Upside-Down Toys

 Stranger Things! And by "things," I mean pictures.

If it's an 80's toy, it will get a Stranger Things version of it. That's not to say that whenever they do it, it's not like... super cool. It usually is. Check out the Demogorgon's staff with the 20-sided dice on the ends. Some parts of Eternia are similar to the Upside-Down. Maybe if those kids wander around some more, they'd meet Skeletor?

The Gumball Machine on The Masked Singer sang Carry on Wayward Son. He rocked it. Most people know that song from the TV series Supernatural. No spoilers to who was in the costume, but he made it to the finals.

With McDonald's having to schedule the Happy Meal toys way in advance, they wound up putting the new Captain America movie Brave New World toys out already. Even they don't know when the movie is going to be in theaters, as it only says "coming soon." Check out all the characters I don't recognize! There's a Red Hulk, some new Falcon-suit guy, some girl with pink hair, some girl just named Ruth. I don't even think I've seen ANY trailer or anything for this movie yet, and here's the Happy Meal toys!

HA! Busted! Your Dad will wind up with as many of these shirts as they have kids. That way he won't ever be sure which kid bought him that particular shirt. Was that a complicated explanation? You know what I mean.

When I first saw this, I thought it was one of those things you hold level and swoosh it around until all of the spheres go into the dents. But like, the insanely difficult version of that. I looked closer and saw there's some kind of magnetic pen you guide the beads through with. Still looks like it would be hard. For kids, I mean.

Monkey Ball! If you don't know this game, go look it up. It was a lot of fun. Or like, really frustrating. That's what you remember about it, after you've played a lot.

I laughed at the back of this package that said "Livin' Cereal Rich" as if you have to be rich enough to afford cereal. Is that the joke? Bro! I'm making so much money, I can live that cereal life!

May the Fourth be with you! The Lego Store was giving away R2-D2 headbands for you to throw away later.

They were also doing a little Darth Vader build thing. I was too shy to do one, that's for the kids. I'd feel silly doing it.

The Lego Store employees were all dressed in very good Star Wars costumes. Was that only at this store? Or did all of them have such good costumes?

Busted! Get this for your friend's energetic kid to... energize them. Guaranteed the kid will blame the shirt.

Yay art store! Sometimes there's a missing letter, but I got them all this time.

This gothic letter set was missing the "I" so I had to sneak in an "L" in the middle there. Looks good though, right?

While getting my oil changed, I walked over to the McDonald's for lunch. Looks like Captain America is having a rough day. Somebody call the Avengers to rescue him!

I saw this real-looking chipmunk in the art store and thought it would be fun to get one and place it outside somewhere. The real-real chipmunks would be so confused! Why is that one not moving?! Hahahaha.

This is the best version of the flip-able plushie, where you kind of squish it inside-out to change the expression. It's Aggretsuko, who is a happy office worker until she gets fed up and karaoke sings death metal songs out of frustration.

MmmmmIiiiiNnnnnTttttYyyyy!

Streets of Rage! Be honest, if you took this guy out of the package, would you have any idea what game he was from? You'd be all "who's this guy?" Streets of Rage had such a great soundtrack. All of the music was good. Do yourself a favor and google-up "Streets of Rage intro".

How many of you can look at Butterfree... without tearing up? That was a super sad/happy scene from the early days of the Pokemon cartoon series. It's not like, one episode you have to watch, it's the full first 21 episodes. You need the whole build-up for the moment to land properly.

Get your little toddler into FOOTBALL! YEAH! It's both confusing and awesome that they make "collector" LittlePeople figures for things specifically NOT for toddlers. Because... grown-ups want cute figures, too?

I had a funny thought that a time traveler could buy a bunch of "gems" at the dollar store, go back in time, and live like a king! Would they be able to tell the difference?

Why did this make me laugh? When my friend was a kid, they ordered Shirley Temples at the restaurant to act like they were ordering some kind of "real" cocktail.

WHAT?! So funny! The screen protector is perfectly fine! But your Nintendo Switch... did not do so well with the hammer smashing it. What kind of picture is that? Do they really think it would be safe to do that?

Adorable! That's all.

Mega Minions! Rolling like a ball? Sounds perfect to make a toy out of... and they did! It's almost like they planned that.

Helium balloons at the Dollar Tree store? I thought helium was running out or something. Am I remembering that wrong? Looks kinda pretty with all the strings in the air like that.

Even just the title of this The Simpsons short is cracking me up. It's a Mother's Day thing so it's lots of Disney characters looking like they are in The Simpsons.

I got a freeze-frame of the ice cream flavors. Read all the fun puns, like "Chocolate Chip and Dale."

How many characters can you name? It's just for fun, I'm not trying to quiz you or anything.

The 2nd season of Monsters at Work dropped on Disney+. It was pretty good. I was shocked they got away with the funny name in the background of the monster city coffee place. Crappacino? Is that too much? Funny, for sure.

Today's betrayal and slaughter of the Jedi is brought to you by Dairy Queen. Order 66!

AH! Why does this girl have a ramen noodles skirt? Scoop up the noodles right next to her... um... y'know... And the package says she has squishy eggs? Is nobody noticing how inappropriate this might seem? What is going on here?