#flying minds

[wittlebat]

❀ 2004 Flying Minds PBS Kids Cyberchase Digit Plush Toy ❀

[vikenticomeshome]

Flying Minds - The Defunct Cyberchase Merch Empire (part 1)

So, I fell down a bit of a rabbit hole recently. I started looking into a long-defunct company called Flying Minds that had an association with Cyberchase. It all started when I was looking at my DVD of Ecohaven CSE and found this.

Calling all Cyberchase fans... For your exclusive Cyberchase download, check out www.flyingminds.com

Limited Time offer!

Promo Code VID05

There were some free downloadable items available on the actual pbskids.org website back in the day. There were a few downloadable flash-based screensavers and a calculator voiced by Bianca. These have been preserved on the Flashpoint Archive. However, I have no idea what this exclusive download from flyingminds.com would have been. I would be very curious if it was still circulating today. Unfortunately, it seems very unlikely that it would have been preserved by WayBack Machine archives, since you needed to put in a promotional code to get it.

Regardless, I started looking into the archives of the flyingminds website to see what they had to do with Cyberchase. It turned out that they sold a bunch of Cyberchase-branded products back in the day. Before I get to that though, I figure I should set the scene for what Cyberchase merch looks like today. Here is the official PBS kids store.

It's mostly clothing. We can see shirts, hoodies, baseball caps, and a tote bag. We can see some stuff themed after the 20th anniversary of the show, while other stuff is more generic. I've seen the exact same catalogue on a site called merchmake, so perhaps this is who the current show-runners contracted the merch out to.

I also found some more baggage on a site called personalized planet. While this isn't the official PBS Kids store, I'm pretty sure this is legitimate.

I'm only including stuff that I believe is official. I'm not talking about Etsy here, since that tends to be unofficial fan-works. I'm also not talking about Redbubble, since its so infamous for art theft.

So, that's about it for official Cyberchase merch in the present day. There's not very much of it. However, if wind the clock back to 2005 when Flying Minds was active, things were very different. They had a partnership with Thirteen/WNET New York to bring out a much wider variety of Cyberchase merchandise. Let me show you through Wayback Machine archives. Unfortunately, much of their catalog photos were not archived, but I'll see what I can do to supplement. I think the best place to start here is with Flying Minds's own explanation as to what they were doing with Cyberchase.

Begin

What is Flying Minds? Established in October 2004, Flying Minds is a partnership between C&T Ventures and Thirteen/WNET New York working together to bring you cool, innovative products that will engage your children in a world of fun learning. Flying Minds has teamed up with Thirteen/WNET's acclaimed children's program, Cyberchase, to be your online store for Cyberchase gear, including school supplies, apparel, games and toys. As co-producer of this award-winning show, we are very proud to be a part of the Cyberchase family and will continue to work closely with the creators of the program to bring you exclusive products for many years to come.

In keeping with our mission to provide "Cool Stuff for Clever Kids" (and adults too), Flying Minds is committed to making your visit to our site an enjoyable experience. To this end, we will continue to develop and seek out quality products, activities and services (both fun and educational) that meet our demanding standards. Whether through information to help kids learn about financial literacy or a loyalty program where kids and adults can spend or save points, our goal is to grow Flying Minds into a company that provides an interactive and entertaining experience for our customers.

Most importantly, your purchases at www.flyingminds.com help to support Cyberchase and Public Television. For cool activities and to learn more about Cyberchase, visit www.pbskidsgo.org/Cyberchase/.

End

Most archives I have found of the site are from 2005. Unfortunately, it seems that Flying Minds didn't last very long after all. I know that some of their Cyberchase products are considered collector's items now, and they can get expensive.

Their most famous product is the sole official Cyberchase plush toy, Digit. He's my co-producer for this Tumblr blog.

Let's see what we can gather from the remnants of their site.

The first section on the list is "School Supplies" This was originally two pages, but it seems like only the first page of this section was archived at all. Even then, the pictures from the first page have not been saved.

Just to be clear, the Digit plush that I have is not a backpack. I have only ever seen one size of this plush, so the listing for a "Digit Le Boid Plush Backpack with Accessories" is a bit confusing to me. I haven't seen any vintage Cyberchase backpacks or water bottles floating around either.

I did see a Worthpoint listing for a prior eBay sale of a pencil case, mechanical pencil, and stickers. The pencil case had Flying Minds branding on the back, so it looks like we can fill in that blank. It may have been part of the prizes for either the 2004 or 2005 Cyberchase Online Contests as well.

The next section to look at is the "Toys & Games" section. Once again, only the first page has been archived at all, and all of the images are missing.

So, they talk about a clock with a stop watch, which they also refer to as a keychain. I haven't seen this exact item, but I have seen a Worthpoint listing for another vintage Cyberchase keychain.

I also found a Worthpoint listing for that collector tin with 2 packs of playing cards, so we can document that.

We've already talked about the famous Digit plush. I haven't seen any pictures of the "Super Cyber 100-Piece Floor Puzzle".

Next, we can look at the "Party Supplies" section. There are only two items in here.

I was able to source a picture from pintrest showing an eBay listing for some Cyberchase party supplies. I assume these are the same ones that were sold through Flying Minds, as it was listed as a party set for 8.

I can see napkins, stickers, plates, cups, and hats. I think I also see placemats (middle right), cards (bottom middle), wrapping paper (top right), and some sort of cardboard hanging decorations (bottom right).

Next, we can move on to the "Apparel" section. This is yet another section where only the first page was captured and the images were lost.

Once again, we have those backpacks that I wasn't able to source. photos for. However, I was able to source photos from an eBay listing for the "Cyberchase Bad Guys Baseball Cap"

Next, we get to look at the "DVDs, CDs, and VHS" section. Unfortunately, this section's original proud 4 pages have been cut down to a single page of entries with their pictures missing.

Thankfully, these four DVDs are pretty well-circulated these days, so they aren't mysterious.

The other half of site is marked as "Math and Money". However, it is a mixture of items that are branded Cyberchase and items that are not branded as Cyberchase, so I will go through them.

First, we have "Math and Money - Games".

I actually figured out what "Moneywise Kid$" is, as the website for the developer, Strom Mfg., showcases the box.

PayDay was a money-management board game that was originally released in 1974. With that in mind, I believe that Flying Minds would have been selling the 30th anniversary edition in 2004-2005.

"Buy It RIght" was probably this board game version from 2002.

This was probably what they were talking about with "Flip 4".

We can move on to "Toys & Banks". Unfrotunately, I don't think contains the amazing bank that Slider assembled for "The Snelfu Snafu"

I was able to find the Moonjar Classic Moneybox on Moonjar's website.

The other items have such generic names that I won't be able to provide a definite answer.

Continued in part 2, as I hit the image limit.

[onehundredthousandflies]

Gideon, about Reid: I have created the perfect FBI profiler

Hotch: Fucked up a perfectly good child prodigy is what you did. Look at it. It's on drugs

[just-null]

Do you ever do requests? If so, do you ever plan on drawing some Yandere with the Hantengu clones? :D hope you have a good day/night!!!

Mentioning an unfamiliar name

yes!! I love yanderes.. and these guys.. these guys are such good material...... nods nods..

I'm not sure about requests..I assume you mean drawing requests? I suppose if it REALLY catches my interest enough, I'd do it, but it'd probably just be line art/sketches.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

The musical episode.

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[thecmaly]

fair trade

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more windbreaker comics

[cheesemushrooms]

Hermesias- I didn't write text bc I can't write to save my life so have fun with ur own hcs lol :3

School has been making me suffer so I've had wayy less time to draw

[kaisentine]

i was binge watching blue lock edits on tiktok and it kept showing ryusae and uhm! DID SAE ACTUALLY GIVE RYUUSEI HIs NUMBER AFTER HE SHOWERED 😭😭😭

long distance relationship with sae… (japan n spain)

itoshi sae knew it was a bad idea giving that little devil his number. but it wasn’t actually his number because he accidentally dialed your number instead. probably because he’s entered it more times than he has his but it’s only for the reason that he’s always at after parties for a game or because his manager forced him into attending for publicity (which he legit did not need) and he forgets to charge his own phone that just so happens to die all the time so he has to use a friend’s or another person’s phone to call you to reassure you he’s doing alright.

he’s done it so much it just became a natural response.

random day in the week at 17:00, you start receiving random and very concerning messages from an unknown number. first you thought it was a scam but then you realize it wasn’t through the way the number started texting you irregular things that scam bots would not normally send unless they would want to have romantic human relations.

UNKNOWN NUMBER : omg u actually gave me ur number

UNKNOWN NUMBER : let’s meet up some time 😍 i got da money for a flight

UNKNOWN NUMBER : or u do, whichever

UNKNOWN NUMBER : call me devil boy one more time please

UNKNOWN NUMBER : boi y aren’t u responding u legit gave me ur number to just ghost me?

UNKNOWN NUMBER : u player, it’s cool ig bc i have my own tricks

UNKNOWN NUMBER : also u have ur read receipts on

you : hi who is this and why are you texting my number?

UNKNOWN NUMBER : BRO im shidou ryuusei? did you just forget or what…

you : sorry, i think you have the wrong number

UNKNOWN NUMBER : but u gave it to me dafuq

UNKNOWN NUMBER : ok wait u aren’t joking. shi mbmb (not mb) thought this was itoshi sae 🤤

you stare blankly at your phone, it’s hard to believe sae gave some guy you remember seeing play on the U-20 team with him your number. to play it safe, you leave this shidou guy on read and open your messages with your boyfriend.

you : did you give the blonde guy your phone number

sae <3 : i did

sae <3 : why?

you : someone messaged me

sae <3 : send

you : 🤨

you : [1 image attached]

sae <3 : .

sae <3 : number now

you : stop how’d he get my number though

sae <3 : i think i gave him your number by accident, sorry

sae <3 : number, please

you : ###########

[maedictus]

Tinúviel was dancing there to music of a pipe unseen. And light of stars was in her hair and in her raiment, glimmering.

[post-it-notes7]

Any details on that “one time fluke” Star warrior ping?? I only have one guess and very little confidence in it haha

Of all the mirrorworld reflections, there's only one who, if plopped down next to the remaining star warriors, would actually register as one themselves.

Not that he exactly... knows it.

[sashiavi]

Thinking Shane Thoughts.. as per usual~

Accidental "I love yous" with my hubby wubby ♡

°•○....○•°

You're just a fling. A one night stand turned into countless evenings. A thing to help him unwind, check his temper and just let loose. Heck, Shane doesn't even know if he could call you 'friends with benefits' cause Yoba knows if you were even his friend in the first place.

But God. Look at you.

Look at you with those gorgeous tits bouncing with every thrust of his hips, the skin of your thighs rippling after every clap of his own. Plap, plap, plap against that puffy little pussy, droolin' for him, suckin' him in, taking the chubby swell of his cock so sweetly- it was enough to make a grown man bawl.

He was already babbling those dirty degrading words. Dumb and stupid on his cock, yeah? Takin' him in so nicely? It's all you're good for, Huh. Take it. Fucken take it.

He couldn't help it, really- the words just slipped out of his mouth, drooled off of his tongue all choked and gravelly. With clenched molars and a quick, heavy few fucks into your cunt his throat dares to utter a filthy "I. Fucken'. Love. You." Gritty and hissed between his teeth, punctuated with his hips.

Yoba- He has to save himself, spew out a few more praises to cover his ass; Love this cunt, love that stupid face, love how you take his cock- But he can't.

Not when you whine and squeak like that, legs wrapped snugly around his hips, thighs squishing tighter than before, ankles locked on his back. Not when your arms loops around his neck, or when your nails dig and scratch lovingly into his hair- Yoba, twirling and tugging, petting, caressing. Especially not when you pull him down into a sloppy kiss, whimpering babbling 'Love You toos- Love you mores' into his lips while your hips hump pathetically back into his bullying thrusts.

Fuck.

He loves you so much.

[onehundredthousandflies]

JJ: *studiously going over case files, listening to instrumental music, very focused*

Emily: *upside down in her office chair* Do you think the stars have feelings?

[cosmicmenacee]

i adore how cubfan can simultaneously be the most endearing and the most terrifying person to ever exist

[inherited-by-ocelot]

I had to stop drawing this for a couple of days because it was making me mad but I’m back at it guys

I have also discovered that the best way to photograph graphite is in low light (no shit Sherlock)

[oldbutchdanielcraig]

daniel was so enthralled and delighted seeing louis' fangs, was fascinated with the knowledge that armand can read minds, that it stands to reason he would go balls to the wall insane to find out armand can fly. in the 70s he'd ask armand to do it all the time and armand would always do it so daniel would cheer for him and get all excited again. so in dubai in 2022 when armand is revealing himself as the ancient vampire and not the servant boy, i like to think he was like "well, there's one surefire way to make sure this reveal makes daniel's eyes bug out and makes him freak out and go crazy and realize how cool and hot and powerful i am." and then he just. starts fucking flying

[formerlyfandy]

PLEASE IM NOT AS UP TO DATE ON MISC. EPIC CAST CONTENT BUT CAN SOMEONE TELL ME IF THE HARBINGERS/FLYING SNAKES THMBLR COMMUNITY HAS SEEN THIS.

https://www.instagram.com/share/BASH-805b3

(video version)

LIKE YOURE GONNA LOOK AT ME AND TELL ME THIS ISNT BADICALLY JUST CANON NOW