Seems the cubs are watching vintage Nickelodeon ads on YouTube (I thought only Millenials did that?). Let's see what they think...
ANNOUNCER: "These are empty shopping carts. Nickelodeon, Toy R Us and Cap'n Crunch are giving someone five minutes to fill them with toys---and keep it all! And it could be you!"
MUBBA: "That looks so fun!"
GENE: "Right! The 1980s were so cool! If we could go back in time, we'd totally win the toy run!"
TASLI: "We'd rule the neighborhood---we'd have all the best and coolest stuff!"
MUBBA: "Like Easy-Bakes and Ponies and Trolls and Popples and..."
[Gene and Tasli are very displeased]
MUBBA (backtracking): "Uh, I meant Nerf Guns and action figures, Hot wheels and sports stuff!"
[Gene and Tasli display approval]
MUBBA: "...And a My Buddy Doll!"
MUBBA (realizing): "Oof! Uh, for target practice, of course!"
At the beginning of the ad, one can see Wuzzles plushies on the shelf (lower right). At the very end of the ad, you'll see a mountain of toys. Near the top is a Puzzle Popple and (what seems to be) a Pancake Popple backback. :3
If the link doesn't work, just think Cabbage Patch for boys. If that's too ambiguous, just thing stuffed doll of a human boy for homeschooled children with no friends. If that still isn't a sufficient description, just think Child's Play (1988): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094862/
Anyway...
If I (a 42 y/o man with hindsight) won the toy run, I'd make it a point to visit the store I'd be running though. I'd spend an hour or three just creepily walking through it until I felt confident that no matter where I started, I'd know how to get to X-location to X-location. You may want the Lego, but if it's too far from other things, just rule it out entirely (two good aisles in a line beat four in respective corners).
You plan a route, then walk it several times. Leave a while, come back, then walk it again at the close of the day---make darn sure you know where you're going.
Say I decided the aisles with the best stuff were aisles 1, 3, 4, 7 and 9. I'd memorize those numbers. It's not necessary to recall what's on each, just remember the numbers: '1-3-4-7-9'.
On the big day, you wear shorts and running shoes. Do not fill yourself with food; stretch and warm up beforehand.
When the game starts, you beeline to either 1 or 9---whichever is FARTHEST from the starting point (you'll have more wind to run at the beginning).
You. Do. Not. Look. Left; You. Do. Not. Look. Right. You did your searching the day before; you now have tunnel vision---you do not care about any aisle other than 1, 3, 4, 7, and 9. Just beeline from one pre-chosen aisle to the next. You'll know what to get from each respective aisle. Again, no looking left or right---you'll only ponder and fumble if you do (every second counts).
Do not arrange the cart; don't try to avoid grabbing multiples of the same toy---just get the damn cart filled (if your cart isn't full and there's an empty one next to you: ditch the old and grab the new)!
Alas, no kid thinks like this ...unless they're really, really scary! D:
Pencil...
The featured pencil is the 'Consumer' from Ruwe Pencil Co. The 'Consumer' is a thick-core pencil for marking boxes, etc., and it seems to be a fairly obscure pencil. I've been unable to find another and, as of writing, Bob Truby doesn't have one in his pencil museum: https://brandnamepencils.com/
BONUS SECTION!
...Because this is the last comic to feature a hidden popple, let's enjoy more Popples posts from Reddit!
"My dad got me this doll when I was 8 years old, can't believe it's been 32 years. My dad got me the Chucky movie a month later. My buddy scared the shit out of me after that movie"
"I had a popple and lost it at school and cried on the way home and sang “somewhere out there” to it gazing out the car window"
"My mom would buy me toys from time to time, but for some unexplained reason, she drew a HARD line at Popples"
"Me and my sister had popples. We would turn them into balls and throw them at each other"
"I had the blue one. I never knew how I got it, either"
"I can turn my head and see the orange one from where I'm sitting right now"
I got an easy bake oven in 1985, the cookies I put in it then are about done now, does anyone want one?
Aaah yesteryear, when a boy who picked ponies would merely be ridiculed by his friends until he conformed, instead of being drawn into the world of politics.
I got an easy bake oven in 1985, the cookies I put in it then are about done now, does anyone want o
I was tempted, while making the video, to pretend like I was picking the ants with my hand, and make chewing noises as my hand went off camera each time ...but I figured the content was pushing it already. ;)
I was tempted, while making the video, to pretend like I was picking the ants with my hand, and make
Sweet sissy Mubba must be protected at all costs! So that he neither conforms to masculine stereotypes nor is made to believe he is a girl because he doesnt!
#Sissy boy rights!
Sweet sissy Mubba must be protected at all costs! So that he neither conforms to masculine stereotyp
Oh man, I loved those things when I was young. Seeing the little winners of contests freaking out while they tried to fill their baskets with all the goodies before time ran out. Those were the good old days. Too bad we can't go back or mimic the stuff of yesteryear for today's youths. Oh well.
Mubba, you be you. Like wearing pink, it takes a man to love girly stuff. Plus, when it comes down to it when it matters the most, you'll get a lot of love when it comes to the female side. Let Gene and Tasli be envious.
Oh man, I loved those things when I was young. Seeing the little winners of contests freaking out wh
There's a raw taping of a STR on YT somewhere. The winner was a little girl who I swear had no idea what she was doing. She was 'shopping' and arranging her cart. It was actually painful to watch! XD
I've a number of pink shirts, as well some floral ones. I've a nice Nick Hilton tie with butterflies, too. lol No shame at all. :3
There's a raw taping of a STR on YT somewhere. The winner was a little girl who I swear had no idea
There's always an aspect of me where I WISH I could have experienced the 1980's. Or heck, even the 90's. As I was born in the 90's, and raised in the 2000's. But then there's that aspect where I question "Should I have? Probably not, for more reasons than one"......Lol. Who knows. As each decade has their pros and cons.
There's always an aspect of me where I WISH I could have experienced the 1980's. Or heck, even the 9
I could go back to those days, but the internet has very likely done something irreversible to my mind; I'm unsure how soon I could readjust to a world without it. Moreover, I was a child then ...and none of us are the same people we were during childhood. Those little boys, in a way, are dead. At the very least, they are timelocked: they will never know the 2020s, and we will never know the 80s 90s as we are.
I could go back to those days, but the internet has very likely done something irreversible to my mi
Oh my god yeah, I certainly don't miss those days of Dial-Up internet lmao. I DO miss the simpleness of websites back in those days, but yeah the speeds of the internet back then......Yeah I don't miss that lol. And as much as there were faster internet options, it costed you an arm & a leg. And then some lmao.
And oh yeah......Unfortunately, no. I'm definitely not the same boy I used to be. At least, in regards of physical appearance, health and energy. Not saying it's bad, but I used to have SO much more energy when I was younger. These days, it's something I lack more than ever. But personality wise, I'm still the same little boy. Just as an adult lol. And I intend on that, indefinitely.
Oh my god yeah, I certainly don't miss those days of Dial-Up internet lmao. I DO miss the simpleness
I somehow dodged dial-up. My first experience with the internet was sometime in 2002 or 2003, at the public library. I could use it for only 30 minutes a day there, but I couldn't afford a computer at the time. Luckily, I learned the local college had a computer cluster ...so I just conducted myself as if I belonged there and used their computers for hours at a time. ^_^ I did that until around 2007 or so, when I'd finally earned enough for a computer. :3
So mortal and finite! D:
I somehow dodged dial-up. My first experience with the internet was sometime in 2002 or 2003, at the
In one way or another, I've had internet my whole life actually. Even before I was born my parents had internet lol. BUT, eventually, my parents split up. So whenever I was at my mother's, she always had dial-up. But my dad on the other hand, had LAN at his place. So he had the fast internet. But I wasn't always allowed to use his computer lol. Since I was so young. And I actually broke it once.....Lol.
And we also never had any decent/newer computers back in those days. When everyone had Windows the new & great Windows XP and Vista, for a while we were all stuck with Windows 98 lmao. In fact, my computers always either ran Windows 98, or Windows ME. I never got a Windows XP (or newer) machine until around 2009 when I was 9 (turning 10) years old lol. My point being, is we didn't need fast internet for our old computers back then lmao
In one way or another, I've had internet my whole life actually. Even before I was born my parents h
Oh boy, a Mac. Lol I can't stress to you how MANY times I've BEGGED my parents to get me an apple computer......A MacBook, to be precise lol. But again, we didn't have the money to even buy a PC back in the day. We just worked with what we had. So yeah, there was definitely ZERO chance in me (or anyone in the family) getting an Apple machine lol. Then, or now more the less. As the price tags on those are insane.
If I EVER had the opportunity to buy a decent Apple computer or laptop, I absolutely would in a heartbeat. As Mac has a few things I could use, that Windows doesn't have lol. And I would definitely take advantage of that. But the only way that might happen, is if I EVER got one free. Or at a discount lol
Oh boy, a Mac. Lol I can't stress to you how MANY times I've BEGGED my parents to get me an apple co
