#the toys that made us

[pinazee]

I love that the origin of TMNT was just one artist trying to make another artist laugh. Its so poetically beautiful

[fabuloustrash05]

Hi! Highly recommend watching the tmnt episode of 'the toys that made us'. I just watched it and it's such a sweet and thorough explanation of the history of tmnt!😊

I'm way ahead of you my friend. I watched that entire documentary series when it first came out and the TMNT EP was the first one I watched. I also recommend checking out The Movies That Made Us, another fun little documentary series.

My favorite part of that documentary that I still laugh at on rewatch is when they explained why the Turtles don't have tails in their current designs and it's because in toy form where the tail is place and its size, it looks like their... well...

[raphaelesbian]

💀💀💀 the way the TMNT episode of "the toys that made us" ends with them saying they think Rise will be the biggest turtles yet.... I'm so sorry, guys, I promise it was really good idk what happened. Irl dramatic irony

[spinnaker1509]

So with the Barbie movie coming out, I need more people to watch the Barbie episode of The Toys That Made Us on Netflix.

It’s got everything;

The OG Boss Ass Bitches who are all ninety year old women and who are all still absolutely cutthroat

Sex addiction

Incest kinda? (Barbie and Ken are named after one of the creators two children. Like you create Barbie for your daughter cool, you create a boyfriend for Barbie, and name it after your son? Interesting)

Drug addiction

Embezzlement

Rivalry

Lawsuits

The fall of Bratz Dollz (who remembers those??)

And so much more. As an interesting anecdote, they said that at her peak popularity in I think the 70s, the average girl had 7-8 Barbie’s. Which led my dear sweet husband, who knows I am a recovering Spoiled Rotten Only Child, to ask me how many I had.

I had more than the average.

Like. A. Lot. More.

Anyways, please go watch at least that episode, and if you feel so inclined, the GI Joe episode, because those two departments were the bitterest rivals at Mattel and it’s really funny. If the movie is half as insane as the true story behind Barbie’s creation, it’s going to be a R I D E.

[capncarrot]

Coming Soon – The Toys That Made Us (Seasons 4 & 5)

[brutalgamer]

SDCC '24: Nacelle Company surprises fans with the return of The Toys That Made Us

A modern icon and a heck of a lot of fun, The Toys That Made Us is coming back to explore more classic toys of yesteryear.

[chloesimaginationthings]

Yall ever think about how Nightmare bb is canon in FNAF

[bingingbarbiepodcast]

Bonus Episode - Barbie: The Toys that Made Us

We’re diving into the history of Barbie by talking about the Barbie episode of the documentary series The Toys that Made Us. And be sure to stick around till the end of the episode for a special unboxing segment!

[wuekka]

Surprised myself with The Toys that made us and The movies that made us becoming a little like my comfort media, I want new episodes of these both...

[amarriageoftrueminds]

cannot stop thinking about an AU where Bucky gets the same treatment as Steve (ie. serumed and vitarayed.)

So he shoots up to 6' 8" or something ridiculous and is built like a brick shithouse. To everyone else he's almost Too Big, but to Steve it's just like being small again while Bucky is ...Large, and Steve is permanently flustered about it. 😳🥺

[audino-moved]

my transparent edit of an audino figure . ♡

[fisheito]

Remember when yaku just showed up in the snowy mountains with his custom snake oven mitts , ready to make wilderness soup

[raphaelesbian]

Watching the TMNT episode of "the toys that made us" and it fr threw me off when Rob Paulson started talking. Like that's just his actual voice, he's 2012 Donatello (/87 Raph), which isn't weird or anything but it just surprised me lol. I love voice actors.

[dolcegbaby]

[nvandraw]

they should let the kity swear (tumblr is probably gonna kill the quality)

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