Recreating a Banned Toy from the 1980s

So, I was kinda into Popballs as a kid! What was your favourite childhood toy? Join the electrosync team on Patreon: www.patreon.com/electrosync

Banned in the 80s? These were given as prizes in cereals when I was a kid (circa 2005-ish)

+1 for Peter Fish. That dude was very cool about things.

So great that Peter was kind enough to help you on your journey.

Kiwi here. I remember these too. Like most childhood possessions, you don't always appreciate how cool things were until it's impossible to get back. Boy did this take me back. And Peter is a G

Peter Fish is one cool dude. And I'm surprised the original rubber one still worked after 30 years!

I once had the bright idea of using a pop ball to roll some dice. It shot them into the air with sufficient force to smash the glass lightshade at my cousin's house. Good times.

Its eye opening how much work and genuine invention went into developing and creation of such "simple thing" a rubber that pops. Not only pops good, but is also durable enough to hold for half a century. And to think that we are unable to recreate 100% what our parents did many decades ago, thats humbling.

would never imagine recreating a little rubber half circle would be such a challenge but your ability to problem solve and never give up is very inspiring

Ok never knew you were supposed to throw these... we just set them on the floor and watched haha

9:30 the disrespect of that beetle that shat on your print bed had me rolling

Marbles were banned because of gambling?! For us they were banned because some genius threw a king marble at another kid's head and fractured their skull. Parallel universes I guess.

Yes! The black one with the duck on it jumped the most, that thing was amazing, you brought me back sweet memories I forgot to have. Thank you maestro, ¡Grande! :hands-yellow-heart-red::stayhome:

"marbles were banned because kids were starting up a gambling racket!."had me laughing of my chair.😄

Recreus Industries: "we made the most elastic and flexible filament on the market for professionals" Electrosync: "I printed a Popball!"

These were my favorite childhood toy that wasn't an rc car or video game. I do remember that once we started getting low quality import ones they didn't hold their shape while inside out for long enough to do anything. The older ones were the best, and you never knew when they would go, but once they did, KABOOM!

It's quite wonderful to see someone passionate enough about something so simple that you reached out to the original creator of Popballs and were kind enough to return the original back to him. I enjoyed everything about this video.

A frequent cry from adults when I was a kid a long time ago was 'Don't play with that, it'll have your eye out.' This tended to apply to conkers, anything with elastic bands (a popular home-made skipping device), over-fuzzy plushies (!), the corners of books, five-stones and jacks especially the bouncy jacks ball, anything given away free in comics, those plastic submarines you put baking powder inside to play with in the bath, lucky bag lollies and drinking straws. Barbie's predecessor, Tressy, - 'her hair grows' was her UPS - came with a whole stash of accessories, all of them destined to cause near- fatal injuries.

Man if I was in the original creator's position I'd really enjoy watching this video, seems like a real good dude.

What a nice video to watch with all the nice camera shots, the music, the narration - you nailed it! I think mr. Fish going through same processes to create the toy in the first place. I hope he is proud of you!