please get through the video but please don't be mean hello this is Flurry Moon welcome back to my channel as you may know by now I love to talk about toys and you guys eat it up i have a series on this channel called Forgotten and Discontinued Toy Lines and today we will be doing the third entry i love unlocking memories for myself as well as you guys and I really love talking about those deep cuts i'm not talking freaking My Little Pony Littlest Pet Shop the toy lines I want to discuss today are the ones that were merely 2 to threeyear-old fads that pretty much disappeared as quickly as they came some toy lines in this video will be more popular than others but I will let you guys be the judge of that so let's get right into it and before I start I need you guys to know I already filmed this video but I had to refilm it because the shirt I was wearing was a tank top and it had a low cut and I wasn't wearing anything on my arms and I looked naked i looked so effing naked and I'm so upset right now but you know what we're just going to do this i'm on 15% let's get into it waggle Pets this is actually the toy that made me want to make this video as I was on YouTube live streaming and someone commented "Can you talk about Wuggle Pets?" I get comments like this all the time filled with the most random sounding toys ever and most of the time I don't recognize them because they missed my generation or I was too young so when I heard Waggle Pets I kind of imagined it would be one of those but the shock of nostalgia that surged through me as I saw this commercial I stood corrected i know exactly what Waggle Pets are released sometime in 2011 Waggle Pets were many stuffed animals you could put together yourself inserting the stuffing into the quote unquote fun-filled factory and bringing your Waggle Pet to life picture almost like a mini Build-A-Bear station each pet also came with a birth certificate along with special personality stickers you could insert into the Waggle's back as a way of choosing their personality the set would also come with magic dust you also had the ability to put a voice recording in your Waggle pet which really does remind me of Build-A-Bear and they definitely knew what they were doing the Waggle pets you could choose from consisted of a puppy unicorn raccoon horse bunny monkey bear and elephant they were advertised as needing a lot of attention so take them wherever you go each pet came with a clip so you could easily attach them to your backpack lunchbox etc i do believe the main way to purchase WGO pets was to order online as the only commercials I could find were more on the infomercial side however I have seen some old posts from around 2011 to 2012 claiming you could find them at Michaels or Joann's Fabric which sounds about right so how successful were Wuggle Pets well although I can't say for sure as this may be one of the least welldocumented toys I've ever talked about on this channel i feel like I always say that it's safe to say they were a pretty small fad something your kid sees on TV begs you to buy just to lose slashforget about it i think the excitement of making your own plushy Build-A-Bear style in your own home is actually a really sweet and cute idea in theory but it's not very long lasting unless you keep up with the trends and add some new fun and fresh ideas i think some special editions holiday variants different colors rare Wuggle Pets really would have kept them going or even something like a McDonald's or Burger King collab i know that sounds a bit complicated especially with the whole fun-filled factory kind of like cranking but I don't know i feel like they've had more complicated toy collaborations so I don't know maybe I'm just talking out of my but I feel like anything would have helped Waggle Pets continue not to mention the fact that a good amount of the pets advertised in the infomercial were never actually sold the dragon pig dinosaur and kitten are all clearly shown in the clips featured on TV but I and other internet users have found no proof that they actually ever made it to shelves whether it was lack of budget or public interest I really don't think any new WGO petets were created or sold after 2013 especially considering the Wuggle Pets.com website was no longer available to view as of late 2012 with the Wuggleetss.com domain available to purchase so Waggle Pets were gone as quickly as they came however as always plenty of internet users reminisce on the fun times they had making and playing with their Waggle Pets actually really caring for them and carrying them everywhere they went just as the website said to do anyway although this is the only toy in this video that we will be doing this with stick around to the end if you want to see me and Louis make our very own Wuggle Pets and you guys let's just say it went well i'm obsessed this is my little like blueberry dog like how cute we had a lot of fun and it was a bit of a mess so definitely stick around for that or skip to the timestamp to see me make my puppy and Louis make his unicorn wappy Dog now this is one I have to say I'm really disappointed that I missed back in the day but honestly I wasn't the only one wappy Dog released as a physical toy and Nintendo DS game back in 2011 was a Nintendogsp inspired game that allowed you to care for your dog in game as well as in real life with your own robotic Wappy Dog fun fact the Wappy Dog robotic toy was actually made by Sega Toys so I feel like this is a very cool collaboration between Nintendo and Sega the game itself allowed you to raise your puppy and teach them tricks as well as play mini games and even converse with your Wappy Dog in-game and in real life it was basically meant to build on what Nintendog was already doing but new and improved quote unquote and honestly I have no idea why this wasn't bigger at the time i mean compare Wappy Dog with the Eye Dog that managed to gain a good amount of popularity and I could genuinely not escape those Eye Dog commercials at the time most of the other toys we're going to be talking about in this video were quick fads they had their moment in the spotlight but essentially weren't strong enough to keep the spotlight but Wappy Dog seemed to immediately fly under the radar and never even got its 15 minutes of fame so why what are we drinking today i made a banana Nutella latte so if I get Nutella on my teeth leave me alone well for starters the Wappy Dog DS game didn't come out until around November of 2011 which is pretty poor timing considering the 3DS kind of just came out months prior and that was kind of the next big thing so anything released on the DS during this time was like okay and it could also be the fact that Nintendog was kind of on its way out as the last Nintendog was also released in 2011 and that target audience was probably moving on to bigger and better things and maybe Wappy Dog wasn't enough to reel them back in i think Waffy Dog possibly could have gained more popularity if they got their own 3DS game which they did only in Japan so not sure if there were ever any plans to release the game elsewhere but if there was I can't imagine they got very far cuz I have never heard anything about it also fun fact Waffy Dog was actually named Poochie in Japan and for Poochie's 3DS release they released a pink and white Wappy Dog i am so jealous it's not even funny so although this toy and game was incredibly obscure I really wish things went differently as those who did get their hands on it loved their Wappy Dogs zuzu babies we have talked about Zuzu Pets in this very series but I'd like to focus this section solely on the Zuzu Pet subline Zuzu Babies unlike their robotic counterpart first released in 2009 the first wave of Zuzu Pet Babies were also released that same year if you were a fan of the Zuzu Babies subline you may not know that they actually started with a completely different design this first wave of Zuzu pet babies had flocked fuzz wore diapers and had a little metal ball under them this first release would include baby cakes Baxter butter cheeks muffin peanut pumpkin and snickler fritz these were typically sold individually included with little bottles brushes food bowls and even strollers okay you guys so I was editing this video and I was putting a picture of Isuzu pet baby in box on the screen and I looked at the box and I saw at the top these little who are they we never got these Zuzu babies they were probably just prototypes or ideas or something but like now I'm really upset we never got these cuz these are actually really cute okay so I did a little bit more research and turns out these look like they're not fluffy at all so I think they must have been like an early prototype of Zuzu babies which makes total sense but I'm just like why did they put it on the box like for the new Zuzu babies you know what I mean so that I'm a little confused about but please let me know if you know anything else about these i believe I had baby cakes either that or snickle fritz and I don't know I just thought these guys were so freaking cute other sets included ways to incorporate the babies into playing with the regular zoos such as a stroller set that you could purchase separately placing your robotic Zuzu pet on the platform as well as the babies in the stroller seats this let your Zoo actually push her babies around when I first saw this I was like mind blown however this would be the only ever Zuzu baby accessory made with this specific wave in mind in fact these seven babies would be the only ever Zuzu Babies released with this design as the subline would go through a major redesign which brings us to the second series of Zuzu Babies in 2011 which would be the beginning of the new era with Zuzu Babies becoming the official name and they even got their own logo with this new era came a new design for the babies as opposed to the babies who had a similar build question mark to the OG Zoos this new design would have the babies either in a standing or crawling pose with more of a distinction between the head and body if that makes sense this was also done to match the designs for the new animated series the Zuzus i've gone through my opinions on this line and I'm just going to do it again although I do think these new Zuzu babies are cute like I don't think they're ugly but I just really prefer the original style i don't know it kind of looks like they put them on Ompic or something and it's giving me Hamaro before and after flashbacks maybe I just like it when my hamster media is filled with hamsters that look like fat cuz hamsters are fat they don't have like a distinct head neck like I don't know i shouldn't be able to see a hamster's neck maybe I should i don't know but like look at this like it's fat like there there is no like the body isn't tea okay it's not supposed to be body tea however I did own a few of these new and improved Zuzu babies and I did like them enough i just prefer the original design the second wave of babies and the first with the new redesign the brand would branch out with different animals such as the original Zuzu pets would such as a zebra octopus horse dog frog monkey and more some of these are kind of terrifying I do have to say i also definitely prefer the hamster releases as that's how I feel the franchise works best however some of the sets they made for the Zuzu babies honestly slab some special sets released for this wave of babies include the nursery in which your regular Zuzu pet would run and power up the bassinets to rock back and forth and this cool carousel looking thing that would spin and drop the babies into their beds next would be the daycare set which would have a similar setup to the nursery your regular zoo would run the show causing the babies and toys to spin around we would also get the Peekab-boo Nest and Tree Swing as well as the Funtime Sleepover as for other media Zuzu Babies would get their very own DS game as well as Zuzu pets and their other sublines the plot would be that the Zuzu pets are lost and you have to take care of their babies there are starter characters as well as unlockables but the interesting thing about this game is that there is one secret character that nobody knows if they actually exist or not the back of the game's box states that there are 11 characters but it has only ever been found that there are 10 this means they either made a typo or there is a mysterious secret unlockable Zuzu Baby we just have yet to find it so comment below if you want a full playthrough of the Zuzu Babies DS game to see if we can unlock this mystery character that might not even exist edit: Um the mystery character actually does exist according to the trailer for the game the trailer there's literally a screen that says something about a mystery character so I don't know please comment below this is so fun to me happy nappers this one is really cool to me because I actually came across a photo of some of my childhood plushies like lined up and stuff and me and my mom saw a pink ladybug like in the background and my mom was like "Is that a pillow pet?" And I was like "It is giving pillow pet vibes but now that I'm looking at it I specifically remember like a pillow pet knockoff you know?" And whatever i thought it was funny forgot about it and then while I was scripting for this video I found out that they're called Happy Nappers and my memories came flooding back now Happy Nappers are actually still around today but with a completely different look however we will be discussing the 2011 version that you could purchase online and at Hallmark because you guys know me I will never be happy with a redesign like ever yes I'm whiny and blinded by nostalgia lock me up happy nappers were plushies that would transform from a pillow into a pet but not pillow pets we're different their pillow form would be shaped like a house with a little doorbell which you could ring along with the door you could zip open and out pops your pet which you could then unfold into a big plush stuffed animal the releases of this original wave would be the ladybug puppy unicorn dragon monkey and penguin not long after that we would see a bunny cow poodle and bear the brand also released Happynappers hooded blankets which matched the pets of the original release these blankets also included a mini Happy Napper plush clip that when pressing their belly actually would play the Happy Napper song which slays like honestly the song really slaps in all honesty I do think these are fairly unique aside from clearly getting inspiration from Pillow Pets also purchasing one went to a good cause because according to their website quote "A portion of Happy Nappers proceeds will be given to the Home Sweet Home Fund benefiting the Children's Brain Tumor Foundation," which is really awesome when I was looking for more information on the original Happy Nappers I came across their official Twitter @appnapper their profile picture is of a mysterious happy napper in its pillow form clearly resembling that of a gingerbread house i searched everywhere for more photos or even what the I'm assuming gingerbread man inside looked like however it appears that this is like the only photo of this gingerbread happy napper on like the entire internet so I think it's safe to say clearly this was never released or maybe it was or it was given away to a few people i have no idea but clearly this must have been a photo taken from someone who had a prototype or anything like that which is really cool to me i love diving into prototypes and unreleased toys games whatever so I'm dying to learn more about this gingerbread happy napper looking through the rest of the Twitter page I found a few tweets discussing giveaways for superiz happy nappers and this did end up happening we even have a few posts announcing the winners of the superersized dog penguin and possibly more however any link that could possibly lead me to a photo is long gone and I'm left with an error message so if any of you are or know the winners of the Superiz Happy Napper giveaways I'd love to hear from you the original Happy Nappers were seemingly only available till like 2015ish this might be wrong but this is a really hard franchise to get some solid information on however the Twitter page stopped being active literally in 2011 the same year it was created and it didn't seem like any new plushies were being designed produced and sold even after 2013 however that would not be the end of the franchise as 2020 would be the year that Happy Nappers make a comeback and they are something listen I'm sure kids love them and that's what really matters like who cares what Flurry Moon thinks you know i just personally am not the biggest fan of new kids toy designs and I'm not exactly sure what it is about some of these new kids toy designs but something about it feels inauthentic the original Happy Nappers versus the new Happy Nappers is kind of like the difference between a Squishallow that looks like this versus a Squishallow that looks like this i feel like one is simple and cute while the other is just like doing too much it's almost like what an adult thinks a kid wants which maybe they're not wrong i feel like a lot of kids do like that style i personally don't and again it doesn't matter what I think because the new Happy Nappers seem to be doing pretty well and I got to respect a successful comeback they even collaborated with Care Bears which is super awesome and great for them honestly i do have to say the adorable storeables do look pretty cool too a cute plush box with an animal on the lid just to take it off and find a mini plush that matches the box i mean that's just kind of my so no surprise i'm obsessed with it i also really like the look of the La Brites although I do miss and prefer the old style honestly I kind of forgot they even existed so maybe they weren't so great to begin with and I'm just once again blinded by nostalgia that's probably what it is but I want your guys's opinions so let me know what you think for real friends snuggles okay you guys this is selfish this is shameless what I should be doing is a whole section on For Real Friends however I am only particularly interested in one series of For Real Friends right now and that is the Snuggumals the Snuggle's release for Fur Real Friends was for some reason monumental to 8-year-old me i don't know what it was but honestly looking at them now I still have that same need in me to get one of them like I don't It's like I feel motherly towards them can someone explain this i don't know they're just perfect everything about them their faces are the cutest things I've ever seen the size is perfect the way they wag their little tails let's just get into it snuggumals was a series under the franchise For Real Friends of course if you don't know For Real Friends created by Hasbro and Tiger Electronics in 2002 is a robotic plushy line that is actually still around today although with a name and brand change to simply for real this is honestly pretty impressive considering how many other toy lines came and went since then anyway the Snuggle series would first debut in 2010 with 10 palms-sized robotic puppies in a lying down position with the ability to move their heads up and down and wag their tails the packaging made them that much cuter to me sitting in their little dog house the braids included in this first launch would consist of various colored puppies with different ear shapes as well as a Dalmatian this first release is when I fell in love with the Snuggle i do believe I ended up getting one i just don't remember which one it was but either way I am getting one i am getting one and I'll let you guys know when it comes and maybe I'll even justify it by saying maybe I'll do a for real friends video and I just need to get this because I'll show it in the video how's that does that sound convincing the franchise also ended up releasing a couple other series later releases would include different dog breeds such as poodles Yorks sheep dogs and even kittens piglets hamsters guinea pigs bunnies squirrels and hedgehogs in most releases the animals had more natural coloring but they did branch out a few times with this pink and purple dog and pink kitten there were also even Snuggamals exclusives and special editions such as the holiday spotted puppy with a little Santa hat two different Easter exclusive puppies and kittens both included with little bunny ears and the Toys R Us exclusive Snuggamals gift set this release actually included two different exclusive special variants only available with this set a black and white kitten and golden retriever the franchise also ended up releasing a couple other Snuggle series such as the Belly Up kittens who played with a dangling bell and the dress and snuggle release that included the Snuggamals with different outfits to wear as well as other accessories i know this is a bit of a shorter section but I was just dying to talk about this specific series and if you guys are anywhere near my age you probably remember these and I want to know if you guys felt as feral towards these things as I did okay you guys so if you've made it this far into the video then you'll know that me and Louis are going to make our very own Wuggle Pets tell me why I am so effing excited for this so as you can see this is the what what did they call it the funfilled factory or something and so I figured there's two of them on here so me and Louis can choose between um who gets who and he's sleeping in the background come on here's our fluff oh my god we have our two freaking Wuggles we have our birth certificates stickers so we can choose what personality our freaking Wuggles are i kind of want the dog are you okay with the unicorn i wanted the unicorn oh you did yeah i like unicorns you need to be a little louder so people can hear you i like unicorns well now it sounds like magic dust magic dust oh okay so this is your my magic dust yeah insert the bag of fluffy stuffing into the chamber all right now this is where the fun Wait no oh wait no no you're good you're going to crank the thing and it'll fill it up just got magic dust everywhere the camera stopped recording but it literally flew across the freaking room cuz he put too much fluff in it can I look at that snuggle and huggle my waggle pet all right now you have to choose your personality what do you think your waggle is like be for real like look into its eyes it's brave you're not going to brave okay slay it says you could do as many as you want cuz we have two of them i have my my very own what exactly is a waggle that's so true she's on and let's get to it it's happening again oh my god oh no i want my Wuggle to be fat like let's go well I feel like he's kind of giving wuggle i don't know what do you think i'm going to say wild sassy actually do I want it to be sassy yeah it's kind of giving sassy honestly okay what do I have to say snuggle and huggle my waggle pet okay snuggle my wuggle my Snuggle and wuggle snuggle and huggle my wuggle pet all right there's my freaking wuggle pet woohoo yes woohoo what do you think my puppy's name is rain what about Blue Belly okay what about yours what is it giving you think um Huffy huffy is it giving Hoofy like look into stare into her soul lavender lavender all right blue Belly by Flurry on June 3rd lavender by Louis this was a lot of fun i can understand why it kind of was a quick fad i feel like besides the making process I understand there's really like not much to do after that but it gives you a cute little pet that you made yourself and it's really cute that you got to like put it together yourself give it a little personality so you really feel like you know him i do have to say for us it was a little messy because well also we're doing this on our bed like we should have been doing this on a table yeah i don't know i kind of love my little blue dog like he's really cute and I'm probably going to clip him onto my bag so Waggle what's a Waggle what's a Waggle anyway that's about it for this week's video i hope you guys enjoyed make sure to like subscribe and comment below if you remember any of these toys comment below some forgotten and discontinued toy lines you'd like to hear me talk about in the future and some other video ideas if you want and yeah I love you guys and I'll see you next week bye