{"id":20787,"date":"2020-09-12T21:43:40","date_gmt":"2020-09-13T02:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=20787"},"modified":"2020-11-12T13:26:29","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T19:26:29","slug":"that-new-toy-smell-2020-12-skylanders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/2020\/09\/12\/that-new-toy-smell-2020-12-skylanders\/","title":{"rendered":"That New Toy Smell 2020 &#8211; 12: Skylanders!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GGxZu2UEh30?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Funkeys may have been the original, but Skylanders was the undisputed champion! But even as they topped the market, their empire started to crack and everything came crashing down after 5 years. What made Skylanders so big, and what made them fall? Plus, an addendum to the U.B. Funkeys story from last week!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/teespring.com\/stores\/pop-culture-network\">https:\/\/teespring.com\/stores\/pop-culture-network<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/PCNGroup\">https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/PCNGroup<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And check out GAMER&#8217;s channels!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/4thegamers\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/4thegamers<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitch.tv\/fourthegamers\">https:\/\/twitch.tv\/fourthegamers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Funkeys may have been the original, but Skylanders was the undisputed champion! But even as they topped the market, their empire started to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20788,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[5,1543,6,29],"tags":[47,1162,1126,1469,1464,1467,1176,1161,1127,1465,1163,65,999,129,1462,1460,1466,1468,1463,1294,155],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/TNTS-2020-12-2.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20782,"url":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/2020\/09\/09\/video-video-game-losers-episode-2020-10-disney-infinity-lego-dimensions\/","url_meta":{"origin":20787,"position":0},"title":"Video Game Losers Episode 2020 &#8211; 10: Disney Infinity &#038; LEGO Dimensions!","author":"DiRT","date":"September 9, 2020","format":"video","excerpt":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/DPpC3HjSotk Make sure you watch the companion episode of That New Toy Smell first to see how the modern Toys to Life genre started! 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