The Most Overhyped Black Friday Toys

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As Thanksgiving winds down and all the good, familial vibes fade away, the attention turns to retailers and various Black Friday sales.

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It’s the type of retail event to bring out the worst in people with all manner of consumers camped out and ready to fight over plush toys. With the benefit of history (and a trusty Amazon Prime account) we can look back at which gifts were the most overhyped Black Friday toys.

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Ralph Baer inventor of the home video game

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As we play our X-Boxes and PlayStations, it’s hard to imagine getting hyped up for a game of Pong.

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It seems rather basic now, but Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head were the it items of 1952 with the toy bringing in a whopping $1 million in sales.

An Atari 8600 was originally equipped with less memory than your smartphone, but it was good for a mean game of Pac-Man.

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Someone should probably explain why we were paying 30 bucks a pop for Cabbage Patch Kids.

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In hindsight, Tickle Me Elmo was kind of creepy. Hopefully that doesn’t explain the insane appeal it had.

There were over 10 million Zhu Zhu Pets sold in 2009, with some going for as high as $250 on eBay.

In 1998, the high demand for Furby toys caused online retailers to double the price. What was all the hype about?

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The Pokemon craze was so real that some school officials banned them from campuses.

You can make an argument that Lazer Tag is just as corny today as it was in 1986 when it was at its peak.

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No night viewing and a dependency on batteries should’ve ended all the Nintendo Game Boy hype before it started.

Milk bottle caps. Take all they mysterious, glorified backstory away, and Pogs were just milk bottle caps.

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Now the market reflects a Razor Scooter’s real price, which should be no more than 30 bucks. But when kids were being whipped into a frenzy, they were going for no less than $100.

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1980 brought that rare mix of entertainment and learning thanks to the Rubik’s Cube, which was only $1.99 at the time.