# What was this 70's/80's toy called? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 13, 2010, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-70s-80s-toy-called/564054 "2010-12-13T23:54:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-70s-80s-toy-called/564054/1 "2010-12-13T23:54:25Z")
Does anyone remember late 70’s early 80’s- there were these little pom pom critters- they had white feet stuck on them, wiggly eyes and little antennae. You would peel the paper off of the bottom of the feet and stick 'em…well, everywhere. They would sometimes have a little banner attached to the big feet with a message on them. Did I dream this or does anyone recall what they were called? ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2010, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-70s-80s-toy-called/564054/2 "2010-12-13T23:55:03Z")
Oh my gosh. I was thinking about these just the other day. Yeah, what WERE they called? They were cute. ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-70s-80s-toy-called/564054/3 "2010-12-14T00:06:13Z")
[Weepuls](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weepul) ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-70s-80s-toy-called/564054/4 "2010-12-14T00:11:06Z")
Wow, weeple? I don’t remember that word but those are them alright! I knew you all would come through- thanks a bunch! ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-70s-80s-toy-called/564054/5 "2010-12-14T00:33:40Z")
Holy cow I had a ton of those! Hadn’t thought about them in decades. I don’t think I ever knew what they were called. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-70s-80s-toy-called/564054/6 "2010-12-14T00:33:43Z")
I would have said they were warm fuzzies. ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-70s-80s-toy-called/564054/7 "2010-12-14T02:19:37Z")
Ha, my school gave them to kids for selling magazines. I sold a bunch to a family friend who’s a dentist and needed some for his waiting room. I also sold them to my grandma ☹ Kids are dumb and businesses that exploit schools like that suck, although I’m sure the school benefits. Don’t get me started on education funding… ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2010, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-70s-80s-toy-called/564054/8 "2010-12-14T02:24:46Z")
> [@Scarlett67](#): > > I would have said they were warm fuzzies. That’s what we called them too. ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-70s-80s-toy-called/564054/9 "2010-12-15T13:52:35Z")
> [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](#): > > Ha, my school gave them to kids for selling magazines. I sold a bunch to a family friend who’s a dentist and needed some for his waiting room. I also sold them to my grandma ☹ > > Kids are dumb and businesses that exploit schools like that suck, although I’m sure the school benefits. Don’t get me started on education funding… Well, I sure won’t since I didn’t ask about education funding, but thanks anyway!