Post Your Favorite Bronze Age Advertisements 1st Up Raquel Welch Inflatable Pillow 2 2

[JB123]

Post Your Favorite Bronze Age Advertisements 1st Up Raquel Welch Inflatable Pillow

I run across a bunch of cool interesting ads inside the comics I read from when I was a kid. I ran into this one last night and I starting thinking a thread would be fun.

I wonder how many of these were actually ordered from the comic book ad? Post your favorites!

Edited March 13, 2017 by JB123

[Brian48]

Anything with a Daisy BB gun for me. 

[JB123]

5 minutes ago, Brian48 said:

Anything with a Daisy BB gun for me. 

Don't shoot your eye out!

[ThothAmon]

1 hour ago, JB123 said:

Post Your Favorite Bronze Age Advertisements 1st Up Raquel Welch Inflatable Pillow

I run across a bunch of cool interesting ads inside the comics I read from when I was a kid. I ran into this one last night and I starting thinking a thread would be fun.

I wonder how many of these were actually ordered from the comic book ad? Post your favorites!

Cheaply made.  Didn't last the first night.

[JB123]

7 minutes ago, ThothAmon said:

Cheaply made.  Didn't last the first night.

Like most mail order relationships......................

[Ken Aldred]

 

I was going to post my favourite ad, the Polaris submarine, but given the context above it would seem too obviously phallic.

[JB123]

15 minutes ago, Ken Aldred said:

 

I was going to post my favourite ad, the Polaris submarine, but given the context above it would seem too obviously phallic.

Probably so........... I wonder what kids were doing with all those X-Ray Specs that were sold through the comics? I always wanted a pair of those......

[fett]

On 3/13/2017 at 4:03 PM, ThothAmon said:

Cheaply made.  Didn't last the first night.

 The add even says rugged vinyl. 

[ft88]

[piper]

Anyone buy the sea monkeys?

[Ken Aldred]

37 minutes ago, piper said:

Anyone buy the sea monkeys?

I never bought them by post, living in England.

But, I have seen them.  They're a bit rubbish.

Edited March 22, 2017 by Ken Aldred

[Dave2739]

I always pictured the Raquel Welch pillow to be sort of shaped like a human being. Didn't realize it was just  a big pillow with her picture on it, although looking back at the original ad that shouldn't have been a surprise.

Did anyone ever buy the Polaris Nuclear Sub? I'm guessing that was just a cardboard box with a picture of a submarine on the side 

Edited March 22, 2017 by Dave2739

[Ken Aldred]

2 minutes ago, Dave2739 said:

 

Did anyone ever buy the Polaris Nuclear Sub? I'm guessing that was just a cardboard box with a picture of a submarine on the side 

Yup.  That's all it was, basically.   In the 70s I was very envious of American kids being able to run silent and deep in one beneath a reservoir, lake, etc.   So, I was glad to hear I didn't miss anything.

[Dave2739]

Just now, Ken Aldred said:

Yup.  That's all it was, basically.   In the 70s I was very envious of American kids being able to run silent and deep in one beneath a reservoir, lake, etc.   So, I was glad to hear I didn't miss anything.

I don't have it in front of me, but I seem to recall seeing a similar-looking ad for a tank. Again, I'm sure it was just a cardboard box with an illustration of a tank on the side.

[Foley]

Pic of the sub I found online:

An interesting read about other mail order gizmos

http://www.cracked.com/article_16310_12-comic-book-ads-that-taught-us-to-be-cynical.html

[Ken Aldred]

1 hour ago, Foley said:

Pic of the sub I found online:

An interesting read about other mail order gizmos

http://www.cracked.com/article_16310_12-comic-book-ads-that-taught-us-to-be-cynical.html

I was a very fat kid and tall for my age. I'd never have got inside that.

[Dave2739]

oh man, what a P.O.S.!! Thanks for posting that pic, Foley. I have to admit, it's slightly more elaborate than I imagined, but I have a hard time picturing two kids fitting in that thing as was advertised. The kid in the photo looks pretty young (6-8 years old maybe?) and it's already a tight fit.

[steveinthecity]

17 hours ago, piper said:

Anyone buy the sea monkeys?

I had Sea Monkeys.  They were cool for about two days then their little "bowl" became cluttered with cloudy stuff and it was impossible to clean and replace the water. They survived for a week or so.   I think one needs a pretty sophisticated system to keep these things alive and thriving.  As a 4th grader I wasn't all that savvy.  

[NoMan]

On 3/21/2017 at 1:19 PM, ft88 said:

That's awesome!  Thanks for posting. 

[Dick Pontoon]

Kirk Demarais wrote a book about all this stuff several years ago: