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Toys Were Us episodes
- Episode 94: Twister (Not The Bill Paxton Movie)
This week we go right hand red into the history of a board game that made us the pieces.
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30 min - Episode 93: Ch Ch Ch Chia
This week we tend to a topic that we are all fully aware of. A pet that didn't really care if you killed it. The Chia Pet!
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43 min - Episode 92: Littlest Pet Shop (Of Horrors)
This week, in the first episode of several with a guest co-host, we talk about the history of the teeny tiny littlest collectible pets, The Littlest Pet Shop!
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1 hr 15 min - Episode 91: Paging Mr. Herman (The Story of Pee Wee)
This week we get wacky, with Pee Wee Herman. Hear the story on how a comedic man child became an instant legend.
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51 min - Episode 90: No One Ever Asks "How's Waldo?"
This week we become amateur sleuths and dig up the history on a man that is hard to find. Waldo!
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41 min - Episode 89: Is It Worth It? Let Me Nerf It (Nerf part 1)
This week we take a look into a company with an ultimatum: It's Nerf or Nothin!
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17 min - Episode 88: Nintendoes What Nintendidn't (Nintendo Part 2)
This week we pick back up where we left off last month, with Nintendo on the verge of change as they welcomed Shigeru Miyamoto to the company.
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44 min - Episode 87: Homeward Bound And Back Again, That's The Sailors Way
CONTENT WARNING: DEATH OF AN ANIMAL! 27:00-29:35
This week, we take an incredible journey to the untamed wildness of rural Canada as three domesticated animals are hellbent to make it Homeward Bound.Support the show
59 min - Episode 86: Under The Bridge (To Terabithia)
This week, we keep our minds wide open, as we discuss the history of a children's book that opened the door to early childhood trauma.
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29 min - Episode 85: Are We Human? Or Are We Skydancers?
This week we spin the history of a toyline for girls that caused literal ribs to break. Untold damage. And the power to save a company. Skydancers.
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About Toys Were Us
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There is an undeniable fact in life: Toys have always been a part of growing up. They were the first thing we coveted. They were the vehicles for our imagination, our first friends, our baby sitters.…
There is no better shade of nostalgia than reminiscing on the toys that made us who we are.Every week we give an insight on a specific toy. Its rise. Its fall. Its impact.This is Toys Were Us