The Grotesquely Glorious Return Of Madballs!

[Autrach Sejanoz]

There was indeed a cartoon. I remember hiring them at the video store when I was a kid. My favourite one was the 'Gross Jokes' special (A collection of humorous skits, unlike the regular episodes).

The new Madballs look even better than the old ones, ESPECIALLY in the case of Screamin' Meemie and Slobulus.

[JediScum]

I never had any of the Madballs. I had Star wars figures for a couple years but they mysteriously disappeared.

The next day my parents had 3 cases of Night Train.

[Mockery]

Originally Posted by argonath

Rog, how is the weight on the new ones? I seem to remember the old ones needed a bit more density to them.

They're pretty much the same density as your average Nerf ball. The "SICK" series Madballs are a lot heavier though since they're made of rubber and filled with all sorts o' gunk.

Originally Posted by Teal

I cannot possibly tell you how much I love the WTF Ball article.

Hehe thanks. It's scary to think that's the WTF Ball is still lurking out there somewhere isn't it?

Originally Posted by stonewar

You can really tell on the photo of you squeezing Brain Bash that it took alot more effort to expose the innards than the other two. Look at those tendons!

Yeah, that ball is definitely the thickest of the bunch, but as you can see, it's well worth the extra squeezing effort to make those brains bubble out like that. Mmmm tasty!

Originally Posted by incognit000

Why is it that you can get me to buy shit, but multi-million dollar ad campaigns have no effect whatsoever?

Probably because multi-million dollar ad campaigns try to target people by speaking to them in a way that they think is "hip" - but it comes off as nothing but insincere instead. They're writing/talking about stuff because they have to... I'm simply doing it because it's what I love to do. Just like you guys, I'm a big fan of this kind o' stuff, so hopefully all this stuff I say is easy for you to relate to. At least more so than your average McDonald's ad campaign

Originally Posted by GLX-Mr. Ordinary

Wasn't there a MadBall cartoon to? I had only one of these as a kid

Yeah, but they were nothing to write home about, believe me. Just look 'em up on Youtube and you'll see what I mean. American Greetings actually sent me a copy of the old Gross Jokes video on DVD for some laughs. And when I say "laughs" I mean "tears of agony". It's just one of those things that proves they didn't need to make extra stuff for the Madballs line back then... it was fine with just the balls and nothing more.

Originally Posted by Autrach Sejanoz

The new Madballs look even better than the old ones, ESPECIALLY in the case of Screamin' Meemie and Slobulus.

Yeah they all look way better than ever before, that's why I can't wait for them to release the 2nd series and hopefully some of those Super Madballs.