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It's honestly distressing how fast verticon goes from 'haha, silly gimmick toy dud' to 'I am now monstrously invested in the fight choreography between two pieces of plastic'

Billiam toy videos are basically my therapy

The fake VHS footage actually looks authentic, unlike other fake VHS filters that just do the chromatic aberration and occasional scratches with no other alterations. Good job!

the Verticon looks pretty cool, but if you strap away all the cosmetics, you could relatively easily build it yourself out of a hairdryer and a few ping pong balls

The 2000s toy boom was a wild time. And sadly a lost art. I do miss those days.

Thanks again to Billiam for hitting me with all the good nostalgia, while simultaneously reminding me that the year 2000 is decades away

I’m so glad he’s finally covering Iz, I just have a visceral memory of just seeing this thing alone on the top of a toy pile at a dentist office when I was 4 and it’s design has never left me

Every Billiam video is like the key to a small wooden door at the back of my mind full of saturday afternoons where the ad breaks between cartoon network reruns have worn their way into my soul forevermore

I always wondered what that weird alien looking toy I got from mcdonalds years ago that stood on top of the family cabinet for many years and still is there to this day watching over our lives collecting dust. Thanks Billiam!

JiBBi has fantastic comedic timing. Penguin hit me like a truck

A friend of mine had an Iz that didn't work so this is the first time I'm learning that it was a music toy. I just thought it was some weird abstract thing that he kept on his shelf. That makes a lot more sense now

I remember growing up as a kid and owning the iZ McDonald's toy, and I only vaguely remember playing with it to the point where I sometimes felt like I dreamt of owning it if not for the fact that I have a photo of me as a kid holding it. I didn't know that the McDonald's toy was based on an actual product. I didn't know what it was supposed to be or that it was even called an iZ.

The verticon reminds me of this Harry Potter "obstacle course" toy where you moved an upwards facing fan on a rail to keep a foam ball aloft through various obstacles. Also the Eye Clops was so fun

The iZ actually had two different direct-to-video movies. FrameRater did a review of them years ago for those interested.

Wow. The iCybie brought back some memories. I used to end up in the hospital a lot as a kid, and one time my parent's agreed to buy me one toy, anything I wanted, as soon as I got out. So my parents took me to, I think, Toys R Us, and I remember almost picking a robot dog which I'm pretty sure what the iCybie. It reminded me of K9 from Doctor Who, which I was really into. Instead, I ended up picking the Transformers Armada Starscream. Loved that toy to death!

Glad to see the 2000s are being romanticized like they should be.

Verticon actually looks legit, it feels rare to see actual quality toys like this on this channel.

I love your toy videos. Some topics I would love to see in the future include: - Kids “laptops” (I had one that talked to me and loved it as a kid) - Different etch n sketch concepts - Bop It and it’s predecessors - Toy line from the Small Soldiers movie (they sell for some nice $$$ now) Also there were a lot of toys that idk if they have a single word to describe that category but they were all a little more active than regular toys. Such as the elephant that blew butterflies you had to catch in a net, a chicken that you would putt a golf ball into, an alligator that did… something? Is there a word for these? Anyway, love your content! Hope you have an amazing holidays!

I remember the year the verticon air battle arena came out. I saw it on commercial while watching Cartoon Network. I wanted it so badly and I put it at the top of my list that year. Christmas morning comes around and I got it. It was a pretty gimmicky little toy, but I still remember the joy I had opening it and playing with it that morning. Thanks for the video bill

This video unlocked two very specific memories for me: the R.A.L.P.H MacDonald's toy and the schoolyard race to complete him, and also the year my brother got a Hey Man for Christmas. Hey Man was our first encounter with voice recognition and it was like futuristic technology in the form of a dude with a rat's tail and visible butt crack. My family still quote Hey Man's pearls of wisdom to this day.

Them actually playing full on with the verticons is kinda funny XD Just doing their own anime based battle lol

FINALLY SOMEONE TALKED ABOUT VERTICON I’M SO HAPPY I still use it to this day and love how silly it is lol

A perfect billiam video, toys, sarcasm and handwritten voice acted notes, all wrapped up in a wholesome package

I actually had a few of those McDonald's iZ toys when I was a little kid, never new what they were called but I always liked how funky they looked

I have been looking for Verticon for YEARS!!!!! I thought it was called Air Raiders all these years. When I was a kid, a friend and I used to take a floor fan that can be turned vertical, and we would blow up balloons and have them fight each other in the wind vortex and we would always say "it would be so cool if there was an actual game like this". A couple years later this monstrosity came out. I thought I predicted the future

The best 4 Pokémon. Slowpoke, Feraliagator, Krabby, and Dr. Doom.

12:40 There is something way too hilarious about the "Ah! It's Jibby!" line being delivered in total fear... that's all lol.

The news scene that combined intentionally bad meme editing with a VHS look.... Billiam, I think you created a new aesthetic

Oh. Wow. Those creepy music things with the bug eyes scared me. But I always wanted one.

Aww man that bionic eye tickled some deep memories. Mine didn't come with a stand though. It did however come with a huge "treasure map" which functioned as a microscopic scavenger hunt. Truly a top-tier toy. I think its still lying around somewhere...

The framing of this video was adorable! Also, I am definitely thinking that I was gaslit by the Jibbi part. I'd be excited to see a part 2 to the WowWee toys video, as the Robosapien V2 is arguably more complex than the iCybie and I remember having a ton of fun with it as a kid... although I would DEFINITELY get a model with repaired wires, as the wiring in those things can flake and break after all the years.

I'm so glad you are talking about i-Cybie! I have the same one as you and I love him a lot :) I really wish that the plastic was more durable, though.

As a now 23 year old who had to grow up too fast these last few years and had reality and adulthood hit me harder than expected, this video and your channel in general give me a the best escape and nostalgia trip I could ask for. Really hitting the specific notes from my childhood lately. Keep up the great work!

That whole Verticon anime arc you guys threw together was actually brilliant. Billiant? Brilliant.

My favorite thing about your toy videos is how they skirt along with the family friendly vibe of the stuff they’re covering juuuuust long enough for little dives into some super dark humor. I fucking died at Dakota threatening you ☠️

1:09 the “paintball gun” behind Billiam really takes me back to my childhood 🥲

Every few weeks, Billiam comes out with another banger video that makes me feel nostalgic for a childhood I didn't even have.

My partner picked up an IZ at a flea market a few years ago! Our cat proceeded to knock it off a table and break off it's eye

I have a whole bunch of the iZ McDonald’s toys that I’ve kept on my bookshelf for years and never knew what they were. I don’t remember getting them or why I kept them but at some point I got really attached to my little group of weirdos. Thank you for this because otherwise I may never have known what they actually were!

The way Jibbi just tosses the robot to the side 😂😂😂 UNGRATEFUL

Idk why, but I can't help but imagine Verticon in like, a seedy basement, surrounded by guys holding clumps of cash as they bet on the outcomes of every match.

As someone who was a 2000's/Early 2010's kid those toy's brought me back and this video made my day 😂

I love watching these 2000’s toys videos, I never had any of them but remember seeing the commercials for them so many times and fantasized about having some of them as a kid it almost feels like I had them. I remember wishing I would get my own JiBBi for Christmas due to all the gaslighting. The only only one I don’t recognize is iCybie.

Billiam, I've been waiting to see you discuss the various different (fire hazards) I mean children's toys themed around ovens for some inconceivable reason. The one I remember best is the Jakks Pacific Creepy Crawlers Bugmaker because not only did it make some great bugs, it also burned the living hell out of my hands as a child because it was comically unsafe to leave children unattended with it 🤣

Hi Billiam, whether or not you see this, I wanted to say that I've been watching you only a little over a year(fall 2021 I believe)and I wanted to say that you've been a comfort to me. Whether it's a very long video about Lost or a shorter video about some early 2000s toy, your videos make me feel better and bring back memories of more innocent days and I appreciate it greatly. I've fallen asleep to your videos many a times. Thank you so much, my dude 💖

Idk why, but I was so convinced that Jibbi was just a bit that you guys were really committing to.

As an adult i will now be unironically buying verticon too show all of my adult friends as ive never seen that one and thats amazing

Fun fact: the iZ toy actually had it's own animated special on DVD in 2007 called iZ and the Zizzles.

I remember seeing adds for a game you can “control” with your mind? It used air or whatever. One of my older cousin got it and I was amazed lmao

Dude I love your channel, you really know how to bring us back to the good ol days of our childhoods. At least those of us who are mostly millennials lol.

I remember there was like an animated special made to promotethe iZ. He's not really an alien, he's a weapon created by the government.

The gold version of iCybie was in Clone High as a villain named E Cybo-Pooch. Scudworth is gifted one and he soon becomes so obsessed with it that he neglects his robotic butler, Mr. Butlertron.

Thank you for reminding me that Verticon existed! I absolutely loved playing with them as a child.

Hell yeah my favorite KZfaqr can’t wait to watch this nostalgia trip I’m glad I grew up in the early 2000’s. Merry Christmas man

0:27 I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO BRING THAT UP FOREVER!!!!!!

Man I can't believe Santa called you based, the last time I ran into Santa he just keep saying stuff like 'who are you? 'It's the middle of May' 'what are you doing in my house' 'I'm not Santa' and 'Hey aren't you that guy who was huffing spray paint behind the mall?'

This man is the reason I have my old robo quad posted right in my living room. Thanks for bringing back nostalgia in a cool ass way all these years 😎

I use to be really into the aibo community until i realized the price was just impossible. You should review the Tekno Robotic Puppy, I had one as a kid.

The song the iz started playing at 5:08 legit just nostalgia blasted me I absolutely loved that tune. I must get my producer friend to sample that immediately!

Verticon would make a FANTASTIC cat toy

i was terrified of specifically the Mcdonalds version of the iZ as a child

I'm too young to really be a "2000's Kid"(I'm technically a 2010's kid) but I still feel good vibes from Y2K/Frutiger Aero/Skeuomorph/etc. aesthetics. It just feels so technological in a comfortable way.

I’m not sure if other people remember this but there was a toy that was a “telekinetic” obstacle course. You put on a headband the hurt and it controlled a fan and ball. Edit: It was the MIND FLEX!

I remember seeing lots of ads and tv commercials for Verticons but I never actually knew any kids who had them. And it's pretty obvious why it never caught on. The thing that made Beyblades and B-daman popular was you could easily bring them to school, any bowl or tabletop could become a battleground and you could easily trade parts with your friends. What are you supposed to do with Verticons, bring the entire blowdryer contraption with you?

I would have sworn before I watched this video that the IZs were called Izzy because I was always disturbed that it had a real non-alien name and I'm suspicious that my misremembering is a part of its plan

This is a cool concept for a seasonal wrap up. Nicely presented.

I never knew jibbi existed but it’s existance reminded me of poo from when ipads first blew up and everyone had their free games on it. I remember taking my kindle to school showing off my poo to the other kids and we would compare how grown up it was and so on 🥺

Really appreciate the grown adults getting in touch with their inner children.

I feel like I’m being gaslit into thinking jibbi was culturally relevant in any other way than being a mispronunciation of Gibby

Your content is so earnest and endearing. I appreciate your utterly genuine feeling personality

Holy crap, I had completely forgotten about verticon! It was one of the first toys I ever had! I remember having so much fun mixing and mashing the weapons they had and watching them duke it out in the air... It was always so mesmerizing to watch! How could I have forgotten about it!?

This actually made me question whether nor bot jibbi was a major thing I had never heard of.

this is a certified holiday classic

Ok but that Verticon battle was surprisingly compelling, I was hooked 😅

Holy shit you just unlocked a forbidden memory of the iz and the zizzles cartoon I watched as a kid😂😂

You made me want to put batteries back into my IZ. He’s such a nostalgic piece of my growing up.. and my disgusting taste in music.

If you ever need to demonstrate a microscope toy in the future, I recommend using paper with some kind of writing on it. It will look really cool

Happy holidays, Billiam! Your videos always have so much effort put into them and it shows! Much respect.

Congratulations on your year! This is one of my favorite channels!

Jibbi has analog horror vibes

when i was young i went to see my (at the time) teenage cousin and she had an iz and i thought it was really unnerving. the way it looked and the sounds it made were so creepy and it was overall really overstimulating to me. what made it worse was that i never knew this thing's name for the longest time. and i kept seeing it because my neighbor had the mcdonalds one iirc. then my cousin (a different one) got the mcdonalds one too. this beast was an unidentifiable scourge upon my life until now

I wonder why I've been missing out on this channel! I'm 21 so seeing these types of things being talked about makes me happy

This video was already a 10/10, but then I saw the Palmon in the Christmas tree. That's an instant 100/10 right there.

Tiger and radica were my main sources of entertainment. Especially the scannerz and poochi. Wish I had a jibbi as a kid. 😂

I love coming back to this channel every 6 months to binge all the content

I still miss iDogs. I never had ipods cuz we were poor 🤣 but my grandparents got us iDogs right when the craze was dying. As soon as they went on sale. My sisters got bored with theirs quick so I hoarded all the iDogs for myself. They were one of my favorite toys for sure

5:52. That is how my siblings and a friend of ours got our hands on the ones we owned around ‘06 or ‘07.

That Doctor Doom is from this weird terrain builder tabletop fantasy RPG from back in the mid 2000s. It had a bunch of heroes and villains and some wreckage and such, and that was from a Marvel expansion box or some shit. Billiam over here unlocking memories I forgot I had

Honestly, Verticon has been locked away deep inside my memories LOL

I know you working hard on that next lost installment! Cant wait. Billiam is dope.

Awesome vid, I loved the Jibbi commercials and public statement. They were so well done!

2000s toys give me life 💕 i had the maccas version of them IZ things ^_^’

The first 10 seconds unlocked a memory because I owned that exact same spy set and like... WOW.. Nostalgia is quite the drug

In the early 2000s I remember being in elementary school and after a field trip we all got McDonald's after and they came with the Iz toys!! We were all playing with them on the bus and I still have my pink one to this day!! It was truly so iconic bc it was so strange and unnecessary 🤣

Love your Sonic holiday sweater! 💙🎄

My one and only memory of iZ was taking my McDonald’s iZ to a random teacher/friend of my moms house, playing Time Splitters 2, listening to Bad Day by Daniel Powter, all while my parents were getting divorced.

thank you billiam!! hope you have a wonderful holidays, your videos are always such a treat and a great comfort to me 💞

Had the green iZ when it first came out. Definitely had me and my family laughing.

We LOVED the Iz when I was a kid!! A whole group of us had them and would sit in a circle hanging out with them all. Other kids didn't like us much....