Toys
Kenner 1973 Toy Catalog, #16
"Your eyes won't believe what your hands have done!" How incredibly accurate is this statement, as the tagline for so very many of the perps who parade across WEIRD UNIVERSE.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jan 13, 2009 -
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Category: Toys, Advertising, 1970s
Kenner 1973 Toy Catalog, #15
A toy that can be blamed for fostering the notion that every kid is possessed of equal artistic ability.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jan 12, 2009 -
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Category: Toys, Advertising, 1970s
Kenner 1973 Toy Catalog, #14
"Comes complete with striking air-traffic controllers, surly delayed passengers, and fees for checked luggage."
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jan 11, 2009 -
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Category: Toys, Advertising, 1970s
Kenner 1973 Toy Catalog, #13
Oh, the awkward kludges kids had to put up with, before the glorious invention of video games!
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jan 10, 2009 -
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Category: Toys, Advertising, 1970s
Kenner 1973 Toy Catalog, #12
Perhaps the only time in history that a Ford Pinto was deemed exciting.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jan 09, 2009 -
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Category: Toys, Advertising, 1970s
Kenner 1973 Toy Catalog, #11
Recent comments here at WU have speculated on why males like to blow things up. Here's a toy, designed to be destroyed, that helps teach such behavior--or maybe just caters to pre-existing tendencies.Not sure about any subtext to a VW named "Bugg-em."
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jan 08, 2009 -
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Category: Toys, Advertising, 1970s
Kenner 1973 Toy Catalog, #10
WARNING: Constant smart-ass utterances of "That's nothin!" may lead to beat-downs.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jan 07, 2009 -
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Category: Toys, Advertising, 1970s
Kenner 1973 Toy Catalog, #9
NOTICE: Toy does not actually play any songs by "Tower of Power."
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jan 06, 2009 -
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Category: Music, Toys, Advertising, 1970s
Kenner 1973 Toy Catalog, #8
With small, ingenious modifications, may also be used as penis pump.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jan 05, 2009 -
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Category: Toys, Advertising, 1970s
Kenner 1973 Toy Catalog, #7
Evil Randy Runcemeyer had the stag cassettes, featuring Fat Albert and Sabrina doing the nasty!
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jan 04, 2009 -
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Category: Toys, Advertising, 1970s
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