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Magic Monster

This is a weird little figure that I picked up a while back.  When you turn him on his axe lights up, his face contorts into weird position...

I hate beets

This is an attempt to get kids to eat beets in the early 70s by disguising beets as french fries.  It obviously didn’t work.  Even t...

Diet Crystal Pepsi

I brought up New Coke earlier, but this is my second favorite  failed drink I actually liked.  My third is Hubba Bubba soda.  I didn̵...

Olde Frothingslosh

I like to collect old beer cans, but this is one of my favorites.  It has vintage advertisements around the whole thing too.  I have had t...

Marvel No-Prize Envelope

This is a Marel No-Prize envelope. These were empty envelopes that were sent out by Marvel Comics to readers that pointed out errors in the ...

Morning Funnies Cereal

This is a box of Morning Funnies Cereal. They were out in the late 80s, and each box had several comic strips printed inside the front cover...

Wacky Packages

I have a ton of these, from the early 70s to the late 80s. This set is what started my collection though. This one in from the early 80s and...

Pee-Wee Shrinky Dinks

This is an unopened box of Pee-Wee Herman Shrinky Dinks. I loved Shrinky Dinks as a kid, so I am very glad I found these. For me, Pee-Wee me...

Wacky Wall Walker

These were originally from Japan, but it was bought to the U.S. and made famous here by Ken Hakuta (AKA Dr. Fad). It looked like an octopus,...

Star Wars Cookies

These cookies were out when Return of the Jedi was at the theater in 1983. This was once full as you can see in the picture, but that isn...