- Woo!
Didn't even come out, what?
Welcome back to another episode of Weird Shopping.
This time, we are at the 99 Cents Only store,
also known as the dollar store.
You guys voted on it.
Make sure you vote up in the i-card
which store we check out next.
Let's do it.
Oh my god.
It says most items are priced at 99 cents or less.
We'll see about that.
The very first thing that we found,
surprise, is not 99 cents or under or only.
This isn't the 99 cents and under store.
This is the 99 cents only store.
It's build your own robot.
It's for five bucks.
Sounds interesting, robot, alright.
Think I need a soda can, so, we gotta grab one of those.
But five bucks, damn.
We're starting it off hot.
The next thing that I found is kinda something interesting.
It's from Despicable Me 3.
I know the movie.
They've been in a few of these episodes before
with the fluffy drone.
This is a fart gun.
I think it's just like an air gun.
I gotta know more about this.
Three targeted components, sure.
This kid looks like he's having a lot of fun.
I'm gonna be that kid.
Nowadays, everyone wants to be a vlogger on YouTube.
We got a tripod for two bucks.
Still breaking the rules.
It's got a phone mount part.
Looks interesting.
You can bend those and it articulates.
That would be dope.
So I don't know if you guys know this,
but I've actually been really digging my Apple watch
as of late.
I found another band.
It's always good to have an extra band.
This one goes for three bucks.
Still breaking the curse here, 99 Only.
What is going on here?
It said everything in the store, mostly, is 99 cents.
This is three bucks, but it looks like a good band.
Yes, dude, Kobe, Keaton with the shots boy.
I was just thinking to myself,
I already got a black Apple watch.
I wanna get the white one.
This white one, same price, 2.99,
and let me know in the comments
if you guys own an Apple watch
or have ever been to a 99 Only store before.
I feel like I'm the only person here
within like my age group.
Everyone else here is like way older than me.
So, got an Apple watch band.
It's white.
I think the reason it's three bucks
is 'cause there's a stain.
I'm gonna see if I can fix that.
This thing kinda caught my eye here.
For two bucks, it's an LED lamp USB kinda lamp,
if that makes sense.
Looks interesting.
There's so many lights here.
It's got me twisting my words.
But for two bucks, like, I'm okay paying that.
That makes sense.
And another thing I just found right next to it,
is this disco ball speaker.
Never seen anything like this before.
For six bucks, it's got Bluetooth, it lights up, obviously,
'cause it's a disco ball.
Tell me something I don't know.
Sounds interesting.
These are kinda worth it.
I go in all these stores.
It really puts a lot of stress on my muscles.
- Do you even lift, bro?
- A USB vibrating massager.
Sounds pretty good, sir.
Two bucks, he wants it, I want it.
I'm not getting pink though.
We're gonna get the blue one.
There's even a yellow one, that's cool.
We're getting the blue one.
It's a little more manly.
When you're at the 99 Cents Only store,
you can't pass up a deal like this.
Dollar for eight streamers?
I'm grabbing the two pack.
Alright, grabbing a few actually.
It's like the best thing ever here.
Like who wouldn't get this?
Now there's one thing that I keep noticing
in every store we go to.
They always have Cheese Nips.
I used to never see Cheese Nips in any stores.
I've always have to like really go out and hunt for 'em.
So I think 99 Cents Only store
has watched the Target episode.
If you haven't checked it out, make sure you check
it out right after this video ends.
They had Cheese Nips there,
but I'm going to the dark side.
I'm going with Cheez-Its today.
Why do they keep showing up?
They always, they're watching.
The people that own these stores.
They're watching.
With that robot thing that I checked out,
you need a soda can to design it.
At least that's what it's saying on the box.
So I'm picking up this Campbell's tomato juice in a can.
I've never seen this ever in my life.
And then just a classic V8 kiwi strawberry.
This robot's gonna look lit.
We're gonna name it Campbell.
We're gonna go pay for this, head back to the studio,
and check them all out.
What if they didn't have wheels, you know?
I spent around 31 dollars, 34 dollars with tax
at the 99 Cents Only store.
That's actually not too bad considering
we didn't just get five items, we got seven.
I mean, that makes sense
because there's a lot of savings at the dollar store.
So the first thing that we're checking out
is the thing that I'm most excited for.
It's a new Apple Watch band.
I got the official Apple Watch band here.
It feels pretty nice.
I've dabbled around with a few cheap ones before.
I don't know why I said I dabbled around, I just dab.
Hit that dab.
So, this was three bucks.
Kind of everything at the 99 Cents Only store
isn't 99 cents.
Let me know in the comments how you guys feel about it.
If you think it's gonna be good or not,
and if you own an Apple Watch.
Well, I'm realizing why this was so cheap now.
This isn't an Apple Watch band of any sorts,
it's pretty much just a digital watch
that looks exactly like an Apple Watch.
I got fooled.
I was giving the dollar store a little more credit,
but they don't actually deserve all that credit.
I'd link everything down below in the description
but just go to your local dollar store
or 99 Cents Only store and you'll find this.
It's not a bad looking watch.
Not a bad looking watch at all.
Kinda looks like my Apple Watch a little bit.
I like it.
And just reading the packaging here, it says digital watch.
I should have picked up on that a little earlier,
but I was still really confident
that this was just like an Apple Watch case.
Next up is this disco ball speaker.
I'm really excited 'cause we're about to throw
a party up in here.
That actually worked out a lot better than I was thinking.
Well this is a disco party ball speaker.
It's pretty much just a regular speaker
with a disco ball on top.
It's six bucks though.
That's what I want you guys to pay attention to.
We're gonna see if this is actually worth six bucks.
Bluetooth connectivity, it's rechargeable, alright.
The speaker feels pretty good.
It's not too heavy.
Actually doesn't feel like it's worth six dollars,
which is really surprising in these cheap speakers.
So I'm gonna test this out.
Recharges with Micro-USB.
I'm always a fan of that.
We're just gonna play Panic! At The Disco's
Death of a Bachelor.
Now getting that disco mood.
It's not too bad.
It sounds like the bass is like trying to make an appearance
but it just can't.
At least it lights up, like,
it's a six dollar disco speaker.
I'm not that surprised.
Now this was something that caught my eye.
I thought it was like build your own robot
with some sort of like gadgets in there,
like a motor, you know,
just a little more something that a robot
that is a robot you design for.
I realize that as soon as I picked it up
but it was five bucks
so it's pretty much you can design your own robot.
Build your own robot.
Damn, I thought this was gonna be
a lot cooler than it actually was.
Oh, this is kinda lame.
I'm not gonna lie.
This is, I find some pretty lame stuff,
but this is definitely one of the most lame products
I've ever checked out.
So you pretty much just grab any kinda soda can.
I got some tomato juice.
Not your average tomato juice though, made by Campbell's,
never seen that before
and I don't even need to drink it,
but you know what, we're gonna try,
what tomato juice in a can is like.
I'm not gonna lie,
that has a little bit of carbonation on it.
I think they're imagining people are gonna just pound these
at lunch and stuff.
Interesting.
Really interesting.
Alright, I don't even wanna chance it.
It's gonna tip over.
So we got the V8 kiwi strawberry.
So now we can just design our own robot?
Oh we have a lot of pieces here.
Alright, give me a sec.
- [Narrator] 20 minutes later.
- This is probably the dumbest thing I've ever checked out.
Why did I pick this up?
I finished building the robot.
I found out it's actually battery powered
and this is what it looks like.
We got some plastic harness put around my V8 can.
There were so many pieces
which is kinda interesting,
but here we go.
Let's turn on the robot.
And somehow, it's able to manage all the weight.
It looks like it's gonna topple over.
Alright, that's pretty cool.
Worth five dollars?
Uh, no.
This product really caught my eye
because it's another Despicable Me 3 toy.
It's like they keep following me around.
Let me know in the comments if you know
which other Weird Shopping episode
I checked out another Despicable Me 3 toy in.
Only the super fans are gonna know.
This is a fart gun, which,
I think it just pretty much blows air.
I hope that's what it does.
Or else, I'm pretty sure that'd be illegal.
So let's open this up.
Okay, we get these cardboard cut outs from the movie.
So the directions on the back say
just prop up these cardboard cutouts,
needa bend them in place
so they stand up on their own, okay.
Then you just pull back
and the air cannon will knock them down.
Alright.
This gun is kind of interesting.
It feels pretty rock solid,
like I see where all the value is.
And then you get this pull back lever.
It's like a bag attached to it.
And that's where all the wind, or farts in this case,
are generated from.
Let's see if we can knock it over.
I think it only knocked it down because I was swaying.
I'm gonna shoot it at myself and see if I can feel anything.
- Stop it.
- That's a little bit of wind.
I know you guys can't feel that
but like where is the air, where's the fart?
Alright, alright, I got it, I got it.
It's very subtle,
but it's enough to knock down some cardboard.
I was thinking it could try to knock over
this Fiji bottle.
Yeah, no, there's no way.
Wow, this, I don't know,
I thought the other Despicable Me 3 toy was better.
Moving on.
We got a tripod that works with any phone.
These things are interesting because for two bucks,
you have a way to like, actually get stable video.
I know optical image stabilization, it exists in the phones
but if you wanna maybe become a vlogger,
you now can, thanks to the 99 Cents Only store.
This tripod's flexible.
Yo, this is actually something.
I'd recommend picking up.
Let me know in the comments
if you think this thing's worth it.
Two bucks.
It's like a mini Joby pod.
Could really get a vlog going here.
What's cool about it is now you have a tripod mount.
So if you wanna do some Insta photography, bam,
you just click your phone in there, it slides on in,
and what's cool is this is a tripod mount, so,
you can get vertical, horizontal video, you're covered.
Just kidding.
You can do that too,
but there's also an articulating ball head.
This is nice.
Wow, this is really nice.
I'm gonna pull out my iPhone,
we're gonna grab some quick video.
I think two dollars is the cut off point.
It barely fits my 7+.
But alright, we got it going here.
Now prop it up.
Let's record some video.
I wanted to vlog with it.
Yo, what's up?
How does it look?
Let me tighten it.
Yo, hey, I'm vlogging.
Alright, it's swinging a little bit.
Might be a little hard to vlog.
But, not bad.
Just when you thought it would get cheaper,
shocker, it's not.
I got a $1.99 USB LED lamp.
That knife is gonna drive me crazy.
This thing looks sweet.
We have, I think that's 10 LEDs?
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10.
That is 10 LEDs.
Wow.
This just sounds way too good to be true.
I mean, it is way too good to be true.
It's not even 99 cents.
Connecting it to the USB-C MacBook.
That is articulating too?
What?
Oh yo, this is the greatest buy from 99 Cents and only.
Let me know in the comments which buy is the greatest.
This is really bright.
It's flexible.
That's a funky angle.
I'm gonna turn off all the lights
and see how bright this thing actually is.
Let's do it.
Hope you guys aren't too scared.
I'm still here.
I just have all the lights turned off now.
I wanna see how bright this thing actually is.
Whoa.
No lie, that is the greatest product I have found
in Weird Shopping.
Wow.
Look at how bright this thing is on my face.
It's like I'm going into like a hospital or something.
(maniacal laughter)
This for any laptop you could read a book,
you could get work done on a plane.
Wow.
This is the greatest thing ever.
Bonus item!
I didn't say it for the light,
but this right here is the second bonus item
and we're in for a real treat.
Two dollars, no surprise, nothing on this list was 99 cents.
But it is a vibrating massager.
Says there's a USB cable included so, that's sweet.
Anything without batteries would be good.
This is all I got in the box by the way.
There was no top, no cable,
and actually, it's battery powered.
So, yeah.
That kinda contradicts everything.
I would have loved a USB cable
but I guess batteries is the way we're going.
It's like there was a USB cable that wanted to be in the box
but it's not, so,
this is just a mini vibrating massager.
You just push down and it will give you a nice vibration.
Nice massage.
That's all right.
It's kind of intense actually.
Oooo, I like that.
I like that a lot.
That is, it's like deep tissue.
That's pretty nice.
Wow.
This bonus item, the light, if only it was,
if it only came with a USB cable, that would be amazing.
But the battery life, unfortunately, I'm not with it.
Now it's time for me to tell you
which was the most worth it.
There were some, you know, faulty ones in this episode.
But the one that is the most worth it, by far,
has gotta be this USB LED light.
So crazy.
Let me know in the comments which item was your favorite
on this list.
Shout out time.
Woo!
Huge shout out going out to Rydog and Jovaniam,
Dovaniam,
don't even know how to say your name.
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Today we learned some math in the YouTube comments.
50 is half of 100.
It is half of a hundred.