This is a list of toys created by the popular children's television network Nickelodeon.
A number of molding substances for children's play were created and sold by the American children's television channel Nickelodeon, through toy company partners in the 1990s. Like most molding compounds, they could be kept in their container to retain plasticity, or molded and allowed to harden overnight. They featured a wide variety of compounds with different attributes.
Green Slime Shampoo was among the very first consumer products released by Nickelodeon.[1] It was a green-colored shampoo inspired by You Can't Do That on Television, produced and distributed by Nickelodeon/MTV Networks as a promotion for the channel.[1] Advertised with the slogan "Gets you clean, won't turn you green!" kids could emulate being slimed like the performers on You Can't Do That on Television while taking showers or baths. The shampoo was sold through television commercials on Nickelodeon, in select retail stores, and was also featured as a prize during early seasons of Double Dare.[1]
Released along with the shampoo, Green Slime Liquid Soap was green colored liquid hand soap, also produced directly by Nickelodeon/MTV Networks.
Nickelodeon/Mattel's most popular compound;[citation needed] the product was inspired by the Nickelodeon show Double Dare. Similar to Wham-O's Super Stuff from the mid-1960s,[citation needed] the original edition was manufactured in 1992, and then re-issued in 1994 for the Nickelodeon Deluxe Gift Set which included one canister of Nickelodeon Gak and two canisters of Nickelodeon Floam. It was marketed on the fact that, unlike most of the compounds, it made a "fart" noise when squeezed into its clear, star-shaped container. Gak (among other varieties and accessories) returned to store shelves with modern-day Nickelodeon branding in 2012 and 2017; both 2010s incarnations were produced by NSI International.
The name "gak" had previously been used by Marc Summers and the Double Dare crew to refer to slime used on the show. The name had originated as a street term for heroin. This was a source of amusement behind the scenes of Double Dare when Nickelodeon used the term for the toy Gak, unaware of its origin in drug culture.[2]
The Floam Shape Shop was a contraption into which Floam was inserted and then pushed out in various shapes. It included different molds and front rings. This was first sold in 1995.
The Floam Factory is a playset that makes creations using Floam shapes and patterns.
The Floam Dome comes with 4 cookie cutters to make different designs. This is being sold as of 2012 by NSI International.
Zog Logs were mini multi-colored logs that can be cut, bent, shaped, and attached to other structures to make various forms and shapes. This was first released in 1995.
Smud was a Nickelodeon/Mattel compound that was much like Play-Doh. It was marketed under the idea that unlike the previous compounds, it would not dry out if left out of its container. Each pack of Smud came with its own "Geronimold." It was from 1995-1997.
Sqand, or "Magic sand", begins as ordinary sand, but is dyed and coated in a hydrophobic substance. This allows each particle to stay dry in water, so that underwater the sand appears not to have the same properties that any other sand has while wet: its cohesive force was greater than its adhesive force to water, so it preferred to stick together in surrealistically tall forms, rather than spread out as expected. When taken out of water Squand immediately returned to normal looking, dry sand. Mattel sold it off quickly. Originally marketed in 1991, it was later sold off, being re-branded without Nickelodeon trademarks today; first by RoseArt in 1995, and again being renamed "Aqua Sand", mainly directed at girls.
Zzand is a modeling compound very similar to Play-Doh, however, its defining feature is the sand distributed throughout it. Marketed with the slogan "Looks like Sand, Molds like Dough!", its default color is green and is notorious for being extremely messy.[citation needed]
A Nickelodeon/Flying Colors/Jakks Pacific compound similar to Gak but almost transparent. It was made to promote Double Dare 2000. Besides the regular Goooze, there were other variations of it such as Glow-In-The-Dark Goooze, Scented Goooze, and Glitter Goooze. In later years, Goooze was sold as "Goooze Toons" which had a Nicktoons character (such as SpongeBob SquarePants, Patrick Star, Cosmo and Wanda) with Goooze included to put in the character and watch it ooze out when opened. This, along with Gak Splat Balls (Below) were the most popular compounds that Jakks Pacific and Flying Colors made.
In 2014, this compound was revived by Spin Master without any Nickelodeon branding under the "Goozerk" name as part of its "Wacky-tivities" brand line.
A Nickelodeon/Flying Colors compound that is not like Gak in its properties, but shares a similar name. It resembles a cross between Gak and Goooze and unlike other compounds, it was not moldable, having a ball shape. Often it was packaged with a mitt of the same substance for playing catch. This, along with Goooze, were one of the most popular toys that Jakks Pacific/Flying Colors made.
Also it was the first compound to be released under the "Nick-tivities" banner. All compounds following were released under the same banner.
A green Nickelodeon slime compound was sold in Fall 2008, released by Jakks Pacific. It was released again in March 2012 along with Gak and Floam. In 2017, they were all rereleased with logo changes.
A Nickelodeon/Flying colors compound that is Nickelodeon's alternative to "Silly String". It came in different colors, and different varieties such as Smatter Blaster, Spit Smatter, and Fatter Smatter. However, it was voluntarily recalled in 2003 due to incidents where the aerosol cans forcefully broke apart, resulting in a laceration injury to a consumer and several incidents involving property damage.
In 2014, Spin Master revived this product without Nickelodeon branding as "Spatter" under their "Wacky-tivities" banner. The only significant difference from Smatter is that the compound does not grow.
A modeling compound that was like Play-Doh packaged in a squeezable pouch. It was sold in sets with Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. characters.
A Nickelodeon and Flying Colors/Jakks Pacific compound that was released in 2004. Splish Splat was similar to Nickelodeon Gak and Goooze. Splish Splat! was used on the contestants during the show Nickelodeon Splat!.
Released in 1992, the Color Writer looked like an Etch-a-sketch, but it drew in color. The Super Color Writer was released a year later.
The Flash Screen was meant to be played in a dark room and included a white glow-in-the dark poster with a two-in-one "Zapper" which featured a camera flash top with flashlight bottom. The user would turn on the camera flash and leave a shadow silhouette of themselves on the white poster emitting a green glow. The user can then take the flashlight pen and draw on their silhouette. The toy was eventually canceled due to claims of health hazards with children experiencing seizures due to staring at the flashbulb too much.
An alarm clock/radio featuring a light function. The light is a green zig-zag shaped tube running across the top of the clock. A variety of sounds were available for selection.
There were also other electronics with Nickelodeon themes, including the Talkblaster (phone), Blastbox (boombox with cassette player), CD Blast Box (boombox with a CD player), Blast Pads (headphones), 2 Blast Packs (portable cassette or AM/FM radio), a computer keyboard, and a Gakulator (calculator).
From 1996 until 2000, Mattel Media made various video games based on Nickelodeon properties.
Nickelodeon DVD Bingo is a DVD board game version of usual Bingo released in 2006. The DVD is narrated by SpongeBob, the titular character of SpongeBob SquarePants.
A game where you can create your own Nicktoons episodes based on SpongeBob SquarePants, Rugrats, The Fairly OddParents, and Jimmy Neutron by choosing scenes, characters, and props.