Modern Balls of Madness

Fuck magballs!

 

i think the old designs are way better. i even like some of the kr ones over american greetings but madballs were a little before my time so im glad i can pick these up

 

I prefer the old ones the new ones are like market tested cute creepy. But that said I don't mind sliding a couple minis in with my madballs collection.

 

I like the new ones at Target, I like the new KR ones. I'm a skullbrain blasphemer.

 

Ok edited to spare your sensitive eyes and not sully your precious thread, Colin

I know Greg did you wrong and appropriated your toy culture. I hope you can rest easy knowing that he has half the followers of the brand you and your ex started on insta, and you made that shit about you, yo!

 

Maybe one day we'll get a Madball Madball

 

I don't like the American greetings Mad Balls, grabbed a few minis and ended up throwing them away. It's the same with most modern toys and cartoons from franchises that were around when I was a kid. They've been through too many rebrands or test audiences or whatever and lost the original essence.

I got the painted mondo horn head which is nice, but they do seem a little over painted for my tastes. So I bought all 3 of the bootleg blanks. I think those will be more my cup of tea.

 

Bro I'll trade you this gay ass fucking toy for some madballs, I didn't know this was that kind of board but I guess I was wrong...

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@Collin Shots if this is just a "gay ass fucking toy board" why don't you go clown asses elsewhere you fucking homophobic shitbag.

 

Could the tough talk please be relegated to PMs and we bring this thread back on topic? I love madballs, but only had a Slobulus popper as a child. I'm pretty sure I got it at Pic'N'Save way back when. My mom hated them, so I was never allowed to get more.

Out of sight, out of mind for a few decades until this most recent revival. I appreciate the cute vibe from the ones at Target. I understand that they are not to this board's aesthetic, but so what? I'm interested to find out if they are selling with children, or nostalgic adults. KR also made some that I really like. Originally designed by James Groman and a host of other designers, Groman was apparently given sole rein over the new ones, and I think they tread a great line between nostalgic originals and modern sensibilities. I know someone earlier complained about the black rub, but to me it highlights the accents and emphasizes the "grossness."

I've spent way more money on these toys than I planned to, as I could not stop buying them at Target and eBay. There's a boatload of balls coming at me in the mail. If no one objects, I'll put a few more pictures of them up later.

 

My favourite VHS as a kid.. was pretty rad how you could flip the covers in between Escape From Orb and Gross Jokes. Gross Jokes had the better content so here it is..

 

I'm addicted to Slobulus. In fact, wearing my Heroin Skateboards madball tee given to me by Deer Man of Dark Woods just makes me love the new Madballs even more. Give me Slobulus or give me death. I love them.

 

The two styles together just show how great they both are in their own ways. The new "animated" look of the re-vamped versions work so well. They emphasize the features that made the originals just great.

 

Ya thanks for posting those old with the new photos. Those are great to see. I like the new ones.

 

Madball fans should check out the new Noisecret Octoko

sorry for the bloody image guys I deleted it.

 

No no no - I don't want to look at that.

 

Tried to do a little re-creation of the "Gross!" advertisement from comic books - I need more Madballs though for the full effect...

The white halo around Arrghh's eye is really annoying me.. might just cover it up with black marker. The great thing about these KR/Kozik produced Madballs is they are so badly painted that I have no problem throwing them around and getting them scuffed up

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This is the exact reason I started collecting splurrt. Nothing prior to this had given me the same joy that the grossout toys of my youth gave me. When I saw CK I was instantly transported back to being a kid again. I enjoy that they are making new madballs. I like that I can make resin molds of the Target releases and make keychains lol honestly though it's nice to have a reason to go to the toy aisles. I stopped collecting action figures so now I check for these or garbage pail kids blind boxes or my current favorite Aisle toys TMNT Mega Bloks

 

The Garbage Pail Kids vinyl blind boxes are fucking amazing. Iv not been disappointed with any of the ones i have yet. The Berserker Barbarian is my favorite one so far.

 

Quick photo of the OG Series 1 characters in the Kidrobot mix (including the GID secret)

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