Comic Book Ads

[Lunajammer]

20 hours ago, unclescott58 said:

I'd LOVE to know the rest of THIS story. What kind of mock-up was it, cardboard? Who won it? Did they really deliver it in a rocket carryin' Super Guppy? What happened to it? 29 second prizes, 600 third prizes of a 6-pack of models. Life was good.

[SfanGoch]

No, it was NASA surplus. In other words, the real deal. Read the article in the link Daddy fink provided in his post.

[Mike999]

1 hour ago, SfanGoch said:

There's the story of Ming the Tiger, living in a housing project apartment with an alligator and eight kids...

I saw that story on the Animal Planet show "Fatal Attractions."  An old series about people who kept dangerous pets, usually with serious consequences.  The show also covered a woman who lived in a trailer park, not too far from me in Los Angeles.  Her trailer was stuffed with all kinds of poisonous snakes and lizards.  Including a Gaboon Viper, which killed her. 

[ChrisBcritter]

Revell had another contest like this in Boy's Life magazine in 1964; first prize was a retired F-86F Sabre jet fighter. A Cub Scout in North Highlands, CA won it and had the plane displayed at his school; it later was moved to Gaviota, CA and finally ended up at McClellan AFB where it's still on display:

http://www.warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=58069&p=572914#p572914

(scroll down to my first post)

[unclescott58]

I'm a bit of a sci-fi buff, so need to include this one. 

[DanR]

These are awesome! I also love seeing the old G.I. Joe ads and commercials (on YouTube).

[iamsuperdan]

Was going through and sorting/catalogingmy late father-in-law's old comic collection over the weekend. Happened to find this.

 

And in closer detail...

 

[unclescott58]

4 hours ago, iamsuperdan said:

Was going through and sorting/catalogingmy late father-in-law's old comic collection over the weekend. Happened to find this.

 

And in closer detail...

 

I wonder what year the above comes from? And I hope if you find more, you'll post them here too. 

[iamsuperdan]

58 minutes ago, unclescott58 said:

I wonder what year the above comes from? And I hope if you find more, you'll post them here too. 

Early 70s. If I can find the comic again (there's a few boxes!) I'll update here.

 

[ChrisBcritter]

Note the artist depicted Quicksilver with a stock '60 Chevy quad-headlight grille; something it's never had.

[unclescott58]

Two that are not cars, but models I've always wanted. I finally got a chance to build both last year.  

[unclescott58]

Had to pull these up, and look at them again. Anybody know of any we've missed? I'd like to see more. 

[Daddyfink]

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Edited August 15, 2018 by Daddyfink

[unclescott58]

25 minutes ago, Daddyfink said:

Wow! Check out that head of hair. Not one hair out of place. I like his taste in models. I need a Big Baron for my collection someday. 

[Mike999]

[Spex84]

These are great

Gotta love the quote marks around random words: "chrome" (because it's actually electroplated plastic?) and "flames" (because they're actually scallops??)

Also, I get a kick out of how on-the-nose old ads can sometimes be. Like that Monogram ad: "Because it's nice to have 'in' things". Lol.

Imagine if ads were like that today: "A Very Expensive Sports Car, because women are no longer attracted to you but maybe you can trick 'em....with this!"

Dig it, man!

[ChrisBcritter]

Better get Chauncey some NoTox glue... 

...and it looks like the AMT Kat had kittens!

Edited August 16, 2018 by ChrisBcritter

[Daddyfink]

35 minutes ago, ChrisBcritter said:

Better get Chauncey some NoTox glue... 

...and it looks like the AMT Kat had kittens!

[Daddyfink]

[unclescott58]

On 8/16/2018 at 12:11 AM, Daddyfink said:

What's the above kid doing with that glue (I the term "glue" loosely with MPC's Notox)? Just pouring it in, and hoping something sticks? I also see he forgot to put the glass in. And last. Another kid with perfect hair! Did we all have perfect hair as teens back in the early 70's? I don't remember. (Maybe if I used more MPC Notox, I could remember?) 

[Daddyfink]

7 hours ago, unclescott58 said:

What's the above kid doing with that glue (I the term "glue" loosely with MPC's Notox)? Just pouring it in, and hoping something sticks? I also see he forgot to put the glass in. And last. Another kid with perfect hair! Did we all have perfect hair as teens back in the early 70's? I don't remember. (Maybe if I used more MPC Notox, I could remember?) 

Nothing ever stuck together with this horrible glue! But on the plus side, you could keep building the same model, over and over! 

As for the hair, I wore a baseball cap most of the time 

[Snake45]

11 hours ago, unclescott58 said:

What's the above kid doing with that glue (I the term "glue" loosely with MPC's Notox)? Just pouring it in, and hoping something sticks? I also see he forgot to put the glass in. And last. Another kid with perfect hair! Did we all have perfect hair as teens back in the early 70's? I don't remember. (Maybe if I used more MPC Notox, I could remember?) 

They no doubt left the glass out of the model to avoid glare or distortion in the photo. As to what he's doing with the glue, only thing I can figure is he's about to install the upper radiator hose. (He's looking at it from a pretty weird angle to see what he's doing, though.) 

[ChrisBcritter]

21 hours ago, unclescott58 said:

Another kid with perfect hair! Did we all have perfect hair as teens back in the early 70's?

I believe both those kids were victims of stylists wielding cans of Gillette's The Dry Look men's hairspray (remember that slogan "The wet head is dead"?).