Why Was This Toy Discontinued?

[@oliviafowler2939]

I am a toxicology graduate and we learned about the Aqua Dots recall in class. I remembered having the toy as a kid and still had it in storage. I went home and looked at it closer and it was one of the models from 2007 before they remade it without the toxic chemical. It is now displayed at my university by our toxicology classes!

[@EC-dz4bq]

You know you kept a few dots!

[@shaft5theng]

Just for personal reasons

[@IRVDawg]

That's so cool 😯 !

[@Theogvineofthedead]

That's cool, I'm a chemist and I'd love to do a gc/ms analysis on them dots haha. To be honest I don't have the hardware to preform such tests but it would be interesting.

[@freedomcat]

Hope you got extra credit for it.

[@Ms.Delphine1204]

Rhett, sitting quietly, looking to be thinking deeply with a serious and stern look on his face. He takes a deep breath and raises his head to speak as if he’s about to say something profound: “When you ate the beads, they expanded into the size of a volleyball”

[@shift7808]

lol

[@ldude]

sums up politicians, they look the part, but there's not much going on upstairs! 🤣 🤣

[@Ms.Delphine1204]

@@ldude 🤣 yes exactly

[@heatherkoehler3478]

The atomic energy toy kit was discontinued not for safety issues, but for lack of sales. $50 in the 1950's is equivalent to about $500 today.

[@M00NdaYn]

"Don't get roofied, and also get this pomade!" Great marketing, Link. LOL

[@KM-nu7vj]

Even in the pickle story, Link switched to present-tense halfway through haha

[@WesM369]

yep, they always end up making 10 word statements lol

[@TheLastheart1]

Devil’s advocate, the pickle story failed as a story because Rhett said “because”

[@nannettefreeman7331]

I actually KNEW a guy who worked at Mattel & was on the team that designed that Tarzan action figure, & they TOTALLY knew what it looked like! They sat around joking about it! ✌🏼

[@mimsydreams]

That HAS to be bad for your reputation at the company. Recalls costs the company 😬

[@getin3949]

So all 211 of you knew the same guy that worked at Mattel and was on the team that designed that Tarzan???? Somehow I highly doubt it. Do people just click on the thumbs up just because or because they're liars?

[@MushroomDetox]

@@getin3949 I think that sometimes people click thumbs up to say that they like what was posted. Hope that helps.

[@katmerele]

@@getin3949 its just a “i like this comment” kinda thing. Its not bc they all worked or knew someone they knew at mattel.

[@MD_the_MC]

​@@getin3949they just liked the comment, you don't only like comments that personally apply to you

[@Fancystew]

Might be cool to use previous 10 word stories and use them in that game where they use magnets to unscramble the sentences. See if they recall any previous 10 word stories.

[@daisyakabilliefan9928]

that's such a cool idea

[@MamaBear_2629]

Roofie used to describe the drug Rohypnol I believe. But NOW it’s more of a blanket term so you could put anything in someone drink that alters their mental and or physical abilities and say their drink was “roofied”. If that makes sense.

[@902496]

Yeah, you're right. If I remember correctly, the specific thing that the aquadots metabolized into was GHB. That said, basically anything one might classify as a roofie was initially developed for medical purposes, probably as a sedative.

[@ivannatinkle]

Yes, roofies are benzodiazepines, but 1,4 BDO is an industrial chemical that has legitimate uses in manufacturing and whatnot, but if you consume it your body metabolizes it into GHB, the 'date r*pe drug'. No bueno when it's coated on a small toy lmao

[@Khorza]

"Roofies" is rohypnol, but Aqua Dots were sprayed with a chemical that produced GHB. Found this with a quick Google search, the lack of research is odd given the production value.

[@celeste7959]

A roofie is Rohypnol (aka Flunitrazepam), which is a strong benzo (like Valium, Xanax, Ativan, etc) that’s prescribed for severe insomnia or as a sedative for procedures. It’s not an illicit substance in that it can be prescribed in ways that generally help people- but it’s not something that can be purchased over the counter.

[@catgirl1999]

it is only illicit these days. it was banned i believe

[@SabineBlair]

WAIT! I bought that CSI fingerprinting kit at a Scholastic Book Fair! My mom had to call them to cancel it because, unbeknownst to me, it was a subscription service 😂

[@-KingRat]

I think that’s where I got mine from as well. Wow..

[@michaelaatkinson1224]

Same!

[@thingimajig]

My mother actually had the Uranium chemistry set when she was a kid in the early 50s. She said she almost blew up the kitchen with it. I always wondered why she is like the way she is!

[@tricat92]

You know what else causes sparks and fire? [Redacted] mixed with [Redacted] as shown in their episode [Redacted], where Rhett and Link showed ways to start a fire!

[@omghaley]

hahahahah

[@sarahhenry5937]

😊😊

[@chevalfille12]

Dude there were so many spy kits and toys in the early 00s. Loved it.

[@neatodevito]

I used to always want every SpyX toy. I felt like James Bond running around my neighborhood.

[@lane546]

It was because of films like Spy Kids and Misson Impossible being so popular 😂❤

[@mistressheather]

This went from a Good Mythical More to a Good Mythical Store XD

[@666Malinka]

I read today that in the victorian era, green dye contained arsenic, which is as you know poisonous. The color went very popular so you could find it in most homes. Wallpapers, clothes, and so on.

[@That-weird-boy]

I learned that too

[@chevalfille12]

It was used in food too. To make canned green beans look green and yummy.

[@crouchingsmartass]

Yea they put it in a lot of stuff before they realized how toxic it was.....they even used it as medicine. Which is the opposite of what it should be used for. There's a show on the BBC devoted to all the deadly stuff in the Victorian era. From the wallpaper to corsets. Surprising anyone survived lol

[@KayTrinGo3sRaWR]

Absolute History has an episode about this! They even tracked down wallpaper sample books that contain arsenic.

[@fantasygeek13]

Pretty much every dye in the Victorian era had poisonous materials, there's a guy on tik tok who makes vids ab it all the time

[@BoBouieLou]

I had that same exact csi fingerprint kit when I was a kid, had no idea it was recalled and played with it all the time. Might want to go get a check up 😅

[@DemonCipher13]

If you guys don't make an oatmeal called Oat Boys together, with your photo on it in flannel, then it's a missed opportunity. I expect to see Rhett and Link's Oat Boys Oatmeal on store shelves within the year.

[@queenb1119]

"Oh my flavors!" 🤣

[@shawnabasallo7515]

I’d take that or a tshirt/sweatshirt with Rhett (or link) looking like the Quaker oat packaging but it says “Oat Boys”

[@psilocylence]

Peppermint and peanut butter flavored too!!!

[@emilysteinwinder8952]

I loved aqua dot😂 that unlocked a childhood memory ahaha

[@kaylee1769]

Lukcy! I always wanted that!! But think my mom heard of the horror stories and that's why I never got it lol

[@merlinsgirl9311]

The asbestos CSI powder is scary, but talcum is often mined near asbestos to the point where J&J has to change the entire formula of their baby powder to not include talcum because of lawsuits and won't expect the talc powders to be removed from the shelves until sometime this year. Basically, even if you didn't use the kit, you're probably still at risk from asbestos issues by virtue of being an infant who wore diapers.

[@jonnan24]

I understand that you don't remember all the episodes but I remember the radioactive toy from a past episode from like 2013 when you discussed weird vintage toys. An old favorite vintage toy fact now. 😁😁

[@902496]

In the main episode they tested a barbie with sparking roller skates, and I swear they talked about or tested an actual pair of sparking roller skates a few years ago.

[@raypage1334]

​@902496 I believe that was a scooter? Maybe I'm remembering wrong though.

[@ASHERUISE]

@dd That's okay because I am too, I can't even remember what they did 2 weeks ago!

[@CarlamityNyx]

I'm surprised that there isn't a cotton candy milk lip balm yet lol

[@maiamaiapapaya]

I'd buy it

[@josepep]

Great idea!🎉

[@tinyelephant2104]

im confused wasnt that literally shown in the very last part of the vid after the outro

[@SpinX522]

To answer Link's question, they brought back CSI last year with CSI Vegas. Takes place at the same lab as the original CSI. In season 1 they had Grissom, Brass, Sara, and Hodges come back. Now in season 2 so far they've had Katherine.

[@kaitlynrain899]

I remember the aqua dot commercials! Am I seriously old enough to be reacting to something from my childhood😭

[@nannettefreeman7331]

David Hahn, the Boy Scout who, as a teenager, built a NUCLEAR REACTOR in the garden shed in his back yard, first became interested in nuclear fusion (? fission? whatever...) when he found one of those kits stored in a trunk in the attic of his family home. His parents actually let him play with it! In, like, the 1970s! It's a great story! ✌🏼

[@CBO4evr]

Loving the Rhett and Link take care of yourself & safe bar etiquette

[@amber7ison]

"Sparks cause fire, kids might need to learn that" I bet that kid who had his butt set aflame learned that pretty fast!

[@LaurenAvallone]

The sister probably DiD know, which is why she did that in the first place! Haha

[@sarakunselman7930]

Link missed the mark to say, "I'm promoting this asbestos I can." Great opportunity completely passed.

[@cholvoq]

The opportunity to make the 10-word story "Pickle Jim Loved Pickle Patty because she played the Piccolo" was severely missed-

[@leviwhite3381]

"Nucular. It's nucular, first of all." Link being so confident in being so wrong.

[@capness1228]

This one should have been called "Link pitches our overstock and sometimes we talk about a toy."

[@fennecfoxmusic]

for anyone confused, the bindeez metabolized into GHB, not roofies/Rohypnol.

[@t-win0]

I had to look this up cause I was curious, but roofies used to refer to the drug Rohypnol when used to drug someone, but now is used to refer to any drug that can be used in that way

[@chichigames4589]

FYI I was roofied at a bar and never left my drink. It happened when my head was turned. Be aware and be careful!

[@larissafrederick]

I still have that roofie dots toy in my childhood closet.. was keeping it for my kids 😅

[@dreamjuice888]

Rhett deeply inhaling that beard balm is a whole vibe 🤣

[@Rare_K_]

asbestos really is a wonderful material (when solid and stable, like in walls) however it becomes a problem when it's in 'dust form', for example inhaled when renovating a house without knowing the walls are made from asbestos.

[@jenluvjake]

The bright stripes on Rhett's shirt make it look like he's wearing suspenders.

[@sherrimoquin5553]

He wore that shirt before 13:15

[@hgwells123]

That musical comb was the most fascinating part of this episode

[@smhcoolguy5024]

5:38 omg Rhett’s face and eyes 😂🤣

[@NadiaAbuElDahab]

I think I prefer the short tongue twisters rather than the short story game 🙌🏼

[@CrayDayMadi69]

🤘 welcome to good mythical more

[@brynleyray6210]

When they were talking about the flusher working again, I was really hoping they’d revive the “grub hubbing” joke

[@kelseyleigh7449]

Dang I had that CSI investigation kit 😅

[@snakegodgodofsnakes1818]

No not aqua dots! They’re coming for gen z now

[@kat473]

we still have aqua dots in the uk..not sure what they are now called. My grandaughter has them

[@luminolmortis5927]

they have been reformulated since this discontinuation obviously haha. im sure theres brands available still in the US too, just not as popular now

[@gremmie815]

Theaters mayhap?

[@ashleyquam]

19:23 😂😂😂some toy developers had fun with that one!

[@sukai121]

I FORGOT ABOUT AQUADOTS omg they were so much fun

[@gremmie815]

I remember lite bright. :)

[@lisao7600]

​@@gremmie815 lite Brite still exists. My grandson has one.

[@caroltassin4049]

The 50's were crazy. From toy's to floride treatment & polio sugar cubes treatments IN school. Never forget!

[@GrandmaLoves2Scuba]

I absolutely remember sucking on that sugar cube, lol.

[@GeologicMason]

I was given fluorides every morning in elementary school and I'm only 27. No one else my age seems to have done that though. I grew up in a small rural town though so maybe we were just a few decades behind the times hahaha

[@leviwhite3381]

Video starts at 2:44

[@lindaplasse7437]

I had that crime scene kit growing up! Bought it at a school book fair and I remember using it on the playground looking for prints. Never knew it contained asbestos.

[@bobobee9206]

I had SEVERAL of the kids CSI kits. It's very possible I had this one, I know I had at least one fingerprint kit. Thankfully I was more interested in the forensic science kits and only used the finger print duster a couple times.... I think 😬

[@3DPT]

The Gilbert Kit is a classic one for collectors... there are plenty of places in Utah and 4 corners region to prospect for U... but a lot of it is in old mines from the 1940's-70s.

[@Nsobloo]

As someone taking organic chemistry, I never in my life would’ve thought I’d understand what 1,4-pentanol is 😭

[@maiamaiapapaya]

THE TARZAN HAD ME CRACKING UP 😂😂😂

[@noahclawson8554]

Scary to see toys you’ve had on here

[@naterocks96]

My younger siblings has the roofie dots as kids, and I had the CSI kit! We LOVED those toys. We never ate the dots though. Idk if the asbestos had any effect on me, lmao. Also, that comb is so cool!! I wish I could afford one 😅

[@ThereminElectro]

Why do I feel like this was a full episode a few years back, with the same exact toys...

[@Cyanide_no_aji]

As a door guy I was required to throw away any drinks left alone

[@southeastcoastalphotography]

I have never skipped as much of a GMM video before this one was like half of the video

[@MuzzikLvr]

Pickle Patty plays pattycakes, but I'm guessing that Pickle Jim would rather be playing hide the pickle.

[@gremmie815]

🤣

[@catherinemarinuzzi1003]

Maybe he and Patty are outside playing Parking Lot Pickle 😂

[@ZoesZoo]

Or parking lot pickle

[@abbeyplankinton4481]

Wow I actually remember the commercials for those Aqua Dots, and I really wanted them

[@TSinSoCal]

Rhett going over how safe toys are/were, was perfect.

[@saraschneider6781]

I totally played with those beads as a kid. I don't remember the water ones. Who would have thought???

[@austinbraas]

Did Rhett really say that the pomade is "not non-toxic".... So it is toxic? 😂😂😂

[@beast0976]

Aqua Dots is Bill Cosby's favorite toy set

[@thescotchsonnet5614]

Oat Boys. Every bite is bursting with Bobby's fresh cut logs 😂

[@dori_casper]

I had aqua dots! I still have some of the stuff I built with them

[@xrispi]

I was hoping the pickle 10-word-story turned into a parking lot pickle

[@Ruby-jb6en]

Aqua Dots unlocked a very deeply rooted childhood memory for me, my brother and I used love making those designs!

[@HifiVega]

“Just some good oat boys. Never meanin’ no harm”

[@thenightranger4253]

rhett during the 1950's people still didn't know how dangerous radioactive stuff was. people use to make uranium plates and bowls and mugs with this stuff and use to drink it because they thought it was good for them.

[@ohheyitsjoshhinac495]

14:38 there were also uranium and cesium filtered cigarettes in the 20s and 30s. They were marketed as glow in the dark magical cigarettes.

[@Jenn-ie5vf]

My kids had aqua dots. Thankfully they never ate any of them and it was actually a really fun toy

[@michaelpiper8198]

Says “tongue twister” slowly “actually easier to say” 😂 pretty sure all tongue twisters are easier to say if you say them slowly 😂 ❤ you guys are the best

[@lizchinchillact.3246]

Omg I just threw away that CSI game last year. 😳 it was my brother's who has passed away last year from covid pneumonia. Can't believe he had this in the house... .

[@stecky87]

"MOM, I told you not to interrupt me when I'm doing the jungle call!" 🤣🤣

[@blissfullycat02]

Them not knowing how aqua dots worked and thinking they started as liquid though lol... They are dots coated in something that when wet it created a glue and once dried they were stuck together.

[@Theresa6121]

I'm curious why there isn't a grooming kit for women just asking. Love you guys!

[@smakies5331]

I think its mainly because item are more related to them . But im sure they could do a Mythical Crew Kit approved by the feminine cast .

[@DaisyElf508]

I feel most of the items can be used by anyone except the beard balm.

[@alexanderjones420]

​@@pig0001 omfg god noooo. He can Collab with Sh*ne D*wson

[@LimeLoaf]

​@@alexanderjones420 Andrew tate 💀

[@elliefantyellow]

They try to make most all of their products non-binary/unisex. The only product in here that is explicitly one gender is the beard balm. I am a woman and personally own the comb, bag, and lip balms.

[@jackharris2759]

Wait I definitely had the fingerprint kit

[@2drifn27]

I hope everyone has a wonderful Tuesday ✌🏻

[@1020mikki]

throwback to aqua dots omg

[@MasterComposerJP]

Wow I don't like how many of these I played with as a kid.... CSI kit and Aquadots were huge hits for me and my friends

[@social_exe]

15:43 Captions: Do you wanna have a beard that's as balmy as rats? Me: I've always wanted a rat beard

[@cobalt.studios]

Aqua Dots were called Pixo Beads when I was a kid in the early 2000s and I still have all mine-

[@RealMoukeycat]

From their description, "oat boys" are oat groats.

[@chlswilliscroft]

I still have this csi finger print kit and the dna kit in my parents basement from when i was a kid! I loved playing with them

[@gurlboniee]

The first toy is discontinued? Since in our country, its is still a popular toy (not the same brand, but the same concept and idea) that you can find in many toy stores or even stationery stores

[@luxintelligentia4632]

Talking on turns is hard if you have 3 people trying to brainstorm about some topic but still try to let someone else talk, then when no one talks everyone starts talking at the same time and its chaos

[@Kazooples]

It drives me mental how Link is always picking at his fingers

[@kiupcake]

I used to play with aqua dots all the time and loved them. Thank God i never ate them 🤣

[@sidoniegabrielle269]

also if you're actually interested in a story about recreational GHB/roofies used by an individual on purpose, there's a good tom segura "this is not happening" about it. this is not an endorsement or recommendation for GHB and neither is the tom segura bit but it does kind of explain exactly how it affects a person from someone who actually ingested it deliberately & didn't just get a horrifying surprise in their drink or aquabeads

[@chosen1one930]

The drug was legal at times, you can still buy a certain drug with same makeup for anxiety and sedation. The original drug is illegal in most countries but other drugs like mentioned do the same thing so yea. If anyone didn't know, you can change the chemical makeup of a certain drug slightly making it legal again, this happened with Extacy for years until they made a law making all drugs with the same chemical composition under the same group illegal

[@adriennet4544]

I absolutely channeled Link when he said "damn, I tell ya, what on earth?"

[@RealMoukeycat]

At 19:09. Thanks Link. 'Member Berries will never be cute to me again. Did you really have to say "member" so many times. I 'member.

[@dogglefoxkvk]

Rhett talking about discontinued toys being a life lesson is really showing their gen x lmfao i love them tho

[@StorybooksInn]

the uranium kit that was $50 in 1950 would be around $620 today! that's wild

[@secretlybees]

I had that Tarzan toy ohmygodddddd I finally understand why the adults around laughed so much about it!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@hagiwoodworks7759]

That energy lab would be $550 today

[@roxiegs348]

It’s in glues used for construction, in brake pads, tapes with heavy duty glues and other products, mostly imported from Asian countries that do not regulate Asbestos.

[@vlamb4769]

Oh JEEEEEZ, I had that exact CSI kit (I had at least one other one too, I think it was the handwriting analysis one). I wonder how many other things I had as a kid were actually toxic/dangerous 😬