Old Ads

RCMerchant · October 04, 2018, 07:41:16 AM

Like magazine ads, or TV commercials-ya know.

This one is a scabbed brand that was burnt on my brain-just from seeing it so many times in every f**king comic book I ever read as a child.

ER · October 04, 2018, 08:37:48 AM

Funny, I was just talking to my friend Mitch about old ads and cartoons and how they show so much about what was important back then and how much has and hasn't changed.

Alex · October 04, 2018, 11:27:11 AM

I remember seeing this one in some American comics I read as a kid and being really unhappy that I couldn't get it in the UK.

Hmm, I wonder if I can pick up a set of them from ebay....

ER · October 04, 2018, 12:17:20 PM

You're lucky, my neighbor ordered the Revolutionary War set from those same ads and it was these 1/4 inch tall solid hard plastic blue and red men. No fun to play with and hell on earth if you stepped on them in carpet.

Svengoolie 3 · October 04, 2018, 07:05:02 PM

The Burgomaster · October 04, 2018, 07:23:06 PM

Quote from: Dark Alex on October 04, 2018, 11:27:11 AM
I remember seeing this one in some American comics I read as a kid and being really unhappy that I couldn't get it in the UK.

Hmm, I wonder if I can pick up a set of them from ebay....

The soldiers are all flat. That's how they fit 100 of them in such a small box.

The Burgomaster · October 04, 2018, 07:25:40 PM

This is a pretty good book on the subject. It shows the old comic book mail order ads . . . and then shows you what the actual product looked like.

Olivia Bauer · October 04, 2018, 10:06:36 PM

Yes, this a real ad.

The Burgomaster · October 05, 2018, 05:55:01 AM

dean · October 05, 2018, 07:27:22 AM

Advertising for Flavoured Milk was way more risque back in the day:

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claws · October 05, 2018, 01:08:33 PM

famous old comic book ad

Svengoolie 3 · October 05, 2018, 02:13:37 PM

Quote from: A.J. Bauer on October 04, 2018, 10:06:36 PM

Yes, this a real ad.

So's this.

Svengoolie 3 · October 05, 2018, 02:16:50 PM

Quote from: RCMerchant on October 04, 2018, 07:41:16 AM
Like magazine ads, or TV commercials-ya know.

This one is a scabbed brand that was burnt on my brain-just from seeing it so many times in every f**king comic book I ever read as a child.

I wish this ad had been a thing when i was a kid....

The Burgomaster · October 05, 2018, 04:46:27 PM

Quote from: claws on October 05, 2018, 01:08:33 PM
famous old comic book ad

I had sea monkeys (aka tiny brine shrimp) a couple of times. I didn't buy them from comic books, though. You could buy them in local 5 & 10 Cent stores. They would swim around for a week or less and then they would usually die.

Svengoolie 3 · October 05, 2018, 06:44:50 PM

Here's another atlas parody.