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    I was pretty suspicious of advertising even as a little nipper, but damned if the rockets actually flew. And they quickly teach you the first law of astronautics, "every damn thing costs money."

    I really wanted to make a go of model rocketry as a kid, but for some reason I never had the touch and pretty quickly gave up. They'd either fly up a few feet, flip over and smash into the ground, or go off sideways somewhere, or actually fly and then the parachute wouldn't work, or... whatever.
    • CommentAuthordkostis
    • CommentTimeMay 31st 2008 edited
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    In Canada kids could buy rocket engines and models if they had a "licence".Fill out a questionaire, recite a pledge of conduct , have a parent sign it and off you go.I remember my dad laughing out loud when I swore never to launch a rocket at a target.

    Rockets,Flarts,wrist mounted slingshots and chemistry sets that came with phosphorus. I miss my sharp-edged explosive and highly-flammable, projectile youth.
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      CommentAuthorFauxhammer
    • CommentTimeMay 31st 2008
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    I got the hovercraft.

    It sucked.
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      CommentAuthormrghosty
    • CommentTimeMay 31st 2008
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    xray specs.

    @photomagex... the xray specs demystified...

    they DO work (well in an illusory sort of way). inside each "lens" is a feather that's been flattened and dyed red. If you hold your hand up to a light source while wearing them, the light refracts around the feather, creating a "double image of sorts.. where the center of it looks more solid and the edges translucent, giving off the illusion that you can see the bones in your hand through your skin.

    Heh. i still get a kick out of them.

    hypno coin
    Then there's this ^ i always wanted this.. or the book that showed you how to hypnotise people using television sets.
    • CommentAuthorStefanJ
    • CommentTimeMay 31st 2008
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    Carle Place, the source of the toy soldiers, was a few train stops away from the town where I grew up. No street address, just "Toy Soldiers, Dept. TK-6". Man, was the place that sold them such a big concern that the post office just knew where to deliver it?

    @MrGhosty: If I were an entrepreneur in the 1950s, I'd buy advertisements in girly comics offering to sell Hypno-Coin deflection spex and booklets full of techniques for young ladies not wishing to become hypnotized into mindless sex toys.
    • CommentAuthordkostis
    • CommentTimeMay 31st 2008
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    Anyone ever order the course/book by Count Dante "the most dangerous man alive"? I've never seen it.
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      CommentAuthorphotomagex
    • CommentTimeJun 2nd 2008
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    Here's something I would love to hear....wonder if it's available on i tunes.



    I have no idea who this Forest gent is, but he does sound familiar.
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      CommentAuthorphotomagex
    • CommentTimeJun 2nd 2008
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    Just imagine, "out in seconds".

    • CommentAuthordkostis
    • CommentTimeJun 2nd 2008
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    Mr. Ackerman is the most influential fan in science fiction.

    He formed one of the first fan clubs, was the first to wear a costume to a convention and first to use the term sci-fi. He's currently publishing Famous Monsters of Film Land.These few things barely touch on his connections to science fiction and fandom. Look him up if you're curious.There must be pages of information about him online.
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      CommentAuthormrghosty
    • CommentTimeJun 3rd 2008
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    @dkostis + @ photomagex .. you used to (and probably still can) get the mp3s on the WFMU blog! it's a really weird and fun album :)
    • CommentAuthordkostis
    • CommentTimeJun 3rd 2008
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    @mrghosty

    If I dug through some of my dusty boxes, I think I have it on cassette.

    I'm waiting to see if I have to explain what a cassette is.
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      CommentAuthormrghosty
    • CommentTimeJun 3rd 2008 edited
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    @dkostis.. some of still collect those things you know ;). someday analog media will return to its former glory! but that's off topic..


    I WANTS!
    • CommentAuthormatt d
    • CommentTimeJun 3rd 2008
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    wasn't there an episode of csi:ny that had this as it 'punch line'?

    not that i watch csi, no.
    ...
    no.
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      CommentAuthorphotomagex
    • CommentTimeJun 4th 2008
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    dkostis - Thank you, yes I do recall seeing or hearing of him from somewhere. He is like the uBerfan. and yes I do know what a cassette is however my LP's were printed in vinyl so not that old. For example - the office was cold at work the other day so I grabbed my denim jacket to keep warm. A fellow employee walked past and said "Hey Randy, McCloud called and he wants his coat back". Unfortunately I'm old enough to get a chuckle from that.

    mrghosty - I think there's too many lawyers around for those to on the market today. God help us if we had to be responsible for our own behavior.
    • CommentAuthordkostis
    • CommentTimeJun 4th 2008
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    The cassette thing was a dig at myself really. I should have left it out.
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      CommentAuthorphotomagex
    • CommentTimeJun 5th 2008
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    dkostis - That's cool, not to worry. I took no offense and did not mean to sound like I did. I am Canadian and firmly believe that if you cannot laugh at yourself you are taking life too seriously.

    Here's a whack of them from an old "Tomb of Dracula" comic.


    Here's a funny thing that happened to me involving sneezing powder about 25 years ago.

    A girlfriend of mine had some sneezing powder in high school and, one day after school was out ,we kept on trying to get it in someone's face at the right time to get the desired effect. We were getting frustrated because it didn't seem to work. I finally grabbed it from her, held it to my face and took a big snort of it, then proceeded to tell everyone how useless this sneezing powder is. Well, about 10 minutes later I started a series of the most violent sneezes I've ever had in my life. I never had so much snot flying from my face before that time or since. My girlfriend was sitting on the bench in the smoking area, watching me, laughing till tears were streaming down her face.

    My fit ended half an hour later and I suggested that we get to the buses to get home. She said she wanted to hitch hike home today. We did hitch hike on occasion if we missed the bus or were at a friends and decided to stay late, but we were only 5 minutes away from departure time so why bother. She was very stubborn and insisted that we wait and hitch a ride home.

    It wasn't long before everyone had grabbed a bus and we were alone in the smoking area. This was when she stood up and showed me that she had wet her pants. She was soaked down to her knees and the wooden bench were she sat was drenched. I took her to the park where I pushed her on the swing for an hour before we took to the road. It was a pretty funny experience so I thought I'd share.


    The only thing this next photo has to do with the subject is that it was scanned from a comic (one of the Conan mags). I find this pic hilarious so I had to throw it in here. Can you imagine him trying to be all sophisticated and suave? If he's not playing a robot or in a comedy I cannot bare watching him. Some days, at home, my kids and I spend the whole day speaking to each other like Arnold. It's hard to believe he is the "Governator". Only in the United States of America.
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    The funny thing is that some of these ads ran with constantly, with only the occasional price change, from the 1950s to the 1990s. My dad saw the same shit for sale in his copies of Boys Life that I did. What happened? Did kids get smarter and stop buying it? Or did video games and the internet just lead to disinterest? Or did decades of complaints from angry moms about kids like my friend Scott who would order Rambo knives and lockpicks and send them to my house so his mom wouldn’t know finally get them blackballed?

    Anyway, some of the less horribly shitty stuff is still available from Johnson-Smith at http://www.thingsyouneverknew.com
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    @Mark Seifert- I had that Ready Ranger pack! I loved it as a kid even though it was a poorly made piece of shit.
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      CommentAuthorphotomagex
    • CommentTimeJun 5th 2008
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    It's a good thing they included a mask with this "authentic" Superman costume.



    I never really understood how a guy can take off his glasses and nobody can recognize him. I guess the fine people selling this costume felt the same way.
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    Regarding the 100 toy soldiers,
    I just read a couple issues of a 1980s comic called Nth man (I've seen it in quarter bins for years, so I finally bought a couple)
    Funny enough, there is a story about two kids playing with those exact soldiers.....One was disappointed they were all flat, so he steps on them.... and being comics and all, he grows up to be a supervillain, and he becomes really big... and when the military attacks him, he steps on some soldiers, flattening them. (It's more amusing then I make it sound)

    Amusing little wink to us long time comic-readers.

    On another note, did anyone actually sell anything for Olympic?
    And did you pick the "PRIZES OR CASH" ? (and who was Captain "O"?)

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