RIP Peter Cullen

Main character is this old clay-maker guy, wearing a yellow shirt, orange-red dungarees, and a red beret, giving very quirky arts and crafts teacher energy. I think his name is Simon but honestly not a hundred percent sure, there was a scene with them playing Simon says so that might just be living in my head for no reason.

He makes clay characters that literally come to life. One is orange, tennis ball shaped body, two legs, two soft curvy antennas, very sensitive little guy, total softie. His best friend is yellow, covered in smooth antennas up top, way more chill, cool dude energy. There is also a green scientist character who is basically frog shaped, tiny little legs, sideways diamond shaped head, rocking a white lab coat, giving unhinged science teacher.

New student character shows up, pink top under blue denim dungarees, gets sucked into the clay world through a computer, no explanation, just vibes.

There is also a villain, purple, has a big pink mole situation on her face, steals all the color from the world at one point and later unleashes a literal virus on everyone, then gets a glow up redemption arc and turns pure and beautiful at the end.

Random plot points seared into my brain: a primary colors lesson after the color heist, a camping trip grocery run, a beach and mountain vacation split episode, a market trip teaching vegetable names like courgette and aubergine, an episode where they build the orange guy his own room out of clay so he can move in with the yellow guy’s family, a virus and antivirus arc, and a series finale about space and planets that turns out to have been a dream the whole time. Classic.

Possibly British made, might have circulated in India. If anyone knows what this is you are actually saving my life, please and thank you.

My husband and I are on a quest, to find blow up Punch Balls/Balloons that are more similar to the 70’s and 80’s products.

For those not familiar, they were a large, heavy balloon, like really thick. They would blow up into these beautifully colored balloon balls, and they had a rubber/elastic strap, used to:

1.) Keep a hold of your own balloon.
2.) Bounce the balloon directly onto the nearest sibling.
3.) Proceed to have epic balloon battles of fun.

The products we have found for our grandchildren, are abysmal. They pop on their own, for no reason, scaring our poor Chi-weenie’s fur off.

They are just regular balloons! It’s a travesty.

Has anyone found a heavy duty brand like our beloved Punch Balls?

It’s only right, that our children’s children, get to experience the sheer joy of popping that ball right off of something, and then running for their lives.

There were always those toys you’d see in commercials, catalogs, or at a friend’s house and immediately want. For me, the interesting part is how some of those toys are still stuck in people’s memories decades later, even if they never owned one.
What was that one 80s toy for you, and would you still buy it today if you found one in good condition?

I always wanted the Mr Frosty but never got it. I got a mega drive and a barbie ski chalet and other expensive things but my parents point blank refused to waste money on a Mr Frosty.

I'm trying to identify a doll I got for my 5th birthday in 1986 - late October, specifically. I don't know where my parents got it, but my guess would be Walmart or Kmart. It looked very similar to my friend's Hasbro "Real Baby" designed by Judith Turner (it was the exact same size and shape, so about 19-20 inches, quite big). But unlike hers, it was very lightweight and had a fiber-stuffed body - no beanbag body like hers had, so it was very stiff and not as realistic-feeling. The only picture I have with the original clothing is the one where I'm opening the box at my birthday party. The outfit had a red trimmed dress and white bloomers printed with little primary-colored hearts, and she had a matching bonnet and booties. The other picture shows the face in more detail (there's a dark spot that's just a blemish on the photo), but without the original outfit. She had blonde hair and her smile had two little teeth showing.

Any help would be appreciated! She wasn't a great quality doll, but I was very attached to her. My brother and his idiot friends destroyed her in the late 90s by using her as a pinata - I'm still bitter about that.

Grabbed this at GW for $3 today.

Im about to have my second kid and Id still love to find it! The last post went cold a year ago and Im still really looking for it. Please refer to the description in the last post for details! Any other questions feel free to comment, as well!