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American Greetings is actually the world’s largest greeting card company ahead of Hallmark. Madballs came out in 1985 and were the creation of AmToy which was a part of American Greetings. They were pretty much a fad but here’s the story of Madballs. You could throw it and bounce it but they were so unique and your parents hated them.īodily functions will always be funny and It equaled into being a great ‘80s toy. For a young kid in the ‘80s, you couldn’t come up with a much better toy. One of my earliest birthday memories was having a Madballs based birthday and a friend’s younger brother accidentally revealing which one they got me.

I also remember them being discouraged from being brought to my public school. I remember my parents hating Madballs, thinking they were disgusting and wondering what the hell the appeal of them was. Madballs would expand into cartoons, video games, and comic books. They were designed with a grotesque appearance and each ball had an on odd name and theme.

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Madballs were a series of rubber ball toys created by Amtoy in the 1980s. “The incredibly talented team behind this film has entertained genre film enthusiasts over the years and ‘Old Man’ is no exception.What do you get when you take a Nerf like ball and mix it with a Garbage Pail Kid? You’ve got something that disgusts parents and teachers and that kids of the ‘80s loved. “We’re excited to work with Lucky McKee, Stephen Lang and the film’s producing team on another project that is certain to thrill audiences,” said Mark Ward, chief acquisitions officer of RLJE Films. Koontz (“The Pale Door”), Cameron Burns (“Scare Package”) and Ashleigh Snead (“The Block Island Sound”) produced for Paper Street.

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Marc Senter ( Starry Eyes), Liana Wright-Mark ( Ocean’s 8), and Patch Darragh (“Succession”) co-star. That chance encounter triggers an unimaginable nightmare.” “The film unfolds as a lost hiker stumbles upon an erratic old man living in the woods. The film will debut in theaters, on demand and across digital platforms on October 14. Variety reports that RLJE Films has acquired Lucky McKee’s (May, The Woman) latest. Companies like Kidrobot and Mondo have also been making their own Madballs, so it’s a damn good time to be a fan of… gross… balls.Īfter playing the “Blind Man” in Don’t Breathe (and its more recent sequel), Stephen Lang is set to play “Old Man” in Lucky McKee‘s Old Man, which has been acquired for release. As you’ll see in the photo below, new versions of Horn Head, Slobulus, and Screamin’ Meemie will also be available. Seen in the photo are newly stylized takes on classic Madballs characters Oculus Orbus, Skull Face, and Dust Brain.

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*UPDATE: Looks like the new Madballs will also be available in Walmart and Toys R Us, and the full rollout is scheduled for January 17th!* We don’t yet know whether or not the new Madballs are exclusively going to be available at Target, but since that’s the only place we’ve heard of them being spotted, we encourage you to head out to your local store and do a little hunting. We thank Twitter user Toy Empire for bringing this to our attention and providing the above photo, which was taken at Target. Courtesy of Just Play, those lovable Madballs are intent on making your toy shelf great again in 2017, and they’ve already begun popping up.

Released by AmToy in the mid-’80s, the rubber monster balls have been revived several times throughout the years, and we’re happy to report that they’re once again back on store shelves. Who doesn’t love a good ’80s monster toy? Companies back in that oh-so-glorious decade were hellbent on one-upping each other in the gross department, and one of the most totally awesome exports of the gross-out ’80s were the Madballs. I always knew Target was the greatest place on Earth.