Truly exceptional. I laughed often and loudly, John. I love how much time, work and attention you put into something so ridiculous. That’s my approach to Sea-Monkeys as well … take something seemingly silly and treat it with great importance. That was their inventor, Harold Braunhut’s, approach as well. We’re also dealing with living creatures here which is far less frivolous. A huge congratulations to the winner … and to you for such an outstanding video. 🏆🏆🏆
Cheers Tod! Glad to hear you enjoyed the video and all of my silly jokes. It was a lot of work but I'm happy with how it turned out in the end. Thanks again for your insight into these kits; it's not easy finding reliable information about them so you've been an invaluable resource for the research behind this video 🙏
"Unfortunately I don't think my mates would be too keen if I sent them a text asking if they wanted to come over and race sea monkeys" dude if a friend of mine asked if I wanted to come over and race sea monkeys I'd be over there in a snap, I think you need more supportive friends lol.
My mom had one of these or at least one similar in the 80s, and she always brings up the devastating story about a time when she was trying to transfer her sea monkeys to the track. Basically while doing so she knocked over her sea monkey tank, killing all of them in the process. So interesting to actually see one working after hearing about it for so long!
Oh wow! Yeah these race tracks have been around for quite a while, and transporting the Sea-Monkeys can definitely be a little tricky. Glad to hear you enjoyed the video :)
Love the commentary. Since learning about the existence of the raceway, I'd been curious how it would actually work. I agree that it's pretty ridiculous, but fun as well.
To be honest I'm surprised that it does work so well. Once you get a soft current flowing consistently they swim up the track pretty quickly! Perhaps I need to find a way to add in some additional obstacles to make it more challenging for them 🤔
I feel like this would have been an awesome drinking game in college. I'm kind of surprised you were able to buy it for a $200. I would have thought it would go for more.
😂 It would definitely make an amazing drinking game. I should take bets next time I do this lol. I have a feeling next time one of these kits come up for sale it’ll probably go for quite a bit - the demand for vintage Sea-Monkey items seem to be growing a fair bit at the moment
Make it an annual race. Keep the winners in a separate tank. Create the speediest sea monkeys around. Also what would happen if you left a little food at the end?
I love this idea! If the video does well I'll definitely make another one next year :D I'll also be doing some TikTok/IG Reel videos about the raceway over the next week too, Regarding adding in food - it wouldn't really change anything. Sea Monkeys are passive filter-feeders, so unfortunately they're not motivated by food
@@pico-cosmos Not only make it annual (maybe even monthly) but make more elaborate tracks eventually like in the marble races on UA-cam also eventually you can race a race sea monkey and regular sea monkey to see if there's any meaningful difference for fun. I didn't realize there were passive feeders I thought they'd swim towards the food rather than truly randomly.
@@MalcadorTheSigilite Oo that's such a great idea! I've never even thought about making my own custom tracks but that would be a lot of fun. I'll make some Tiktoks later this week and see how they go :D
You commentary is glorious and I laughed hard enough to start crying. I'd absolutely love to have a yearly race if you've considered it. Heck, the red coloring algae from another video could also help distinguish the the racers. And we could all place bets or something. I dunno, this is adorable and I love this product and your review of it
I bought one of these in late 80s, early 90s from the Sea Monkey Mail thing... It was pretty cheap, oh the memories!! I remember my mom spending like $50 bucks on all this stuff back then, which was alot lol
this is so wacky I did not expect such a product HAHA It makes me wonder though, are there any 3D printed Sea Monkey sets that are like games as well similar to this
I remember one of my friends had this and the sea monkey that lost she would take out of the water to let die so she would only have generations of fast sea monkeys i remember i cried hearing about her killing them
They really could sell anything to us Millennial babies, huh? 😂 Just curious, what did this kit say to do with the starter sachets? Surprising that they didn't include a tank, but provided the means to start a new colony!
I always hear people talk about enrichment with their pets, so perhaps you could look at it as enrichment for your sea monkeys? Who'd have thought that this product would find its audience many years later? 😂
I would love to have an aerating pipette. I've looked around but don't seem to have the right terminology. I know that the antique aqualeashes have the aeration attachment. Do you know what a replacement could be called or have a link? 🤔
Bro just forced a pregnant sea lady to race then gave her alcohol, what kind of show are you running here???? (For real though I did love this and found it fascinating in its own right!)
@@pico-cosmos I talked to you in the Facebook group about mine and mine was the sea monkeys on Mars but I have had them for a few weeks I have seen like one or two babies swimming around which I think was from one of the dead female ones because she had eggs but I have 2 or 3 adults and I don't know If I should take out the dead ones or not.
@@krossmellow9434 You can remove the dead ones if you want to, but it doesn't matter too much either way. Have you watched my video titled 'how to keep your Sea Monkeys alive' ? If you follow my advice in that your tank should do much better :)
@@pico-cosmos Yeah I watched that before but I just watched it again and I think possibly they don't have enough light so I moved them closer to the light from my window and I think there is not enough algae growing but my name is John as well. 🙂
At first, I must admit I felt a little sad for the sea monkeys for being used like a toy but then I realised perhaps they enjoy the race too than being just trapped in a tank. It looks like a fun game for both parties.
This video is everything lol. Obsessed with the pit stop, and the art is awesome - Tod is a legend. Wow I'm feeling pumped up. The race was intense and the winner has inspired me to believe in myself 🏆
@@pico-cosmos Exactly. Me too. I just bought a Sea Monkeys set from Smyths. I'm 25 and I design complex sensor networks for a living... And now I'm thinking of making an all in one, USB powered lights+airpump+water heater for these little aquariums.
Loved this video! I really like your sense of humour and attention to detail! 😄 If your friends won't come over to race sea-monkeys, you need new friends! 😂
I never expected to find this channel on a sick night, you interested me in some of the sea monkey cultures lol, you do great on editing, comentating, and getting me hooked with something that I always saw at a dollar store and always thinking it was fake, again keep up the great work!!
Cool to see this in action again. I had a racetrack as a kid and it was a challenge to get them to race, but a fun concept even so. Thanks. Entertaining racing commentary.
I remember those being stacked in the discount bin. I guess that's why they're scarce now....people didn't buy them at all back then. Pretty expensive gimmick back then.
Oh wow that’s really interesting to hear. I had no idea they had poor sales, though it’s not all that surprising considering how small the demographic for this product would’ve been
Yay you posted the video on the race track! Definitely one of my favorite videos so far, I love how you show off all of these rare kits so my curiosity can finally be put at bay on how this kits worked. I have been dreaming of someone posting a video of this kit in action in HD. I love how cool these kits are thought, they are so fascinating! I also love how you do all of the history on these kits too, I really hope you get the attention you deserve! Keep going and I know you will grow! P.S. Thanks to you, I have started my own sea monkey colony!
Thanks mate! Really appreciate the comment :) to be honest I feel the same way - I'd been so curious about this product for yeeeears but was always bothered that there weren't any decent videos about it on UA-cam. Channel growth is going well so far, slow but steady. It's been much easier to get followers on TikTok & IG, but I'm sure the UA-cam subscribers will come eventually 🤞 Awesome to hear you've decided to start a Sea-Monkey colony! Which tank did you decide to go with?
It's weird to see that sea monke males are just like human males, myself included. After all, who had NOT tried mating with a part of a race track track at least once in their life as a male? Ah yes, genetica automata superior 😂
When I saw the title I was worried it might be a launcher of some kind 😅 happy to know no one is launching sea monkeys across the room. Idk why that was my first thought
the females cheat by pooping their mass away, while that males just circle the starting pole going "How you doin'?" talk about a one tracked mind 😜 this was very entertaining, and made me laugh a lot more then I care to admit 😅
You know, I'm glad my little child hands never got ahold of one of these. 100% would have lost some sea monkeys in transit, and would still feel awful lmao
You should link up all the sets so they can freely explore it all like a town an find out if they will go to these sets for fun of there own accord an we can slowly watch a population of creatures train themselves to love there prison
Due to how relatively quick the life cycles are couldn't you select for the fastest ones and in a year of selectively choosing the breeding stock have the lightning mcqueen of seamonkeys? Who knows you might actually be able to get a male that runs the track instead of attempting to mate with it!
This is so cool, I did think at the start that they'd probably be confused and go backwards and forwards - its so clever that it is designed with their love of swimming upstream in mind
If your mates aren't thrilled by the idea of coming to race seamonkeys with you then you need new mates.
Truly exceptional. I laughed often and loudly, John. I love how much time, work and attention you put into something so ridiculous. That’s my approach to Sea-Monkeys as well … take something seemingly silly and treat it with great importance. That was their inventor, Harold Braunhut’s, approach as well. We’re also dealing with living creatures here which is far less frivolous. A huge congratulations to the winner … and to you for such an outstanding video. 🏆🏆🏆
Cheers Tod! Glad to hear you enjoyed the video and all of my silly jokes. It was a lot of work but I'm happy with how it turned out in the end. Thanks again for your insight into these kits; it's not easy finding reliable information about them so you've been an invaluable resource for the research behind this video 🙏
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"Unfortunately I don't think my mates would be too keen if I sent them a text asking if they wanted to come over and race sea monkeys" dude if a friend of mine asked if I wanted to come over and race sea monkeys I'd be over there in a snap, I think you need more supportive friends lol.
“They dont seem to know whats going on, but are having a blast nonetheless”
Same brine shrimp, same
😂😂
My mom had one of these or at least one similar in the 80s, and she always brings up the devastating story about a time when she was trying to transfer her sea monkeys to the track. Basically while doing so she knocked over her sea monkey tank, killing all of them in the process. So interesting to actually see one working after hearing about it for so long!
Oh wow! Yeah these race tracks have been around for quite a while, and transporting the Sea-Monkeys can definitely be a little tricky. Glad to hear you enjoyed the video :)
Love the commentary. Since learning about the existence of the raceway, I'd been curious how it would actually work. I agree that it's pretty ridiculous, but fun as well.
To be honest I'm surprised that it does work so well. Once you get a soft current flowing consistently they swim up the track pretty quickly! Perhaps I need to find a way to add in some additional obstacles to make it more challenging for them 🤔
You gotta be a kid once in a while and honestly,raising sea monkeys is fun.
I feel like this would have been an awesome drinking game in college. I'm kind of surprised you were able to buy it for a $200. I would have thought it would go for more.
😂 It would definitely make an amazing drinking game. I should take bets next time I do this lol. I have a feeling next time one of these kits come up for sale it’ll probably go for quite a bit - the demand for vintage Sea-Monkey items seem to be growing a fair bit at the moment
Watching sea monkey races on a Monday morning! What a great way to start my work week!
Haha glad you enjoyed it!
this would make an awesome drinking game, put one sea monkey in each track and whoever sea monkey wins gets to take a shot.
This is the best video 🎉❤️
Hahaha that’s actually a great idea. Might try that out for the next speedway video
Make it an annual race. Keep the winners in a separate tank. Create the speediest sea monkeys around.
Also what would happen if you left a little food at the end?
I love this idea! If the video does well I'll definitely make another one next year :D I'll also be doing some TikTok/IG Reel videos about the raceway over the next week too,
Regarding adding in food - it wouldn't really change anything. Sea Monkeys are passive filter-feeders, so unfortunately they're not motivated by food
@@pico-cosmos Not only make it annual (maybe even monthly) but make more elaborate tracks eventually like in the marble races on UA-cam also eventually you can race a race sea monkey and regular sea monkey to see if there's any meaningful difference for fun.
I didn't realize there were passive feeders I thought they'd swim towards the food rather than truly randomly.
@@MalcadorTheSigilite Oo that's such a great idea! I've never even thought about making my own custom tracks but that would be a lot of fun. I'll make some Tiktoks later this week and see how they go :D
Racing Sea Monkeys sounds like a Post Apocalypse pass time, like they are dyed different colors and you bet on what color would win.
You commentary is glorious and I laughed hard enough to start crying. I'd absolutely love to have a yearly race if you've considered it. Heck, the red coloring algae from another video could also help distinguish the the racers. And we could all place bets or something.
I dunno, this is adorable and I love this product and your review of it
Yo this was dope bro I enjoyed watching them race lol you should do more
Excellent! Especially the reason behind the race! John IS the Artemia Daddy!
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I bought one of these in late 80s, early 90s from the Sea Monkey Mail thing... It was pretty cheap, oh the memories!! I remember my mom spending like $50 bucks on all this stuff back then, which was alot lol
Tod seems like a good bloke
Eh wassup dude I’m gonna be getting my first sea monkeys after raising brine shrimp for a while I will try sea monkeys now
Nice! Which tank are you planing on using?
@@pico-cosmos the ocean zoo
this is so wacky I did not expect such a product HAHA
It makes me wonder though, are there any 3D printed Sea Monkey sets that are like games as well similar to this
I doubt any exist but it's actually a great idea! I'd say 3D printing something like this would be really easy
It was funny when he was trying to mate with the plastic thing
I thought you’d had to put them in a tiny car filled with water then you’d had push a button that pushes water forward, that’d be so f*cked up🤣
$200 for a couple bits of plastic,stickers and brings shrimp, that's commitment 👍😂😍
I would love to see the sea monkey kit with the pirate ship... or the black and gold executive kit
I have the executive kit! Still need to find a pirate ship set though
I remember one of my friends had this and the sea monkey that lost she would take out of the water to let die so she would only have generations of fast sea monkeys i remember i cried hearing about her killing them
They really could sell anything to us Millennial babies, huh? 😂
Just curious, what did this kit say to do with the starter sachets? Surprising that they didn't include a tank, but provided the means to start a new colony!
Think they just gave regular general instructions for starting a tank. Maybe I should try raising Sea-Monkeys in the racetrack 😂
Awesome video!
Thanks :) this one took me aaaages to make so I'm glad you enjoyed it 😅
Hey John, would 3d printed material such as PLA or ABS safe for sea monkeys? Just wondering for my custom decor..
No idea, plastics are usually fine though 👌 give it a go and see what happens!
How do you tell the males from the females? Flippers and Fins?
the females are larger than the males
I always hear people talk about enrichment with their pets, so perhaps you could look at it as enrichment for your sea monkeys? Who'd have thought that this product would find its audience many years later? 😂
Picocosmos I love your videos can you do round 2 with a different animal?
Oo what kinda animals?
BTW, the clips are used to connect the two tracks together.
Awesome
Only let the winners breed. Continue the cycle. Create an alpha sea monkey lineage. Certify and breed them like a kennel. ???. Profit.
I would love to have an aerating pipette. I've looked around but don't seem to have the right terminology. I know that the antique aqualeashes have the aeration attachment. Do you know what a replacement could be called or have a link? 🤔
Hey Lisa, sorry for the late reply on this. I believe you can purchase them through the Sea-Monkey website :)
Why am I watching this at 5am?
Lol the internet takes you to weird places early in the morning
Seamonkeys used to flog some shit 😂😂😂
It would be fun with the mates with a little beer and a little gambling bet on your favorite sea monkey
Where do they go or happens to them when they do die?
mad as toast
Bro just forced a pregnant sea lady to race then gave her alcohol, what kind of show are you running here????
(For real though I did love this and found it fascinating in its own right!)
Nice video
She pooped? Weight reduction! Pro racer for sure.
I’m shocked how many sets there are
Lol it doesn’t stop. I still have so many more tank review videos to make
If it's on Ebay,it's not a new product,it's a very old one.Or else it would be available at Walmart's.
Kind of sounds like Pokémon.
Hi John
A lot of mine died 😢
I’m sorry to hear that :/ how long did you have the colony going for?
@@pico-cosmos I talked to you in the Facebook group about mine and mine was the sea monkeys on Mars but I have had them for a few weeks I have seen like one or two babies swimming around which I think was from one of the dead female ones because she had eggs but I have 2 or 3 adults and I don't know If I should take out the dead ones or not.
@@krossmellow9434 You can remove the dead ones if you want to, but it doesn't matter too much either way. Have you watched my video titled 'how to keep your Sea Monkeys alive' ? If you follow my advice in that your tank should do much better :)
@@pico-cosmos Yeah I watched that before but I just watched it again and I think possibly they don't have enough light so I moved them closer to the light from my window and I think there is not enough algae growing but my name is John as well. 🙂
@@krossmellow9434 Keeping the tank warm and using an airline will definitely help a lot as well :) Good luck on your Sea-Monkey journey John!
south park season 6 episode 7 titled:sea people
Who should I root for?
The males are definitely the underdogs when it comes to racing. The females just seem a lot stronger
Then you need better mates..... Id be there like that
where is the race outfit for the monkey?
Hahah now that would be cool!
Animal cruelty
this is mad
I kept giggling at your deadpan delivery of "she's pooped" and how the racers were pregnant. This was so fun and such a clever kit!
Lol this video was really fun to make. I think I'll do a round 2 next year
Happy to hear! It was a blast to watch. Maybe stick some young triops in there, lol
@@robotortoise Haha that could be cool! I'm not sure if Triops have the same instinct to swim upstream though
At first, I must admit I felt a little sad for the sea monkeys for being used like a toy but then I realised perhaps they enjoy the race too than being just trapped in a tank. It looks like a fun game for both parties.
I dunno how you do it but you somehow manage to make sea monkeys kit reviews incredibly interesting
Lol I'm just glad people find them as interesting as I do
This video is everything lol. Obsessed with the pit stop, and the art is awesome - Tod is a legend.
Wow I'm feeling pumped up. The race was intense and the winner has inspired me to believe in myself 🏆
😂 Haha thanks Steph! always appreciate you supporting the channel, especially with super weird videos like this one
@@pico-cosmos always here for the weird and wacky 👌🏻
"they don't really seem to know what's going on, but I'm sure they're having a blast nonetheless"
Don't we all?
😂😂 very true. I’m just a big kid pretending to be an adult 90% of the time
@@pico-cosmos Exactly. Me too. I just bought a Sea Monkeys set from Smyths. I'm 25 and I design complex sensor networks for a living...
And now I'm thinking of making an all in one, USB powered lights+airpump+water heater for these little aquariums.
@@o0julek0o 😍 do it! That would be amazing!
Loved this video! I really like your sense of humour and attention to detail! 😄 If your friends won't come over to race sea-monkeys, you need new friends! 😂
Thanks :D I'm glad you appreciate my terrible jokes lol My friends definitely don't approve of my Sea Monkey hobby 😂
@@pico-cosmos they're clearly not as cool as us then 😎😂
@@fizzy965 😂💯
I never expected to find this channel on a sick night, you interested me in some of the sea monkey cultures lol, you do great on editing, comentating, and getting me hooked with something that I always saw at a dollar store and always thinking it was fake, again keep up the great work!!
Thanks! I'm glad you're enjoying the videos and thanks for supporting the channel :)
Cool to see this in action again. I had a racetrack as a kid and it was a challenge to get them to race, but a fun concept even so. Thanks. Entertaining racing commentary.
Thanks mate! Hope this video helped you to relive your childhood a bit :)
I remember those being stacked in the discount bin. I guess that's why they're scarce now....people didn't buy them at all back then. Pretty expensive gimmick back then.
Oh wow that’s really interesting to hear. I had no idea they had poor sales, though it’s not all that surprising considering how small the demographic for this product would’ve been
please show us another race. this was exhilarating!
I'll make another racing video next year :)
@@pico-cosmos yay :)
The winner doing back flips though
Yay you posted the video on the race track! Definitely one of my favorite videos so far, I love how you show off all of these rare kits so my curiosity can finally be put at bay on how this kits worked. I have been dreaming of someone posting a video of this kit in action in HD. I love how cool these kits are thought, they are so fascinating! I also love how you do all of the history on these kits too, I really hope you get the attention you deserve! Keep going and I know you will grow!
P.S. Thanks to you, I have started my own sea monkey colony!
Thanks mate! Really appreciate the comment :) to be honest I feel the same way - I'd been so curious about this product for yeeeears but was always bothered that there weren't any decent videos about it on UA-cam. Channel growth is going well so far, slow but steady. It's been much easier to get followers on TikTok & IG, but I'm sure the UA-cam subscribers will come eventually 🤞
Awesome to hear you've decided to start a Sea-Monkey colony! Which tank did you decide to go with?
@Artemia Daddy I got the Sea-Monkeys Ocean Volcano in my favored color, red.
@@mrchicken6566 Nice! That's my favourite of the modern tank designs :D
It's weird to see that sea monke males are just like human males, myself included. After all, who had NOT tried mating with a part of a race track track at least once in their life as a male?
Ah yes, genetica automata superior 😂
This was actually wonderful. The commentary was hilarious. 😂
Thanks Keira :)
Hahah she's doing backflips when she won!
Yeah its adorable
idk why I've been watching so much sea monkey content, but I dig it, brine shrimp are really neat lil creatures.
Racing Fuel!!😂😂😂 If you ain't mixing gas you ain't spanking ass!
Name the champion Stella it would fit her lol
lol alright Stella it is 🌟
When I saw the title I was worried it might be a launcher of some kind 😅 happy to know no one is launching sea monkeys across the room.
Idk why that was my first thought
😂😂 yeh that definitely wouldn’t end well for the Sea-Monkeys
the females cheat by pooping their mass away, while that males just circle the starting pole going "How you doin'?"
talk about a one tracked mind 😜
this was very entertaining, and made me laugh a lot more then I care to admit 😅
I have to admit ,that was COOL ,you have got me hooked on raising sea monkeys.Hopefully someday I’ll be as good as you are .thank you 🌊🐒🕊️🦅✌️
For those ppl that are all ahh no you're hurting them most ppl feed them to there fish so at least there staying alive
You know, I'm glad my little child hands never got ahold of one of these. 100% would have lost some sea monkeys in transit, and would still feel awful lmao
You should link up all the sets so they can freely explore it all like a town an find out if they will go to these sets for fun of there own accord an we can slowly watch a population of creatures train themselves to love there prison
I always wanted the speedway as a kid. But I never could get my parents to buy it for me.
Due to how relatively quick the life cycles are couldn't you select for the fastest ones and in a year of selectively choosing the breeding stock have the lightning mcqueen of seamonkeys?
Who knows you might actually be able to get a male that runs the track instead of attempting to mate with it!
Remember that Sea People and Seamen create a Seaciety.
Terrific video!
Cheers Brian! Glad you enjoyed it mate :)
i like see mokies
This is so cool, I did think at the start that they'd probably be confused and go backwards and forwards - its so clever that it is designed with their love of swimming upstream in mind
I'd love to see you use a 3-D printer to make your own custom tanks.
I don’t think you can 3D print clear plastic though?
I've always wondered what the hell is a sea monkey anyway?
Brine Shrimp!
Do they know it's a race or do they just swim for the fun of it?
They swim upstream. Sea-Monkeys are waaaaaaaaaay too stupid to understand the concept of a race lol
Wait, what was the fuel packet for?
It was just extra water for the Sea-Monkeys to race in. I think it might’ve also had some blue dye for extra fun
I love when UA-cam algorithm presents to me niche hobbies.
hello female sea monkey that pooped in the fiinal round!!!! i am your biggest fan!!!!!!!!
Love ya videos john
Thanks :)
oh god..god bless those males they had no idea XD
Haha yeh the males are terrible recers
you are amazing!!
My daughter is begging me for this for her sea monkeys. I think they could make some money on this if they re release it.😂
I would love them to, but sadly I don’t think it will happen 🙃 the closest we’d get is a 3D print
@@pico-cosmos My child has now watched this video over 10 times. LOL Thanks for responding.
I’m currently working on a similar video for the Sea-Monkey racetrack from Moose Toys
ARTEMIA RACE ARTEMIA RACE ARTEMIA RACEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Bet u could make one cheaper
Yeah you could probably 3D print one of these tracks! Definitely a cool idea
@@pico-cosmos what other instant pets are there and do they work on these things
Why is the current so weak and unnoticeable yet I see it?
Everything about this is so perfectly branded. It's so ridiculous in all the right ways.
Good stuff.
I could imagine that being the type of game highschoolers would be placing bets on in the school bathroom screaming go at the sea monkeys😂
I remember trying to convince my friend to go in with me on this set in the early 2000s but failing...
Sooo fun. Loved this.