Søren
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Post by Søren on Feb 14, 2019 11:05:51 GMT -5
What stands out to me is how weird (and maybe now illegal) they were and not even going that far back  Have to search in some old boxes when someone else is home but am sure remember seeing an ad for making fake ID in some the old 2000ad comics from the 80s. Just had to send your photo and info in to get one  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2019 11:16:15 GMT -5
The Columbia House ad makes me smile. Here in the UK, we had Britannia Music. Similar premise: too-good-to-pass-up offer of vinyl/cassettes/CDs at crazy prices, but then you must stay with them a while and buy an album from every catalogue.
What about the numerous bodybuilding courses that were advertised?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2019 11:18:27 GMT -5
What stands out to me is how weird (and maybe now illegal) they were and not even going that far back Have to search in some old boxes when someone else is home but am sure remember seeing an ad for making fake ID in some the old 2000ad comics from the 80s. Just had to send your photo and info in to get one That rings a bell. I think the small print stated 'For novelty use only' (as if anyone would have taken notice of that). |
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Post by rberman on Feb 14, 2019 11:29:11 GMT -5
The Columbia House ad makes me smile. Here in the UK, we had Britannia Music. Similar premise: too-good-to-pass-up offer of vinyl/cassettes/CDs at crazy prices, but then you must stay with them a while and buy an album from every catalogue. What about the numerous bodybuilding courses that were advertised?  |
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Post by Confessor on Feb 14, 2019 11:29:53 GMT -5
A lot of the really good ones have already been mentioned, but one that hasn't is this...  Best. Toy. Ever! |
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Post by MDG on Feb 14, 2019 12:01:17 GMT -5
Two favorites: And one that would probably raise some eyebrows today... |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2019 12:25:16 GMT -5
Three of my favorites here ... This got to be a farce, that I see one here.  I actually got this once for my brother's birthday ... he was a Stamp Collector and he liked my gift.  Most misleading ad ... this got to be a fake one and no company would do this ... the reason animal cruelty.
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Post by Chris on Feb 16, 2019 0:41:38 GMT -5
You can't talk about comic book advertisements without talking about these.  |
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Post by Confessor on Feb 16, 2019 1:24:52 GMT -5
You can't talk about comic book advertisements without talking about these. Good call! I always legitimately enjoyed the Hostess Twinkie and Cupcake ads, and made a point of always reading them. Of course, they were slightly weird for us British kids because the brand wasn't available over here. I mean, I knew what a cupcake was, but a Twinkie was totally beyond my comprehension in the 70s and 80s. Crackerjack popcorn also wasn't available here, which reminds me of the below ad. A couple of my friends and I still occasionally reference this advert (if one of us trying to do something hard, sooner or later another one of us will say, "you can do it, Scottie, you're a Crackerjack!")  |
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Post by tarkintino on Feb 16, 2019 5:31:56 GMT -5
Ads for Aurora Plastics Corporation's near-endless model kits of licensed properties were always an added "bonus" to any comic they appeared in. Though not complete, here's several ads for model subjects not unfamiliar around these parts--   ^Yes, the ad on the left features the classic Infantino / Anderson art also used for the Batman model's box.  ^ The Black Beauty from The Green Hornet TV series (ABC, 1966-67), and what I believe was the only Marvel-centric ad ever produced for Aurora.  ^ Although the Tarzan kit's ad and box art suggest it was based on the Tarzan TV series (NBC, 1966-68), the tooling for the kit was allegedly in existence long before the series was ever in production, while the lion is a repurposed part from an older gladiator kit. The second ad is pretty self-explanatory, with the first of Irwin Allen-based kits--the "Spaceship" (actually, the Spindrift) from his Land of the Giants (ABC, 1968-70). Speaking of Allen...  ^All but one of Irwin Allen's four 1960s sci-fi TV series had kits based on them in North America (the exception was The Time Tunnel).  ^ The TV motif ad was a winner, as I've known many comic fans who fondly remember the ad, even if they never built any of the kits. |
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Post by EdoBosnar on Feb 16, 2019 5:42:16 GMT -5
Most misleading ad ... this got to be a fake one and no company would do this ... the reason animal cruelty. (As an aside, it's pretty common for hatcheries to deliver live day-old chicks, ducklings, etc. by mail. My mom did that once when I when I was a kid - except she had to go to the post office to pick them up.)
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2019 6:08:27 GMT -5
Most misleading ad ... this got to be a fake one and no company would do this ... the reason animal cruelty. (As an aside, it's pretty common for hatcheries to deliver live day-old chicks, ducklings, etc. by mail. My mom did that once when I when I was a kid - except she had to go to the post office to pick them up.)
Man, this is incredible and I would never, ever thought of that. This totally blew my mind and again thanks for the clarification here. |
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Post by rberman on Feb 16, 2019 7:58:46 GMT -5
(As an aside, it's pretty common for hatcheries to deliver live day-old chicks, ducklings, etc. by mail. My mom did that once when I when I was a kid - except she had to go to the post office to pick them up.)
Man, this is incredible and I would never, ever thought of that. This totally blew my mind and again thanks for the clarification here. Never mind dogs and chicken. Here is A Brief History of Children Sent Through the Mail! |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2019 8:36:27 GMT -5
rberman ... Shocking, but true and downright "nuts" of parents doing these things ...
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Post by Farrar on Feb 16, 2019 12:06:39 GMT -5
What about the numerous bodybuilding courses that were advertised? Yes, the famous Charles Atlas ads, and similar ads, seemed to be everywhere! Silver Age comic here...  There were also ads like these, from 1968...  And a few years later, there was this ad in my FF (and other) comics, featuring a certain young newly-crowned Mr. Olympia   |
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Have to search in some old boxes when someone else is home but am sure remember seeing an ad for making fake ID in some the old 2000ad comics from the 80s. Just had to send your photo and info in to get one 
