“Freaky Fun For Everyone!”
Madballs. Speelboom Club Journal N°3. 1986. Netherlands.
Madballs is a motley collection of gross-out characters made from foam rubber and shaped into balls. They were conceived in the mid 1980s by the toy company Those Characters From Cleveland which was also responsible for Care Bears, My Pet Monster, Popples and The Get Along Gang. The original Madballs line-up featured grotesque characters such as Slobulus, Screamin’ Meemie and Oculus Orbus.
A Madballs comic book run, home videos and computer game soon followed. Though short-lived the line proved hugely popular and inspired a number of imitation balls such as Crazyballs, Weirdballs, Uglyballs, and Spitballs.
Today Madballs has been revised for a new generation with slightly modified original characters once again on sale to the public and grossing everyone out. See Madballs.com
GROSS!
Madballs. Speelboom Club Journal N°4. 1987. Netherlands.
GROSS!
Ugly Balls. X Factor N°16. 1987. US.
GROSS!
Madballs. Speelboom Club Journal N°3. 1986. Netherlands.
Madballs Mad Money Wack-Cash Banks. Wonderland Catalogue. 1987. France.
Madballs Water Squirters. Wonderland Catalogue. 1987. France.
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Post updated with new images Jan 2022.
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I LOVE MADBALLS!!! That is all.
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I had a couple of them! Remember having fun throwing them around the house… or my grandparents’ house. Good fun.
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I had an Oculus Orbus years ago but I had no idea what it was or what it was called! This was before that thing, the Internet was widespread LOL. Good to know what is was, eventually.
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These madballs are spooky fun, just the thing for Halloween! 🙂
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