The first Harry Potter film hit theaters in 2001. And we are ready for it, this is one of Brandon’s favourite 2000’s toys. It seems it is only a matter of time before we get Generation 3 of the wildly popular series. In 2012, Lego began developing the Generation 2 series, which was on the market from 2015 to 2016. Where Bionicle was different than your regular Lego pieces was this series had a back story told across many different mediums (film, television, comic books, video games, merchandise) creating a franchise that fans could feel an attachment to.Īnd it worked! Lego saw massive profit surges due to the popularity of the franchise.Īnd though the series was announced to be ending in 2010, the break did not last long. Bionicle by Lego (2000)Īs one of Lego’s highest selling properties, Bionicle was all the craze in the early 2000s. Oh, and these all spawned from an original toy by the same company called the Poo-Chi. With MANY iterations of the canine themed robotic eyesore, including variations to its appearance, color, “personality” and built in speakers.Īnd if you’re not a dog person, they also had the iCat, iFish, iPenguin, and iTurtle. However, the iDog did not lie down easily. This one felt momentary and like something that would get a chuckle when you open it up on Christmas, and maybe never see it again. It had LED lights in its head and it would dance. you plug in a music device, and the dog will react to the music. The first made by Sega Toys.Įssentially, they were dog shaped music visualizers. There were several iterations of the robotic iDog In the 2000s. i-Dog (2005)Īnother dog, but this one is innocent and dry. Check out this USA Today article about the Aqua Dots debacle. Speaking of cases… one family won a lawsuit against the company for about half a million dollars for the medical damage it did to their child. Unfortunately for them that was not the case. Needless to say, Aqua Dots were voluntarily pulled from shelves, and the manufacturer prayed that the memory of them would disappear into obscurity. A little compound made notorious for being involuntarily ingested while on dates.Īnd it turned out GHB wasn’t good for kids either. What did that specific chemical agent do when ingested, you ask? Well, it created Gamma-hydroxybutyrate. The thing about that is that the Chinese manufacturer of the tiny liquid filled dots actually filled them with a chemical agent not prescribed by the inventor of the toy. Well, the Aqua Dots did, in fact, have something added to them. Which is never really a good thing.īut companies do typically warn against this, and even go as far as to create deterrents (such as adding a bitter tasting coating to their toys). Just one small problem with the Aqua Dots… not an uncommon problem with children’s toys… kids were eating them. I remember going to the store with my young cousin and him begging our grandma to buy some. Insanely popular for their short lived time on the market. Little colorful dots filled with liquid that you can arrange into pictures. Kids love smashing stuff into other stuff, so these were par for the course I guess and had to be added to this 2000s toys list! 12. With a wide variety of designs, players can try to play strategically and focus on attack, defense, stamina, or balance. These are essentially weaponized spinning tops that kids are intended to sling at eachother. Originally released in Japan in 1999, it made its official debut in the west in 2002. Beyblade (2002)Īlright, so this one barely made the cut. Oddly popular, but that’s kind of how a lot of these children’s toy crazes work, isn’t it? 13. If your friend had a set you did not, you needed it. Perhaps their appeal being that they were so easily lost and thought of as disposable, so you always need more.īut kids loved em. Their distribution was a bit sparse in the early 2000s, but by 2009, they were all the craze. cooler! Why? Cause they are shaped like stuff. Oh, and when it gets really excited, it will lick you with its wet tongue. I mean, if that sentence doesn’t tell you everything you need to know, I’ll take you further down the rabbit hole. they could pick up Playmates Toys Inc’s “Love ‘n Licks Puppy”. Let’s kick this list off with a weird one.įor parents who didn’t want to buy their kids a real puppy.
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