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 comic books, direct-to-video cartoons, and a video game for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, and Commodore 64. Overview The toys were rubber or foam collectible bouncing balls with grotesque faces and designs. The toys sold well as a passing fad. There were two series of the original Madballs collectible toys. Each series consisted of eight balls, as well as a collection of Super Madballs, a larger version of the original Madballs shaped like other sports balls, such as the American football-shaped "Touchdown Terror," the soccer ball-shaped "Goal Eater," and the basketball-shaped "Foul Shot." Toys Original series Madballs Screamin' Meemie: A screaming baseball with a large tongue. Slobulus: A drooling green creature with one eye hanging out of its socket. Aargh: A one-eyed blue-skinned Frankenstein monster-esque creature with stitching all over its face. Horn Head: A horned cyclops with a nose ring (which is chained to its ear in the Art Asylum era). Dust Brain: A mummy with rotting teeth and wrinkly teal skin. Oculus Orbus: A bloodshot eyeball (later sporting a mouth in the Just Play era). Skull Face: A skull with large eye sockets sporting tiny red eyes, a big set of teeth, and a partially exposed brain (which is depicted as a sentient being named Lobe in the Just Play era). Bash Brain: A gory zombie head with a partially exposed brain. This Madball was originally named "Crack Head," but was later renamed "Bash Brain," due to the unpleasant connotations of crackhead as a slang term for a drug user. All Madballs toys were conceived in the early 1980s by the creative team at American Greetings Properties, which was formally named Those Characters From Cleveland, or TCFC for short: Ralph Shafer, George Chanter, Mark Spangler, Jim Elliott, Kim Hammeren, and Vint Gonser. Editorial by Clark Wiley and Tom Jacobs. Second series Madballs Snake Bait: A forked tongue-sporting gorgon (later depicted in the Just Play era as a monster being devoured by a snake). Freaky Fullback: A mutant football player. Splitting Headache: A monster with the skin on half of