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Ramble: Theme Park Merch only a mother could love (Patreon)

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2023-06-07 05:38:27
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I had a dream once where I went to an italian theme park and they had plush hats of the winx club characters even though they're humans. Like a big plush hat but it was  Bloom's head from the nose up, hair and all but the hair was just a shape sewn out of cloth. But I woke up to no hat on my head at all. Such a bitter loss

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Sarahodo

Omg is that an Evermore Park tee?!

Francesca White

Love getting a patreon video at 2am what a fun surprise while I'm scrolling Twitter in the middle of the night

Steven Zheng

You making extremely valid and well constructed criticisms of how avatar land and star wars land are constructed while wearing a nemo hat that looks like a pompadour is incredible.

Robbie Agnew

Evermore Park is still my fav video of yours. Huge props on it.

StaceyHowlett

“I don’t want to bring it cause it looks like something else” *vibrates*

Alexandria Ritz

New Jenny content just dropped wake up everyone

Notation

Merchandise for theme parks really is about the memories.... I like to purchase the most inexplicable possible merchandise. Like cat collars. I didn't bring my cat, man....

Jenny Nicholson

I swear it doesn't that was just the motor inside trying to make bubbles. I couldn't remember if it still had bubble soap in it and my life flashed before my eyes

froot encore

I would buy one of those hats

A Targ

If Jenny made merch I would definitely buy merch that says "I'm the mole"

Kingdon Radio Hour

I believe that the mini munchlings are popular? I’ve seen Disney influencers on Tik tok opening up the blind bags and loving them, but no hype about the big ones. 🤷🏼‍♀️ you make a good point about how you have to like both the food and the character, and as someone who was interested in them originally- that’s definitely been a factor in me not purchasing them (and the high price of shipping for the small ones also doesn’t help)

Jaz Mei Luo

You talked about the Disney keys about a year ago in your ramble reviewing corporate Pride merch! I saw the Pride Disney keys at a conference last year and couldn't stop myself from grabbing one because they were free 😆 Happy June/Pride Month again everybody ❤️

Ray

Avatar way of alcohol

Ishaan Sahai

I think a lot of us (elder?) Zoomers have memorable experiences of seeing Avatar in the theatre as kids, to the point where childhood nostalgia was like a driving factor in seeing the sequel. A lot of people had no idea about the online cynicism in the years in between, but also it's def true kids who were too young had no attachment Evermore tee, looking forward to bonus! That vid's what hooked me to your channel

Jaz Mei Luo

Also I'm glad you talked about the Tokyo Disney parks. I'm going to Tokyo DisneySea tomorrow. Can't wait!

Zachary Skurka

The audible GASP that came out of my mouth when you said the final image in the Jungle Cruise gun toy 😦

Matthew S. Dentice

I had no idea the Knotts Boysenberry Pie plush existed before this video and yet now I feel like my life won’t be complete until I acquire one.

Joe Cumbo

Stealth Avatar video

Shaun Cheah

You'd've thought they'd've learned this lesson after the infamous incident right at the dawn of the new millennium. But perhaps those coming up in marketing departments nowadays have wilfully blinded themselves to the warnings of Harry Potter and the Vibrating Broomstick.

miscu

My friend went to avatar land somewhat recently and the little bird puppet things were like half off.

Shaun Cheah

If you'd like to stretch that feeling out and really savour the horrors, might I recommend to you the Wikipedia article on Human Zoos?

Semilocon

Yoo, Evermore T-Shirt, feels like a subtle dig.

Steven Clark

I saw that ice cream sandwich munchling, and I assumed it was Bulbasaur.

Luke Beall

My Little Negroni BUZZEDy, our boy, my big-headed son Best Embrace the Drunk Shinji Campari Asuka Langley Soju Princess and the Mug Sex on the China Beach

Jonathan Chan

thank you for the content <3 please make some drunk shirts

StaceyHowlett

Oops my mind went somewhere completely different & thought we were on the same page. Sigh, I need to touch grass :c

Eureka Phoenix

Wait did Jenny just recommend me to give a vibrator to my mom

Ted Koutz

Bibbity Bobbity Booze, Beer Our Guest, Party of Your World, I'll Make A Man Out of Brew, A Drink is a Wish Your Heart Makes, Country Beer Jamboree, Mary Popov, The Black Cauldron But It's Filled With Some Kind of Alcoholic Punch,

Diana.H.

30 minutes into the video and I realize you have an Evermore T-Shirt !!! Mission accomplished !!!

Alexandra M

Europa Park Recommendation: Go on the Arthur ride! Lots of animatronics and has great theming, albeit the building on the outside is a little bleh. And also check out the rose garden! For some reason, no one ever walks through it? It's usually pretty empty and peaceful if you need a break from the park. (I think it was near the Germany area of the park? Not 100% sure)

Ella M

Like if you're not the Evermore spy

boobookeys

I am not a theme park fan, just a Jenny fan. But we went to Disney World (?? the one in FL) for school once, and I remember dying laughing and taking pictures of a Bone Daddy mug or sth with my friends. We thought it was hilariously out of touch and assumed it was a clueless product designer's themed take on like, "Mama/Papa Bear" type merch lol. As if you'd get it for your parents

Jenny Nicholson

We've been trying so hard to watch these horrible arthur movies in preparation but it's not easy

Julian Wren

Making couples tshirts out of 101 Libations and wearing it to Disney Sea next month.

Joe Cumbo

I'm like one of the Avatar die hards and like 90% of the merch looks bad cause most the world building/design is too intricate or natural looking to really work in moulded plastic. Like I have some cute stuff but its mainly stuff that other fans have made like resin charm bracelets, or flight of passage scented candles (the LEGO is cute too). Its just not really got an 'easy' item to merchandise like a light saber or wand that will look good even if made relatively cheap

Jenny Nicholson

Raging Spritz Arabian Toast Jumpin' Jello Shots Big Band Beer 20,000 Leagues Under the Influence DisneySea Transit Steamer Wine

Victoria Brucas

Tbh when munchlings came out I was soo close to buying the Winnie the Pooh one. But I stopped myself because while I find it extremely cute, I'm not a stuffed animal person so it'd just sit around. I think honestly the first few work as a concept, but they ran out of very recognizable foods very quickly so now it doesn't. They should've not tried to come out with so many at once, it just made them have to really scrape the bottom of the barrel for ideas

Beatriz A

Requesting an addendum to "I'll make a Mead Out of Brew"

Shaun Cheah

Tale as Old as Wine, The Beer Necessities, You'll Beer in My Heart, Heaven's Light Beer/Hellfireball

Jaz Mei Luo

Like this reply if you ARE the Evermore spy

Jason Perez

Everyone wish Grimace a happy birthday!!!

LKB

Right? I remember the quest for a shirt!

Molly

Posting this comment as I go bc Jenny is talking about the commercial potential of the Harry Potter franchise. Verily Ritchie made an amazing video essay on this topic so I just wanted to recommend it.

Alexandra M

I've never seen them but they sure look uncanny :sob: Good ride though

Austin F

twist ending: the bad movie review is actually just avatar the way of water, and she said "nobody knows about it" because of the lack of cultural impact, and she lied about the movie's quality to throw us off her tail

IndigoRen

I disagree that no kid would want to play with a shield. It can’t really work by itself but it’s a fun part of a complete set with a sword or something. Same way you can’t really play with just a cape. Or maybe I was just a weird kid.

Renata

“Sivako-lada” (and it’s a Na’vi on the back of a Banshee, brandishing a pina colada); “Iknimai-tai” (could be the exact same image)

Brian Balster

it's not just mothers that would Love the boysenberry pie.. ALL PEOPLE ON EARTH would LOVE the boysenberry pie!!!

SoSo_Tsundere

Regarding the Evermore Mole Hunt 2023: I'm not sure they would need to be a Patreon backer. Non-backers can still see post titles, so they would have been able to see you were working on something. (of course, this just means we need to come up with punny or obscure reference project names!)

izzi!

we have the munchlings at australian target for some reason and i think that they are pretty cute but yeah not enough into the characters/foods to get them

Sarah Jesness

The Mold-A-Rama website has a (short) list of the places that still have machines. But none of them are in California. I'm pleased to see that the San Antonio Zoo still has theirs. I lived in San Antonio for college and I got to use the machine, it's pretty cool.

Brian Balster

The Real Question Is: WHY Doesn't Jenny make merch? Jenny? WELL???

Diana.H.

Frozen Margarita, Brother Beer, Hakuna La Vodka

Geo Quag

As a former Chicago resident, Mold-a-Rama fees like a ubiquitous part of museums of my childhood. The Field Museum would be my recommendation for the best place to visit that has them.

Jenny Nicholson

They're like repulsive in every way imaginable. Ugly, boring, sexually charged, and lowkey racist

Madeleine

Verily Bitchie did a really fun YouTube essay about Harry Potter and how merch + consumption was built in from some of the earliest stages of the book publication!

ts_babyjane

lol you posted the original evermore previews like over a year before the video came out. lol, but didnt you, in the patreon video after the previews, have to tell people to not tag evermore in your stuff because its not going to be a positive a review. lol they probably just had their free discord marketers pay $5

Renata

"Avatar: Flight of Pass-the-aged Whiskey"; collect them all from the "Avatar: Way of Wasted" Etsy shop

Jenny Nicholson

Oh I definitely also had mentioned it on instagram when I went and made tweets suggesting it might not be a positive review. I just think removing themselves from the wayback machine felt like something they would never think to do without knowing the content of my video, since most theme park reviews don't go into a place's history/pitch/old versions of the site. At least not a layman's understanding of what a youtube theme park review would entail

Madeleine

Re: the on-demand mold making machines — This unlocked childhood memories of my dad hauling out this “bug-making kit” from his 60s–70s childhood. You would melt plastic to make little bugs in molds. It was cool, but always smelled bad and gave me a headache. In retrospect, it was for sure some kind of toxic. (Not unlike my family as a whole lol) My theory: these are less popular because plastic is a gross weird thing now, as opposed to a cool novel thing. And thinking about the production process is gross. People would prefer to not think about what goes into a plastic toy. It’s cute and clean once it exists! But the chemicals required are kinda gross. (Notably, I think my dad’s toy bug set predated silent spring in 1962 and definitely predated the start of the environmental movement in the 1970s — I think there was just a slowly growing mistrust of artificially-created industrial chemicals around then that killed mold making. Or maybe actual environmental regulation did!)

a.s.

'i love when plush have like an airbrushed blush' is my favorite phrase of all time now

Darcy Billian

Greenfield Village in Detroit still has a bunch of Mold-A-Ramas, I got an Abe Lincoln bust there

Hobbes the Tiger

I wish I knew you were coming to Evermore because I live here and I would have loved to meet you! I mean, I don't want to make you uncomfortable or anything but I literally got advertisements for an Evermore event in my university newsletter that was probably the one you went to. And I thought about going too. I'm just kicking myself.

TalysAlankil

i spot an evermore shirt 👀 (i hope you don't mention it in the video so i feel smart for noticing)

Emily Price

The Great Soused Detective

Mollie Cahill

I agree that merchandise being so central to SWGE doesn't work because so much of "wanting to be in Star Wars" is about wanting to do the things the characters do, not having the things the characters have. So the solution in my opinion is to incorporate more experience-based add-on experiences around the food and merchandise like the light saber building or droid building experiences because those have arguably been the most successful things there besides the rides. Maybe they could take some of the experiences from the Starcruiser and make them add-on paid experiences, like a "Jedi/Sith/Rebel/Storm Trooper Training" themed escape room or the saber training or something. I think that could be great and make the land more immersive without having to build an entirely new ride. They could also add a restaurant and it could be like, Canto Bight themed or Coruscant themed or something, and there could be a bunch of goofy casino puns or whatever and the wait staff could role-play as weird elite Star Wars people like they do in that one Auntie's Kitchen restaurant in DHS, and it would be a lot of fun I think. Even if they made like a bibbiti-boppiti-botique style makeover experience, that would at least be an experience + merchandise. I feel like the shopping would be a lot more fun and in-universe-feeling if they just didn't put prices on anything, or they put the prices in some kind of code, so you had to ask the shop keeper what it cost, and they could quote some outrageous price and then you could haggle or play a rigged game of dice or something to get the item for its actual price, but I'm assuming that would be way too complicated and time-consuming.

run_away

I had the bug toy one too, and also there was also a bug one where you made candy bugs. It was like the equivalent of an ez-bake oven but marketed toward boys. That one had a really distinct smell to it too, I've never smelled it anywhere else but I can definitely call it to mind.

Jenny Nicholson

We had that! Creepy Crawlers. We only had the rubber bug version, not the candy one, although in hindsight feels like a liability that they had kids making both on the same machine and presumably reusing molds for both

boobookeys

Imagine waiting in line for 5 people to go through the haggling script so you can buy a keychain and a t shirt 💀💀💀💀

Jenny Nicholson

Also, to unfavorably compare the land again to Wizarding World which it was clearly trying to emulate: one of the "attractions" in WW is a mini wand shop show where one lucky kid gets fitted for a wand, and it's fun for those in the group who aren't picked because the shop is rigged and things move around. BUT! The wand shop doesn't require a purchase. Obviously it'll make kids WANT the wands and you have the option to buy them in the next room, but the way it's set up it's not awkward to choose not to. Meanwhile for the lightsaber experience you have to pay the $200 before they even let you in the door, AND you're only get one +1 so you can't even bring both parents to watch. So it's a paywalled experience and not something you're likely to do more than once

Mollie Cahill

Lol exactly. It may be more immersive, but it would be extraordinarily annoying.

Mollie Cahill

Totally! I could imagine (in a blue-sky stage sort of way) them maybe doing a thing where they emulate that system with a "light saber training" experience, and then the building of the saber is in addition to that, but I suspect they wouldn't do it if it didn't make them money for each person/party that goes through 😢 Also fun fact: when I was an awkward 20 year old, I went to that wandshop thing by myself on my birthday (I was there with my mom and she didn't want to wait in line lol), and some couple got fitted for wands and I enjoyed it but must have appeared pathetic or disappointed or something, because when everyone else got shuffled into the next room, the guy at the counter stopped me, asked me how old I was, and when I told him it was my 20th birthday, he said, "Ah. You're nine years late!" and proceeded to give me a PRIVATE WAND FITTING SHOW and it was very wholesome but also a little embarrassing that I must have seemed like I really wanted it 😂

Isaac Jordan

i cannot BELIEVE multiple people at disney looked at that bubble wand and thought it’d be ok to sell to children.

Jazz Me to the Moon

My CPU screen is broken and I first read "Theme Park merch only a moth could love" and I thought it was fitting perfectly.

Amanda Hartel

I worked at the Times Square Disney store when they switched from giving out a silver key (specific to NYC) at opening to a green key (the same as all other Disney stores). In the final days, dozens of people (some of whom drove from Florida) turned out with signs at opening begging us to give them the remaining silver keys. We ended up giving one key to each party to avoid conflict and running out far sooner than we would otherwise. None of them are on eBay right now, but I've checked before and seen them selling for hundreds of dollars.

Annie O'Grady

There is one Star Wars shopping experience that was heavily focused on in one film and arguably the most important event in the history of the franchise! Episode I, the Mos Espa Market/Watto’s Junkshop! I would love it if Disney redid one side of the GE marketplace to be a “second” location of Watto’s Junkshop. I mean, can you imagine? It could sell replica hyperdrives and miscellaneous spaceship parts to live out all your ship repair dreams. It could even sell dolls dressed in vaguely Star Wars-y rags (picture something the same general size/style of American Girl Dolls) so you can “free” your own child slave! In a perfect blue sky, fantasy world there would even be a Watto animatronic there for you to haggle with for your dolls freedom 😂

Mason Fry

Not a long time viewer here, so I have a question! Why is she making a Starcruiser video when she's uploded two vlogs on them?

Lucy Barton

Also - Mary Poppin' Bottles

berry beinfeld

“drinking-all-day-docious” made me choke on my coffee

manisha

the only time i’ve seen one of those mold machines is at the field museum in chicago i got a strange looking t-rex who i love and adore

manisha

she used to! i still have a sweatshirt with a hologram fun world print i got in like 2018 lol

Anna D

the vlogs are patreon-only videos and the official star cruiser video would be main channel content

Steve Ray

Like the one in Belgium for the World's Fair that one year? Let's all give King Leopold a hand!

Mason Fry

That makes sense. Thanks for the answer :)

run_away

The Annual Kvass: It's just a giant bottle of fermented barley alcohol that customer service employees keep in their desk to drink after dealing with annual pass holders. A bit high concept but I think it would find its market.

Hartleinrolle

Alright, because you specifically asked for this, here’s my long-ass list of Europa Park recommendations, divided into three categories: Disney knock-offs: 1. Geisterschloss, essentially Haunted Mansion but darker and without any coherent story to it 2. Piraten in Batavia, the recently re-build German version of Pirates of the Caribbean but with the notable distinction that it includes an Animatronic version of park-owner Roland Mack, see if you can spot him. 3. Eurosat CanCanCoaster, another quite recent re-theme of a Space Mountain copy cat, hidden inside Spaceship Earth. The ride itself lost its 80s sci-fi charm but gained a new Moulin Rouge theme. 4. Voletarium, it’s basically Soarin’ but with a nicely done Queue and a weird backstory involving a mad professor 5. Historama, a Carousel-Of-Progress-type ride/show about the history of the park. It’s all in German and incredibly boring (in a bad way!) but certainly interesting just for what it is. Bizarre Europa-Park stuff 1. There’s some really old tracked rides in the German section of the park that basically serve as retirement homes for all sorts of animatronics from defunct attractions. Plus they’re just weird in general. Look out for „Marionetten-Bootsfahrt“ and „Elfenfahrt“ specifically. Usually very short wait times. 2. Schlittenfahrt Schneeflöckchen is the only dark ride in the Russian themed area and not to be missed just for how bad it is. 3. The Austrian section features a massive but well-hidden walkthrough/dark ride area called „Zauberwelt der Diamanten“. You can either just walk through it or ride the Alpenexpress coaster or the „Tiroler Wildwasserbahn“ which both pass right through it. There’s even some basic animatronics in there. 4. Madame Freudenreich Curiosités. I won’t say more. AVOID ANY INFORMATION AT ALL COST. Just go on it and read up about it afterwards. It’s weird. It’s just to the left of Eurosat CanCan Coaster. 5. Check out the fairytale forest. It’s a far cry from the one at Efteling, but Europa Park does pack some weirdness in there as well. 6. FoodLoop, the world’s first roller coaster restaurant. There’s very little in terms of themed food at Europa Park. Most outlets just offer basic fast food, sometimes with generic, regional-specific options (fish and chips in England, Pizza in Italy, that sort of thing). FoodLoop is one of the few sit-down restaurants and it features the gimmick of sending food directly to your table via roller coaster track. Be warned, this is the most expensive restaurant in the park and it gets massive wait times during the day. Things to not miss out on 1. Most people completely walk past the Swiss themed area. Make sure to check out some of the buildings and maybe even ride Matterhorn Blitz (which does get massive queues so make sure to do it early on). In general, spend some time to explore hidden paths in each themed area, especially Switzerland, Greece, Scandinavia, Spain and Ireland are wroth spending some time in just to enjoy the ambiance. 2. Europa Park features quite a lot of small little flat rides or short tracked rides. To me, these are some of the attractions that define the vibe of the park. The most notable ones to include are: Kolumbusjolle (a simple flat ride but in the dark with amazing lighting effects and audio), Snorri Touren (basically an ad-campaign for Rulantica, the water park), Volo Da Vinci, Fluch der Kassandra (a mad house) and Dancing Dingie (featuring my favorite Europa Park soundtrack). 3. Whale Adventures - Northern Lights. This is the splash battle in the Iceland section of the park. As far as splash battles go I think this one is really well done. 4. Arthur, probably goes without saying. Most people will point out that this is the best attraction in the park. 5. Some of the coasters are worth doing just for the general vibe. My recommendations would include Poseidon (a nicely themed water coaster), Blue Fire and Matterhorn Blitz (wild mouse with an elevator lift and nice Swiss theme). I would not recommend doing Silver Star, EuroMir or Wodan. The latter is quite intense and Silver Star features no theming at all unless you count the Mercedes Benz sponsoring. Just a general word of advice: Start your day early. If you’re a hotel guest, start at the front end of the park at the main entrance in order to stay ahead of the crowds. If you stay at a hotel that’s not associated with the park be sure to start either at the opposite end (Spain/Portugal/Iceland) or somewhere in the middle (Greece or Switzerland work fine). The park is massive and it’s usually best to just do each attraction as it appears along your route. If you stay on-site you can take the monorail („EP-Express“) even after park closure in order to get from the hotel towards the camp resort. It’s quite a scenic ride after dark because they keep up all the lights inside the park.

Steve Ray

Escape to Blitzed Mountain The Nutty Beerfessor The Cat From Off-My-Face The Black Out The Apple Drunkling Gang That Darn Shot! The Shaggy D.T.s The Incredible Mr. Chug-It ("I Wish, I Wish, I Drank Just Like A Fish")

Natalie

I absolutely have noticed that plush bags have a woman's pocket sized bag compartment and I HATE it

joebear

the munchlings have slowly grown into my heart and i weirdly love them now (also just love how some come in ice cream looking containers)

Markus D

Maybe I'm wrong, but when Jenny was going over the Starcruiser shield I got the impression that she was saying a kid wouldn't like a shield LIKE THAT which is weirdly heavy, potentially fragile, and I don't know if there was a strap or handle on the back or if you're only able to hold the sides like a steering wheel.

Markus D

"She lied about the movie's quality"? I don't know, I haven't heard a lot of great stuff about it.

Lily

shirt with mrs. pots that says “i’m tipsy”

Markus D

I would not have expected those last two points since they're apparently books/movies for children? Honestly, I had no idea there were any movies besides "Arthur and The Invisibles" and I didn't know it was based on a book. I'm guessing they're more popular in Germany but for me, a Milennial from Canada, I was thinking of the aardvark with the PBS cartoon and was very confused by the idea of there being sexually-charged and racist "Arthur" movies. This just goes to show that sometimes it's questionable to name your series after your main character if they have an extremely common name.

Markus D

That's kind of understandable, especially since the baby turtle in Finding Nemo is a pale green and not turquoise. I don't know why the designers would make the character less identifiable.

Markus D

I think Jenny ought to get one then, since that was hands-down the best merch available that she showed in her video, they were just too expensive.

Penguin Gabe

I cant believe theres a spy among us

Markus D

I've seen actual dildos that look less like dildos.

Dan Black

No mention of the pins that people traded and collected from the Disney theme parks. That was a big thing a decade or two ago. Do they still do that? I have some of those somewhere -- I didn't even go to the park, but found some on ebay back when they were a bigger deal. OTOH, I had never heard of the keys. Sounds like the classic Disney collectability syndrome, though, much like the pins.

Isaac Jordan

no one drinks like gaston, or gets drunk like gaston, no one knocks those shots back and gets lit like gaston

Jenny Nicholson

The pins are still pretty popular! I was more into it when I was a cast member because they had all these weird exclusive ones for us. But I accumulated so many that now I only really pick one up if I think I'll actually wear it on a bag or lapel or something. Like if they're clean art of a character or a cool insignia. And they're approaching like $30 each now lol

Alexandra Bradley

In bad films I 100% recommend Viking Destiny and Albion: The Enchanted Stallion. The enchanted stallion is not called Albion and there's no other films in that franchise. 10/10 will watch again.

Dan Black

I have a cool Little Mermaid pin set that I couldn't find on ebay -- or anywhere else so far. It's the "DL Resort" "Disney Animation Sketches Limited Edition Pin Set". Limited to 2001 + 201 artist proofs (2202 total), and mine just has a handwritten sticker on the back of the wrapper that says 214/2001. Has a little (unopened!) card that seems to be the certificate of authenticity. I have the original receipt, purchased on Disney Auctions in 2002. The set itself has mermaid Ariel holding, I dunno, orange seaweed? in a sitting position, then little pins of Flounder and Sebastian, plus a pin for the Disney Animation logo. They're all pinned to a cardboard back with (apparently) sketches used in the animation process. (The sketches are reproduced, of course, not actual original sketches.) Item # DA00722.

Darryl Pickett

The only Mold-a-ramas I've seen recently were at Florida's Weekee Wachi Springs. I got two mermaid figures, one of them riding on a seahorse. They were the first such machines I had seen since an early childhood visit to Tampa's Busch Gardens. (They disappeared from there long ago) The sensory-memory response triggered by the heated plastic smell is really the whole deal. A scented candle that smelled the same would probably be a hit among Gen-Xers.

Girafarig

my friend used to work at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago and they had (have?) a Mold-A-Rama in the Ape house. One of the only ones I've ever seen in person. edit: ope. commented this before the Chicago comment. So true!! Not sure why Chicago has so many hahaha

Hazel Singh

I really like that you touched on the capitalism inherent in Harry Potter, it’s a topic that really interests me. If anyone is interested in hearing more about the intersection of Harry Potter and capitalism, check out verilybitchie on YouTube, they have a great video about the topic.

Frita Gee

My first webkinz had airbrushed blush and i was obsessed. it disappeared after a couple years and some hardcore snuggling and I ended up having no attachment to it at all when it was blushless LOL. Also i’m not too tuned in to Disney, why on Earth did they stop doing tsumtsums?! They’re so cute…

Aiden Cordon

There are moldoramas here in chicago!!!!! The field museum has like 10 of different dinosaurs scattered about! I loved getting them as a kid. The best part is the smell of the melted plastic. Come Visit!

Rik

Drinknimaya

Cabbage

I went to those Mold-a-Rama machines all the time when I was a little kid (we did have a lot of them in Florida in the 90's and early 00s)! I always loved the idea of them, but none of the figurines were stable enough for me to handle for more than a few minutes without them just crackling into pieces because they were so hollow and fragile, at which point I would burst into tears and beg my dad to make another one- which would also break in minutes lol. The last time I got one was at the Lowry Park Zoo when I was ten or eleven, it was a little manatee and it also crumbled into pieces within about fifteen minutes. I'm assuming the ones I got were wax, or the plastic was just so thin that a little kid was not meant to actually play with them in the first place lol

Smallpotato

I have that figment munchling! But I also really love figment haha. I bought a bunch of the garden festival stuff at the same time 👌

Ello Asty

I think the Starcruiser video will be more of an essay with a narrative like Evermore was as well.

Drew Hitchcock

The worst type of bootleg disney shirt is the "I'm too masculine for theme parks" shirt. It's a shirt that says something like "theme parks cost too much money and also I'm not enjoying myself"

Terence Digan

I feel like the obvious Avatar-themed drinking shirt would be "Avatar: The Way of Wine/Whiskey/Insert Beverage Here."

Thomas Dziura

Finding Pinot in the Finding Nemo font with Dory saying “Just keep drinking” under it

Bag of Tricks

Jenny only buys T-shirts with logos of things that she's really into, and also The Grid.

Toaster

I was just at Milwaukee County Zoo the other weekend and can confirm they have a TON of mold-a-Rama’s still in use there. Basically anytime you get to the end of a major exhibit zone there’s one (bat for small mammal house, gorilla for apes, grizzly for North America, etc). I think there’s like ten total? So if you’re ever in Wisconsin you should definitely stop in.

Nerine

I love octopuses and I love mochi, but if I were going to get something round, pink, cute, and food related I would go to Etsy for Kirby Dream Buffet plushies

Julian Dene

I have a bone daddy hat! (Yes, I am a bone daddy)

Ashley Norton

Jennys’s booze shirts puns are too good. Someone needs to get these wine moms better graphic designers.

Maidendogwood

was about to say the same thing! Just follow the hot melted plastic smell and you'll find them lol

Ash Gabrielle

"101 Libations" and "Pete's Flagon" are so much better than anything I could possibly come up with.

Jaz Mei Luo

WHAT HI ASHLEY I LOVE YOUR VIDS

Luis

Fabulous ramble with many great tangents and I couldn't stop laughing at Giant Porg staring at the Nemo hat 😄 Man I really want that Knott's Berry Farm pie slice but then I saw the prices online 😫 Guess I gotta plan a trip to Socal.

Samantha Ansley

One of the funniest videos. I cackled at the Avatar bubble merch.

Frankie

I'm glad this included at least one $30 plastic wand (the avatar one)

Jane Mahoney

one of my roommates loves to gift people minimalist Etsy Disney shirts with that awful fake-cursive bridesmaid font and mine have all gone straight to Goodwill

Frostfalls

Have you been to USJ? It was my first theme park and I gave it a shot a few weeks ago in part because of your videos. I went from thinking theme parks are not for me to getting really into it on the jurassic park ride. So thank you!!

Tbing34

Daisy Drunk is the hardest I’ve laughed in a LONG time

hdf121

I worked at Sesame Place for two summers and they had a lot t-shirts that were attempted pop culture references (to varying degrees of success) but the number one best item was a t-shirt that just said "DAB ELMO" with a picture of elmo dabbing. they went all in on these t-shirts and you could get them at every gift shop and I don't think I saw a single one get sold in my two years

run_away

Sorry to double-post, but... do you guys get super weird recommendations when you watch these videos? Like my recommendations when I watch normal youtube videos are just basically redlettermedia and jenny nicholson with a few other video essayists sprinkled in because that's kind of all I watch. But when I watch these... https://i.imgur.com/VjGx3wu.png Which one of you is trying to use transcendental meditation and biochemistry to boil vegetables and seduce people lol?

Rob Fitzsimmons

So weird that they repurposed turrets from the King Triton's Castle playset for an Avatar bubble wand. Although now that I say that, a King Triton's Castle playset that shot bubbles out the top would be dope as hell. Speaking of pitches, my IYKYK minimalist copyright-skirting shirt pitch is the Beatles first name thing, but it's the mountains, so Space& Splash& Thunder& Snow. Anyway, I can't wait for the Evermore mole to leak the fact that Jenny has never encountered a Mold-A-Rama and is thus a Fake Theme Park Geek Girl.

Rob Fitzsimmons

Last time I was there I saw several people in shirts with "Most Expensive Vacation Ever" in the Walt Disney font. It seems like a very Randy Moore thing to wear.

Rob Fitzsimmons

I like the implication that the actual Haunted Mansion has a coherent story, Jenny's "being abandoned at a party" interpretation notwithstanding.

Madeleine

Creepy Crawlers! Yes!

Madeleine

[daddy tops voice] 🎶 creepy crawlies / creepy crawlies 🎶

Caitlin O'Malley

come to chicago, we still have mold-a-rama everywhere!

Malini Correa

Did that damn bubble wand VIBRATE???//

tms

why don't they have you heckle with jawas to buy a t-shirt?

Anna O.

I saw one of those when I was at the Field Museum back in March, near the cafe. It was cute but I didn't feel like buying one so I just admired the machine.

Kelly Evans

I disagree on harry Potter. I wasn't drawn to Harry and his money (although I wouldn't say no) I was drawn to the Weasley's who were poor like me but had a real family and loved eachother and I never had that. I just want to live in the Burrow

AnnaBanana

I love the Mold-o-Rama machines! My family is from Chicago, and I grew up using these whenever we went to the museum or zoo in the early 2000s. I had no idea they were so rare, I still have to go and make one any time I’m at the Field Museum. Don’t quote me on this, but I believe I read that the company that builds the machines is based in the Chicago area? In any case, here’s a map of some of the locations they’ve been sighted in: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1Zxzg0VsehOkrVh2FX7AZgBbERWKhP1r9&ll=37.81900659418484%2C-102.01812530550286&z=5&fbclid=IwAR3Cpsg-3bAUv2CW1Kr0AjJNK_ycOQz4YhsE8M_7Imw93BIOmzfRgpZ_C-g

TomH

I can imagine a bunch of studio requested "shopping scenes" to match the commercial success of Diagon Alley. Maybe Paul Atreides popping into Aldi in dune.

Kelly Evans

And the reason buying things is so focal is bc its magical realism. You want the world to be the same but different. Its just how the world works. Plus they had to create a situation where the Weasleys are poor and it matters

Kelly Evans

They don't shop in star wars because it's post civilization and isn't magical realism. It just comes down to the setting of the story and time period

flynnparadox

Can't wait for the bonus Evermore video!

Alex Andra

How is Aragog doing?

Alex Andra

i’ve been too afraid to go into shift tok but I would love a jenny deep dive on the topic

Dash

The Little Barmaid?

Dash

R2D2 Drive?

Dash

C3P Out in Public?

Dash

Luke Skyy Vodka?

Alex Andra

I think Jenny means less to talk about reader impact and more is talking about authorial/corporate intent.

Ted Koutz

There's a touristy T-shirt place in Seattle's Pike Place Market with very out of date meme shirts (like Honey Badger Don't Care) and I'm unclear why they're displaying them in the windows

Julian Greer

i am so excited for the return to Evermore video!!! truly you are a just queen and give the people what they want 😌 also i was holding back laughter at work when you brought out the bubble wand... my god lol

Julian Greer

lost my mind when i heard it vibrate lmaooo

Julian Greer

The Way of Lager even rhymes!

Dylan

Probably cause Sesame Place has like nothing for people that those shirts target. Although maybe they get moved during their Christmas shopping events

Dylan

SHIFTOK goes crazy, seem young teen hero accidentally killed draco malfoy while shifting, now she is gonna grieve about it on tik tok, no notes

Rushka Unverricht

We just need Hux to burst in to the comments and proudly tell us all he's the spy. A big thumbs up for the huge Nemo hat too!

Dan Gibbins

Having just been in Disneyworld two weeks ago* this was a great ramble, and made me realize I did not pay attention to what the Avatar merch is like these days. They have a special section for Ikrans, I know that... also I forgot that "Pandora" is a jewelry company and spent a minute in Disney Springs staring, confused, at a jewelry display thinking "Why is their Avatar merch so necklace-based?" I saw a group of 30-40 somethings in matching "Drinking Around the World" shirts (and more than one group clearly 6 pavilions in to the game), but now I know they should have had these shirts: Or-Binge Bird Tall(boy) of Presidents Tron: Bud Lightcycles Jungle Booze Cruise Tasting Flight of Passage Crème De Fig-Menthe (okay that one doesn't work but I thought of the pun so here it is) And for those who remember the glory days before the Finding Nemo submarine ride... 20,000 Leagues Over the Legal Limit *We used "Top Ten Lame Things to Do at Disneyworld" as a travel guide, managed all ten (more or less), and my friend who might read this comment wishes it known that all ten suggestions are, in fact, awesome.

blitzball

Jenny delivering the best Harry Potter critique 5 mins into a patron-only video about theme park merch

Lily Smith

feeling very Seen by this video (wore selkie dress last time i was at disney and wasn’t the only one that day)

erin 🤸‍♂️

great video, but i need that mike wazowski munchling like i need a oxygen.

Saracha

I haven’t been paying attention to plush backpacks until recently so I thought that they were just generally functionless. I’m glad to know at some point they were actual backpacks as well

rosehavenrogue

went to wdw for the first time in years last month! to the point of galaxy’s edge shopping feeling immersion breaking/wrong for star wars - after having a fairly interactive experience (dressed up in universe, cm’s in good mood, great m&g with chewbacca) which I hadn’t been expecting anyways and don’t mind immersion breaking. when I was in dok ondar’s buying rose’s necklace (which they keep in the back and a cm had to go find one) the cm’s at register were super chatty and lovely, talking to “the boss” behind his desk & all! one asked to see the droids my and my partner had built & then went on to say “oh I’d love to have one but I have only one credit to my name” or something to the effect. cast member pay and in universe implications aside - there was still a second there that crossed the wires in my brain of ‘spending money because you’re at a theme park’ and ‘you’re in star wars what are you doing’ and I hadn’t realized what it was exactly till just now. also a lot of cm’s did have porgs wearing little outfits or with nametags of their own - no notes!!

Steve Ray

I thought this might have been Arthur, with Dudley Moore as a whimsical British alcoholic.

GrubTheSlug

I wasn't going to say anything but this comment kind of settled it... This was covered extensively by acct verilybitcie "the consumerist dystopia of Harry Potter" and I am bothered that a YouTuber of Jenny's size would so obviously and thoroughly crib from a smaller account without even a shout out.

GrubTheSlug

I liked the Harry Potter critique and I liked it even better when it was covered first and in more detail by verilybitcie "the consumerist dystopia of Harry Potter"

Bryan Sutton

Tequila Story (in stylized subtext)Reach for the lime

Squeaky Francis

There's a couple of those Mold-A-Rama machines in a zoo in Saint Paul, MN. Looks like there aren't too many left in existence, at least the legit Mold-A-Ramas. https://mold-a-rama.com/?page_id=1203 Seems like you'll have to go to the midwest to live your dreams. Chicago has several options. If you don't care about the experience, they also seem to sell the toys on that site.

Petie

New Jenny pateron video drop - just in time to brighten an otherwise fairly rough day. Thank you!!

Tim De Frog

I saw a bunch of guys at EPCOT all wearing shirts with drunk Figments.

Dan Gibbins

I saw the same thing on my trip. I was like "This is the energy you're bringing to your day, huh?"

Dan Gibbins

Oh also thank you Jenny for explaining the Munchlings, I saw them all over the parks and did not understand what was happening. Still don't fully agree with their choice to give the Mike Wazowski Bagel a butthole. I get that bagels have holes but there were other ways.

Alice Scarpa

Europa Park is my favorite theme park! My top 3 recommendations: 1) Madame Freudenreich Curiosités - so much lore and merch for such a weird dark ride 2) Arthur world - an incredible indoors garden themed area with a lot of kinetic energy for such a terrible movie 3) Zauberwelt der Diamanten - when I go on Thunder mountain I always wish I could walk around the pretty cave - here you can and there are 2 different rides passing by I don't think you can go wrong with food there - nothing that can't be skipped, nothing super terrible, no important decisions to be made. There are 3 different transportation systems in the park and I think it is a lot of fun to take them all.

Brittany Rees

Re: Munchlings. When I was at the Times Square Disney store, they had an entire bakery demonstration, as if it were a cooking show demo. And then the fake baker went around with munchlings on little trays to prompt us to put them in our baskets. The Hades cupcake munchling with a giant eyeball instead of a cherry remains the most bizarre Disney merch I've seen in quite awhile.

KK

I'm a pretty frequent WDW park goer and I started collecting the mini Munchlings when they first came out! I love plush, surprises, and scented things so I was really excited. But the newer ones are not scented anymore and they come with the dumb sauce packets, which kind of ruined it for me :( Also!! For your uncomfortable hat: can you stuff it or otherwise modify it in a way that would let one of your giant plushes wear/display it? That's what I do a lot

Martin G

~The Little Barmaid~

Witchfinder_Private_Pulsifer

There are multiple mold-a-ramas at the Milwaukee County Zoo in MKE, Wisconsin! They've been there for years and won't be disappearing anytime soon!

Aimee W

as someone that enjoys listening to things while I have to do dumb + physical menial work- but can’t follow audiobooks and refuses to find podcasts- i am very grateful i can pop in and out of patreon a few times a year for your rants :)

Ian Neufeld

For maximum knockoff, I'd wear a shirt that said Disco Drunk.

s o f í a - w a n

I have those Rey arm wraps! They still sell them (although I think they are updated to her look in tRoS). I bought them when I went in April because I like weird pseudo-cosplay stuff like that.

Genevieve Clock

Gin Ryder or Eu-gin Fitzherbert Rein-cheers are better than people Cruella deSpill A Dream is a Shot your Heart Takes When the Clock Strikes 5 o’clock somewhere, clip art of a pumpkin filled with alcohol Pour-rizons

erlandgraf

Maybe you could pop by C2E2 someday. You could pretty easily hit up Chicago, Brookfield, and Milwaukee Mold-a-ramas! Also, i totally bought those arm wraps for a friend, and I have no idea if she ever wore them. 😂

Elisa Rapadas

I collect Mold-A-Ramas! In Chicago there are multiple machines in the Museum of Science and Industry (MSI). Actually the MSI has a Mold-A-Rama exhibit right now so like now is the time to go for anyone interested in them. The Field Museum also has several Mold-A-Rama machines. Never been to the Brookfield Zoo but I believe there are several there as well.

Tacco

I haven`t been to Europa Park for a while and I hope so badly these things still exist- Keep your heads up for REALLY cheesy 2000s Eurotrash music in Euro Mir! There is also a whimsical scary darkride called Geisterschloss. Also for your consideration: There is a small local Amusement Park called "Holiday Park" just a 1.5h hours away from Europapark. I was a local there and it has really weird stuff.

Citizen Calmar

Not gonna lie; I would wear one that said "Eu-gin Fitzherbert".

Jill Morris

https://mold-a-rama.com/ tracks all the locations for moldarama machines. The largest grouping of them is in Chicago. There are also a handful in people's homes and they make some of the Disney ones and sell them on ebay (but it sounds like you'd rather visit one, so check out the website for locations). Re: Europa. We stayed in the Coliseum themed hotel and had room service and it was AMAZING. I don't think I've ever said that about room service anywhere. We immediately made plans to return next year because the overall experience was so good. One thing that struck me about the place is the "little" rides are incredibly good too and very well themed, so it's hard to say that anything is actually bad enough to skip. It was all a lot of fun and there are tons of quirky dark rides. My favorite coaster there ended up being the Can Can coaster, but Wodan is really good too (just not themed as well as the Can Can one).

Meredith Ellis

Where did you get the evermore shirt?!???!!!!

El

Am I the only one who thinks the tramp "hot dog" is supposed to be a visual pun too? 😬

Florian

Really excited to hear what you think about Europapark, since I was born here and grew up going there a lot. Unfortunately I haven't been in a while but maybe here's a few things that might be useful to you. Someone already mentioned the music at Euromir, but the music there is in general really fun and it's worth it to pay attention. Especially a lot of the older areas are kind of 'the Disneyland at home' in that they seem to go about as close to copyright infringement as legally possible. The main mascot is a mouse, there is a haunted mansion that is quite similar, and Piraten in Batavia is basically just Pirates of the Carribean. Or at least it used to be. It burned down in 2018 and has since been reopened and I haven't had an opportunity to look at the new version yet. The Swiss Bob Run is somewhat unexciting, but I find it very interesting because it is a coaster where the cars are not directly attached to the rails. I assume you might end up staying at one of the hotels, but even if you don't you can use their restaurants, if you want to eat there. Finally I think I remember you being nervous about filming in your previous trip to Germany since we are said to not like being filmed. But I think as long as you do not film specific people without their consent (which I assume you wouldn't do anyway) you should be totally fine.

Ello Asty

I don't think she necessarily needs to have ripped it off just to observe "shopping is a big part of the fantasy of the Harry Potter universe." Regardless even if she did pick the idea up there, this is in informal ramble where she may not remember where she picked the idea up and since it's paywalled it's not like she'd be helping that channel blow up anyways.

Ello Asty

The series sucks you in with the relatable bits, but it does create, for whatever reason, the fun fantasy where you can imagine yourself having fun looking in a Wizard Candy Shop or Owl Store. You hear some of the crazy pieces of merch described in the books and you just want to keep exploring.

Ello Asty

I appreciate you spreading the word on that video. I'll be watching it. Just think the "jenny stole this idea without citation" accusation up top from you is jumping the gun and going overboard.

Lee

When I was a kid, they had Moldarama machines at the Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa (now called Zoo Tampa). They still had them when I went in 2007. Might be worth calling to ask if they still have them!

Mirumoto Tsubasa

The Brookfield Zoo in Chicago has a bunch of them, and they change them out for the holidays sometimes.

Ryujin713

My Disney drinking T-shirt offerings are "Kitchen Cabernet" and "Journey into Intoxication."

Franki Lew and Kitschy Cats

Nightmare b4 Xmas is basically like Star Wars where fans obsess over every minor single detail except its with a single movie and not a longer series of films. Jack gets called "bone-daddy" flatteringly in the very beginning and "bone-man" by Oogie Boogie in the end battle. All of this to say, it's not really a catchphrase at all but I love it for the smarmy schmitposting energy. I also prefer tiny phrases from the actual film to stuff with jackandsally that say "misfit love" (which...is not based on anything also js aren't misfits) or the tshirts w Jack that quote the song where he's loosing his mind and being a jerk like it's a good thing. Really I could make a whole side hussle talking about terrible tnbc merchandise.

Franki Lew and Kitschy Cats

On a more related note: products like this are an example why I love the Disneyparks in theory but actually hate going there and being there. They're wonderful and immersive, but themepark energy and I do not mix even w it's a good theme park. So, I'm more of the "let me lounge somewhere like it's a mall/lookit some animals being lazy/shoppiiiiin"-type. The only worth while, guaranteed good merchandise in the park that are worth the prices for what they are are the pins and the artbooks. Sometimes the plushies will be worth my while -I got my childhood fav Sally from tnbc doll with yarn hair from disneyland -but for the most part the plush merch is deeply unappealing for all the reasons you said. I love squishmallows and squishables but I don't want a Mickey Mouse doll that looks like a food- I want a Mickey Mouse doll. It's so niche and obvious what they're doing. Deeply unappealing in my eyes. I have such anxiety about shopping I literally have dreams where I can't decide on what I want while the store is preparing to close and ready to kick me out and I'm being pressured on all sides to buy something I don't actually need or want. SO MANY of those dreams are set in Disneyland. You and defunctland are the legit only means for me to enjoy these beautiful, wonderful places that I wish I could love but instead they give me night terrors. At the very least, I promise to never make a creepy pretentious hack movie about how disneyland is to blame for men hitting on teenagers. Swear to it.

John Fenster

I have an Bone Daddy t-shirt; it's a sleep shirt

Sparrowlucero

I think the little pointy ears moldarama toy might be the fox from pinocchio

Marie

Unrelated to the merchandise, but since you‘re going to Germany I really wanted to recommend the „Phantasialand“ theme park. It‘s near my hometown Cologne, so I’ve been going there pretty much since I can remember and I think you would enjoy it a lot. It has lots of heart and love put into it with amazing attractions Imo🥰

Warriorseamonkey16

Busch Gardens Tampa has a decent amount of Mold-O-Ramas. Theres at least 3 I can think of

Mindy

Last year I went to both MSI and Brookfield and saw the Mold-A-Ramas and almost made one just because I know Jenny would want me to. But I’m the type of person who would like to waste my money on bad zoo food and Dippin’ Dots instead I’m sorry Jenny

hollowpup

They have a Disneyland Mold-o-Rama at the Pinball Museum in Las Vegas.

lae raal

The “Harry Potter capitalism fantasy” discourse has been around since the first book. From the moment Harry opens his bank vault full of gold, people have talked about how much the series obsesses over buying and consumerism. You’re not making your case by coming out swinging and accusing Jenny of plagiarism when the idea has percolated around fandom for literal decades :/

Amanda Moreira

If you ever go to Chicago look out for Mold-o-ramas at the Science and Industry Museum or at the Natural History Museum, they preserved lots of expositions from the 80s and 90s it’s worth checking out!

Susan Held

I know this is extremely cringe but I bought a "THAT'S NO MOON" death star silhouette etsy shirt to wear to Disney World when I was a visibly pregnant 37-year-old. Joke's on me because that trip was booked for March 2020 so I just wore it inside my own house by myself for months.

Lindzzz

Jenny went to phantasialand last year! She posted a vlog here on patreon in september

Marie

Ohh that‘s amazing, thxx so much for the Info! I‘ll watch it then, I haven‘t been a patreon for long😅

FlorenceOfFlowers

When you asked which one is the rat i audibly exclaimed “I would NEVER rat you out Jenny 😤”

Elise

I still don't quite understand why they stopped selling Tsum Tsum (except in Japan) - when I went to Eurodisney or a disneystore I'd always grab one for me or a friend because they were so cheap and cute and you could put it on a shelf without thinking about it too much. They keep selling adorable tiny designs in Japan (Urupocha, tenohira nenne, poteniro) but I feel everywhere else the strategy is to make people buy massive 30 bucks plushes of like, Lotso or Mickey in a pirate costume...I guess it must work for them but if I had money and space to spend I'd rather buy 6 slices of that pie plush and display a massive plush pie in my living room

J.

Same! And tiny merch is cuter by nature, so I bet it would even be easier to sell cute-ified Pandora alien pods. And as far as big plushies go, they are a struggle to wrangle in a suitcase for the trip home, and you have to ind somewhere to display them, or store them, so that probably also stops people rom impulse buying.

Rick Clark

I CAN’T be the only patron disappointed that Jenny didn’t model the Twi’lek hat!

Jaz Mei Luo

I mean from the way she described how it feels to wear, I wouldn't wish that upon her 😆 Unless you're talking about the one she made herself in which case it probably wasn't convenient to grab or she wanted to save it for her full main channel video 😜

Jo

jenny, curse you for bringing that baymax munchling to my attention. i am a baymax (and smores!) lover and i am staring at myself, ashamed, reflected on my computer screen as the shopdisney munchling webpage loads.

Petie

Drunkerbell? With Drinkerbell sitting *right there*, and it rhymes? Maybe someone copyrighted/trademarked it or something

Hannah Anthonia

Omg thank you, I paused the video when she said the comments would remind her and have been scrolling back so far to see which video it was.

TalkieSoundBox

Honestly I'd argue the biggest problem with the munchlings is the theme just seems oversaturated. I mean have you been to the toy isle at Walmart? There's almost a whole isle dedicated to cute squishy food themed blind box plush. It's just oversaturation to the extreme. Most of the people who like collecting this kinda stuff are probably already collecting like three lines similar to it. No human can contain this many plush obsessions!

TalkieSoundBox

There is some at the San Antonio zoo in Texas too, or at least there were the last time I was there lol

David A Behlman

Dr. Dreadful! was the edible bug one. We had that and the zombie brain one. It was separate from Creepy Crawlers. Those molds were too small for candy. I guess if someone had both they could have tried, but off the top, I'd think the rubber needs more heat. I always wanted the rubber bugs! I treasured the few I made at a friend's house.

Madeleine

Celeb sighting!!! Hi Ashley I really like your H2O vids 🩵🏝️🐬

Markus D

What do you mean "GOES crazy"? It is INHERENTLY crazy!

Luis

If I ever start a band it will be called Ho Ho Situation

Bumblepuppy

Oh geez, that Twi'lek hat sounds awful! I've made a few cosplay wigs using stuffed pantyhose, they're definitely less heavy than some latex thing.

Jon Construct

Beer Necessities Brew to Your Heart (from Mulan) Monster's Drink

David A Behlman

Never have I seen this but I find it yucky and weird. They should stay home and watch that movie I won't bother to look up the name of.

t0tally 3rica

Hey Jenny. This is random as hell but I think this is the best way for me to ask is here. I want to make a YouTube video that’s copying the idea of “top ten lame things to do at Disney world”. None of the things on my list overlap with your list. I’d give you credit in the title and link your video in the description. I totally understand if you don’t want me to use your idea but it’s good one and I wanted to ask.

Ello Asty

Time for a Jenny Nicholson fan to infiltrate the Evermore crew.

Waffles

Busch Gardens and Gatorland in Florida have Mold-O-Ramas, Gatorland only has the one but Busch Gardens at least three.

Megan Wadden

she went back to evermore, she posted it on her ig stories

Michael Apgar

I now have the deep need for there to be an Attractionista for Mr. Toad's Wild Ride

Theresa

I never have seen the movies, but I sure do enjoy the ride every time I go to Europa Park. They explain the characters and backstory in the waiting queue. I'm pretty sure, that the ride is based on the first movie, so maybe it would be enough to only watch the first one in preparation. More Europa Park recommendations: Definitely go to Madame Freudenreich Curiosités. If anything in this Park screams Jenny, it's this. The Eurosat Can Can Coaster has a very nicely designed waiting queue which I always enjoy more than the ride itself. I really like Voletarium (ride and waiting queue). In the Grimm's Fairytale Forest there are cute little houses which tell the fairytales and have a little interaction-button, so something in the house moves or a song starts playing. Its an outdoor attraction for small children without any waiting time. For food: a german Youtuber did a video recently about the food in Europa Park: "Eat everything at Europapark". It's in german, but the auto-translated subtitles aren' too bad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga04kjXC9iY

Alexis

It's surprising to me that you don't see Disney trying to create more original characters for the theme parks. I went to Disney World for the first time last month, and I had been under the impression that orange bird and figment were sort of niche, and only savvy theme park media consumers were aware of them, but was surprised that there is merch for both of them absolutely all over the parks. I get that current direction is that rides all have to be tied to movie IP, but it seems like fairly low effort to attempt another little restaurant or food stall mascot.

Jo and Gareth

Can confirm that the Munchlings seem to have been shipped to Australia. They are the only actual Disneyland merch I’ve seen here.

Megan Onuma

Same: very weird recommendations.

Charles Nicks

There's a mold-a-rama machine at The Pinball Hall of Fame, in Vegas. If your ever in area.

Meg

I might have to make a 101 Libations shirt. I'm sorry.

James Flemming

Is that a female Ronald McDonald in the background?

E G

Hey Jenny, the Brookfield Zoo and Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago both have tons of Mold-a-Rama Machines. The MSI has an exhibit on mold-a-ramas, last time I visited.

Rhetoric Al Leigh

Imagine the joy on my face when Jenny begins to talk about the Attractionistas, and I look to the shelf on my right to where I own ALL OF THEM. I feel so seen

robin

my little cousins lose their MINDS for the munchling things, it's working super well for little kids afaik

Kaya

I wanted to write something, but this is easily the best summery. Nice!

Kaya

Greetings from Germany! My recommendations: Piraten von Batavia: incredibly beautifully designed world, lots of animatronics, you can't stop being amazed! Schneeflöckchen Fahrt in Russia: We do this ride every time. It's just so wonderfully bad. Zauberwelt der Diamanten in Austria: You can walk through the cave yourself and then come to a beautifully designed gift shop. That blew my mind as a kid. Grimms Märchenwald: A beautifully designed fairy tale land, you can enter many towers and little houses and let yourself be surprised. Abenteuer Atlantis in Greece: I know it's for kids, but I just love sitting in a little boat and shooting paperfish down, which then flip over backwards. The very best: IRELAND! You should definitely go to Limerick Castle (I'm a smaller woman myself, so totally possible) and try out the indoor playground there. There are so many paths, you can almost get lost ... or suddenly end up in a ball pool. Just great. Above the adults' heads there is a small village of small huts connected with nets. In it you can listen to stories.. I have never seen such a well-designed children's area. What to leave out: Loop Restaurant: I really don't think it's worth the queue. The food comes on the rails, which is a short joy. You can watch one or two loops, but funnily enough, you get used to it quickly. EuroSat in France: It used to be really well designed (80s Sci-Fi), now it's just a poor designed Moulin Rouge theme. The ride is also very bumpy. EuroMir in Russia: Ouch. Have fun!

Ellzabubble

Was wondering if there was a way to get subtitles for these videos? I’m deaf and I’d really like to be able to continue watching without guesswork lip reading lol. ❤️❤️❤️

reese

WOOO CHICAGO MENTIONED (also, if u ever find urself in Chicago, the field museum has dino mold-a-ramas!!)

w0rmery

there's auto generated ones so that's something at least- i also wish we had proper ones though

Ellzabubble

Ah those don’t show up for me, might be cause I’m in the uk maybe

O Bow

you can get a rough outline by clicking youtube-> watch on youtube-> then the three dots next to download-> dropdown menu: save, report, show transcript. you'll click on the last one and a live transcript will appear next to the vid. like youtube auto subtitles, its rough but at least something.

w0rmery

weird because i'm in the netherlands so i don't see why it would be different. you don't have a cc button?

Ellzabubble

No I don’t that I can figure out for some reason

Kit Lord

To'ruk Mocktail

Saracha

Fun fact, I actually went to high school with a person who’s prominent on shift tok and got cancelled on it. I like to just check on their page every now and then and see how that’s going.

Sara Jane Webster

As of 2021 the Field Museum had one as well. I have a stegosaurus!

Teagan Mulford

This makes me want more trinkets ✨

Megan

The OKC zoo has a bunch of those mold-a-ramas of different animals. I had a huge collection as a kid.

Gabby

I HAVE NOTICED! I wanna buy a sonic backpack but they hold NOTHING

Magnus Smith

only moldarama ive ever seen is at the childrens museum in my city and its definetly treated as a retro oddity haha. so cute though!

Brier

I'm sooo looking forward to the starcruiser video!

Lambda34Delta

I don't have enough words for how hard I was laughing at the Avatar "Wand" oh my god. Just absolutely losing all of my shits.

Carolyn Ingram

Jenny there are multiple molds-A-Rama machines at the Henry Ford museum in Michigan. And I was just there like two weeks ago, so I can say on good authority they are there. Also greenfield village, which is a part of it, is awesome. There is a bunch of old houses and people dress in character and drive model Ts and ride those one big wheeled bikes.

Lindsay Koenig

A month late but my friend and I used a mold-a-rama machine at the Seattle Space Needle - I think it was from the world's fair. My friend specifically recognized it and wanted to do it because she'd heard about them from you lol

t0tally 3rica

This video advertised munchlings to me to the point where I am now obsessed and have several…

AmWa

If you’re looking for a pretty close mold-a-Rama machine, there’s a Disneyland machine at this antique store in San Jose area called Montebello Road. Definitely worth the trip up! I just went and they had the Peter Pan mold at the moment, but they switch the molds every month or so. The owner of the machine mentioned she was going to do a cool mold for Halloween!

Cynthia

Don’t know if you ever get down to Tennessee but the Knoxville zoo has a bunch of animal mold a Rama things!

Winona Honey

The thing about Chicago and the Mold-a-rama's is that theyre all at the museums and zoos so you have to go out of your way to find them, they aren't convenient or even easy to access, iirc the gorilla one at Brookfield isn't anywhere near the gorilla exhibit it's in some building at the end of the zoo, and all the ones at the Field Museum are hiding in the basement. Also the wax molds are EXTREMELY HOT when they come out, like you can barely hold them.

Markus D

I can't believe that cork gun says "it's harmless!" on it. Like, yeah if you're at a range that a gun would normally hit you it's harmless, but imagine some kid pretends to shoot you when they're less than a foot away and you get nailed with the little metal thing!

low level rat

Thank you for the food jenny 🙏🙏🙏 The live re-enactment of 'TOWN MEETING. TONIGHT.' at the end had me rolling.

MaxMin

With the mentioning of Star Wars land, was part 2 scrapped or put on the backlog?

Joie Laney

I completely agree about plush bags! I have so many and the old ones are like fully functional backpacks. I also want to shill a little for my friend's shop, I really reccomend these for holding stuff, especially the Long Bags! https://uglyplants.com/collections/purses

Papa Q. Bear

She's said before that she's not going to go back to it.

MaxMin

Thank you!

Ashe Trash

I'm so glad you mentioned the thing about shiftok, the first time I heard about it I thought 'So they're using their imagination. That's fun.' But like yeah I don't get this insistence that it's real, I end up wondering if they think it has to be real to matter and be important, like no it's okay and in fact great to have a strong imagination, and you can just have a good fun old time.

Olivia Smith

I really wanted the cinnamon bun Munchling, I'm sad to hear they're not very scented :( The strawberry smell on my Lotso is SO strong, I'm surprised the Munchlings aren't the same

Winja

the Pearl Munchling is looking like one of these blue/pink doublesided octopus plushies.

Anna Mott

Super late to the video, but I figured I'd mention that Busch Gardens in Tampa has a ton of animal molds like that

doujinshi

There's a mold-a-rama at the Pinball Hall of Fame in Las Vegas. It cost $4 to make when we went last year. We got a red Pluto mold. I know it's not in CA but if you ever head to Vegas, you could try there

Alysha Troxell

This video is doing a great job at keeping me company while I cook dinner today

Celozon

Those mold-a-rama machines have a very distinct smell that I recognize anytime I walk into an area with one (molten plastic?). I think I must have encountered them more as a kid, pretty sure my local zoo had some with various animals, wanna say I had one of a giraffe. I don't see them around that often but they did actually have one at the halloween horror nights and the Jurassic Park tribute stores at the Florida park.

Flap_jakc

The only munchling I was ever slightly tempted by was the Pain and Panic reversible one, and that's mostly only because I like Pain and Panic so much. The Figment Newton is definitely a cutie though.

JG

If you’re ever in Chicago, the Museum of Science and Industry has Mold-A-Rama machines

Rachel Bard

The Field Museum also still has some. Tragically the Lincoln Park Zoo ones aren't there anymore :(

Libby

I think you're completely right about how Harry Potter land works better than Star Wars land because Harry Potter has capitalism built into it so much as a brand, to the point that I've seen theories that the publisher picked up Harry Potter not because of its quality but because of how toyetic it was, but I think Diagon Alley and Universal Harry Potter World are also helped by the fact that they are recognizable locations from the original IP and Batuu is nothing. Instead of using the exact same design, making the setting in Mos Eisley on Tattooine, they forgo all familiarity with the setting that the guest could conceivably have. They prioritized the timeline over the themepark experience to the detriment of the experience. Nobody wants canon compliant Star Wars Land. People want to get a picture with Darth Vader and Kylo Ren at the same time, and they want to hear that funky little song that is canonically jizz music. It felt as though Disney wanted to ignore the Star Wars that people loved and push their new IP onto the consumer. also the way you feel about munchlings being kind of pointless because the characters are not very recognizable (either because of their obscurity or because of the design change) and the food not being something very many people have eaten is exactly how I feel about the disney pins that are like just regular ice cream cones that will have a character related design. I feel like I've also seen cupcakes but like I'll watch pin unboxings (I'm obsessed with them for reasons I don't understand, I don't do pin trading and I don't even live in Florida anymore) and half of them are just like "it's a popsicle that's orange and brown like pluto" and you're like ok... that was fifteen dollars? it's a very strange move on their part.

Libby

i believe third man records in nashville also has one but it uses wax

Madhavi Baiju

after the newest ramble, the part about there being an evermore mole in the patreon is so funny omg

Sawyer Rappa

about the moldarama! i work at the museum of science and industry in chicago which has a moldarama exhibit with 6 machines and at least 5 more throughout the building, and you can find them in the chicago field museum as well!

OtterofLore

Brookfield Zoo in Chicago also has a bunch! this video is wild as a chicagoan, I didn't realize these were rare (nationally speaking)

a.s.

those plush bags are so cute, thanks for sharing!!!

Kav

I'm borderline heartbroken by the Mary Poppins Drink "pun" because we have the perfect colloquialism for 'very drunk' for the occasion in Ireland (possibly just the North). It could have been: supercalifragilisticexpialiSTOCIOUS. What might have been...

Honoria Valemon

The reason there’s so many moldarama machines in Chicago is because they are made by ONE company in Brookfield, IL which is a Chicago suburb. They service machines in Detroit, Milwaukee, and other Midwestern cities. In Chicago they are in Brookfield Zoo, Lincoln Park Zoo (primate house), Museum of Science and Industry, and Field Museum. At Brookfield Zoo they change them out seasonally and have Christmas and Halloween models.

Jacob Robertson

I think I found one of the best Disneyland merch items that only a mother could love! In the art store Disneyana by Abraham Lincoln, there’s a sketch of the Cinderella mice gathering beads like from the movie. I won’t say what it looks like, but it’s when the mouse puts the beads on another mouse’s tail… You can Google that lol. Definitely not something you would expect at Disneyland. It is C9 in their book, and the artist did say that they are going to remove it soon. But if you act fast, it’s definitely a fun item that you can shockingly get in Disneyland.

Brenna Walton

As a california local, I had never seen a mold-a-rama machine in my life until moving to florida. They definitely have them all over Busch Gardens in Tampa, and I know i’ve seen one at Universal Orlando in the Mummy gift shop, but I’m not sure if they have it there year-round or only during halloween horror nights. If you’re ever back there it might be worth a look though! Other than that, they’ve been verrrrry few and far between, and never in California.

laurathejones

I cannot tell you how much I laughed at "and if you're not bald, that's going to make you bald"

kris

jenny dissing shifttok is so important to me

Matt the

PETE'S FLAGON

Larry Hastings

As I recall, it's one of the machines from Disneyland. I got an orange Donald Duck out of that machine last time I was in Vegas, a decade ago.

kalyn avery

I think I need the Mike wazowski breakfast bagel plush. I’m his mother he’s my son and I love him. He’s a winner to me.

Samantha Chapman

JENNY I will have you know I'm a complete mark for the Munchlings line. I find them all super cute. I own a complete collection of the pins, including the advent calendar, the magic band, the fleece throw, and two of the giant plush. I have a problem.

Samantha Chapman

Jenny's drunk shirts are also so much better than the real ones

Abigail

I would KILL for squishmallows of Disney park food. Mickey pretzels, Mickey waffles, dole whip, Turkey leg…the options are endless. I also request orange bird and figment ones.

kalyn avery

Taking a closer look, I also noticed that the lil guy has a giant X on his behind that looks hilariously like a giant cartoon asshole and nothing like the hole of a bagel. So that’s a nice detail. Adding to cart.

Sophie Fentress

I'm a big avatar head so it did kinda hurt to hear the ragging on it at the beginning of the video, but yeah you are right that there isnt like a vocal fanbase in the way that a "fandom" is usually thought of, as in its not like very outwardly visible. but the Na'vi language discords pop off I'll have you know. Eywa ngahu.

Dogman

You definitely need to wear the Twila hat with a wig cap

Meg Hawkins

BEDKNOBS AND BREWSKIS you were so close 😂

Alice Blehart

The Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago has one in the monkey house. (At least it did in 2023) You may also find some in the field museum and museum of science and industry in Chicago.

Lexi Andrea

Im partial to “hakuna moscato”

lughosti

literally came here to comment about the field museum having one! actually, i think they have more than one, but there's definitely one on the basement level at least.

lughosti

i'm watching the vid rn and it's wild to see that literally everyone saying where the machines are is a chicagoan. bc like...that's why i came to the comments in the first place. had no idea they were rare enough that all the comments would be from ONE CITY.

RinleyCoyote

When I went back in April I got one of the glowing toy daggers from the Avatar gift shop that I plan on turning into a prop for something else... This isn't the first time I've bought merch AT Disney to re-use for something totally unrelated. I wish they'd still had the pods though.

Al

she got to it eventually! Part 2 is basically galactic starcruiser haha.

notgerardway

idk if someone has already commented this but they still have and probably always will -because they actually have a small exhibit about them- mold a rama machines at the chicago museum of science and industry!!! its also just a really fun museum (nostalgia might be clouding my judgement plus i havent really been to other science museums), they have a gigantice model train that runs from chicago to seattle, they have the colleen moore fairy castle, and they just have a bunch of other really cool stuff! its always my favorite part of going to visit my aunt who lives there lol. also their aquarium is fire if you like those, though atm they are doing some pretty heavy renovation to it so it was kind of a letdown last time i went

Matt

When my wife and I went to the Volo museum in Illinois in January they had an original Disneyland moldorama machine! It was pretty worn out so our Mickey came out without a nose, but it was really cool - they have a ton of old animatronics, cars, statues, etc. They had Barbie’s car from the Epcot parade too

Helena Young

laughed at loud at that avatar bubble wand

Helena Young

has anyone got a link to the ramble about Disney keys?? love the video

Heather

Those little wax mould figurines feature prominently in the short-lived early-2000s Fox series called Wonderfalls. It was cancelled after two episodes, but the whole first season was available on DVD. Anyway, the opening scene of the first episode is one of those figurines being made. It’s a lion. It’s made of red wax and has a defect, so the lady who made it at the machine tries to “return” it at the counter of the souvenir store where the main character works. The main character has to deal with this customer (the kind we now call a “Karen”). Karen storms off in a huff and leaves the lion on the cash desk, then the lion starts talking to the main character. Yep. The little wax lion turned to her in early-2000s made-for-TV CGI and talks to her. And that’s the premise of the whole show: random objects talk to the main character, and they tell her to do stuff. It was the weirdest show ever and I loved it so much.

Maggie

The first and only reference I had to pull from when Jenny mentioned them! I cannot believe there's another soul here who watched "Wonderfalls." That and "Pushing Daisies" were my introduction to Bryan Fuller and the bitterly routine disappointment of him never getting to finish one his shows.

Sarah

I love the molderama’s even though they are so hot when they come out it almost hurts to hold and you can’t pick your color. I so hope one day you get to try it

Ichabod Throgmorton

Pandora Merch (as of May 2025) is still selling that stupid translator thing and absolutely no one was touching it lmao. A really, really weird merch offering they have now: potted plants. Like, a glass beaker with a plant in it decorated with colorful rocks to look... Pandoran? Maybe? It's such a comically bad idea for merch! They even had to POST A WARNING that you can't import these plants internationally or to certain states in the US (one of which being California). And even if you could transport it, potted plant in glass container has got to be the worst possible thing to try and pack. The only market for this merch would be me, a Florida resident who lives close to the parks, and even then, why on Earth would I want to buy a barely themed plant and then have to haul it around the park the rest of the day! On every single level that has got to be the stupidest merch I have ever seen. (I also had the rare opportunity to go with a friend who is the only avid Avatar fan I know, and the only merch she was interested in was the Banshee loungefly backpack and the lit blackbox art).

Indiana Flesher

I know you asked this a year ago but im pretty sure its the pride video

matt pierce

The Evermore spy was Hux

Dakota Rolfe

Not sure if this is relevant years later but I’m just watching this video as a new subscriber and I would like to let Jenny know that if she still wants to do a Mold-a-Rama, there are a lot of them in the Chicago area! The company still is based in the suburbs here and they actively rotate out new colors/molds at the city’s museums and the Brookfield Zoo. They also have them at some of the major cities in nearby states like Milwaukee and Minneapolis I believe. There’s always special molds they put out for the holidays too which is pretty fun. Not sure if that’s enough to plan a trip to the Midwest but we do have them! 😆

Neil Dutton

The Fox and The Booze Hound Yes, that took me three years.

Matt Gilson

Jenny, I don't know if you check comments on old videos or not but I was rewatching this one today and wanted you to know that relevant to your stated desire to do a mold-a-rama in person, the LA Central Library downtown has installed a machine as of this year! https://www.instagram.com/reels/Ddcf5udBYxc/