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- Booster Pack 3: We're Doing Stuff, Lori. Thangs
Just a few updates around the camp here at Toys Were Us.
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4 min - Episode 32: Baby, You're A Firework
There would be no childhood without the annual tradition of watching things be blown to smithereens. But what exactly brought fireworks to life? This week we answer that, and sit in awe of just how far we've come in terms of size and scale.
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1 hr 14 min - Episode 31: Etch A Sketch Me Like One Of Your French Girls
This week we dial in the knobs on the history of a toy that allowed you draw all the nonsense you wanted, without getting in trouble for marking up the walls.
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35 min - Episode 30: You Got A Friend In Me (The Toy Story Story)
This week we open up the toy box to see what it took to make our toys come to life. Along the way we find out just what PIXAR means and how Steve Jobs saved Toy Story.
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1 hr 39 min - Episode 29: It's Raining Ken (Pride Month 2019)
This week we discuss the history of a Gay icon that was made accidentally, Earring Magic Ken. We also go over two true Gay icon doll.
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41 min - Episode 28: Thanks For The Free Parking (The Story Of Monopoly)
This week we discuss the hidden history of a game that all made us just absolutely cut throat, ruthless landlords.
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51 min - Toys Were Us Presents: Toy Soldiers (Boy Tell Em)
In a bonus episode that I didn't want to go to waste, we discuss the history of toy soldiers.
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52 min - Episode 27: Get A Clue
This week we open the little envelope to give you the who what where and how behind Clue/Cluedo.
Make sure to listen to the multiple endings featuring The Black Case Diaries. The Media Obscura. Dem Fancy Dinosaurs. And The He Said She Said Podcast.
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1 hr 28 min - Episode 26: Clifford The Big Red Dog
This week we dig up the dirt (spoiler there isn't it any) on the goodest biggest reddest boy, Clifford the Big Red Dog.
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1 hr 1 min - Episode 25: Crazy Bones (Thugs N Harmony)
This week we discuss the history of a toy that caused many playground brawls. We never shot dice, we tossed them Crazy Bones.
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About Toys Were Us
From the publisher's feed
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