The 10 Banned Fast Food Toys 

The shrek glasses weren’t even the first time McDonald’s sold toxic cups. The Garfield cups they sold in the 80’s turned out to have a high level of lead paint

If you think a church for Hello Kitty is crazy, there’s actually a cult for Gadget Hackwrench (from that Chip and Dale rescue rangers show) in Russia.

That pokemon fast food toy recalling PSA strikes a certain uncanny fear that I cannot for the life of me explain.

That whole Pokémon Burger King Toy Ball could've been avoided if the parents didn't give the open toys to their baby children.

I love how it seems that Strider is the responsible one between the 3 of them. Also your wife and best friend joining the church of Hello Kitty was adorable!

Ok so as much as burger king is in the wrong for not recalling the pokéball toys or at least putting out a warning _way_ sooner than they did, i also have to ask... _who is leaving their 13 month old baby alone with something that could easily suffocate them???_

The history of Burger King toys and Pokemon will never be forgotten or referenced

Speaking of the QR Code thing, Heinz had a similar thing happen with ketchup bottles. Bottles would have once taken you to a Heinz created website... But Heinz let the domain lapse and someone bought the domain and made it a XXX thing.

The adult only QR code incident reminds me of something that happened in the animaniacs reboot the same year. When The Brain gives a fake number to call for world domination and it turned out the number actually lead to an adult only phone line.

If you thought you saw The Minions everywhere you went, Hello Kitty has been on every form of merchandise since the 1970s. A religion dedicated to this Chibi Cat was honestly inevitable.

My mom actually collected all of the Shrek glasses! We still use them frequently and they have never made us sick, maybe we’re just lucky?😂

seeing all of these retro fast food toys really makes me wonder how far we've come when it comes to the toys today

I’m just surprised That the Burger King pokeball controversy isn’t number 1 because of how infamous it is because it even got a PSA announcement on tv which is VERY RARE for any recall on products even others have parodied or made psa ads similar to the Pokeball PSA

The pokeball thing wasn't really BK's fault. Parents need to supervise their kids when playing with toys, especially kids that was way too young to even have thin plastic anyway. It's not fair that every kid had to sent back their toys just because some parents were stupid and didn't look after their babies properly

5:43 not to mention Hello Kitty actually was the one of the very first characters that Tara Strong ever voiced

Even with these missteps (no pun intended), I still have some happy memories from old McDonald's toys. My bionicle ones are my favorite.

I have always been impressed by you juggling skills ever since I started watching you, so much that I recently taking juggling myself. I’m not that good yet but I’d like to thank you for getting me into such a calm and relaxing hobby.

I loved the part about the church of Hello Kitty. But I will now continue to remember this about Boo.

I did NOT know about the Shrek the Third glass paint being poison 😬 I had two of them and drank chocolate milk in them like every day when I was a kid oops. Although the paint faded very quickly with wash and eventually the cups were thrown out within at least a year but maybe more. Though upon reflection maybe we shouldn’t have put it in the dishwasher with all of our other dishes 😮 This was over a decade ago I’m sure I’m fine….

The Back to the Future cartoon wasn't too bad from what I remember, a lot of the cartoon's focus was on Jules and Verne, mostly. There were also some live action bits with Christopher Lloyd reprising Doc's role but it was campy Saturday morning cheese.

Fun fact: Omega Mart made a parody of the PokeBall recall PSA with lemons.

5:07: "I'm wondering if there's a church of Hello Kitty." *Seconds later* "No I'm don't wanna join..."

Strider failed to mention that the Doc Brown toy is one of the best Happy Meals ever made, the sparks that come out were insanely fun and we’re top tier when it came to happy meals.

Honestly. I like the non cartoon related videos better despite that's the reason I subscribed to this channel in the first place lol. Keep up the great content. You should look into unsettling kids apps sometime in the future.

I remember fast food toys very vividly. My siblings and I would add them to our "family" of toys, despite their poor quality. Fortunately, we were never harmed from these toys, however our dogs would sometimes get them in their chompers and, well, bye bye toy 😂

Actually the McDonald's Shrek glasses were actually from 2010 prompting the 4th movie. Not the 3rd movie from 2007

As a responsible adult, I would like to formally apologize to all the McDonald's employees I used to bother in my youth about their toys in my kids meals. I used to complain about not getting the "right toy" (I used to always get the toys labelled for boys then), but since none of them were these, I feel a lot better about my obscure kids toys collecting dust.

I remember my grandma took all my poke balls away. I felt so upset because I amassed a whole bunch of them by trading and I felt insulted that someone would assume I’d choke as a preteen. I bet those would of been very collectible too. First world problems am I right lol

When I was a kid I had this milkshake toy from McDonald's that turned into a pink monster. I remember I had a lot of fun with it

Nice coverage here. Why not do the worst fast food toys next? You be surprised (and shocked) what's out there

5:13 This entire interaction was adorable. Starting to love this channel more and more recently.

In my opinion, the Back to the Future animated series is pretty good, it picks up sometime after the 3rd movie and features a rebuilt Time DeLorean

Not gonna lie, Boo wearing devil horns is absolutely adorable. Hey strider if you could be any non legendary pokemon what would you be?

I think, iirc, McDonalds also did a Pokemon promotion way back when, too. I remember the Poke Ball being similarly designed, but the toys inside were plush like beany-babies. Actually, now that I think about it, I seem to recall McDonalds also doing a "Teeny Baby" toy lineup for their happy meals at one point back then. I remember getting the squirrel from it; I still have that little guy. I have to wonder about the Step-It, meanwhile...maybe the reason the Step-It gave kids blisters might have been due to the material used in the wristband; like, maybe it was a certain chemical or combination used in the...I guess it looks like latex...of the band? Maybe it had a material found in certain fabrics that can cause allergic reactions? That's the best I can gather, honestly. :/

Hey strider I just want to say how much I love your videos! I remember the first video I’ve ever watched of yours I was beginning 6th grade and now I’m about to finish my freshman year of college! You’ve come such a long way and I just really like the positive, informative, and happy attitude you have! I also really like the switch ups you’ve been doing lately with talking about toys and food rather than just cartoons! One video I would absolutely LOVE if you could do is a top 10 cancelled Nickelodeon video games video! There are so much games that never came to be such as a cancelled nicktoons unite game and racing game and I would love to hear your thoughts on them! Again thanks for these amazing videos and stay awesome!!!!

All BK had to do was recall the balls temporarily and drill a tiny hole in them to prevent a vacuum-seal. Hell, the restaurants could have done it themselves, but the money was just too good, I guess.

I think I still have that pokemon fast food toy just not the actual ball container. Sadly that PSA went over my head to not really know exactly how dangerous this was. I know most of us wanna blame BK back then for not putting a label warning, thou part of me kinda wanted to know if said parents were in the same room with their 3 year old toddlers playing around with this toys before they had to unfortunately call the ambulances. Sorta makes you feel bad that those kids never got to see how many generations pokemon would be today if by some chance they still enjoy pokemon. Hard to believe thats alot of McDonald choking hazard toys

Aw, I remembered listening to the Wendy’s cds. I couldn’t get that song Ain’t No Mountain High Enough out of my head when I was a kid! As for the Minion “Swearing” Toy, it sounds more like it‘s saying…What the Buck? Yeah this toy was made for a quick buck and honesty, if I knew this happy meal toy was around, I would be saying WTF too.

Minionese is actually a combination of several different languages including Spanish. And also yeah I didn't get the 'so so horny' thing in the Donna Summer song either because I didn't hear those lyrics I heard...'when i'm bad i'm so so bad' and 'scold me, to hold me.'

Ya know it's an odd day when you have to wonder "does the Hello Kitty church believe in ghosts?"

I was wondering if the Burger King suffocation Poke Ball would be on the list, and you did not disappoint Strider. As for my thoughts on it. All Burger King needed to do, was poke air holes in both ends of the Poke Ball. Or at least put a goddamn choking hazard/suffocation warning on their product! Seriously, it's not hard!

I actually knew that the pokemon toys from burger king was gonna be in there!

9:41 nice to see Connor in a countdown Better than his food takes :3

I personally think that Minion toy sounds like a chicken clucking! I’m glad I’m not the only one who’s fed up with the Mionions!

I am always gobsmacked by how many parents give their under 4 children plastic toys and/or small toys or toys that can break in to parts. With toddlers it’s basically only toys larger than their mouth that can not be broken and are not concave (smothering hazard). And even those toys are not supposed to be left with children unless supervised. Almost any toy can become a danger to a curious child (some much more than others) so it’s so crazy to me when people let their kids just have toys out of sight.

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Too be fair, I don't think Burger King should be the only ones blamed for the Poke ball incidents. It is also the parents' responsibility to pay attention to what the child is doing. Sure, BK should have made the warnings upfront but still. Also, yes there is a Back to the Future cartoon along with The Mask, I think an Ace Ventura cartoon, Robocop cartoon, A Rambo cartoon I think.

The Hello Kitty segment showcases Strider's 2 friends slowly becoming more like Epic Chan. This is what we call character development.

A strider video showing up is like Christmas morning

When you said Music CDs toys for Wendy’s, it gave me warm memories of the songs that played on the Kids Bops CDs you can get as a toy from McDonald’s!

I wanna see more of Boo! He's such a cool dude

@15:30 there have been countless stories like this involving many talking toys. Parents always claim the toys are saying something offensive but when you listen to it, it's either misunderstood or it's gibberish.

“And McDonald’s gave your job to a box with a face, left you behind like a quiet kid in a PlayPlace.” Wendy

I'm so glad you mentioned the PokeBalls, I actually still have a few of the mons, including the talking Pikachu (I remember getting the Ditto but I lost it)

In otherwords, a kids Karaoke CD contained the wrong version of a song with dirty lyrics. (7:38)

I don't recall hearing the adult version of Last Dance, didn't even know it existed.

I guarantee you, fast food toys were the combatants of most of the action figure "battles" we had as a kid. What easier way to have crossovers from the farthest reaches of pop culture?

No hate to that channel but I find it kind of funny how much he hated the poor minions so much😂 Love the videos btw

As a designer and toy collector there is a lot of art in fast food toys, despite their cheapness in more recent years. Some fast food toys from the 80s/90s and even 2000s rival mass retail toys. There is a lost art in fast food advertising, toys and junk food packaging. It’s a weird niche interest of mine that often gets overlooked, but it’s art non the less.

i actually had one of those step-it watches! mine was probably broken or defective though, cause it didnt work as soon as i took it out of the happy meal box. Maybe that was a blessing in disguise though.

I look forward to these videos like I looked forward to cartoons in the morning as a kid fr

I remember having a Step-It and the Hello Kitty toy when I was younger. I was obsessed with walking around to see if I could get an even number of steps.

There was a Mystic Knights McDonalds toy that functioned as a lighter. A wheel switch is used to light sparks inside the knight's shield.

Probably whenever you scan the QR some of the Mickey toys you go through the person's search history what made them😂

Hello Kitty Vs Garfield The battle of the Epoch

Amazing video Josh. I have heard of quite a few of these actually. I don’t think I have ever kept a fast food toy for more than a month. They really are cheap

8:06 should have made it "and when I'm bad, I go to Wendy's" Ok but actually "horrid" would be a good replacement for horny.

Seeing clips from Rugrats (1991) in this video is all the more reason I want to see some best and worst lists based on that show from you.

Shitty thing is the Burger King Pokéball issue was more on the parents not paying attention to their children than anything. If you think your child can fit the toy in its mouth and it’s not old enough to know better then that’s simply bad parenting. Common sense goes a long way but the cliche that “it’s not so common” is unfortunately so true. People would rather blame it on the company because ya know “BiG cOmPaNy BaD” and the consumer does no wrong whatsoever lmao.

I really enjoy your videos man, thanks for dropping another!

Thank you so much for the video! I love your personality and Boo! Make sure to have fun and stay cool 😂

hey josh! just coming on by to say that you're geniunely one of my favorite youtubers as of right now. your content is simply so wholesome and entertaining, i can't help but smile while watching your videos,,, i know that there's probably tons of people out there who write comments like this for you, but i really wanna remind you how great of a person you are. please keep up the good work mate, i hope that you get more recognition in the future! 🙏

Great video. Always excited to see your new videos. Keep up the good work.

I love fast food toys, and the concept is heartwarming! For my birthday on April 14, I received my very first set of fast food toys: My Little Pony: The Movie (2017) set of 8 Happy Meal toys! The set includes Pinkie Pie Pony Toy, Pinkie Pie Mask Toy, Rainbow Dash Pony Toy, Rainbow Dash Mask Toy, Rarity Pony Toy, Rarity Mask Toy, Princess Twilight Sparkle Pony Toy, and Princess Twilight Sparkle Mask Toy! I love this set, and I have the toys, their instructions, their accessories, and their cardboard tokens organized on my dresser with my other My Little Pony toys! I can't wait to potentially get more My Little Pony kids meal toys in the future! Extra: I remember having and drinking from one of those Shrek: The Third glasses. I believe it was the one with Donkey on it, but luckily I never experienced any problems with it. Regardless, that glass is long gone and I'm happy it is, because it could've potentially caused my death if I still drank from it. Eh, I'm not a Shrek fan anyways. 😊

I still have a duffel bag full of those burger king pokeballs, I used them to make heads for custom Death Egg Robot toys

I hated the pokeball one, especially when that ad haunted me.

wonderful video yet again, i remember in the past you done a video on the best bobs burgers episodes i just watched the last few of the newest season so heart wrenching and loving, so if anyone is a fan i recoment watching these, you visit bobs mums grave and see Louise being mature. i know there is a lot of fans in the comments let me know what you thing of them... much love also stop... stryder time

I love how strider goes insane on the minions

That pokemon one could've been avoided if they drilled small holes in the balls. I mean it's so simple

Another 20 minutes of one of the best RU-vidrs.

I used to have the minions toys. One was the London toy.

I remember getting the Step-it with happy meals when I was younger. I never opened any of them besides the 1st one I got, and I never even considered reselling my unopened ones

The Shrek glasses are so awesome, if you drink them for a extended period of time, you can meet the most badass bounty hunter from the new Puss in Boots movie!

I remember the Pokeball case. I never found out but the parent that let it happen should have gotten charged for child endangerment if not more. The Toys clearly said, "3 years & up" and last I checked 13 months younger than 3 years old. The child dyeing was clearly not Burger King's fault and why should they have recalled it. I never return my kid meal Pokeballs, I still have them all. As for the other two case, you never gave the ages or how the toy harmed them. So, we must assume that they were younger than 3 years old and the same thing happened, considering that all the Pokeball toys later had holes in them.

McDonald's also released Garfield mugs with very high amounts of lead in the paint

0:52 Our reaction just speak to itself LOL

Honestly the minions one is hilarious. Definitely is the most interesting thing that ever came out of that movie

BK's Pokemon scandal is very complicated because while the fault was of the parents, the way they took pride in not making an announcement or whatever to calm things down is insane like... Just say "we're sorry about what happened, here's a PSA about how to be a better adult and again, we're really sorry" what's the problem in it? Maybe the recall didn't even happened if they didn't acted like assholes.

I gotta say that I'm loving to see your wife being more participant in your videos

This is gonna be a really stupid comment but I noticed that during the Pokeball section, you used a clip from Community which is my favorite show and biggest hyperfixation. Really made me smile :)

5:03 Oohhhh...you can't stop now 🧐 you've opened that can of worms & have absolutely **no** way of putting them back in 🤓 you've **GOT** to do a complete Hello Kitty video of some kind, **any** kind now 😃 it's in the fine print, you should've read it 😁 😜 😎 as someone who's studied Hello Kitty, I thoroughly endorse this 🎉

I’d happily join the hello kitty church

I was one of those kids whose parents didn't bring back the pokeball and I was 5 when I got my 10 or so. I used them things for Barbie item holders. I still can't believe I was even allowed to have them, since my mom was one of those Christians who thought Pokémon were demon spon.

YES! I've been waiting for this!

Great I've been waiting for this video for a long time strider

Great video. I remember seeing the Back to the Future cartoon when it was first on. Sadly it did not have the charm of the original, though it did have some live action bits with Christopher Lloyd that were fun. The Bill and Ted animated series was better.

“You gotta eat to keep your strength up.” Big Smoke

Not me having the shrek glasses in my cupboard 🙃

0:10 that one video scene brought so many good memories

The plushes packed with the Pokéballs are also quite a rarity, but I'd prefer buying all 151 plush toys from internet stores without the Pokéball included to avoid my brother from getting upset. But surely there might be some fast food toys banned for their "phallic" design.