's called (veiw through smartphones built in camera show pokemon in ACTUAL reality; catching them; etc.)

[@TK_Tazzkooler]

I need one even the look of it just brought back ptsd 😂 If they added inflation to the game the monsters get hella strong the more pricy the item lmfao im here to long great vid

[@mr.matchbox2710]

Wow, that wasn't a fever dream I had. Its real

[@TheNerdLair]

Bahahahaha!! Nope they were a thing! I guess in the video I didn't scan them correctly is what people are saying but I'm gonna do a video on the Skannerz Orbz which were the series after these ones. Thanks for stopping by! Be sure to sub so your fever dreams turn into nostalgic memories!

[@InstrumentofRuinInnit]

Damn, i remember having the red one and one of the racer ones. So many memories man hahaha

[@TheNerdLair]

hell yeah thats what my channel is all about :D be sure to sub if you havent, i have a great video coming tomorrow! thanks for the comment, i love when i hear about other people that remembers this stuff :D

[@jcice4261]

The good old days

[@YesImUrFather]

Wow idk why this popped in my head but i loved shopping with my mom so i could play this game lol

[@DJ-mk5ln]

I found my two skannerz devices today while putting stuff in our backyard storage shade along with some other stuff I've been looking for like my guitar hero belt clip R-Zone Star Wars game play cartridge sega genesis SplatterHouse 3 game my portable intec tv screen now I can play my ps2&ps3&ps4 hopefully in my car or anywhere there's a plugin. 😊

[@Albertrossy]

I want another one. You could battle other monsters from barcodes. It would come up as a “battle” when you did a scan. In the instructions I’m pretty sure that unless the vital signs on the scan had 0 pulses you could keep trying to scan the barcode to hope something appears

[@TheNerdLair]

Yeah I might redo this video in the future I didn't realize how finicky the scanner was so a lot of people were saying I was doing it wrong haha

[@alexswanson5786]

never am bored watching your videos lol your good

[@TheNerdLair]

Thanks bud! ♥️

[@Detropolis]

Cool video. I don't know if it's my side or what but audio cuts out a few times. I tried a few other videos and they didn't cut out but it could still be from my end. Still I really did like the video

[@super_retro8465]

I had a random thought about pokemon go and a barcode scanner at a store I was at and was like I remember something I had as a kid that was similar and then I was like yesssss I remember now lol

[@TheNerdLair]

Hell yeah! That's why I make these videos :) thanks for the comment! I wanna do a video on the Skannerz Orbz toys as well.

[@IMVADER2]

I remember loving this thing as a kid. It ended up working on my dog's hair sometimes, with it even being a success in catching a monster once xD I never knew the incompatible part meant that it was for a different tribe, I always assumed it was like, getting a monster without all the pieces and you needed to try again, lol

[@TheNerdLair]

That's crazy hahaha never had one as a kid but I always thought these were relaly interesting :)

[@Aggression-hc3yp]

I wish I still had my Scannerz. Do they still make them?

[@BaterieCZ]

Oh boi... I found them on attic :D Red and Green one :D

[@TheNerdLair]

Ah man I thought I lost mine when I moved and it was in a box in my storage unit haha so happy I still have it cuz I might do redux video on it since my first Skannerz video is a little old

[@retzerbil867]

I remember having one of these as a kid in a toy box and it would randomly make sounds in the middle of the night scaring the shit out of me. I was red gang and my older brother had a green I think.

[@simonandersen7942]

I feel like would easily translate to a smartphone app. I'd love that.

[@chr1s415]

I love this toy! I've been wanting to get one for awhile

[@TheNerdLair]

Yeah they were pretty interesting back then, now a days we have the QR barcode to scan into certain games, not the same though haha thanks for the comment!

[@smokingyoung2146]

This would have made a nice animate back in the day could of made a lot of money just like Pokémon

[@abislife2479]

Thank you 😊

[@TheNerdLair]

You're welcome:)

[@NuikopeaDemon]

Dammmmmmm Old School... I *HAD* one of these

[@TheNerdLair]

You know ya boy gets down with that old school shit! ;)

[@NuikopeaDemon]

@@TheNerdLair Hell yeah bro!!!

[@joaoivans1933]

I have a Skannerz Battle Orbz and i would like you to make a video about it! (Hugs from Brazil!)

[@TheNerdLair]

That would be amazing! Would you actually let me borrow them?

[@timothyroehm4307]

Explain why my red one doesn’t work I’ve been trying scanning from left to right just like the manual telling me what to do seriously what am I doing wrong!!!!!!!

[@leemp8352]

First glance i thought Wow the Barcode Battler,,, second glance Wow SK/Cannerz,,, was a bit "To old" 17/18 for toys but I've had a go on this 👍

[@TheNerdLair]

I never had one back in 2001 but I always thought they were intriguing.

[@Rune_Fayhar]

Holy shit...It's been THIS LONG. Ugh.

[@TheNerdLair]

Did you have a Skannerz toy growing up? I never did but I always thought they were interesting.

[@Hello-ww5bi]

🤣🤣 just unlocked a load of memories here almost forgot about this

[@PuluP_Music]

(the little bloop after scanning a code only means that you didn't scan it properly... You should just keep on scanning it, since every single possible barcode will contain something.

[@TheNerdLair]

Oh dang that bloop makes it seem like it scanned correctly haha good to know thank you! Also been thinking about doing some more Radica toy reviews. Any suggestions?

[@PuluP_Music]

@@TheNerdLair Oh I'd love to give some suggestions if I ever knew any others! :o After all this was quite an entertaining video! I believe Scannerz were pretty much the only one of their products ever to get big in Finland during my childhood...

[@TheNerdLair]

Do you remember those cube things that had a little stick figure inside it that did stuff and you could connect more cubes together and they stick figures would interact with each other? Radica made those as well. Also thanks for the comment! Plz share and sub it would really help me out ♥️

[@xXSinForLifeXx]

I proffered how I used it personally being able to fail and thinking the monster wasn't there made succeeding even more exciting.

[@ValentinesEve1996]

It looks like the D-Tector Digivice from Digimon Frontier.

[@johnstgermain7835]

They need to have a app for this on your iPhone and for android

[@TheNerdLair]

I'm actually surprised they don't now a days. Seems like something that kids would still have fun with. :)

[@johnstgermain7835]

The Nerd Lair I was looking for a app for that because my cousin got one of those when I was like 15 years old and he was only like 9 years old when we was scanning foods at his kitchen it was a really cool thing to have but I wonder if they have a Facebook page for that if they do I would be asking them for a app for it

[@TheNerdLair]

@@johnstgermain7835 I wanna say Radica went out of business but it's possible they could still be around, I wanna do a video on the Skannerz Orbz that came out after these.

[@johnstgermain7835]

The Nerd Lair hey if you go to unity3d.com download it on your computer you can make one and upload it to apple Store and play Store you can also make it on cry engine and unreal engine you can make good money for it also it’s a video game code scanner so I can see why not have one for in app

[@justj485]

John Stgermain dis you make one?

[@jaredjds2011]

The original QR Code scanner 😝

[@DazeyChaineMusic]

i miss mine. i had the gen 2 as well.

[@injunboy89]

yup I had to look for this video cause I just remembered my ujalu one i have at my parents. probably full of battery acid by now ha

[@PokemonPelago]

Nice video Sean :) hope you’re doing well!!

[@TheNerdLair]

Thanks! Doing well! ♥️

[@PokemonPelago]

The Nerd Lair goooood❤️❤️❤️

[@GarrettSzilard]

Why not redo this game, but with Smartphones?

[@TheNerdLair]

I'm sure they had to be on similar at this point right?

[@desmondmcleod6220]

Why isn’t there an app for this?

[@timothyroehm4307]

Why are you getting lucky I only have two monsters and yet nobody is helping me with my problems with my Skannerz not scanning!!!!!!!

[@aroastedreptar6616]

Why do you have Boeing brand Cocoa…..?

[@TheNerdLair]

My dad was a corpo Boeing employee for like 40 years, we always had Boeing stuff around the house. I just happened to have this tin of cocoa from a Christmas basket from a few months before the video was made haha

[@Ophelia_Pain]

I want to get another one.

[@iamlorddems3859]

I remember this

[@my_random_doodles8990]

Does anyone remember one of these that had a scanner that would go on your finger? I'm trying to find it, please help!

[@TheNerdLair]

Was it's the Skannerz Orbz?

[@my_random_doodles8990]

@@TheNerdLair I just looked it up, I dont think thats it. The one I'm remembering had a wrist strap, and a strap for your finger. It had the same menu and everything. The scanner was on the finger device thingy. Thanks for looking though!

[@TheNerdLair]

@@my_random_doodles8990 yeah sorry I'm not too sure, it's very hard to track down certain things from the 90s, if I find it I'll let you know.

[@my_random_doodles8990]

@@TheNerdLair thanks so much man. I used to have one of these, too. My mom said me and my cousin used to look through groceries when we had them. I'll keep looking. Thanks for replying

[@TheNerdLair]

@@my_random_doodles8990 np bud! Also I'm not just saying this to get you to share my video but if you have social media share the video and describe the toy you're thinking if and see if anyone might know. There's always that one random person who will remember :) I might know as well but just have to see it to remember it kind of thing of that makes sense :p

[@jasonlinghengyi5416]

Digimon D-Scanner . Same thing. Lolz

[@TheNerdLair]

Hahaha pretty much 😂

[@timroehm1728]

I actually got my first monster from a movie!!!?

[@SoupMario50]

the 90s pokemon go

[@PausitiveVibes]

This was my shiiiiit

[@TheNerdLair]

Oh this is a classic NL episode haha :)

[@timroehm1728]

I CANNOT GET A SINGLE MONSTER IN MY SKANNERZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOTHING BUT FLATLINE AFTER FLATLINE AFTER FLATLINE ARGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Howlox]

same! I just got mine of ebay today and it doesn't scan anything.

[@baldeysadventures963]

I have one

[@kaibachu4629]

Yugioh

[@gravishalow6513]

I know I am late to this but your doing it wrong

[@TheNerdLair]

Yes yes yes everyone has been saying I'm scanning them wrong, I just don't understand how one scans a bar code different that just scanning it haha

[@timothyroehm4307]

You deserve a dislike from me because I’m having trouble with my own copy of Ujalu Skannerz not scanning!!!!!

[@IWillSmurfYou]

Audio is cut off at 4:14 :(

[@Squirrel9777]

You can "dock" that thing with your buddies...