CROSSFIRE!CROSSFIRE!CROSSFIYAAAAHHH!!!!
That game sucked
>>223914991Every commercial for children's toys hyped them so far into stratosphere that the crash into reality was devastating. The timed one that you had to fill with widgets and had a catchy tune. Creepy crawlers that could be squished once. The bop it that held your interest for 5 minutes and then found it mundane. Raised by tv podcast had an episode on 90s tv commercials, pretty funny.
>>223914617I had it.
>>223914991Naw it was fun but I’d have you blisters.
DON'T WAKE DADDY!
>>223914617Weren't these guys also riding on hover boards? Shit, the 90s was awesome
>IT'S A ZAINY ACTION>A CRAZY CONTRAPTION>THE FUN IS CATCHIN'
Even as a kid I was sick of the commercial after watching it a few times
>>223914617Motherfucker Mike was kino
>>223915269You might like an anime i have been looking for over a decade! Technotise: edit and I. Lizzie Olsen might not be considering its serbian.
>>223914617I was just thinking about this commercial the other day. I'm 43 years old
>>223915069My sister played Skip It and Bop It for a few hours a day for a few years. Much better than crossfire which sucked ass and you'd lose all the little metal parts
>>223915826I think about the music compilations because they have hit songs that I missed out on.
>>223915875My cousin's also had the one that kept track of how many skips you could do.
>BECAUSE THE VERY BEST THING OF ALLLL>THERES A COUNTER ON THIS BALLLL>SO TRY TO BEAT YOUR VERY BEST SCORE SEE IF YOU CAN JUMP A WHOLE LOT MORE>SKIP IT>SKIP IT
>>223915971It was a better time. I think mortal Kombat for sega Genesis came out around this same time
>>223915715
>>223916015Mmmmmm boomer moral panic.
>>223914617MAH POINT
>>223915248OH BUT I WILL
I can remember the jingle to this game but even then it looked pretty lame
>>223916594>Alright I get itLol he was so butthurt when he couldn't win against the game's inventor
>>223916734Never saw it. Did see hungry hippos and the mouse trap game.
>>223915875my kids pull out the bop-it mini at the wierdest times and hyperfocus on it for 45 mins at a time
the commercials made mouse trap seem a lot more impressive than it really was
>>223916594this looked so fucking dumb
>>223916814current mouse trap is BULLSHIT>build the whole fucking trap before you start>circle the board until someone loseslike, the entire fucking fun of the game was slowly building the machine bit by bit as you played, and then the going around and hoping to actually trap someone part was a chore. they got rid of the fun part. and the machine feels soulless too even though it's 80% identical
>>223916822It was to help the differently abled. It was a success!
>>223915069Speak for yourself man I was entertained by Bop it for hours
>>223916792>IT'S COMIN>IT'S COMIN>IT'S COMIIIINNNN>IT'S COMIN TO GET YOUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cr6w7O-kw4
>>223914617i thought Crossfire was that news show my mom would always put on and i'd be like tf man? why do i want to hear some guys talking about some legislation Bill Clinton signed? where's the cartoons?
>>223916594Came here for this.
>>223916859
>>223916916as you get older you eventually find it interesting and you start wanting to learn how Congress is stealing your money
>>223914617I never had a leather jacket like that.
>>223916871You are a dull boy, billy.
>>223916594>if you've given up everything...what do you have left?>i>i have bulletballkino
>>223916900Nope! No recollection. Must have been on cable.
>>223915971I saw people fall more times then I ever saw anyone actually jump with a Pogo Bal.
>>223917448Based! Like don quixote singing the impossible dream or the grey with Liam Neeson facing the wolves.
>>223917478What a lawsuit waiting to happen. Same with pogo sticks. Saw some guy on the tom segura heavy clips go up 5 feom the ground and then slip.face.first Into concrete.
>>223916594>>223917448this guy going to the nursing home and just beating fuck out of old people at bulletball still makes me laugh
>>223917406the boomer fears the overly competitive mulatto
>>223917502what kind of trailer park did you grow up in?
>>223917501You could not damage a pogo ball no matter how hard you tried.
>>223915069There were exceptions
>>223917630The equipment is fine, I mean your fucking fractured skull is in danger.
>You run>You slide>You hit the bump and>Take a diveOR>Then you DIE!!! (at least that's how I heard the commercial back then)
Criss Cross Crash was fun
>>223917501They were a popular toy, I only saw one person able to actually use one for an extended period though
>>223915069>Raised by tv podcast had an episode on 90s tv commercialsHuh, I finally understand what the "ick" means. Please never talk about your embarrassing listening habits again, it's really a bummer
>>223917632Oh fuck yes.
>>223915069creepy crawlers were fine but you had to rip out that saftey thing that made you wait for it to cool down before using it again
put the pieces into the slotsmake the right connectionsbut be quick you’re racing the clockpop goes perfection
MR. BUCKET THE BALLS POP OUT IF HIS MOUTH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-wWRrXL9sMBIG BIG LOADER
>>223915248FROM PARKER BROTHERS!
>YOU CAN'T GET AWAY FROM IT>IT FROM THE PIT >IT FROOOOM THE PIIIIT!!!
Think you can win? ...I think not!
>>223914617Got caught up in this thing once. I was never the same.
>>223918220I wonder if anybody ever, y’know
>>223914617Hydro strike was better
>>223918346https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uODn7fHtyBg&t=15s
PAKISTAN IS THREATENING MY BORDER
>>223918974You crossed my line of death!
But do any of you guys remember BREAKEY?
>>223918289Based, I think I still have this somewhere
>>223914617That game sucked. Even as a kid you were kind of cynical about commercials and how the game/toy would actually be in real life, so you were kinda prepared for a letdown. But Crossfire was just a whole other level of letdown. >>223917478Those things came and went so quickly. Felt like you got like a week of springiness out of them and then the ball started deflating. But even right out of the package they were pretty lame.
>>223919108I wanted it so fucking bad, I saw it once at Kaybee at full price and never saw it again. My mom would've gotten it for me for birthday or Christmas on sale or clearance, but never saw it in stores after that one time.
>>223918312This seemed to be at the start of every vhs you rented.
>>223918220I preferred the Ms Buk-het version.
SOCK EM BOPPERSSOCK EM BOPPERS MORE FUN THANA PILLOW FIGHT
>>223917804>WARNING: Ground beneath Crocodile Mile and all slip and slides remains just as hard as ground. Jumping face first results in exact same experience as with ground. That's all they needed to say.
>>223919192Agree w/ bothI asked for this as a kid for Christmas because I saw the commercials for it. got it. Instantly realized the commercials make it look action packed, but irl it's just a basic board game with a gimmick. I think my sister and I took turns rolling the boulder down it but never actually played it.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uv2-aVEkhu0
>>223919609>Ms
>>223915069Hot Shotz by Milton Bradley was a prime example of this. The commercial looked BADASS. The real thing barely amounted to more than hungry hungry hippos + mini skeeball. I had a poor friend whose dad used to be pretty handy with building stuff, and I remember he built an at-home version of Hot Shotz out of wood, springs, a spoon for the ball-launcher, and some other shit. It played pretty much EXACTLY the same as the $50 storebought version. True genius- level redneck engineering
>>223918289My review of this game is only four words. >Shit From The Pit
What was the game where you had a little plastic crocodile, and you and your friends would have to put your weiners in its mouth and see who got chomped while Eric's dad filmed it
>>223918974That's it Buster! No more military aid!
>>223919983I feel like I had this same one but with a different name.
None of you fags could ever take me in Boggle.
>I've got my EYE out for YOU!https://youtu.be/O5RlMVxIEMc?is=-MNjn8yHbt_CFXQD
>>223917804Crocodile Mile was actually a big improvement on slip n slide. Slip n slide endings were kind of anticlimatic. You either sort of petered out before the end, or if you had a good slide and made it to the end and cleared the slide, you were essentially punished because you just ended up sliding on hard grass and dirt. Crocodile mile added the splash pool, which was rewarding.Still do not understand the branding though. Why are you knowingly sliding into the crocodile if it's dangerous? Makes it like you are supposed to stop before the crocodile so you don't get eaten and die? But that's lame. Why discourage going into the splash pool/?
>>223920260Studies show that kids love crocodiles
>CALL ME REX!!!!Still one of my all-time favorite board games as a kid.
>>223920260>Why are you knowingly sliding into the crocodile if it's dangerous? Makes it like you are supposed to stop before the crocodile so you don't get eaten and die? But that's lame. Why discourage going into the splash pool/?I thought you were sliding past the crocodiles then making it to the safe zone via the little ramp so you had to run fast to blow past them then hit the ramp to hit a safe part of the lake so it encouraged kids to to just run at full speed
>>223920260I never liked Slip n Slide or any of its variants because our yard was bumpy as shit
>grandma hooks you the FUCK UP one birthday.
>>223916594Bulletball, Bulletball, that's a Bulletball
>>223920260>Still do not understand the branding though. Why are you knowingly sliding into the crocodile if it's dangerous?Why was the television show not Quiet and Reserved Kids instead of Wild and Crazy Kids? I blame that show for an entire lost generation
>>223918312STOP!!!The anon who is about to make a post is BANISHED TO THE BLACK HOLE until they make a post ending in a 4.
>>223917870You are a dork if you think discussing tv and film is fine but not podcast.
>>223919609Bravo on your wordplay.
>>223920014Good on your friend for not getting ripped off. Hopefully it.transferred to success in life.
>>223921132I never knew this used to be a real thing, I only ever saw the cheap knock off versions of it
>>223920229Isnt that what Peggy hill was a competitor on?
I BEEN DREAMIN'DREAMIN' BOUT MY DREAM PHONE
>>223921405Rollin
>>223915343ITS MOUSE TRAP!
>>223921132I actually had these for a birthday. Played it once and then never again. Spent my youth finding those fish in the oddest places. Also, the star board with marbles.
>>223915875>My sister played Skip ItMy elementary school had a whole bunch of these they would break out for recess or PE. They were pretty fun.
THE VORTEX MEGA HOWLERFEEL THE POWER
>>223920191Damn, chill man...
>>223917632balls > darts
>>223921799How many kids got their ankles smacked with the heavy part swinging around.
>>223921132What the fuck. How dare you unlock a core memory like that without my permission.
>>223914617>Yo, yo, Piraka!>Yo, yo, Piraka!
>Looks way more fun than it isSay no more
>>223922074>he couldn't default the living graffiti and got the razzkwabhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WN1Dus_0Bwk
>>223914617I never got Electronic Talking Battleship as a kid. Was it as cool as the commercials made it out to be?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aETUv9YITbE
>>223914991I disagree. As long as you had that friend who you could bully into looking for all the lost metal balls that shot all over the room, it was a blast
>Draw two. >Draw FOUR.>...Suffer.
The all in one equivalent of a Fisher-Price version of dick and ball torture. Even came with snacks.
>>223917804As a child I would often urinate in the reservoir and watch other children immerse themselves in it like Baron Harkonnen.
4 me it was Stef Stuntpiloot
>>223922716Based lunatic.
>>223922727Did you pretend to be a carnival barker as well? Saw some video of some european kid doing that.
>>223922744I'm acoustic but not like these two (I assume you saw this one)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb0-7XOYDxg
The steps were bullshit
>>223922796Yeah, thats the exact one! Good for them though, its no worse than the figurines and board games people get into.
>>223922602My Mom got me this for my birthday when it came out, and immediately I threw around the playdough grapes (which were of course all became lost) so we could never play the game. It was money right down the drain, and we were poor too. I've felt guilty about it all these years later and never got to apologize.
>>223922944Im pretty sure the thought is what counts and you have made it up since then.
WEAPONS!AND WARRIORS!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7mFOk9urb0
>>223922944I played with mine a bit. I had alot of great board games, but they were always at my moms house and I wasn't allowed to bring them to my dads where I spent the weekdays. Mom's was in a different city. Occasionally I could get a game with my sister or mother, but I enjoyed games like W&W and Dark World so you can guess why they didn't play them.
>>223922981>>223922998Thank you both, these comments genuinely helped me.
