Toys
Kenner 1973 Toy Catalog, #6
With these kids, hygiene has crossed the line to perversion.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jan 03, 2009 -
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Category: Toys, Advertising, 1970s
Kenner 1973 Toy Catalog, #5
How sadistic is a father who actually has pre-printed cards ready, announcing "The Phantom Strikes!"...?
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jan 02, 2009 -
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Category: Toys, Advertising, 1970s
Kenner 1973 Toy Catalog, #4
No one ever suspected Garden Gal of growing dope.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jan 01, 2009 -
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Category: Toys, Advertising, 1970s
Kenner 1973 Toy Catalog, #3
Pedro, "The Narco-Beast of Sinaloa," is ready to kill Gabbigale for ratting on his secret greed.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Dec 31, 2008 -
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Category: Toys, Advertising, 1970s
Freddy Flossisaurus
Cheap stuffed puppet: $10.00
Fake dentures from gag shop: $5.00
Toothbrush: $1.00
Total cost of teaching device: $16.00, max. And that's paying retail!
So why does Freddy Flossisaurus cost $316.00 at this medical-supply site!?!
[edit: checking back in 2012, it appears that Freddy is sadly no longer for sale. So I removed the link. -Alex]
Posted By: Paul - Wed Dec 31, 2008 -
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Category: Body, Education, Medicine, Toys
Kenner 1973 Toy Catalog, #2
The girl in the blue outfit in panel ten is one step away from an epileptic fit.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Dec 30, 2008 -
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Category: Toys, Advertising, 1970s
Kenner 1973 Toy Catalog, #1
For the next seventeen days, we'll be featuring a different page from this 1973 comics insert, a catalog of groovy, goofball Kenner toys, with utterly cheapjack illustrations and asinine text.I hope lots of folks of the proper age get a flash of powerful nostalgia. Myself, I was already in college when this advert ran.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Dec 29, 2008 -
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Category: Toys, Advertising, 1970s
Ten Worst Toys 2008
Posted By: Paul - Mon Nov 24, 2008 -
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Category: Death, Toys
Cheerios and V-8
I love Cheerios, and can tolerate V-8. But there's no way I could imagine eating a spoonful of Cheerios and then swallowing a gulp of V-8 immediately after the sweet milky mouthful.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Oct 30, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Food, Toys, Children, Space Travel, 1960s
Live and Let Live
Continuing our series of weird auto-safety films, we now examine one told completely through the medium of toys. This looks like it was a lot of fun for the creators to make.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Oct 23, 2008 -
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Category: Death, Education, Toys, Documentaries, 1940s, Cars
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