What was the grossest toy for mainly boys in the 1980s?

I don't remember there being any gross toys in the 80s. :(

I don't remember there being any gross toys in the 80s. :(


You don’t remember anything on the poll that was around from 1985 to 1988?

I never had any of the toys you listed when I was a kid. All of my toys were pretty and fun and whimsical in the 80s. 

I never had any of the toys you listed when I was a kid. All of my toys were pretty and fun and whimsical in the 80s.


Where were you when the Garbage Pail Kids took off in the mid 80s? Still playing with Cabbage Patch Kids?

Where were you when the Garbage Pail Kids took off in the mid 80s? Still playing with Cabbage Patch Kids?


I didn't like them. I was more into Jem and The Holograms than CPKs. And Garbage Pail Kids? Horrible. I didn't like them at all.

I didn't like them. I was more into Jem and The Holograms than CPKs. And Garbage Pail Kids? Which corner of heck did those come from? Horrible. I didn't like them at all.


My mother wouldn’t allow me to collect them after a pack because they were too gross. Other kids at school had binders and sticker albums of them.

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Wacky Wallwalkers

Where were you when the Garbage Pail Kids took off in the mid 80s? Still playing with Cabbage Patch Kids?



I still have my well most of them, the collection of GBK trading cards from 1986-1987, I also have my Michael Jackson trading cards as well.

I still have my well most of them, the collection of GBK trading cards from 1986-1987, I also have my Michael Jackson trading cards as well.


I knew people who would take bike rides to 7-11 after school to pick up a fresh new pack of Garbage Pail Kids. Of course, they would get doubles and triples of certain characters. That’s what I loved about GBK — some characters would be renamed. So, you had the same illustration on the card, but a different name to the character.

I'm pretty sure I had almost all the Madballs - even the big American football one. They weren't that gross really.

I voted for Garbage Pail Kids - I had a few trading cards.

Never heard of the rest on that list lol.


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I knew people who would take bike rides to 7-11 after school to pick up a fresh new pack of Garbage Pail Kids. Of course, they would get doubles and triples of certain characters. That’s what I loved about GBK — some characters would be renamed. So, you had the same illustration on the card, but a different name to the character.



Back in the days I would go my local candy store and pick up a pack of them, I think a pack was 50 cents, I think?

Back in the days I would go my local candy store and pick up a pack of them, I think a pack was 50 cents, I think?


What was the grossest cards you had? For me, it was Messy Tessy Barfing Barbara.

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What was the grossest cards you had? For me, it was Messy Tessy Barfing Barbara.

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There were ones where one of the kids were picking his/her nose or vomiting.

There were ones where one of the kids were picking his/her nose or vomiting.


You had Explorin’ Norman?

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You had Explorin’ Norman?

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I think I had Leaky Lindsey but this was in a series of cards I owned.

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I think I had Leaky Lindsey but this was in a series of cards I owned.


Did you have any sets?

Did you have any sets?


They are stored in a box, They were from 1986 and 1987.

They are stored in a box, They were from 1986 and 1987.


What did you think of the Garbage Pail Kids movie from 1987?

What did you think of the Garbage Pail Kids movie from 1987?


I don't remember if I saw it or not but I heard from reviews that it was a terrible film.

I think I was too young to pay much attention to these things if I wanted too

I don't remember if I saw it or not but I heard from reviews that it was a terrible film.


The Garbage Pail Kids movie was The Muppet Movie meets the Topps Garbage Pail Kids trading card identifications with Sean Astin’s brother from The Facts of Life in it. The Garbage Pail Kids movie was on the level as The Masters of the Universe film from the same year. So bad it’s good.

The Garbage Pail Kids movie was The Muppet Movie meets the Topps Garbage Pail Kids trading card identifications with Sean Astin’s brother from The Facts of Life in it. The Garbage Pail Kids movie was on the level as The Masters of the Universe film from the same year. So bad it’s good.


So did you like it or not?

So did you like it or not?


I thought it was good cheesy 80s fun.

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What is that a picture of?

What is that a picture of?


Those baseball looking ugly gross faces we used to play around with.

Those baseball looking ugly gross faces we used to play around with.


What was the name of them? Can you remember?

What was the name of them? Can you remember?



Were they called Madballs?

Were they called Madballs?


I was asking you. Are they Madballs? There was a wide range of Madballs knock-offs in the late 80s like the ‘Bonkers! Ugly Ball’ and Monster Heads by Trendmasters.

I was asking you. Are they Madballs? There was a wide range of Madballs knock-offs in the late 80s like the ‘Bonkers! Ugly Ball’ and Monster Heads by Trendmasters.


It's been so long I can't remember.

It's been so long I can't remember.


Do they look like any of the ones here:

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Do they look like any of the ones here:

https://i.redd.it/moptdwx0qupz.jpg


Yes I think so.

Yes I think so.


Then, it was most likely a Madball.

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How about these kits where you created disgusting things and you ate them afterwards?

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How about these kits where you created disgusting things and you ate them afterwards?


Doctor Dreadful was late 90s. In the mid to late 80s, there was the now forgotten Mad Scientist and the monster kits came in specially marked cereals:

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Mad Scientist was like putting a magic grow dinosaur in water, but with different colors and materials to make your monster. The end result was a squishy monster figurine. Very cool to say the least.