The Toys That Made Us is an American documentary streaming television series created by Brian Volk-Weiss . The first four episodes of the series began streaming on Netflix on December 22, 2017, and the next four were released on May 25, 2018. The eight-episode documentary series, as it was originally touted, focuses on the history of important toy lines. The first four episodes focus on the Star Wars , He-Man , Barbie , and G.I. Joe toy lines with subsequent episodes featuring LEGO , Transformers , Hello Kitty , and Star Trek , which aired on May 25, 2018. On July 19, 2018, it was announced at San Diego Comic-Con that the show had been picked up for a third season, with episodes featuring Power Rangers , professional wrestling , My Little Pony , and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles , and was released to Netflix on November 15, 2019.