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Friday, March 13, 2009
You'll shoot your eye out with that
From the early 1960s. I would have loved this back then - I was just a little younger than the kid in the ad - but $7 was a lot of money back then. As a point of reference, my allowance in 1965 was a nickel a week, which actually went pretty far. At least for a six year old.
My employer sells lots of different stuff in our 12 catalogs. One of them is the cult-classic 'leg lamp' from the movie you channel. We also sell the night-light sized companion for those wanting something smaller. Here's a link. http://www.catalogfavorites.com/itemdy00.asp?SKW=leg+lamp&T1=V64303&PageNo=1&pos=3
Hey! I had one of those! Mine was green camo, however, and tied (marketing wise) to the tv show "Combat" (Vic Morrow). I also had a "functioning" P08 Luger cap gun. By functioning I mean that the slide operated when you pulled the double action trigger to pop the caps.
Oldblinddog, you must be my age. We had cool toys that today's kids simply won't believe. I loved that show, and Rat Patrol. Machine guns and dead Nazis ...
ASM826, $700? Yikes! You could put some interesting stuff in your gun safe for that sort of coin. Err, real ones.
Isn't the bad guy Otis from Mayberry?
ReplyDeleteTed,
ReplyDeleteMy employer sells lots of different stuff in our 12 catalogs. One of them is the cult-classic 'leg lamp' from the movie you channel. We also sell the night-light sized companion for those wanting something smaller. Here's a link.
http://www.catalogfavorites.com/itemdy00.asp?SKW=leg+lamp&T1=V64303&PageNo=1&pos=3
Anon, I don't know, but it could very well be him.
ReplyDeleteBrad, that lamp is Teh Awesome!
Ted,
ReplyDeleteI can get you 40% off the retail purchase price . . . .
- Brad
Hey! I had one of those! Mine was green camo, however, and tied (marketing wise) to the tv show "Combat" (Vic Morrow). I also had a "functioning" P08 Luger cap gun. By functioning I mean that the slide operated when you pulled the double action trigger to pop the caps.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nicholscapguns.com/mattel3.htm
ReplyDeleteAt the link, there's lots more. Echoes of a different America. One of these as pictured, with the .38 and the box is about $700.00
Oldblinddog, you must be my age. We had cool toys that today's kids simply won't believe. I loved that show, and Rat Patrol. Machine guns and dead Nazis ...
ReplyDeleteASM826, $700? Yikes! You could put some interesting stuff in your gun safe for that sort of coin. Err, real ones.