(Epic) Episode 3: Childhood Toys, Part 2 of 2

Joel and Marc look back at the and the epic toys that shaped their childhoods. They talk about the toys that made them jealous, mad, and the ones they always wanted, but never had.

Hosts: Marc Cabot and Joel Richard.

Background

This is the second half of the episode. You can find the first half Here

Epic Words of Wisdom
“Growing up, I didn’t have a lot of toys, and personal entertainment depended on individual ingenuity and imagination – think up a story and go live it for an afternoon.”
Terry Brooks, Author

Items covered in this episode:

Slinky
- Official Homepage (I think)
Super-Soakers
- Official Homepage
- Super Soaker Ad from 1991:[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYFma2IDwak]
Rock’em Sock’em Robots
- Classic Commercial[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xV7cx4cQOuU]
R/C Cars
- Tyco R/C Hovercraft[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJa6eUpxNyM]
Lego
- Offical Homepage
Meccano
- Official Homepage
TMNT Toys
- Took some searching, but I found this video of the technodrome toy. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yw9Lp0KeKKM]
Power Wheels
- Classic Commercial[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpvf_4EB0ug]
Rubik’s Cube
- Official Homepage
- 1980 Commercial [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcYqApvg4Bc]
- A Rubik’s cube solving robot made out of lego and driven by an Android operating system. Can you get any more epic than this?[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d0LfkIut2M]
Teddy Ruxpin
- Cartoon Intro[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW5_PqSdI1I]
- In case your feeling really nostalgic.. Here’s a link to Episode 1
- The commercial I was talking about.[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJiVsH30VlM]