Polly Pocket: The Ultimate Nepo Baby
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 15. 07. 2024
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Polly Pocket; she's rich beyond your wildest dreams and no taller than 5 inches. In this video I take a look at every generation of Polly we've seen yet, but with an intense focus on the 2002-2010 era that I grew up with, including the toys, and flash games, and three movie releases; Lunar Eclipse, 2 Cool at the Pocket Plaza, and Pollyworld.
This video is intended for adult audiences and contains some adult language. Viewer discretion is advised.
Time stamps:
Intro: 0:00
Classic Polly: 1:47
00s Polly Toys: 6:38
00s Polly Games: 15:59
Lunar Eclipse: 21:15
2 Cool at the Pocket Plaza: 25:58
Pollyworld: 33:00
2010 Polly: 48:45
2018 Polly: 50:59
Conclusion: 56:40
Credits: 57:33
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19:52
Can you chew on cool shirtz?
Bro I need a song list for all the music you used in this video- the amount of times I recognized a song but couldnât put my finger on it was astronomical T^T
You know a Polly Pocket retrospective is quality when not even 10 minutes in, they address âthe chewability factorâ.
love that firm green bean squeak of polly pocket rubber clothes between your teeth
The clothes sure look like candy donât they
the act of laying down in this video is such a powerful thing to do. you're showing that just because you have to work in a different setting/position doesn't make your work any less good or worthy. I feel like this is a really cool thing to do, not only because it makes you feel better and more comfortable, but also because it brings awareness to the fact that it's okay to do whatever feels right for you. I already had a lot of respect for you and the content you put out, but this made me a fan â€
100%! I respect it so much
yes!đ©·
Same, as someone who is also disabled. It's nice seeing disabled creators breaking the mold to show that creating accessibility doesn't change the quality.
something about it makes it feel so... idk how to put it. like you're just laying down with your best friend while they gush about a fav topic.
â@@robbiegeegee YES EXACTLY!!!
I guess you could say Pollyâs dad is a bit out of pocket lmao
he's really paying for these things out of pocket
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The plot about Polly not being able to spend time with her dad is kinda sad when you remember that the Polly Pockets were literally the gift of a father to his daughter.
I wouldn't be surprised if Chris Wiggs modeled Polly herself after the daughter so she could imagine herself in those fantastical environments.
as a brazilian who was a little girl during the 2010s polly era, i can confirm we were CRAZY about that shit. me and my friends at the playground used to trade pollies and polly clothes, we made up our own chart of what items and dolls were rare or not (we were onto nothing but thats ok). we were CRAZY about it, i had no idea it eventually was only sold here but it was a cultural phenomenon for us little brazilian girlies so it makes So much sense
(Brazil mentioned đ§đ·đ»)
I agree a 100%. I also saw a similar phenomena in Mexico. Idk maybe we're so f'ed up in LATAM that the thought of being a rich kid was a real fantasy escape for so many children.
Yesss âĄâĄâĄ
Omg YES i still have so many Pollys, even passing them on to my little cousin I couldn't get rid of all of them. I had a lunchbox full of them for easy transport too
Polly era tipo, o meu brinquedo favorito, eu tinha uma gaveta cheia de pollys, adorava passar horas montando uma cidadezinha đ«¶
shout out pra quem mastigava as roupinhas! đ
i am SO glad to see someone acknowledge the weirdly dark tone of pollyworldđ i had it on dvd as a kid and legit couldnât watch the part where assman quits his job because iâd start crying
i can't wait to get to the part of the video that gives this context LMFAO
@@lulucool45 please it was the saddest moment in cinema history for little me
As I was watching the start of this video I was trying to figure out why I had the Pollyworld movie but didn't watch it more than once and now I understand why. All of it was too sad to watch
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i'm a guy so i never had polly pockets, but i still remember chewing on the little rubber clothes whenever i went to my girl friends houses. truly a memory that transcends barriers.
I owned Polly pockets and I also chewed the hell outta those clothes
it's wonderful to know that Polly Pocket clothes-chewing is a universal experience regardless of gender. good mouth feel is just good mouth feel!
Meanwhile I wasnât the person to chew anything that isnât edible lol
Guess I was more hygienic than other kids.
As a disabled person, Iâm happy to see that you are taking steps to make your video-making process work for YOU đ Plus, you lying down adds to the Vibes of it all. It makes me feel like weâre at a sleepover together, which is super nostalgic. And, of course, the content of your videos is as stellar as always! I was never into Polly Pocket as a kid, but I loved listening to you talk about it!
Ngl this laying down angle is kinda relaxing. Also more unique than other commentary channels. I'm glad you're comfortable enough to be comfortable!
FR it also kinda fits the 2000s theme I think. Reminds me of those old in betweener type talk shows they had on kids channels where the hosts would give you facts or something from random positions, if that makes any sense? I love it, it feels like staying up at a sleepover talking to a friend.
So true, itâs rare to see, I agree and Iâve done the same thing in my videos
it was super engaging actually... the screen laying down too really kept my eye on the screen
Feels like a sleepover
as an alopecia girl, a pony tail girl who suddenly starts wearing her hair down all the time is perfect alopecia rep
Hiding her new extensions maybe đź
37:52 The reason Lorelei sounds so good is that she's voiced by Kathleen Barr: the quintessential voice actor for female cartoon villains. Including (but not limited to) Queen Chrysalis in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Aspheera from Ninjago, dozens of Barbie villains (Diamond Castle, Mermaid's Tail, etc.) and even Marie and Kevin in Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy. And she even voiced various characters in the 2018 Polly Pocket animated series.
*Also, Beth is voiced by Tabitha St. Germain, who voices Rarity and Princess Luna in My Little Pony.
Specifically, Kathleen is the go to Canadian voice actress fo villains. If it's a Canadian movie or show, expect her to be the villain. Barbie is a prime example. Half of the villains are voiced by her
@@finland4ever55 I'm Canadian myself, so I grew up hearing her voice in half of everything I watched. She's extremely talented.
Also Maetel from galaxy express 999, cologne in Ramna 1/2, and Wheezie in Dragon tales.
Tabitha St. Germain was also the voice of Nokama in the second and third Bionicle films.
Now that I know Rarity and Luna are voiced by the same person I'm fusing them.
THE C H E W A B I L I T Y. Iâll never forget that feeling. Do yâall remember when disney came out with poly picket style dolls??
OH MY GOD YES!! those tiny disney princesses-- a family friend had them, and i always wanted to steal them đ the chewiness of those dolls clothes...
@@EthanTreesi had belle!! Chewed the fuck out of her yellow ball gown
I had them specifically the Ariel⊠the dress was amazing to chew 10/10 would chew again. I was wondering if theyâd be brought up in this video
Omg are you talking about the ones with the snap on clothes?! If so yes! I can confirm it is 10/10 chewy đ
I had the Cinderella one!
as an only child of divorced parents (who were together until i was 16 but always dysfunctional before that) the pollyworld film really mattered to me because it really showcased that you can have it all, but still absent parents and struggle with lonliness. there was still enough fun wish fulfillment throughout to make that theme not too triggering for my young self. to me it was the one thing that really grounded polly as a character in a way that for example barbie or bratz movies usually didnt. for a long time, i felt like i had everything i could wish for (though of course not nearly as much as polly), but i was still so unhappy and i internalized that as being ungrateful and selfish. it was only after my parents' divorce that i could recognize and work on the trauma that my parents (specifically my dad) gave to me. i had pollyworld on dvd and i must have watched it a hundred times. i watched it on youtube a while back again, when i was going through a nostalgic phase, and it made me realise why i found so much comfort in it. there is more children's media dealing with divorce, but it always really heads on about the divorce itself and not the dysfunctionality either before or after., the way polly's concerns are brushed off here specifically strikes a nerve with me, because thats exactly how it felt for me. ok im starting to cry, so im going to stop writing this comment, but i just wanted to share that since you said pollys family problems ruin the wish fulfillment
I'm sorry you've had to deal with that. I'm glad that you've been able to find media that's comforting.
Wait what I used to rent the movie all the time and had divorced parents since a young age, I figured I just really was fond of the movie but there was topics to that?
@@pockyrinny7224Yep. The movie doesn't delve too deep into anything, but it definitely touches on the subject. By the end after Polly and The Pockets performance, she lets her dad know that him, her butler, and her friends are all the family she needs. That another woman or "mother figure" isn't really necessary. I believe she even told her butler that he's a sort of mother figure for her.
Love laying down. This camera angle gives âIâm a Grecian goddess being fed grapes while I reclineâ we stan
The trick to make the clothes last longer is to put baby powder inside them when they stop to glide easily.
Literally just this week I found my 25 years old collection and because I stored them with baby powder, I could still dress the dolls with no problem! I was amazed tbh lol
Oh man, I remember when the 00s ones came out. I was going to a weird rich kid school that year (I got a scholarship, it was horrible) and I walked up to these three girls that were playing with them before they'd been released. I asked if I could play with them, and they asked me if my dad made toys too. I said my dad was dead, and they told me I couldn't play with them.
Turns out they were the popular girls, and I got mocked for having a dead dad and later, not having a horse.
Rich kids are weird, and not in the fun way.
"mocked for not having a horse" is the funniest thing I've ever heard. that's so cartoony to say irl??
I'm sorry you had to go through that. (hug)
as someone who suffers from a condition similar to pots, i totally get the laying down thing. can't count how many times i've wanted/needed to sit up and do something only to be stopped by the worst vertigo known to man so i just lay there angry for a sec lmao.
anyway, loved this vid! i vaguely remember being super into polly pocket at some point, and i had a few of the dolls. i don't know if i ever chewed on their clothing specifically but i do remember chewing on some sort of rubbery doll clothes that might've been polly pockets. someone needs to make one of those chew stim necklaces but with the texture of rubbery doll clothes it would make so much money imo /hj
Floor time > most any other time
another pots haver!!! lying down is amazing
I'm chronically ill, and have to lay down due to fatigue. I feel so seen and validated by Li making a video where she's laying down and talking to us about Polly Pocket. đ„°
Same!!!
I have dysautonomia so I lay down a lot when I'm doing school work too
As someone who's most exposure to polly was the 2000's site on everything girl, i am kinda crushed how much of the site is lost media. I played on it thru my ENTIRE childhood. even playing My Scene games despite never having a My Scene doll and pixel chix etc. All the cheesy sound effects all the cool environments themed after diff barbie movies and doll lines. I am so devastated it wasn't properly archived đđ
Omg RIP Everything Girl.
It's my scene, my scene, if you know what I mean...
Yeahđą
SAME đ
The spiraling nepo baby discourse in an over analyse of a 90's/00's doll lines is exactly what i needed. Thx for this
Was trying to figure out why the whole "daughter (understandably) upset that her divorced dad is engaged to someone she's never even met" thing in Pollyworld sounded so familiar as a plot device, and then it clicked. That's what kicks off the girls going to the auntie's place in Hausu. I would normally say "I now want a Hausu remake with Polly Pocket characters", but that would require everyone besides Polly & Beth to have unique personalities.
100% guilty of chewing on Pollyâs clothes! I also chewed her feet đ Being a neurodivergent kid with a Polly Pocket was basically a playground of mouth sensations
Same for me lol đ
I feel like I'm one of the few people people who loved Polly Pocket as a kid and have always been neurodivergent but never chewed on any of my Polly stuff. Idk, I guess chewing on things has never been one of my stims
i barely remembered any of these but seeing the pics of the clothes literally made my mouth water LMAO
It's wild how my mom was concerned about our family dog chewing on Polly's clothes. Yet, here I was, casually gnawing on the pieces of clothing. đ
@@princessravendiamond4288same
I hope you do more videos laying down from now on. It really creates a cozy, casual vibe. Like being hours into a sleepover and listening to your friend of a friend talk.
Rare Zonbko Fan in the wild??
@@PuertoRicanGlow2010Yooooooooo
exactlyyyy, itâs so cozy i love it
Honestly the announcement of marriage and introduction on the same day was super common in those movies around that time. I think itâs a Richie rich thing.
Richie Rich had both of his parents alive and happily married, in the movies at least.
Do any of yâall remember Pixel Chix?? I was OBSESSED as a kid. They were easily my most memorable 2000âs toys and it was peek tech for me at the time đ€Ł
Oops she just mentioned them I hadnât gotten that far into the video when I commented lol
YESS!!! I loved them!!
I think a CZcamsr made a video about them? I know I saw one, Iâll try and find the channel name
update: ITS IZZZZYZZZZ OR SOMETHING
@@lukas.burke.atlaslake AHH THANK YOUUU
I was terrified of them as a kid
YASSSS
i was a proud polly pocket clothing chewer đ€ also the one thing that made me warm up to the 2010 reboot was the marshmallow cat thing they had. i loved that guy so much. i still think the mid 2000s flash game era is the most appealing in an aesthetic sense
Im so glad to see im not the only one who used to chew on their clothes
Chewing on their clothes were fond memory
How could you not it had an amazing texture. They really dropped the ball by not making edible Polly pocket clothes snacks
The original chewlery đ€
Yeah I really liked their random animal-object hybrids in the reboot
Honestly I really liked Pollyworld because of the depressing aspects. I felt a lot more connected to Polly. I always loved her but there was definitely a gap, especially being in a family that couldn't afford much. Seeing her have strained relationships with family / family-adjacent characters really had me relating to her in a way I never did before. I won't get into too many details, but basically my mother was absent for the large majority of my childhood. While the conditions for that between my own experiences and Polly's is very different, it still made me feel seen. I never really saw media with that sort of parental relationship before and it made me feel even just a tiny bit more normal. Looking back from an adult perspective, I think it's a bit silly that it meant so much to me because, again, my experience is barely even comparable if I go into anything more than I already have, but as a kid it was enough.
When I was growing up, I hated all fashion dolls. I had NO intact human toys (I enjoyed preforming experiments on the Barbies my aunt insisted on getting me). That is... until I met Fashion Polly. I fell in love instantly. My parents were so happy that I finally liked a "girly" toy that they bought me nearly every playset I asked for.
As someone with POTS it is so refreshing to see someone be honest about how it is. I don't think people understand, and try to call it a form of inactivity that can just be worked off. I see you!! You made such a unique and fun format with this. Gravity allergy took the loss today. /lh
"gravity allergy" đ
i'm terrified of being perceived so seeing someone else with POTS doing this stuff makes me so happy- i'm def guilty of chewing on the clothes when i was a kid đ
Unironically, not only is lying down helpful for you and a powerful sentiment, but it really makes your video's visuals not only unique but stick in a viewers head more.
So please, if it helps you, don't worry about it! Keep it up
I never owned any Polly Pocket sets or toys in my life but I was a regular visitor of the site
Hearing that "La La La La Polly" song, the "TADAAAA!!!", the car minigame which my dad introduced me to...
It triggered a wave of gigantic nostalgia. I never watched the movies either but I had a Polly Pocket backpack during kindergarten and first grade that I was so proud of
Amazing video as always
Didnât know Polly Pocket lore went this deep
honestly the pollyworld plotline with her dad hit WAY too hard fr like thats just my life man
Honestly I really like this style of video, it feels like I'm at a sleepover hearing my friend rant about whatever comes to mind. Very cozy 10/10
Shaniâs design in 2 Cool is the most egregious case of whitewashing I have EVER seen
also, Mr. Pocket out there looking like heâs gonna wind up in the Saw bathroom
Granted in the movies, all the colors look pretty washed out. (not a defense just something else I noticed.)
iâm chronically ill as well and seeing you lay down is so.. comforting, i guess. i really appreciate you being open with us
And I love her for it. Pollyworld is my favourite movie to watch when I'm sad, because her life is the ultimate escapism! Can't wait to get into this video while I settle in for the night
So how you feeling about that escapism after watching
Really liked that movie as a kid and the aesthetic was so cute
I agree 100% abt the escapism. The 3D cartoon that polly pocket has is something I watch to cheer myself up a lot.
I cannot find that movie anywheređ
@@jolieyosei1338 all three are on CZcams! hereâs pollyworld: czcams.com/video/mIvUMwAAhfc/video.html
The pic of polly and the clothes onscreen when you're talking about the longevity of the squishy clothes bought back this huge rush of nostalgia and memories- I had some of those and I can remember always fishing that particular robe thing out of my toy box
It also reminded me I had one set that had magnetic clothing that had to be recalled because there was apparently huge traces of lead in the paint đ
I recently dug all of my old Fashion Polly dolls out of a storage unit that had been sitting in my back yard in the middle of the desert for 10+ years. Temperatures inside probably reach over 120 degrees in the summer. There was absolutely no damage to any of the dolls or the rubbery clothes aside from becoming slightly malformed after years of being stuck together in a huge lump. These are my most cherished toys from my childhood, and after seeing the damage shown in this video, it just makes me appreciate them even more. đ„°
as a Brazilian who grew up around the 2010's I can confirm everyone was OBSESSED with Polly. tbh i didn't even know there were polly movies and a cartoon until recently, since what rlly was popular were the dolls and the playsets. I think the main point was to built a Polly city with each house/store having a doll, there were also a lot of playsets that you could glue to your wall and fun cars and boats. no one rlly cared about the dolls themselves, they were mostly seen as an accessory to the sets that you could style, but the clothes were pretty cute and I loved chewing on them lol. nowadays it's not very popular with kids anymore and the newer generation toys aren't that easy to find, but back in the day it was such a big thing that even boys liked to play with the less pink colored toys. I remember that my friends and I would bring our polly stuff to each others houses after school so we could make a little polly town, it was rlly fun
the polly movies are pretty obscure when compared to their doll media cousins, but they are so fun and extremely mid 2000s i love them so dearly. theyâll always get a giggle out of me
I must say I appreciate the laying down angle, and not just becuase its better for you. It feels relaxing, kina like you are having a sleepover with a friend and instead of actually sleeping youre just chatting about whatever interests you
A creator who does video essays on things I spent DAYS of my childhood obsessing over who also has POTS just like me makes me feel so seen
I had the same experience :-) !
As a Brazilian, I honestly love your videos because 1- you talk about so many things I enjoyed for so long and was afraid people would find me immature for, and 2- I find it amazing how we shared so much of our childhood even though we were from different countries, cultures, ethnicities and all that... Thank you for tour content, really
This was such a nostalgia hit, Polly Pocket was my GIRL back then the main song (and the My Scene theme song) was seared into my brain. Unfortunately I didnât know the movies existed at all, I mostly just played the games.
I can attest that Shani was such a outlier, they often lightened her skin to the point that I didnât even know she was black and her hair was hardly ever textured on the website.
As for the movie I like to think that John Pocket is also a Nepo baby and the Pocket Family empire stretches back generations, most the things they own is less of passion project and just family inheritance.
You're genuinely the FIRST person I've seen mention the compacts, I'm almost 31 and every time I see Polly Nostalgia it's for the Fashion Pollys and it's just... Sorry can't relate so it's SO nice to see someone else who dearly loved the little environments those compacts contained
I grew up with just the compacts.
It's the opposite for me I always see nostalgia for the compacts and almost never the fashion pollys!
I follow a youtuber who ONLY talks about the compacts and the big sets for the compact characters, maybe youâd like her xD I need to find her name
@@KingOfGaymes ooh, if you can remember the name please do hook me up!
I was only vaguely aware the Polly universe extended past the compacts. I only recall the very first larger dolls and the rubberized clothing. I actually donât even remember the doll itself, just the rubber clothes đđ I only had one compact but omg I loved that thing and I wished for a couple more of them. They really were so intricate and amazing as toys.
Honestly the laying down feels so on brand for bed shot from a 90s-2000s movie when polly pocket was popular
taking "why stand when you can sit?" to a whole new level i love this
Also all of my polly pockets were hand me downs and i didn't remember what i had until i saw these images and remembered just how many cars and how wild they were
We need to start a movement to include Beth and her friends in the newest animation. #BringBackBeth
I now understand why when I got Polly Pockets it was so different from the Polly Pockets my friend had; turns out she had a compact polly pocket, likely from her big sister, and it was the fashion polly pocket era
Also I hope there's at least one fanfic that takes very seriously Polly's absent father, her only interested by her money friends, and Beth's gay crush on Polly that she doesn't know how to deal with
You are so right! The lack of Black Polly Pockets was the main reason I was disinterested in them and why I was rarely gifted them as a kid. Iâve recently become an admirer of the bluebird play sets (which were before my time) and I know I would have loved getting them as hand-me-downs but I donât know anyone in my family who had those either, lol. Probably for the same reason.
I did have the littlest pet shop âteeniest tiniestâ which had mini littlest pet shop animals in play sets similar to blue bird. They were very fun but not as intricate as Pollyâs
The WHIPLASH I had from hearing the Polly Pocket website song around 6:48ish SENT ME. I'm a 32yo and that just unlocked a core memory. I remember the website having printable playset rooms and I'd get so mad when I'd make them and they wouldn't stand up.
Also to add, the constant "TA-DA" from the game would drive my mom and dad NUTS, lol.
Polly Pockets were always supeeerrrrr common here in Brazil, but had an even BIGGER explosion in popularity after the 2010s reboot, you could even find the shorts being sold as DVDs! And somehow, after all these years, and realising that all the toys from my childhood are gone from stores, Polly is still here well and thriving!
I mainly grew up on the Fashion Pollys, but I was given that mansion after my mum found it at a thrift store and I was always so fascinated by the tiny details and how much you could do! Unfortunately it didn't have any of the people, and it ended up being given away at some point. While the original Polly Pockets were easy to lose, I remember my favourite Fashion Polly clothes pieces would always be the ones to rip and be unusuable because I'd take them on and off so much T_T
It's truly wild how much your videos unearth memories in me that I hadn't thought about in like, at LEAST a decade.
I grew up on the fashion Polly dolls. I don't remember much of the movies except maybe seeing pollyworld on Nick. Hearing Beth mention that her parents get pissed at her for not being number one just makes me wish we could've had at least one more Polly film focusing on Polly's rivalry with Beth and if they could've come to the realization that neither one has the best relationship with their parents.
#justiceforbeth
If we keep discussing an unfairly sidelined secondary character who deserved their own story, we might successfully summon CrowCaller.
I know Iâm sounding dramatic but I honestly cried at the start seeing as Iâve been having flare ups with my POTS and EDS and Iâve never seen a CZcamsr even talk about it, let alone one of my favorite CZcamsrs đ„° wishing you all the health !
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lol, as a person with POTS also laying down and watching your vid to distract from pots symptoms, this was an entire mood
As much as I love 00s Polly, the 2010s have a special place in my heart. I was obsessed with the art style, it's just so fun, colorful and full of action! Def inspired my art in many ways.
Didn't know the 2010's Polly craze was a brazilian thing (e foi uma febre mesmo, eu via essa loira em todo canto kakskas), me and my friends would spend the days playing with the dolls and flipping through the Polly magazine. I spent hours in the website, watching the animation and playing games... The nostalgia just hit me with a bat lol
I don't think I'll ever get over how soothing and nice your voice is.
Also I heavily relate to the laying down part, as a disabled artist.
I know you only laid down for this vid because you had to, but I actually really liked the casual/cozy vibe of laying down for it. It made me feel like I was talking with a friend at a sleepover before falling asleep. Also made the video just look distinct from other CZcamsr essayists. Would love to see more videos in this cozy, relaxed style!
Just want to say I LOVE your makeup look! So excited for this video đ My mom recently gave me a giant Polly Pocket house I had when I was a kid!
Editing to say the house was the Magical Mansion!
That's great to receive your childhood toys! I still have some and I feel so happy looking at them, even if I don't play with them
Looking at the rubber clothes is so nostalgic. We used to play the heck out of these outfits. That pink glitter robe, omg
Pollyworld is such a wild memory for me lol, When I was like, 7 years old, the Pollyworld movie was releasing and they had a sweepstakes. The first prize was a trip to California, However I WON the runner up prize! It was the Pollyworld stage, the movie and some other small things if I remember correctly.
I was walking home from school with my mom, when she handed me a printed out email that explained how to redeem the prize. I screamed so loud lol.
I'm so glad you covered Polly Pocket! I'm also glad I can finally share my little piece of Polly Pocket history, Though I've always wondered who won the grand prize lol!
My whole childhood I had Polly Pockets. I remember having five Shani dolls, one of them from a McDonald's toy promotion where Polly and her friends went camping. The rest were mostly Pollys, Lilas, Leas, Anas/Chrissys, a girl named Kayla from Japan, Polly's British cousin Pia bundled with the Pocket Plaza movie, and I think one Kerstie from the Designables Music Shop. I remember setting up my Pool Party and Designer Mall playsets in the playroom, and both sets got faded because I let them sit in front of the window where the sun shown in. I'm so glad there's someone else who remembers the Polly Pocket movie trilogy!
I have POTS too and this spring going into summer has been awful. I have to lie down a lot like that but dang getting dressed and prepared for this video while also having to focus well enough to get your points across must've been so difficult I respect you a lot for doing so much for your channel but I hope you didn't feel even more exhausted after. Please rest as much as you need to we will still be here but if you need to or want to make more videos like this we don't mind. Also your nail art is so cute! Do you do them yourself, get them done or, buy them online?
I relate to how you feel about the old Polly Pockets I'm an only child but I had an older cousin who would give me her old toys and we'd go to thrift stores and yard sales a lot so I had a lot of them. I also had some of the 00s sets in the old style my favorite was the Pollyworld set! It had a ton of rides that actually moved and it came with 3 characters 2 were polly in different outfits and one was a girl with brown hair. I also had the fashion doll polly pockets but I was not a big fan of the plastic clothes ones I liked the magnet ones(which were more dangerous than the tiny polly pockets because of the tiny magnets that could fall off so I was only allowed to play with them with an adult or older teenager watching me before I was a "big kid" even before they started getting recalled my parents were very worried about magnet toys after the news stories but allowed me to have it anyway) but I preferred the tiny polly pockets. Out of the magnet sets my favorite was the pink limo. Seeing that picture of Lucy with the tiny polly in her shirt brought back memories I didn't know I had I don't know if i ever had a Lucy doll specifically but I liked to pretend Polly was a literal doll for my Barbie dolls especially the kid ones and I'd have them carry her around in tiny bags or in clothes if they had pockets.
When I got older because I was an only child and all my cousins were my age, way too young for it to be safe or, much older we gave them away to younger kids we knew in our neighborhood who I knew would love them and be safe with them or donated them to the thrift stores so someone else could use them. I wish I could've kept some of them but I like to imagine that they still exist somewhere either still being passed down to kids today or on some collector's shelf if they're still in good enough condition.
Sorry for the long comment I just love Polly Pocket so I'm glad I get to share my thoughts and memories about them somewhere finally lol
Oh also to be clear once they were recalled we did NOT give the magnetic parts of toys to kids or donated them my parents knew they could trust me because of how careful I was with my toys and we used colored rubber bands that matched the clothes or colorless ones to hold the clothes together after my mom removed and carefully threw away the magnets once I outgrew them we threw them out because my parents rightfully thought giving them to someone else would be a bad idea.
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As a Brazilian viewer born after 2007, the 2010 site and dolls made my whole childhood đ
I had a CD of Lunar Eclipse, and watched it almost every night. There wasn't a second of this video that didn't bring me the feeling of being a child again.
I searched for old Polly Pocket games, and it unlocked so many good memories!! Hair Stylin' Salon, Pet Pals, Party Pickup (HOLY SHIT), Balloon Burst Races, Pet Adoption Party Time, I loved each one of them back in the days, even if I didn't even know what those English words meant.
Nowadays, even though life's got different, the little girl playing alone with Polly Pocket dolls still exists.
8:13 The way she immediately showed distain for the Polly Pocket clothes sums up my experiences in a nutshell. From age three to five, I had the biggest struggles with putting the clothes onto the dolls. That's why most of my Polly Pocket doll clothes ended up with missing sleeves. I think they just wanted to make it impossible for four-year-olds to get the dolls into the outfits. At least with the Disney Princess Polly Pocket-like dolls, they had complex dresses that were hard to slip the dolls into.
11:54 I actually have (or had) that set! But eventually, the doors got detatched from the car and got scattered.
Yeah, I think I only had one Polly Pocket doll that had dark skin.
You just unlocked a memory of my snow white polly pocket doll, I did not remember I had it
Iâm white but even I noticed how bad the diversity was as a kid. 90% of my Polly pockets were Polly herself with different hairstyles. To change it up I would give them all unique names and pretend they were different characters
Hey, me too! I just got my Polly Pockets out to check and I have 6 different purple-eyed brunettes, 2 of them being my only black Polly Pockets. I never once in my childhood considered all of these girls were the same person x)
The nostalgia hit hard, especially when covering the games from the 2000s. It was my intro to the gaming world. Literally everything you said about the games I felt, too! I had the water resort that changed Pollyâs hair with pink streaks, and the rainbow waterfall. And the clothe changing limo. It was cool when it worked but definitely got jammed all the time đ
Honestly the laying down angle is so nice. it feels like a buddy telling me about a thing the care about at a sleep over
I've never had a Polly Pocket doll or toy set but I enjoyed the website! Thanks for a journey back in time đ
hi li! i grew up with both 2000s and 2010s polly so here's some of my insight on what the rebrand of polly was like! sorry if this is long
1) i remember a lot about the ''pocket'' dimensions the cutants came from. one had a water theme where they became mermaids, one was desserts themed and the third was where they would put on any kind of performance. all 7 of the characters were in a band at the launch of the series so it was nice to see that element of polly in both generations i grew up with.
2) the amount of LINEUP CHANGES it had. 2010 polly at first had about 7 whole characters ( two who had very similar names, chrissy and kerstie, which was annoying ) but as time went on first kerstie then 2 or 3 more characters just disappeared from both the webisodes and merchandise and we got no explanation. there was always slight changes to the design and animation too but even after the first lineup change i was tired
3) POLLYS. PERSONALITY. maybe this changed in the later webisodes and hell even in the current polly generation. but 2010s polly was just such a bad friend. she was overly competitive and at times very shallow, at times, it didn't feel like they were even a friend group or liked each other. polly was constantly blinded by winning whatever contest the episode was about and it was such a harsh contrast to 2000s polly who was sweet and just a great friend to everyone.
4) i really didn't like the new website layout much myself but i feel the new art style fit the flash games more than it did the webisodes, especially the CGI ones. the games were fine but i always enjoyed the 2000s ones more. to me, after some time polly started feeling more like a flash games mascot rather than a character.
5) the toys had so many face changes but i think the first wave was the best in terms of quality both in clothes and durability. other dolls heads would pop off so it would be easier to swap outfits i guess but it still made them easier to break. and sadly there weren't any cool sets despite the literal DIMENSIONS the girls would go to. singular character packs were much more popular and it made me miss the pollyworld and limo toys from the previous era.
so that's my little view on polly 2010 edition, i think with the different locations and concept of cutants they could've turned polly into a neat virtual world kinda like barbie girls. especially with how popular the games were even to people who didn't like polly :)
I was shopping at the goodwill bins the other day and I found 15 compact pollies, with the characters still inside and everything! My favorite is the carnival compact. I only ever grew up with fashion pollies, I had no idea about the sets until I was an adult. They were like $3 in total đ Iâm obsessed with them now
(Also did anyone else have the extreme intrusive thought to chew on Polly pocket fashion clothes as a kid)
Nevermind, I made it a few minutes into the video, glad to know Iâm not the only chewer
i came here because of horseland, stayed here because of your personality/humor and im so glad i did
i rarely ever hear anyone mention POTS! but, high-five! join the club- while laying down
also polly pocket was a huge part of my childhood so i clicked on this in record time
As a young person suffering from my own chronic condition, sharing your struggle and taking it easy in this one made me feel an incredible kinship with you. Great Video!
While Im glad you spoke about POTS (as someone who has it or something that mimics the symptoms, it definitely needs to be talked about and more well known) but also I can honestly say if you hadn't said anything I think most of us would assume you did it as a stylistic choice and it doesn't detract from or distract from the video really. If you want to film this way in the future and it's more comfortable for you I support it honestly.
A core memory was just unlocked for me. I adore Pollyworld! I know that I jammed something in my Pollyworld theme park set so that the elevator didn't work. I did that a lot as a kid where I'd ruin all movement-based functionality of a toy by cramming something small, like a random piece of plastic, into any opening.
As someone with POTS, that was a banger opening. I also am lying down in bed completely exhausted for no reason.
honestly the laying down is so cute!! its magical girl moment with your hair all sprawled out on the pillow đ€ iâm happy youâre still able to make content and i loved hearing you talk about the pollys that i remember!!
Oh my goodness, the moment you got into the old website with all the games, it's like in unlocked some core memories in my brain. I was obsessed with EverythingGirl's games. Literally all the games. Even the MyScene stuff, and I never had a MyScene doll growing up!
Thanks for this blast from the past!
Edit: Notices the last five minutes of the video or so had some bad desync with the visual and audio. Probably just an over sight, the rest of the video was honestly pretty great.
dont overwork yourself li! we will wait for your uploads even for a thousand years :]
I have POTS too, and itâs really nice to see a creator I love both acknowledge and have it!!! Just makes me feel a little less alone :3
Ok so, according to the wiki, the butler's nickname is "S-Man" but I don't get how nobody on the team realized that slight mispronunciation could do him so dirty.
I think Polly pocket accessories were the only brand that I ever got stuck in my nose. Iconic queen
you mentioning the cutants sent me BACK.
I never owned them, but I have always been a sucker for intresting character design. I remember going through the polly pocket website and reading about every single cutant that came out, i was obsessed with these weird little food/animal/object things, they were basically yassified pokemon to me. Plus these things came with polly pockets dressed up to look like the cutant which i loved. I VIVIDLY remember a fan made halloween cutant that won an event run on the polly pocket website?? I might be wrong but I was so obsessed with it as a kid
I feel like you are asserting dominance with this camera position and it is WORKING!
I had a Lorelei stepmom when I was like 7 (she was just a girlfriend but they might have gotten married) She was 100% jealous of little girl me despite me not even living with my father. I got his attention every other weekend and that was too much for her. Good news is as soon as I told my dad about her being mean to me, he dumped her no questions asked
i actually love this laying down camera angle !! it feels like weâre at a sleep over or on face time. itâs cozy & personal.
POTS runs in my family, and I felt a bit of a thrill when I heard you mention it. I know it sucks and gets in the way of things, but it's so cool you managed to do this video the way you did and I feel some distinct parasocial kinship as a result.
The intro made me so happy for some reason. I struggle with POTS sooo bad so I definitely understand the struggle. Hell, make every video lying down. If anyone says something, Iâll be at the scene to defend đ
Omg this is the first time youâve showcased a game I actually played CONSTANTLY, I donât know why but I was obsessed with Rock Star Makeover. Iâm so sure it was the only way I engaged with Polly Pocket. I preferred other dolls completely so I never had her as an actual toy and I didnât even know the movie existed.
My main takeaway from this video is that I am now a certified Beth stan... she's my new favourite toxic girlfailure baby lesbian
The polly pocket website theme song is burned into my memory. Good times, good times.
PAH LA LA LA POLLY~â~â~â
2004 eclipse art style and movie is my abolsute FAVEEE. again, i'm biased because i'd watch it on a loop as a kid, and the sound effects, lines, clothing, voices, and animation are extremely nostalgic, but wowie i love it. also peak character design imo!!
Lorelai from Pollyworld is voiced by Kathleen Barr, of MLP, EEnE, and Barbie fame! Not really surprising she's in this, considering she seemed to have her hands in every piece of animated childrens media made during that era. She slays.
The thing that I liked about polly world, as someone who used to watch it everyday as I child, Is that not only the movie has the biggest early 2000's nostalgia vibes đ, but the plot actually had LAYERS , the writers could have settled the plot only being about the power fantasy through polly being a nepo babyâąand winning the competition as the main conflict, but they added a B plot that actually had DRAMA an repercusisons đł, and for me it made it have more substance
god that theme song felt like it punched me in the face with nostalgia. i was OBSESSED with 2000s Polly Pocket but my mom refused to buy me any because she knew i would lose all the tiny pieces. i had only a single pool party set from around 2009ish that i bought for myself, and was only allowed to play with on my bathroom counter but i was OBSESSED with her. my best friend, though, had a whole collection and we would play with them for hours. (at my house we played with my extensive barbie collection so it evened out.)
i also remember watching the pollyworld movie dozens of times at her house. i also spent So much time on the website. wow iâm only now realizing that she really defined a large part of my childhood.
16:58 and the music that proceeded it brought me back so fast to my childhood it gave me whiplash