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Post by masterofquackfu on Nov 13, 2016 5:39:03 GMT -5
get enticed enough to order from them? I know the ads for back issue comics were probably used by some people. But I'm talking about the ads like..
The perpetual bodybuilding ads ("Let Joe Weider build you a better body for just $7.98.")
Selling seeds(and the various prizes you could win.
Selling Grit. Did anyone on here actually sell that paper?
Make Money customizing cars, vans, cycles, inside and out.
The karate ads, like the one with the Giant life-like practice dummy.
The 3 complete fishing outfits ad...1977 models...
Spalding basketballs with Dr. J and Rick Barry.
The Johnson and Smith Company with the gimmicky things like x-ray glasses, magic coin,etc.
I confess that the only one that I ordered from was the Johnson and Smith Company. I think it was a UFO balloon or something...was a long, long time ago, so my memory is foggy. Anyone else order from these companies? And, if so, was it worth it or did you get ripped off. Oh, I'll bet those bodybuilding courses were a complete joke.
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Nov 13, 2016 8:31:39 GMT -5
As a small child I ordered the 100 or 200 Revolutionary War soldiers seen on the back cover of DC comics. Wish I had a photo of the expression on my face when the tiny box of tiny soldiers arrived in our mailbox.
In the early 70s there were ads in Marvel comics for back issues. I usually ordered the buying and selling lists that were free. I bought some back issues of FF for 50 cents each from a place in Brooklyn. I suspect this was a distributor selling comics that had never been placed on the stands.
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Post by Confessor on Nov 13, 2016 8:59:58 GMT -5
Living in the UK, I always understood (rightly or wrongly) that I couldn't order the stuff I saw advertised in U.S. Comics. I was sorely tempted by most of them though, I would say.
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Post by Cei-U! on Nov 13, 2016 9:14:59 GMT -5
Aside from ordering my first Mile High catalog circa '79, I have never sent away for anything I saw advertised in a comic (well, that required clipping out a coupon or order form; I've certainly bought the brands of candy, pop, etc. that advertised in them).
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2016 9:19:58 GMT -5
My dealer found the whole Charles Atlas 'isometrics' course on-line, someone swiped it and put it on a .pdf. Back then when this ad was common, 10c got you a promo about the course, which actually cost a whopping $40. I didn't know I could learn karate from a vinyl lp. To think I wasted 7 years learning Shoto Kan karate at a couple of dojos.  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2016 10:14:15 GMT -5
Living in the UK, I always understood (rightly or wrongly) that I couldn't order the stuff I saw advertised in U.S. Comics. I was sorely tempted by most of them though, I would say. Wouldn't that have changed at least sometime early in the 90s? My first comic book orders were all foreign address, and shipping took 10 weeks, but worth it when I got a package. |
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Post by Confessor on Nov 13, 2016 10:37:12 GMT -5
Living in the UK, I always understood (rightly or wrongly) that I couldn't order the stuff I saw advertised in U.S. Comics. I was sorely tempted by most of them though, I would say. Wouldn't that have changed at least sometime early in the 90s? My first comic book orders were all foreign address, and shipping took 10 weeks, but worth it when I got a package. Oh, I probably could've ordered from them even back in the '80s, but I just sort of got the idea that I couldn't because I wasn't living in America. I don't know where I got that idea...possibly a parent, I guess. The only thing I ever ordered from the back of comics were a Dennis the Menace and Gnasher set of badges from the Beano, and the novelization of The Empire Strikes Back from the still-very-young original Forbidden Planet shop. This would've been circa 1980 or '81, I guess. The badges are long gone, but I still have that original copy of Donald F. Glut's ESB novelization on my shelf today. |
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Post by MDG on Nov 13, 2016 11:20:27 GMT -5
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Post by dbutler69 on Nov 13, 2016 11:31:56 GMT -5
I never ordered anything, but those sea monkey ads sure looked interesting when I was a kid, as did the plastic soldiers.
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Post by MWGallaher on Nov 13, 2016 11:32:30 GMT -5
My neighbor Kevin and I were tempted by this ad in DC comics of the very early 70's:  and so we chipped in 50 cents each to order a pair of these:  This proved not to be a disappointment, as we both had a lot of fun with them, although one or two of the supposed 10 functions seemed like a reach. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2016 11:35:22 GMT -5
The many stamp-collecting ads interested me, but in hindsight, I'm glad I never got sucked in. It would have been like those 11 lps for one cents deals....getting material I didn't want.
Oh yeah, I collect stamps, just in case no one knew.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2016 12:27:21 GMT -5
Oh yeah, I collect stamps, just in case no one knew. I did too from grade school to senior high and sold them so I can get my first car. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2016 16:22:46 GMT -5
Bought a practical joke package (fake cast, fake vomit, fake dog poop, whoopee cushion, etc)....
It was worth it as a kid!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2016 18:50:16 GMT -5
I was always tempted by those X-Ray Specs, but as I was in Ireland I never thought about sending off to the US for them... as I kid I thought it'd be cool to see through things though. (Well... it'd still be cool, but I know $1 isn't going to get me a pair of specs that does the job now!)
I also wondered what Sea Monkeys were. (?) They were strange ads!
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Post by hondobrode on Nov 13, 2016 19:28:12 GMT -5
 Ordered this and sent it to my grandma's house up the road. Checked every day of course to see if it was there. Finally got it, in the middle of a cold Iowa winter. Took it into Grandma's and actually got it moving. Actually did feed it a tiny bit of hamburger. |
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