It’s December, which can only mean one thing: It’s time to celebrate consumerism gone horrifically rampant! That’s why this week’s YouTube theme is appropriately regressive: Toys!
We asked The Fine Brothers — who create hilarious vids such as Kids React to Viral Videos and 8-Bit Twilight — to curate this week’s roundup of YouTube videos. They chose “Action Figures” as a theme, but we decided to widen the net a bit to include all forms of child-like entertainment.
Check out our roundup below, which includes a couple of truly terrifying toys (Hint: Rhymes with “Feddy Muxbin.” Shudder).
Bboy Batman by PatrickBoivin
The Fine Brothers: Patrick makes an eclectic mix of awesome videos, but his action figure interactives have the biggest place in our hearts. Action figures in stop motion madness that's also a game? YouTube doesn't get much better than that.
Time Lapse Baby
Tamar Weinberg: If only my kid would (still?) do that.
Big Chopsticks
Meghan Peters: The FAO Schwartz scene from Big :)
100 NES (Nintendo) Games in 10 Minutes!
Ada Ospina: Other than NES I can only operate games such as Guitar Hero and Buzz Quiz.
Toy Commercial Fail
Jay Irani: Is this a toy commercial or a trailer for a demon-child horror movie? You decide.
How Many Do You Remember?
Karen Hartline: You are a child of the '80s if you had at least seven of these toys. Me=My Little Pony, Cabbage Patch Kid, Pound Puppy, Monchichi, Strawberry Shortcake, Jem, Care Bear, Chinese jacks, roller skates and more. But not Teddy Ruxpin. It was too scary!
Penguin Race
Stefanie Rennert: I used to watch this Penguin Race toy for hours. Penguins marching and sliding, over and over again… genius!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Toy Commercials
Ben Parr: I loved the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I had the toys. So here's a compilation of all the toy commercials for TMNT.
Treasure Trolls
Erica Swallow: I feel like I was the only deranged child who collected Treasure Trolls... anyone? Looking back, they weren't so cuddly and cute after all. Something about neon hair and jeweled belly buttons just made me feel warm and fuzzy at the time.
Teddy Ruxpin (1985)
Christina Warren: I actually bought one of these off eBay for my fiance last Christmas.
'80s Popples Commmercial 2
Josh Catone: I liked Popples when I was a kid. And I'm man enough to admit it.
Transformers
Adam Ostrow: A montage of Transformers, of which I had way too many as a kid.
Polly Pocket Ad - 1994
Radhika Marya: That's right. Polly Pocket, back when the name was actually appropriate. Now I'm all nostalgic for the Japanese Tea House version I had...
Barbie Lamborghini Car Commercial - 1993
Brenna Ehrlich: Children mimicking adults is a little unsettling here.-- From a personal VHS Tape
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