1979 Kenner Finger Pops commercial

[Optimalillusion]

Back when you could market a simple toy without complicating it with tie-ins like cartoons, accessory packs, some kind of batttle cards, or whatever. The only extras were the pop guns that came later.

[pardyhardly]

Those were actually surprisingly entertaining.

[1967mustanggta]

I wish I was behind this stupid idea. The guy got rich with that incredible patent

[Diskoboy1974]

My aunt bought a few sets of these in 1979 so I'd have some toys to play with when my family would come to visit. They sit in a drawer beside her couch to this very day! I still break them out when I go down there. I remember tormenting my aunts many cats with these things!

[BluefireBusiness]

Anybody know where I can find some?

[retro80stv]

I had these! LOVED THEM!

[Jannghi]

Wow, I had these!

[MattTheSaiyan]

I actually think this is a good idea for a toy. SUE ME.

[saugagirl83]

This is what kids did before everything was electronic lol.

[10Tuxedo]

So affordable, what does a typical Wii cost now a days?

[singinglawnchair]

Take a Funnoodle and cut it into pieces. Same exact thing.

Also, "Finger Pops" sounds dirty to me... says something about my maturity level, perhaps.

[alwrig]

Whoever came up with this made a fortune, I'll bet. Probably cost no more than 25 cents to produce and sold for 4.99 or something. At least a 1800% markup!

[bradhig]

I had the gun that fired the finger pops and the holder that could be placed on a belt to hold the gun and the finger pops

[aldiakaroofus]

Holy crap! I had those! (we were poor) ;-)

[10Tuxedo]

@aldiakaroofus, Yep, us too, but man has the NAME of this toy given me all sorts of joy all throughout my childhood AND adult life!!! 30+ years!!! ...and just SINGING this jingle out of nowhere is SURE to make anyone laugh. ♪THE FINGER POP POPPER, A BARREL OF FUNNNN!!!!!♫

[marlarice]

@aldiakaroofus Lol We were too.

[lurch321]

Used to have a set of these as a kid.............as well as Stretch Armstrong! (Remember him?)

[sjk72]

Yes! I used to stretch the shit out of his arms, and eventually I think he busted! Are we getting old, or what?

[lurch321]

I did the same thing with mine--he eventually started cracking and leaking some type of gel, so we had to throw him away.

[Kuahmel]

My brother and I had a Stretch Armstrong and the Hulk version. Same issues with that weird gel coming out. Imagine what kind of hazard that may have been to kids who were likely to lick it!

[marlarice]

@Kuahmel Haha.

[ilovedisney84]

The lettering on the package looks EXACTLY like the cereal "POPS" lettering lol

[thelustywench]

Does anyone remember they also sold a little "gun" you could put them in, that would shoot them out when you squeezed it. It came with a holster/bandolier thing to hold the gun and 6 or so of the pops.

[fjccommish]

They sold packing foam as a toy.

[corpsvalue]

Haha. My mom bought these for us because it was one of those toys that were actually affordable. Besides, it probably cost Kenner two cents a piece to manufacture them.

[MyThrillKillKult]

pop gos the finger pops lol i remember that gayass comercial still

[frogsfearme]

not only do they not make them... lol.. you can't even find any hanging around because they pretty much disintegrated in time. i loved finger pops.

[Peachis911]

bet they dont even sell these anymore lol

[Seagrove1976]

If you snap them too hard they stay bent.

[OofusTwillip]

My brother and I had some of them when we were little. After we'd used them a lot, they lost their "pop".

They're made of the same foam that's used in pool noodles.

[SONICR2K]

Ah, I remember when Kenner reused those for the Finger-Pop Ghosts in the Real Ghostbusters toyline.

[HardyGirl66]

OMG! I never thought I'd see this commercial again! I loved these!

[heine71]

A year later in 1980 Kenner made the Finger Pops Popper.

[aman1016]

Amazing how much fun soft foam can be....and yes I had a batch, lol!

[jcice3]

Oh man, I totally forgot about these! I had a buttload of them when I was about 5 years old.

And yes, I'm easily amused.