Epic Win: Nickelodeon Super Toy Run
I love that he grabs a Sega Genesis in the video. That kid is an epic win too.
Submitted and Written by Courtney C
For your nostalgic pleasure, may I remind everyone of the Nickelodeon Super Toy Run. Nickelodeon held this contest throughout the 1990’s in conjunction with Toys ‘R Us. The winner of the contest was selected via postcard entry and would be awarded a 5 minute shopping spree in Toys ‘R Us. Every child who ever saw that commercial would spend countless hours daydreaming of not only what they would grab in that store, but actually strategize the store layout in order to maximize the amount of shopping cart stuffage. Mind you, this was before the days of the internet so the only way to enter was to quickly scribble down the mail-in address at the end of the commercial, then beg your parents to mail off as many 3×5 cards as possible with your name & info on it. Winning the lottery, the McDonald’s Monopoly game, inheritance from your grandparents… all paled in comparison with the possibility of winning the Super Toy Run at Toys ‘R Us.
That video is full of other wins. The hulk hogan pose, the sneakers with the stupid ball where you “pump them up”.
Also, he puts a barbie in his cart. Gayyyyyy.
The barbie if for the “kid next door”
And you might have grabbed something you didn’t intend if all you had was 5 minutes.
Just Saying.
So I bet you played with or still do play with barbies if you are going to defend him like that. If you ever recall going to a toys r us, there was a seperate aisle for all the girly toys. He should have skipped this aisle unless he wanted the barbie.
It sounds like you’re the one getting kind of defensive. What is your point anyway?
I think Stever is mad that he never had Reebok Pumps. Hopefully he was able to obtain a Member’s Only jacket as his self-esteem seems to be low enough
Yeah I have a members only jacket. I had to let your mom wear it last night though she got a little cold when we were outside doin it.
You still wear a members only jacket?
Sweet, a “ur mom” joke. Were you born when they had the toy runs, troll?
LandoAWD I am your father. Now move the f.u.c.k. out of the basement.
We don’t have a basement, dad. :-/
Who comes on the ICHC ring of sites to flame? ^^ That guy.
Mildly amusing troll.
I am hilarious and great at pissing you off. That’s why you keep feeding the (happily engaged to a female) “troll.”
I think you’re mistaken about the hilarity of your postings as well as my reactions.
It is hilarious that you need to justify your sexuality to me, though.
You would not respond if if didnt piss you off. That’s what i am here for. Go ahead and make up other names so you can support yourself.
- one if
I just found out this is actually a video of LandoAWD when he was 8 years old. He still has his barbie to this day.
LandoAWD favorite thing to do with his barbie is to undress it and then he tries to figure out how they matched his exact p/e.n.i/s size with the barbie doll.
All of you need to stop now or you will be blocked from posting to the site. Any more posts in this thread will be removed and so will your account/posting ability.
You are hardly hilarious. Just annoyingly similar to all the other fail trolls. You are just like every other jackass to have tried his hand at trolling. Using the same lines. Same actions. Same stupidity.
I believe lando quite owned you.
Owned me? Sorry I am not a slave. Nobody can own me.
It’s actually kind of flattering to have someone troll a topic about your early childhood. =P Not that I want to encourage him, but you should have seen my expression when I found this thread and “Stever” attempting (badly) to troll it.
I find it extremelly sad that you’re getting so defensive and angry over the fact that this kid grabbed a barbie doll for a “kid next door”. Grrr not manly enough for you Stever? You’re maturity is continously reflected in the comments and sad come back you typed up.
I expect an immature reply shortly after Stever reads this.
I find your spelling to be extremely sad. Get that? One ‘L’ in extremely. Better run back to summer school.
Because grammar matters on the internet nowadays. Really, you have nothing else to say besides point out grammar mistakes? Sad. I was expecting another “your mom” joke.
Alright. Your grammar is so awful because you were home-schooled by your mom. Your favorite class was health because she would undress and show you the female body.
Stever should just come out of the closet. He’d feel a lot better.
that lucky little bastard.
I dunno, it seems like a bit of a Faustian bargain for the “lucky little bastard”. Yeah, he has all the cutting-edge toys of 1991, but as we all know, kids that age are cruel little bastards and he must have gotten *no* end of hell after this commercial ran. How many times do you think he got teased about the bit where he picks up “something for the kid next door”?
Personally, I’m wondering about the tropical drink he’s sucking down at the 19 second mark. And why does he grab six baseball bats and two telescopes? Get another Genesis if you’re going to double-dip.
@ MadnessMonster
You have the right of it. Although I wasn’t criticized for the getting the barbie directly (long story), the amount of jealousy and animosity that followed my return trip home was nothing short of horrible. It took at least a couple of years for the resentment from other children in my school to subside. C’est la vie.
To those concerned about my methods during the run: Some of this footage was not actually filmed during the run, rather exclusively shot for the commercial. Obviously if you have an 11 year old bolting back and forth through a store, it’s hard to get some close-ups. Nickelodeon also made it obvious that they did not want me to spend my entire 5 minutes behind the gaming counter at Kay-Bee, something to which I agreed with, considering how they just, you know, gave me a huge trip to Hawaii and a run through a store.
And yes, I’m living happily in Illinois to this day. I’m still a gamer — but I abandoned toy telescopes in favor of a large 10″ dobsonian.
I wanted to do this so so bad.
I would have went straight to the games section, and looted it.
I also had a black Motocykes bike.
Wow how original.
Why are you calling him gay for grabbing a barbie? Just because he used some of his shopping spree to think of someone else rather than being selfish and grabbing only things for himself? Who decided that actually being a good person rather than a selfish little prick made you gay? Tard!
REPLY FAIL. aka you are the tard.
I wanted to do thi so bad but never got around to signing up for the contest.
I also wanted to do the one contest where Nick Takes Over Your Schoo but never did that either.l
Good thing you never bothered signing up because nobody can understand your weak attempt at typing. “thi” “Schoo” “either.l”
Wow go back to school.
Seems my comment did not go through:
Anway, I don’t know the reason for the sudden influx of idiots here. this is just a place for people to come and discuss thier favorite things from childhood.
Go back to school? I’m still attending, in honors and AP courses. My spelling is bad because I have a broken keyboard.
Stever is just a refugee from the FAIL BOG where the alligators were too much for his scrawny arse.
It’s like getting pummeled in the UFC and then finding the nearest elementary school and beating up the kids on recess.
I haven’t been in a toy store for a while, but in at least one of them the…pinkness of the Barbie aisle was epic. That is not meant as a negative or positive comment, FWIW. I still have a Genesis, in fact (not currently hooked up, but still) and my kids actually have enjoyed playing some of the games – because they’re fun. Seriously, people can make fun of the chunky graphics, but those of us who played the games back in the day (I’m talking all the way back to Pong here) know that it doesn’t matter how pretty the graphics are, it’s all about the game play.
Um…did no one else notice that this was NOT at Toys ‘R’ Us, it was at Kay Bee Toys, which had the signature blue carpet (that Toys R Us does not have) Oh, and the big giant Kay Bee Toys logo at 49 secs kinda gives it away too….
Well, most of the Nick toy runs took place at a Toy ‘R’ Us, didn’t they?
Man, whatever happened to awesome sweepstakes like these?
I feel like when I was a kid there was always something amazing to send in a postcard for.
Like Stick Stickly for example- I know it wasn’t a sweepstakes, but kids could write in questions or comments and see them on tv weeks later. None of this text or online submission stuff. I feel like things had more soul back then.
And din’t feel like you had a greater chance of winning with a postcard than entering a code or something online?
I bet the only things he got for christmas/Birthday was clothes & batteries
thats when nick was flippin awesome now it just sucks
Oh My God! I loved this! I remember I sent a postcard to Summer Sanders but I never put stamps on it so it never got picked up by the mailman. But other than that the plan was solid.
Did anyone else notice that the store is not Toys-R-Us but KayBee toys?
aw that’s sweet he got some toys for his friend
Dang. I part way remember this.
Given all the “gay” comments it seems bigotry is alive and well. Nice to know, isn’t it?
+ Even More Epicness for the LA Gear Shoes @ 0:24
I’ve discovered an adult version, to an extent. As a teacher in a certain state, I can go to a particular organization who provides teachers with a limited amount of school supplies. We get two large rooms full of stuff as well as a shopping cart, though we don’t race. I suppose the best part is we get to take everything we put in the baskets to our students, whether we beat the other teachers out of the room or not…pretty nifty.
I remember sending in 35 cards one time…I had to pay my mom back for the stamps. Never won, but it was fun to plan it out.
I used to dream that I won the Super Toy Run. I forced my mother to send in post cards all the time. Otherwise, she would get what was coming to her.
But seriously, I would have just gotten video games, supersoakers and nerf guns.
Ahhh, memories. That was every kid’s dream. I remember those commercials, back when Nickelodeon was cool.
…And I’m glad Stever’s gone.
I grew up in this era too and entered the Super Toy Run many times. Since telling my kids about it and showing them this video and others they want to see if they can convince Nickelodeon to revive the Toy Runs.