Shark Toys! (Inspired by the Jaws Films: 1970s and 1980s): The Toys Aquatic Part 5
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- Опубліковано 23 лип 2024
- In this summer episode of The Little Things, we fearfully gaze into the waters that contain....SHARKS! Shark Toys, that is. Shark toys, and even marine life toys altogether, went though a golden age in the late 1970s and early 1980s due to the phenomenal success of the Jaws film franchise. The films led to the production of ALOT of shark toys and shark themed merchandise, some directly connected to the films, others just tapping into a booming market. It was a good time to be into sharks. But even now, with the popularity of Discovery Channel's Shark Week, which is celebrating its 35th season, (and all the merchandise associated with it) sharks continue to be a large part, and a true icon, of summertime. Get ready to dive in and swim like h3$@ to shore!
Thanks to:
Plaid Stallions (Brick Mantooth)
The Jaws Collector
Music: The Scavengers by Hayden Folker
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I still remember how I used to have so many rubber plastic shark toys as a child after watching a lot of shark films like Jaws and Deep Blue Sea
Rubber sharks and Jiggler skeletons a staple New Jersey boardwalk souvenir
Alligator is one of my favorite creature features. The movie was based on the urban legend about sewer gators.
Alligator was a fun monster film back in the day. It didn't seem to take itself too seriously. Thanks for the comment!
*6:41* Ah, this brings back memories. I had the lighter one with those grooved fins.
That guy was everywhere. I remember going to a Seafood Restaurant in the small town I lived in as a kid and they had that one in a net on a wall, along with a plastic toy lobster. You never knew where that rubber shark would show up! Thanks for watching.
Im pretty sure I had a version of the 2nd Chemtoy shark. It was perfect for eating up my Star Wars action figures.
I believe that was its speciality. It was the best at what it did, but what it did wasn't very nice. Not nice to 3.25 inch action figures, that is. I hated when they would get stuck inside it. A great toy that brings back some great memories. Thanks for watching!
Any time I turn something on and the beginning is narrated by Jacque Cousteau, I know it's going to be epic.
I miss Jacque. I remember many summers watching PBS specials with that guy.
This may more akin to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles the Jaws. But when I was a kid in the 90s there was this line of toys called Street Sharks which of course was about a team of sharks that were superheroes.
I remember those! Vin Diesel did toy adds for those figs. They were part of the 2nd wave of Animal-Men that was brought about by TMNT in the Late 1980s and really hit its stride in the early 1990s. That line deserves some attention too. Thanks for the comment!
@@thelittlethings3309 you're welcome
I still have the fisher price shark boat with the shark that my mum got me when I was in hospital in about 82-3? She had to bribe me with it as I refused to wear a dress (gown) during my stay cos I was a boy ha. All the fisher price stuff I had was so good yet it’s not remembered so well, the fire star, shuttle, alpha unit, adventure van and submarine kept me quiet for countless hours
Those Fisher Price Adventure People toys were some of the best toys from that time period. They were great on their own merits, but they also played well with most other toy lines from that time too. Heck, for a Fisher Price shark set, I might have donned a dazzling ball gown. Well, maybe if they threw in the octopus and diver set 😁. I am glad I never had to find out. Thanks for watching!
@@thelittlethings3309 yeah, I did actually get the octopus and helicopter set a year or two later, I always found it funny fisher price was actually owned by Quaker Oats ha
my dad bought me this jaws chem toy its the other version he bought it online