Toys
Three Weird Games
More instances on his YouTube channel.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jul 27, 2012 -
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Category: Stereotypes and Cliches, Toys, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s
The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Deaths
Once upon a time, there was a kindly old lady who specialized in creating gruesome murder dioramas. Her name was Frances Glessner Lee, and her little scenes went on to educate criminologists for decades.
Follow the link for a whole book about her.
Posted By: Paul - Tue May 08, 2012 -
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Category: Crime, Death, Eccentrics, Education, Toys, 1940s, 1950s
The Mascot
I will never again say that Toy Story was utterly original.
More on the animator.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Feb 08, 2012 -
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Category: Animals, Toys, Stop-motion Animation, 1930s
2000 Feet of Hot Wheels Track
Posted By: Paul - Fri Oct 21, 2011 -
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Category: Toys, Rube Goldberg Devices, Charity, Cars
Art4God
Jesus laments that a container ship from Taiwan lost a bunch of toys overboard.
More great religious inspiration here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Aug 31, 2011 -
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Category: Art, Surrealism, Religion, Toys, Historical Figure
Erectorscope
What is the mystery of the "Erectorscope?" Does it have anything to do with erections? No!
This product comes from the Gilbert folks who made Erector construction toys.
If you look here, you'll see an accompanying booklet printed in the old-fashioned 2-color 3-D system. It seems the Erectorscope was nothing more than the cardboard blue/red glasses to view the advertised Gilbert products.
No wonder the kid in the ad is turned away from the customer. It's as bad a scam as X-ray Spex.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Aug 27, 2011 -
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Category: Toys, 1930s
Megaphone
Posted By: Paul - Sat Aug 20, 2011 -
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Category: Annoying Things, Toys, Stop-motion Animation
Creepy-Ass Dolls
This new book definitely ties in to a thread on WU!
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jul 13, 2011 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Horror, Toys, Books
Bing Bang Boing and Gnip Gnop
Even the toys of the 1970s were drug-saturated.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jun 30, 2011 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Drugs, Toys, 1970s
Thingmaker
I had this toy as a kid. Great fun. The plastic always looked edible and it was hard to resist chewing on the bugs.
What are the chances you could sell such a molten-plastic, electric-powered, producer-of-things-dangerous-to-swallow toy today?
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jun 24, 2011 -
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Category: Insects and Spiders, Toys, 1960s
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