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All the 90s Toys We Didn't Get to Have

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0:00 The heck? Never heard that. Subin had this. I wanted that actually. >> Yes, I did actually. >> You can actually eat what comes out. >> Yes, you can. >> Wait, why did you have that? >> All right, we're going to play a little game to see who had the most childhood privilege. We're going to go through the most iconic toys of the '9s. And if you had that toy, let us know. >> Keep my hand. >> Let's see who had the best toys. >> All right, let's go. You already know. I didn't really get no toys. >> Yeah. Who had Lightbrite? Anyone? You had Lightbrite? >> I I had Lightbrite, too. >> Lightbrite. >> The ████ is that, >> dude? That's what it You don't know what that is? >> That's why you were even born yet, dude. Wasn't born. >> You were in your dad's balls, dude. Sloshing around. >> Imagine little Christmas lights, right? >> And then you can >> you can poke these little Christmas lights into a board and make designs and

0:52 ████ >> I always wanted one. >> Or if your sister does that, you just shake it out on the ground and you laugh. Who had Game Boy Color? >> Nah, I didn't have a Game Boy at all. >> Wait a minute. >> I had it later. >> My brother had it. Not me. >> Did you have a Tamagotchi? Anybody? >> Oh, I did actually. >> You did? >> Used? >> I had a fake one. I had a Chinese one. >> No battery. Broken. >> All it does is like it takes a ████ and then you got to clean it and then like you got to feed it and if you forget to feed it the next day, it dies or something. >> Yeah. >> All right. Did you have uh Oh, that's the same thing. Gigapets was the I guess the American version. Yeah. Did you have a bopit? >> What's that? That sounds familiar. >> My cousins had it. I used to play at their house. >> It's pretty freaking all this stuff. I could say like somebody around me probably had it, but I never had it. >> You just saw it from afar? >> Yeah. >> How about soccer boppers? >> No. >> I wanted I wanted those.

1:42 >> Fun than a pillow fight, dude. I wanted it. >> I wanted that so bad. But obviously your parents are going to know. >> This little ginger is having way too much fun getting his ass. That's ████ Was it SN? >> I love this. I don't even have mine on. >> Oh, did you have Rock of Shock? >> I had a knockoff version. >> Yeah, I had a knockoff. >> They were Ninja Turtles. Yeah. >> Sick. >> Wow, that's even better. >> That's way better. >> I didn't have one, but I played at daycare. >> Oh, >> we're just playing Dumb War instead. >> You guys have a Furby? >> I had a Furby. >> Nope. >> My dad went to Fry Electronics at like 1:00 in the morning to get a Furby. >> What? >> Stood in line? >> Yeah, he stood in line. Yeah. And then you was it actually fun? >> It was fun for like 17 days. >> What do you do the first day with it? >> You just try to figure it out. You try to teach us >> talk to it and stuff. >> Yeah, you talk to it and teach us stuff. >> What the ████ That's lame.

2:32 >> It was really confusing. >> The OGI. >> What did you have to share with your siblings? >> Yeah. Yeah. >> What the heck are these? I never even saw >> Oh, my cousins had moon shoes. >> Really? >> Yeah. Yeah. My cousins were rich as hell. >> Are they like Is it like a portable trampoline? Like >> Yeah. Yeah. It's It's like It's like um Yeah. Space shoes or whatever. >> Dang. You guys had that? That's whack. >> My cousins had everything. >> Hit clips. These are interesting. So, like >> what are those? >> It's like the iPod Nano of the '90s. It was like a way to like listen to one part of a song. >> Yes, I've had that. >> You had that? >> That privilege ass. >> What you mean, bro? I found it. >> Yeah. So, you could literally It'll be like you can buy 10 seconds of like a song and you can play that on your little >> It's so crazy. >> So, it's like listening to a ringtone. >> They didn't know about Line Wire. What are they doing? >> You're just listening to a ringtone. That's crazy. Yeah, mouse trap. I wanted it so bad.

3:23 >> I want to Was that as fun as it looked? >> It was only fun to set up and then just do it. You never played the game, >> dude. It looks so fun. There's a game behind you. >> It's like a board game. Yeah, but but it has a big like contraption thing that made it so >> I played it in daycare. >> I don't know what that is. Doodle Bear. That's probably Subin had that. >> What the ████ >> Super Simon. >> I remember Simon. >> Simon says. >> Yeah. Gak. You guys ever gak? I had a tight and I had the cheap one too where you could just get at the supermarket >> and you could just put it. It's in an egg. >> I' probably done that. >> Oh, the one at the little checkout stand where you just put a quarter in. >> I probably done that, too. >> Raise your hands. >> Rainbow Bright. Another souveny. >> What the what? >> Poochie. Do you remember this? >> Yeah. >> Yeah. You had that? >> I had >> You had these dogs? >> Yes, sir. >> The freak way. >> Yes, sir. Outst. >> Do you remember playing with these toys? >> Yes, I do. I remember playing with my putting on my bed and I remember they

4:13 they started making bigger ones. I bought bigger ones. >> That ████ was >> You just put it next to you. You acted like you had a dog. Like this s███'s tough. >> Well, what do they what do they do? Like bark? >> Noises. It made sounds sometimes noises. >> You put it next to you and you act like you have a >> Yeah, cuz your parents never want to get you a dick. >> You ever have it next to you and you have peanut butter all over your dick? You sick ████ >> I tried. It doesn't work. >> Yeah. You know, you know what's I I don't think like you, Steve. That's weird. >> That's some white people ████ white people ████ >> Hey, I tried it. >> Had a guy. We had a guy in our town named Peanut Butter. >> He was black though. >> He a hood homie. >> It didn't work. >> He a hood dude. >> My dog sniffed and went >> I don't like it. >> Slinky. >> Hell yeah. >> I had I had a buy ████ to swap meat. >> I only like that going down the stairs. >> You have Do you have a treasure troll?

5:03 >> My sister. >> I got scared of that. I got scared. >> That ████ look ugly as ████ >> That is terrifying. Look at that. >> I think I found one. >> They're like all sitting at the edge of your bed at night or something. >> Oh yeah, that's Oh, this game I had this >> that one. >> That was fun. >> Yeah, >> you have to get it before it pops. You >> I'm not seeing hands. I' I've raised it zero times. >> So far, you're at zero. >> Yeah. >> So, yeah, you put the pieces in the corresponding slots, and if you don't do it in time, it pops out. [Laughter] >> I played it in daycare, too. Our daycare had a lot of ████ I was probably I was probably working when all the ████ came out. >> Were you working during Skip It? >> Yeah. >> This one I wanted so bad cuz my cousins had it. We never got it, >> dude. Bad. Skip It was I didn't I didn't have a Skip It either, but that was cool. Yeah, I was like 12 years old already scraping. Uh, >> what's that? >> I have no idea what that is. Play-Doh fuzzy. >> Yes, I I played with that at school. >> What? >> Dude, this is my arrow, Ryan. This is >> You had this?

5:53 >> Yes. >> What the hell? >> This is all my arrow, bro. In the TV commercial. >> What do you do? You cut off the hair. >> Stretch Armstrong. Did you have that? >> Yeah, I remember this. >> That's from a girls. >> This is for for girls. >> That's a dude, isn't it? >> Really? >> 100% for girls. Look at that. >> I thought it's for dudes to like Oh, super So, >> ████ >> That's where it's at. >> This is new gen. No, no, >> I had the top one. >> Yeah, I had one with the two balls. >> Yeah, >> dude. What? So, I had the backpack one, too. >> I got a 99 cent water gun one time. It was like one of those little >> So, all my friends were playing with a Super So, I was like, >> "Yeah." >> Hey, >> no. I love Super Soaker. >> You're just getting wrecked. Like, >> why Super Soaker? Get destroyed. >> What's the point of the two ball tanks? >> Air container. So this is where the water goes and this is the air when you pump it goes up in here and then you can release the pressure. Oh, so it saves air.

6:43 >> It like pumps into it. >> Okay. >> Couch ball. >> Ryan had it. >> I did have that. >> I honestly did, but it wasn't these character ones. It was just a like a looked like a sea urchin. >> ████ >> Yeah, it's Tangga. >> Oh ████ >> Oh ████ Wood. >> Hold up. Tanga >> sky. Okay. Suban again. >> That's Subin's toy. >> Oh, come on. >> Magic mint. I didn't even know that was like a I get the 99 cent store version. >> Yeah, I got a 99. >> Remember that? It's just like the ball sticks to it. It's like baseball. >> Picture that girl is great. >> Colleen. Young Colleen. >> Yeah, that's wild. >> Okay. Okay. Now we've arrived. I didn't have one. >> I didn't have one either. >> You didn't have one? Did you Did your friends have one? Did you guys ever go to your friends? >> Yes, my friends had one and I would always lose immediately cuz they were all playing >> because they're the take turns and if you lose, you got to give up the controllers. >> Like him at racing. >> Hey, shut up. Subin. >> Wait, come on.

7:34 >> What's that? >> That's Jo. This Gio. Gio had these homies. >> Homies. Yeah. >> That's a newer generation toy. >> This was around when we were kids, though. Really? >> Really? >> Was that the Mexican Dogs in Harmony? What is this? >> Thugs in Harmony. >> Yeah. It was at like uh Superior. Remember the Superior Super >> Supermarket? >> Okay. That's rich kid all the way. >> What's that? >> A buddy of mine had had >> Jaguar. >> Yeah. >> It was Atari's attempt to reach like the new gen of consoles. Atari made a new one. >> Dude, my cousins had something called Sega CD >> which had like two games that ever came out for it. >> That had some great games. >> My brother had an Atari, the OG one. Never heard of Brain Warp. Don't know what that is. >> Looks like a modern day Rubik's cube. >> Flammer whammers. >> Yes, pogs. >> That was Pog. I had Pogs. >> Yep. >> I was a ████ nerd with Pogs. >> Did Did the Pog craze hit Missouri? >> Bro, I don't know.

8:24 >> Too busy working. Too busy working. >> Yo, this guy This guy went through it all. >> Silly putty. Silly putty. I had that in kindergarten. >> I think my cousins had some and I stole it. >> I did it with uh newspaper. >> Yeah. Wasn't that cool? Yeah. You could just press it against like papers and it shows it. >> It was magic to me. >> Yeah, that was magic. >> Uh don't know what that >> Oh, laser tag. >> I had that. >> Yeah, that's that's really next level. How cute of a father son thing this is. >> I would never know what that feels like. >> That guy looks like I had sex last night. >> I ████ your mother. Buzz Lightyear. Okay, that's way later. >> Maybe that's your gen. >> Yeah, that's my gen. >> I always wanted one. >> You had Yu-Gi-Oh. Blue-Eyed white dragon dog. >> A really nice friend that gave me some of those when I moved to uh I moved to a new school >> and the first day this kid was like,

9:14 "Hey, I have three blue- eyesed white dragons. Would you want one?" Yeah. Super nice. >> Gave it to you. >> It was in my Pokemon cards. ████ it. >> That's so nice. Oh, I think I was too old for this. >> How much does this cost now? I thought you was whack out the gate. >> I did too. I did too. Pokemon was a Pokemon kid. Yeah. >> Oh, was there like a Yeah, >> but it did blow up. It was crazy. >> Stephven again. God damn it. >> GI Joe. >> Yes. >> I think I had a couple. >> I loved I think I had one. I had one. >> I love the cartoon. >> Oh man, I love the movie. >> Oh god. >> Gio cartoon movie. >> Oh. Oh, right. Right. Right. >> Dies. That was harsh. >> Yeah, that was crazy. >> Yeah. Here we go. Oh, just regular slime. That's kind of normal. >> Oh, yeah. We all had that. >> I hated that thing. >> You did not have >> the Etcha sketch. >> Oh, >> my cousins had one. >> I thought it was so stupid with it. >> Too limited. >> Yeah. >> You never got off work and saw people playing with this.

10:05 >> No. Yeah. Yeah, I would. Actually, I'll go to my cousin's house for a while. >> On your way out of your clocking out of your shift. Nerf blaster. >> Never. >> I didn't have that. >> I had the bow and arrow, dude. That was the best one. >> Nerf guns. >> No, I had one Nerf gun. I remember that. >> Nerf guns were >> I didn't get into Nerf waterings. >> What? >> That s███'s wet. >> What the hell? ████ it. Get out of here. >> Water. >> What the heck? Never heard of that. Subin had this. I wanted that actually. >> Yes, I did actually. >> You can actually eat what comes out. >> Yes, you can. >> Wait, why did you have that? >> Um, I forgot who bought it, but someone bought it for me and then me and my brother's been just playing with it. >> Are they like, "Hey, this is for your gay son." >> Interesting. >> Wow, that's interesting. >> Yes, cuz we wanted we wanted the desserts and ████ cup. >> I actually wanted that. >> Yeah, that ████ was tight. Someone got it for it >> cuz he wanted the cupcake. >> That ████ was actually tight.

10:56 >> Oh, do you remember that football with the tail? >> This is good. >> I remember the commercial with John Elway, dude. He's like throwing it like over a stadium. >> Oh, that's right. That was so cool. >> And I just remember like you kept trying to throw those over the roof of your house. Remember that? >> Mhm. Cuz of the commercial. We all wanted to throw it over roofs. >> Over the roof to the backyard. >> You guys had houses? Yeah. >> You guys had roofs, brother? >> Sorry. Oh, these yo-yos. So, did the yo-yo guys ever come to your school? Yeah, they did. >> Right. Did you Did you all have that? Where? Like, >> what's a yo-yo guy? They'll do tricks for you. >> Yeah. Y Omega would would bring a performing troop to like promote yo-yos and they would do a show at the school. >> I didn't know that. >> And then they would sell it. >> I think all the teachers kind of like sometimes when ████ like that happened, be like, "Hey, that's the poorest kid at the school." So, he just gave me the yo-yo after he was done. I was like, >> "Damn, that's pretty tight. >> You picked me." >> We mostly had Dare come. >> Yeah, Dare. Ton. Yeah.

11:46 >> Oh, here we go. Oh, that's Steve right here. >> Let's go, baby. >> That might be the only one that you had, huh? >> Let's go. >> Yeah. And I got him for my cousin. >> Damn. >> We were collectors, though. We thought the game was absolutely whack out of the gate. >> Oh, you have Street Sharks? >> Yeah, I had Street Sharks. >> I didn't know they had toys. I like the car. >> Mighty Max. You have Mighty Max. >> Oh, that looks so familiar. >> Where's Legos in all this? >> Lego is in Lord of the Rings. >> Yeah, they they did a lot of movies. >> I didn't do that. Who do you think had the most toys of these? >> The most? >> No, it was him, wasn't it? me. >> I want to say me. I want to say I'm up there. >> I think you had a lot of them. I think Steve had a lot of them. >> I think I had almost a lot of them. >> I think I think Jared obviously had the least. This guy had like zero. >> Suban had the most girl toys for sure. >> Yeah, you had the most Easy Bake ovens. That's for sure. >> Dude, that ████ was tight, though. I'm not going to lie. Easy bake oven. That ████ was tight.

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