Was the 1980s the best decade or....

[@stevobranno6311]

I love this podcast!!! ❤❤❤

[@TheeClevlandSlow]

Stumbled upon this podcast and show about a month ago and have been obsessed with the toy shows and have binged watched all the toy shows. Now I appreciate getting to know the fellas on the pod. I think sometimes the mics fade in and out during the pods but still appreciate the stories of their memories. Born late 80s grew up 90s/early 2000s but love all the memories and conversations!

[@mattevans2953]

Just 3 blokes waffling… pure entertainment. 👍🇬🇧

[@megatronxmatt]

Ryan described all our 80's childhood. We biked everywhere. Ran around our neighborhoods. As long as we checked in with our mom's every few hours. We could be in the next town. I miss the 80's soooo much! It was a different time.

[@redmist78]

I look forward to weekends now not only because I have time off work but I get to watch toy federation and then I fit in this podcast. I'm watching it right now on a Sunday evening. Just chilling on my couch in the AC. It's such a great unwind nostalgia trip. Keep up the good work

[@tonykhayatofficial]

these were simpler times better than today

[@donnied74]

Being a kid in the 80s was the best!!

[@insanitysplayground547]

80s and 90s hands down by far

[@braddock8433]

I believe the smart phone has hurt the imagination for kids and this has hurt the toy industry. Or if not ruined made their imagination skills very weak.

[@stevecherney1612]

We had Jacob Wetterling in Minnesota when I was young. My parents still let me go wherever, but they gave me some words of wisdom. If a stranger is trying to take you, even with a gun. Run, kick, scream because no matter what happens it will be better than if you’re taken. It took a little while to fully understand the unspoken part of that talk.

[@bw2273]

80s were the best for toys, movies, music, 100%, although the 90s were best for video games

[@CarbiesChronicles]

for those of us who were kids in the 80s, we had a great life... the things we would come up with, using imagination... now its all about computers/games/phones... sad

[@joewestcoast2565]

Good pod. Playing in the streets was real in the 80s. We had the night stalker in my neighborhood but we still played outside. Crazy times. Lol

[@darrenhommell3414]

i love your content!!! it is amazing!!!!!

[@KimNguyen-zm7gi]

Memories. Thank you for your content.

[@ethompson9107]

Great podcast and topic. Nothing will ever top the 80s. Being a kid in the 80s was epic! Music, movies, cartoons and the action figures. I started with Star Wars and by 84, it was all GI Joe for me. My first concert at age 12 was Poison and Tesla in 88. Now I'm all TOOL shows haha. Great times!!

[@joelorozco]

Man, the prospect of being kidnapped, combined with the satanic panic traumatized me for a good while. It was a thing...

[@tacituskillgore1489]

Just want to say I love listening to you guys!

[@beesdontlikeit]

You guys are really hitting on point with growing up in the 80s. Love it. One thing I want to say to the guy with the hat and sunglasses on his hat is: when you saw your "friend getting hit by his mom for not doing his chores, or something and the next day things were normal" did you ever ask yourself what is normal?. Is it normal for people to beat the shit out of people because they didn't behave the way they way they wanted them to, giving them years of PTSD? As a person who was beat by their parents. Whenever my parents had to "beat" me in front of people as some sort of public embarrassment and humiliation, I usually would get the shit kicked out of me by my parents when i got home for "embarrassing" them that they had to beat me in front of people lol Keep up the cool content and keep on not listening to the haters on any changes you make to your channel. Cause after all, what have they ever done.

[@Coffinhunter77]

Is there an episode featuring Tonka's Steel Monsters? They were a mad max inspired toy line that was perfect for G.I Joe scale figures

[@MegaAppl3]

This one is hitting hard. So many cool memorries and my grams always had an eye one me.

[@richardlong7950]

"Free the Sleeves" LOL, Like the talk on the 80's, Adam Walsh, or the kid that died (God RIP), But caused my Boba Fett too get his Red Rocket "made safe", concert shirts etc. Just like my early saturday morning's in the 80's, having a Line up of Cartoons, all the way till noon when Monster theater came on. Now I wait for your episode and podcast. Thank you all.

[@davegunning637]

The 80s was the best! Awesome cartoons, playsets, toys, video games, bicycles and big wheels. Just about everything was simple and not really complicated.

[@davegunning637]

Music and movies too

[@donniesden989]

Another rad podcast. I went to the Joshua Tree tour, circa 87' at the Silverdome in Pontiac Michigan. I was 23, so that's dating me and why I would have to say the late 60's to mid 70's as far as toys. Being a collector, I wish it was 80's because of the ridiculous prices. Actually, I wish I would've been buying toys instead of going to concerts. Dig both your channels. ✌️

[@ChrisParks72]

My first concert was Judas Priest and Krokus in '86. Great show in Baltimore. So loud I couldn't hear for days. 😁

[@TheBrokenJedi]

The 80’s was definitely the best decade for toys! Before the dark times….

[@jeffwhite2280]

Mid 90s, I was in my middle teens. I would ride my bike from one town to another. I’d cross highways and busy intersections to get to the closest Toys R Us. Still remember buying Street Fighter 2 GI Joes from those jaunts.

[@peterbtrekfan]

Late 70’s early 80’s. We had these freebie maps and we went EVERYWHERE on bikes. Lots of roads with no houses yet but they had street signs.

[@peterbtrekfan]

My mom pulled me out from under a clothes rack in the Sears and dislocated my shoulder… famous family story, lol.

[@djlunchmeat7710]

80s baby! Cira 81...the best time to grow up in. man, i miss it.

[@matthewlawrence708]

In the 90s me and my friends would always go to Tower Records in Sacramento. We would buy 10 or 15 tickets, give them to the rest of our friends and drive out by the car load.

[@80sKid.]

Well, I might be biased, but... the 80s rule! First real concert for me was in 1992 - Public Enemy and Ice-T. My mate's brother copped it from the S1Ws (PE's security.) Threw him head-first into some metal barricades. Blood everywhere. Flava Flav went off at them and apologised. So yeah, dude got to meet Flava, bloody mess and all, lol. "Stranger Danger" was a big public education campaign when I was a kid. Mind you, kids were getting snatched all the time in my hometown, some really high profile cases. Adelaide has quite the reputation for bizarre murders and stuff...

[@ericfromphoenix3566]

Loving the content guys! I grew up in small town Iowa and never had a chance to go to a concert until I was in college. We went to Garth Brooks and it was awesome. My wife and I had been to three concerts over the last 25 years (Weird Al twice and Toto)and decided when some of the old groups come to Phoenix again we have to go. They are all getting older and we are going to miss out. We just saw The Doobie Brothers and Michael McRonald, have Def Leopard/ Journey / Steve Miller in August and we’re supposed to see Heart in September. Unfortunately the Heart concert is going to be postponed due to one of the sisters getting cancer. We had a major abduction in Iowa in the 80’s. The young boy disappeared while doing his Sunday morning paper route. His name was Johnny Gosh and I will never forget that. He has never been found which is just heartbreaking.

[@luismendoza4514]

I went to the same Michael Jackson Victory Tour in L.A. my mom took me great memories

[@braddock8433]

Looking at toys in the booklets was the best. The best were the Christmas Catalogs in the 80s!! You circled everything for Santa to bring you. I’m so fortunate to have grown up in the 80s!!

[@dorampmu]

1990s for me, better plastic moulds and electronics etc, Street sharks and Jurassic park are my personal favourites

[@danriley5848]

Things were so different growing up in the 70's riding bikes everywhere and you really didn't have all of the nonsense like today.

[@Aggronaut]

I distinctly remember the Adam Walsh case, because it basically ended my ability to roam around in stores freely. Freaked my mom out so much.

[@scottrose8417]

I was born in 1968, ya'll are literally echoing my childhood. I have a story for every topics you brought up. So relatable. Gen X is the Shizzz

[@loudlament1657]

I used to work at a Turtles Records. I haven’t thought about that in years haha.

[@waynesmiley2207]

I appreciated the "Hee-Hee Man" joke lol

[@JamesShelnutt2]

my brother and I would ride bikes around our neighborhood when we were around 10 years old but it was really hilly and there was a major travelled road between our street and a shopping mall across that major road so our riding around was a bit hampered at least until Sunday came along when the mall was closed and we could ride around the mall and it's parking lots, which was the best day to ride our bikes.

[@Motu_Guru]

I'm 49 and Ryan's got to be right around my age. I remember pretty much everything he talks about.

[@rikyannieh6119]

The prototype dewback on the original cardbacks. I looked for that “variant” for decades till the internet told me it was never a thing 😂

[@jonathanortiz3253]

Growing up in the 90’s was awesome! Everything was at its peak! Saturday morning cartoons, after school cartoons, Disney, toys, Nintendo, cds, music, Pokemon….. good times ❤.

[@abigarduno2405]

Toy federation Easter egg hunt in the shop would be how man figures can you find in a air guitar pose

[@slayskool777]

1980's was the best decade for toys, movies, music, video games, and the economy.

[@HoonAgain]

It was, it really was

[@davidthebest3443]

@@HoonAgainit’s really not perfect not a single decade is perfect especially the 80s stop overhyping it

[@hellsgate2000]

The 80's and 90's were the best years EVER!

[@davehughes53]

This is reminiscent of the lunch table at school!!

[@luckyjhagra6020]

Hey as far as topics go. I would love to hear you guys discuss being a toy collector and worrying about non collectors opinions when they see your place and tell you what a waste of $ it all is. I know many will say screw them but let’s be honest, it’s a common issue and can be stressful and ruin relationships.

[@Jaybo_Fett]

Ryan Bought a Glove !!! 😂

[@FoeHammer909]

Dokken Dream Warriors

[@BetoMSea]

Great show

[@The-Saucefather]

My mom was pregnant with me when's Star wars came out. 77 Star wars came out on May 25, I was born in August. So technically did I go to the movie?

[@roninoneil546]

Ryan it was called a map book that’s how we did it lol Ronin from Boston Ma. ….

[@ShooWam]

Honestly? The 70's. No doubt a lot of cool stuff in the 80's and 90's, but...the 70's had great toys and they were backed up by great commercials for the toys. We don't see many toy commercials anymore. Do kids play w toys anymore like we did? Or is it all phones and ipads? Sure hope not. I wish you'd do more older toy shows. Don't get me started on concert tickets. I have to say the 80's and 90s for concert smashes.. After 2000 the tickets and t-shirts just got ridiculous.

[@Julusnc]

My first concert was in Asheville, NC civic center featuring KISS around 1977.

[@bladerunner1b]

'Ninja 3: The Domination' is great.

[@turtlewars3156]

It is indeed! Fond memories of watching that and some of the other Ninja movies when I was young.

[@davidmacdonaldaquy9730]

I love the did you ever wanna be ninjas comments. You just gave me a blast of nostalgia. I'm gonna share it here. Cause I love this podcast and I know some people could relate. Sorry this is gonna be a bit long but, it needs explanation. What we liked to do as kids at the age of 10-12 years old was go and steal Christmas lights off of trees in the neighborhood. We would have a sleep over. ( for those who don't know, it's what kids did with there friends years ago) than we would sneek out late at night and steal light bulbs off of Christmas tree decorations and smash them on the street. Stupid kid shit. But we would dress up like ninjas by dressing all in black and taking t shirts and sticking the neck hole across our eyes and tying the sleeves behind our head and tucking the rest in our sweater. We used to jump in to hedges or hide and yell ninja. It was awesome. I'm still friends and close with those guys today. The experiences we had together as kids has held us together as adults. Thank you for jolting that memory in me.

[@ilovecake1310]

When of the greatest episodes!!!!

[@jamesbrooks5391]

The Dick Tracy combo made me giddy, as that’s one of my favorite movies/toylines from childhood. To me, there is no better story behind the rarity of a toy than The Blank, and what made that literally impossible to find as a child in America.

[@deakniles7759]

Are the mics different? It sounds like they aren't on and it's the mic on the camera that's picking up on the audio. I know the earlier podcasts are older but it looks like the same mics and the guys sound alot better

[@TAKTAK_Toys]

Shame there wasn’t a 6th Jackson brother called Arthur Jackson….

[@turtlewars3156]

My mother took me to some of her concerts, like Peter, Paul, and Mary when I was young, but the first concert I went to that I wanted to go to was Ozzy in 1984 Bark at the Moon tour, I was 12 years old. I saw Aerosmith in 1986, Rush, Slayer, Gwar, and many others in the 80s. The 70s and 80s were a great time. Riding around in the front seat of the car, standing up with no seat belts, safety was non-existent. We rode our bikes and public transportation everywhere. I was basically feral growing up during that time in Dayton, Ohio. There are still tons of great local bands all over this country playing bars and clubs with $10-20 cover charges. Over the past 2 years I've been video documenting and archiving the punk and metal music scene in Charleston, SC. I've filmed just under 400 sets and 215 bands (77 of them local) during that time. There are a lot of really good bands out there playing some great music that are not widely known outside of their local scenes. You have a few right there in the Greenville area.

[@darthsmoke76]

Without a doubt the 80s are the best decade. There's no more nostalgic time. I don't think there's another time so many would like to relive than the 80s

[@CinHalCedHerChance]

80s and 90s for me

[@KnowNothingNerd]

The toy booklets! My kids do love getting the Lego booklets. They have them at our Toys R Us (we're not in the US) and Lego Stores.

[@chris19873]

A was born 1987 but did appreciate the 90s no social media life was good

[@andystandys]

2:47 You can still go to a ball game for $40-50 bucks...

[@paulhuebner5478]

When I was around 14 somebody called the cops on us for carrying guns in the back yards at night. Cops pulled their guns and told us to drop ours. We were playing lasertag. Thought the flashing light on our chest would make it obvious. Nobody died but we weren't allowed to play there anymore.

[@wecollectwrestling8884]

Tough subject my personal opinion is late 80s till 1993 are where all my favorite toys came from.

[@DFOOSKING]

The nerd voice is Master Billy Quizboy from Venture Bros.....look it up. You'll laugh hysterically. Midget guy with a eye patch. Has a tall pastey pale emo sidekick

[@darthsmoke76]

Reminded me of a something I was 9 in a Hills department store there was a 3 tier mannequin stand with an open spot. My dad tuned away and I got up there and froze. He started panicking a little looking for me then he seen me and just smiled

[@iceburg0xh]

The lost kid code in most stores is a code adam for Adam Walsh

[@VictorSkulz]

Love the show, love the podcast, I think the guy on the left needs to either talk more or get swapped out. Anyway, love you guys

[@laneneely1077]

I waited for an Arcee figure for a ling time after the Transformers movie. It took 30 years to get one.

[@ryaneppillustration]

A good example of box art/promo art not matching the product is the 1989 Batman movie toy line. They repainted a Superpowers Batman black, and used that for the ads and box art. When the toys came out, Batman had the “Michael Keaton” face….which I thought looked weird. Chubby cheeked. I believe the Argentinian version of the 1989 Batman figure is the repainted Superpowers Batman.

[@ronvallance5425]

The 60s and 70s had the best toys. 12 inch GiJoes for the boys and barbies for the girls. Hot wheels and corgi were great.

[@dawnofthewalkers4915]

90s was the best to me.

[@herbbot8241]

Rode my bike to see TMNT movie, playworld, 7-11 good old days

[@SiliconRiot]

Disney sold a TRON 40th Anniversary Jacket that was a Members Only Copy. We have two of them

[@philipho188]

MJ will always be worthy!

[@paulhuebner5478]

Sleeveless jacket!! A vest. 😂

[@randomname3715]

Where can I buy that Retro Toy Con water?

[@fatredfu]

Hey, tool is cool 😂❤

[@jamesbrooks5391]

“Here’s a list of all the kids who were abducted in the 80s. It was the best decade to be a kid!”

[@jasonguerra5982]

So I'm gonna agree with the comment in this episode saying that this one went off the rails😆I've watched all the other episodes and they are great! I guess it's like Travis said, there's always one. Just kidding you guys, looking forward to the next one. Let's get Travis to do an into in the voice of Bane from Batman, awesome idea guys, just saying...

[@Chalor.]

As a 44 y/o that allegedly isn't a dummy and has a great memory, I sure don't remember jack shit when it comes to you specifics like if my mom yelled for me to come in or not, or naming off teachers. Literally everyone I know (including the real slow ones) have all these finally homed memories. And it's not like I had a bad childhood where I'm suppressing things 'cause of trauma..so I don't know what's up with that. *I do remember my first memory is seeing ROTJ in theaters in '83 (and falling asleep after Jabba then waking up in time for the battle of Endor), yet I can't tell you anything more specific than: _I walked/rode my bike everywhere, and loved catching crawdads and salamanders in creeks._

[@Kael1413]

I have seen U2 and they were great.

[@crhollifield2012]

you want the single stitch. and the single is much more quality than modern stitching

[@AlexandertheSmith]

we used to pretend to be a different gi joe or comic book super hero every day! the tree in my cousins back yard wore the scars of three "ninja stars" thrown at it repeatedly for half a decade. made a pair of homemade wolverine claws out of sharpened coat hanger and, of course, wind up stabbing my cousin right in the forearm. ahhh, the good ole days. lol. #TOYFLIFE

[@miorandmior]

Theres something ive been wondering about. Im a big fan of 90s image comics characters - savage dragon, , cyberforce, backlash, team 7, youngblood, wetworks , pitt, prophet, etc. How come the toy lines never took off? The characters were cool. I live outside of the US, and i think I've never seen any of the toys on the shelves, found a few at flea markets, thats it, the rest i had to make myself (custom)

[@andystandys]

How old is the guy on the right? He's old enough to have been going to the store on his own to look at MOTU first wave figures, so 1982-83, but he was still looking at toy catalogues when the second Batman movie came out which would have been 199-93...

[@stevecherney1612]

Anthony Kiedis from Point Break!

[@darthsmoke76]

I was too young for concerts in the 80s. My first was Metallica in 1992

[@tacituskillgore1489]

Curious to know how old Travis is?

[@bradleycoe6972]

the Answer is yes.

[@michaellane5409]

Mid to late 50s to late 60s early 70s.

[@cody7814]

Great podcast, not sure why the guy on the left doesn’t contribute more.

[@stingray10]

He is the 3rd man he’s right hand is the guy on the right I guess

[@tomlappin9657]

Playsets were better back in the 70's & 80's

[@CL2300block]

90s

[@joseortega7815]

90s - Best Decade. Fight me. 😅

[@robertomanso1814]

How about a shirt that says, “yea yea”

[@CinHalCedHerChance]

No No