Type | Bouncy balls |
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Inventor(s) | AmToy |
Company | Cloudco Entertainment |
Country | United States |
Availability | 1985–present |
Materials | Rubber, foam |
Slogan | "Freaky fun for everyone!" |
Official website |
Madballs is a series of toy foam balls originally created by AmToy, a subsidiary company of American Greetings (now Cloudco Entertainment) in the mid-1980s, later being revived by Art Asylum (2007–2008) and Just Play, Inc. (2017–2019). The balls incorporated gross-out humor and each was given a character synopsis and an odd name. The toyline expanded into a franchise with a comic book series, two direct-to-video animated cartoons, and a video game for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, and Commodore 64.[1][2][3]