I Bought The Weirdest Official Pokemon Products 

It’s easy to forget how much merch Poliwhirl had in Gen 1, but they really tried to make it one of the iconic original Pokémon.

Fun Fact: I heard that before Pikachu was cemented as the top mascot, the company tried a bunch of different pokemon to see which one would stick and Poliwhirl was one of them.

The figures that came out during gen 1 pokemon were the best. Like the ones that came with the Gameboy ball thing were genuinely quality imo

I find it funny how John genuinely likes almost every thing he was sent, almost like a kid on Christmas Day

Poliwhirl was Satoshi Tajiri's favorite Pokémon, hence the favoritism it got back then. I kinda miss the days of Poliwhirl popularity, if I'm being honest.

I'm going to guess the reason why there was so much Poliwag and Poliwhirl merch was because Poliwag was the favorite pokemon of the creator. Also it was a very important pokemon in the 1st gen manga, being Red's first pokemon there.

5:41 FROAKIE HIT THE GYM

Poliwhirl was the creator’s favorite Pokémon. That’s why it was pushed so hard. The Welch’s jar was a series of jelly jars that they had Pokémon art on for a bit.

Mikey: Shows off the fact that he owns Pokémon Box: Ruby & Sapphire Meanwhile, John:

16:30 The look of pure, unadulterated joy and child-like innocence that came across this man's face is NOT to be denied

17:06 That magnemite definitly has sturdy.

bro, the door knock was so realistic for me

At least you're knowingly doing this, unlike Purplecliffe who constantly having his credit card stolen by his editors

I love John's pure childlike, joy with the pokemon beyblades. The pure joy in his voice is just incredible.

10:04 I actually still have this exact Poliwhirl card, which I found in a Value Village. It didn't come with the pokeball case or the Certificate since it was bundled in a bag full of random stuff, but I still cherish it in one of my TCG deck boxes alongside my favorite decks I've assembled.

9:13 I also remember Poliwhirl being one of the most commonly featured Pokemon in merch in the gen 1 days.

I'd be careful with the pokeball that came with the Poliwhirl Keychain if I were you, John. I had 3 from the gen 4 era as a kid and the spring that allows the Pokeballs to open broke after a while. Maybe your pokeball has a stronger spring since it's from the 90s and it's been sealed for years. But I'd still be careful.

The Lickitung toy reaction was pure gold

OMG that Poliwhirl plush at 11:40 brought back early childhood memories! My brother had that one, and we both had Meowth! I put a hair tie on my Meowth's tail so we knew which one was which. This brought me so much joy seeing you open it, and I hope it brings you some joy as well John!

This was the funniest PM7 video I've ever watched lmao. I couldn't stop laughing. This was edited so well. It might be my fav video from him so far

Part of the reason Poliwhirl got so much merch is because in the original Pokemon Adventures Manga Red's first Pokemon was actually a Poliwhirl

14:01 “why does it why why?”😂

6:06 swole froakie

"If I can prove that I never touched my bal-" Bro got me rollin😭🤣🤣🤣

The only theories i can come up with about Poliwhirl being so popular for merch early on is either the fact that Red had one as his main pokemon in the manga or because someone in the merch department saw it and really liked it and so they slapped it on EVERYTHING

I love how happy john got about the beyblades and the stadium. It was truly beautiful.

This is an unboxing of a time capsule from my childhood. I had a lot of this growing up.. not all of it was Poliwhirl but some were. And you are right, Poliwhirl was pretty iconic for his time, more so than his evolution. He was rounder.. more friend shaped than Wrath, and a lot less intimidating

The poliwhirl that turns into a pokéball brought back some memories as my older brother had a bugger gen 5 version with snivy and oshawot. Haven’t seen much of those anymore but i hope they return

I know PM7 likes frog Pokemon, I hope this PM7 Plus guy does too

I still have so many questions as to why the Slowpoke Tail plush even exists... But other than that, you got a lot of cool stuff that brings back so many memories.

John: "WhY iS eVeRyThInG I gEt PoLiWhIrL?! The Chansey and all the other different Pokemon: are we jokes too you or are we just invisible?!

I remember having the water toys! And that old Pokemon packaging IMMEDIATELY took me back🥰

Fun fact slow poke tails fall off on thier own over time. but it does grow back. so most cases when you see slow poke tail dish in the games mostly likely they own a slow poke and tail came off like suppose to. Only ones who really harmed slow poke was team rocket. they refused to wait for the slow poke to shed thier tails off.

I'm surprised the super bounce balls that had the mini Pokemon figures in them didn't make an appearance! Those were highly coveted in my circle alongside the figure packs. Related to that, the first Pokemon I ever chose was Vaporeon- it was a housewarming gift from one of my uncles.

14:03 Ok... Now I'm hearing Oh from Home when he says "Why". Man could do impressions

I had a bunch of this merch growing up (and probably still do somewhere), including the Poliwhirl tape measure, which I remember liking a lot.

Oh man, I had the full set of the pokemon office supplies! I completely forgot about them lol. I probably spent several hours just using them as action figures. I should ask my parents about them, there's a solid chance they're in their attic.

As the #1 Poliwhirl enthusiast, you have no idea how happy i was seeing That Poliwhirl plush I still have it to this day, the right glove got burnt but has been with me my whole life❤

12:21 when watching the scene, I accidentally rewind it to the whopper seen and died laughing

That Froakie made me laugh in a way I've never done before.

I legit thought someone was knocking on my window

17:00 Diglett used Dig *It was super effective* The opposing Pikachu fainted

A trip down memory lane with all my old toys. I definitely forgot how much Poliwhirl merch was available back in the 90's lmao.

I think Poliwhirl was pushed so much because in Japan Poliwhirl was one of the main Pokemon in the manga. It was popular over there so they tried to push it over here too. It stuck with some of us Gen 1ers, but past that didn't really do much lol I still love Poliwhirl!!

Wasn't poliwhirl and early consideration for the mascot? (or maybe just one of Red's first pokemon?) And that's why there is a lot of poliwhirl merch?

I think Poliwhirl was in the running to be the mascot or one of the mascots for Pokémon, so they made a whole bunch of stuff for it just in case.

17:20 *Magneton spinning…* Meanwhile Ninjago music playing: Jump up kick back whip around and SPIN!

12:00 Is anyone going to tell him that slowpokes just dropped off the tails naturally😕

4:13 Seeing the poliwhirl pokeball plushie just unlocked a hidden memory when I had the Phanpy one as a kid

God there's a lot of things I remember collecting as a kid. The Pokemon stationary was part of my collection. There's so many things I missed.

Just read the first Arc of the pokemon Adventures manga to truly appreciate poliwhirl. That was Red’s first pokemon in the official manga. That might be why there’s so much merch of him.

man this is such a nostalgia trip - i had so much of these as a kid!

I was so surprised when you opened up the I Choose You Pikachu only because I still have mine from way back when and it just made so many memories come back. It's one of maybe three early childhood stuffed animals I still have. It lasts a long time too, mine still has a working voice box even though the cheeks no longer light up

My God. I had so many of these as a kid. I had the bulbasaur pencil sharpener, tangela beyblade, etc. I was expecting more "out of the world" stuff, not my childhood. Rip tangela for being left out lmao.

16:00 BRO, I HAVE THAT ONE AND HAD IT SINCE A KID!!! It was my favourite plush when I was a kid. I think that mine is not working anymore though.

I never heard the Burger King whopper jingle, “please Sara let me see the kids” made me laugh. Damn that was funny

This was too funny but also super nostalgic! I had that stationary set as a kid, bulbasaur pencil sharpener included... It was the worst pencil sharpener but I sure thought it was cool!

1:24 Oh! I actually had those as a kid! I didn't know a thing about Pokemon at the time, but they used to belong to my older cousin and were given to me at some point. They didn’t work great as actual stationery (the Poliwhirl measuring tape broke really quickly and the Pikachu stapler was hard to use) so I basically used them as action figures, especially the Bulbasaur pencil sharpener. Hopefully they're still somewhere in the house. I'd love to find those again.

Favourite John quote ever "oh you're doing crime? Boom! Crime over"

I had that same poliwhirl plush when I was little. I still have it and it’s so old, that one of it’s eyes have turned yellow. I also have one of those Pikachu plushies…I found it at an antique store.

I bought so much cereal I didn't want to get those tops as a kid. Total nostalgia bomb

Hey, a Pokemon Welch's jar! My parents got me one in stores WAAAAAAY back when I was just a kid! Mine was a Clefairy one, and yes, they did have jam in them! I don't have the lid anymore, either, which seems like it's the case for this jar, too. Man, this video is such a blast from the past... I actually had more of these than I expected! BTW, I think the Lickitung is more cursed. The Froakie one makes me imagine they're in a little mech suit, which I think is fun, Thanks for the fun watch!

16:06 that's not good

the magnemite at the end tho... bro ain't even know he's the main character

I’ve always loved poliwhirl so this was a really cool video, the tape measure absolutely is one of the greatest things I’ve ever seen

OMG This video brought me down memory lane! I had so many of these products myself as a little child that I had completely forgotten. Now I wish I could go back to my childhood home and retrieve them!

0:21 .... Was that the bite of 87'!!??

I found one of those reversible Pokeball plushies thrifting once and nearly lost my damn mind. It's a Lickitung and I love it very much.

2:57 "I dont have a pool and I have an inflatable that is the same size as me, youll see me using it" I uh... In a different context that could mean something entirely different.

Awww I remember those pokemon spinning tops! I got the pikachu one from a cereal box prize! As for the polywhirl jelly jar (yes it used to have jelly inside it!) they're collectibles! My dad has the whole set :D

Whoever made the magnemite spinner knew aerodynamics lol that thing prob doesn't even stop if left alone for at least 3 minutes

7:19 buddy got pollywhirled🙃

John did a Purplecliffe video but instead of his editors stealing his credit card and buying random stuff, John buys weird official pokemon products. Care to do a part 2 john?

It was always weird to me having them sell Slowpoke tales at restaurants in Alola.

I had so many of these, the gold poliwhirl card, the poliwhirl water toy, the pokeball that turned into poliwhirl... Yeah a whole lot of poliwhirl stuff was about in the early 2000s 😂 i wasnt specifically into poliwhril or anything lol

Ok but why was that magnemite sooo THICK (not in a weird way)

14:15 That's a MandJTV Tounge SFX. XD

You used the end song to pokemon mystery dungen explorers of the sky and that song makes me cry every time man!!! Your videos themselves are gold so happy to have found them!!

Hearing John sound so distraught at 84 pieces is funny. Like, do not show this man some those crazy sets with thousands of pieces!

Ah I used to collect those pokeball keychains a ton as a kid! Love all the Poliwhirl merch I’m sure ace trainer Liam would be happy about it. I also have that poliwhirl plush! Found it at a goodwill and it was the only Pokémon thing I ever found. I recently re bought the talking pikachu for nostalgia.

Now John knows how Jack feels.

My favorite items out of the Burger King Pokemon toys that released along with those tops were the keychains. I still use the Sandslash one even now

"RIP Bozo" had me...weezing 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

17:20 "Ah, I see you are a man of culture as well"

We’ve really entered the magnemite Meta, haven’t we?

So many of those old pokemon toys bring back memories, but nothing beats the gold cards. They always made me feel rich as a kid

I like when Pikachu says " If i could prove that I never touched my balls " always gets me laughing 😂😂😂😂😂😂

2:53 I’m having flashbacks to the Metronome Nuzlocke with MandJTV🤣

Was excited for a video like this after seeing cliffe’s vids like this. Thanks for the vid John! 😁

6:40 PM7: QUICK, MAKE A SPACE! THIS IS WHERE MACHAMP LIVES!

4:37 I think the reason why there’s a lot of poliwhirl merch back in the 90’s is because supposedly poliwhirl is the most favorite pokemon of the franchise’s creator. So maybe he suggested that they should make as many poliwhirl merch as they can create 😊

You should do a Gen 1 playthrough where the pokepull pack thingies decide your team

4:04 WAIT A MINUTE!!! I STILL HAVE THIS POLIWHIRL!

YOOO John I totally had those pokemon glasses as a kid!! I think we had like 5 different ones. Seeing that thing just unlocked a freakin sense memory I stg

I'm not joking when I say that I spent 10 minutes wondering who knocked on my window because of the beginning of this video hahaha that knock sounded so real lololol

I love this video and would love to see more like it in the future it’s fun to see things (some I remember for child but most I don’t) from the Pokémon company that look so fun but I don’t really have the budget to buy myself thanks for letting me see these things with you

I had that Poliwhirl cup since I was a kid! It was a jam jar. I still to this day use it, only it’s usually when I’m giving my son juice nowadays 😊

I had a few of those pokeball zip toys. I had Chansey, Lickitung and a Togepi that would zip into its egg instead! Also, the Poliwhirl plush, I literally still have that exact one! :D

6:10 that froakie reminds me of Frobo from Amphibia

5:18 man just solved world peace with a pollyweirl p.s. sorry I definitely spelt that wrong and I'm not fixing it