Comic book items

[Frankenmarx]

Did anyone here ever buy any of the 99 cent comic toys, gags, etc?  I just had the 7 ft Frankenstein, but I always wanted the bat that REALLY flew and the x-ray glasses.  My mom got us sea monkies once, too....not much like monkies.  All stories welcome.

[Paladin]

I had a pair of the X- Ray glasses, which were billed as "X- Ray Specs". They were simply "hypnotic" glasses with a small hole in the center of the lenses.
A friend of mine got the Sea Monkeys and I recall his mother freaking out after just "adding water". Hahaha
Unfortunately, I never got the 7 foot tall monster, which had to have been advertised in every comic that was ever published during the 1960's- 70's.

[Hepcat]

Did anyone here ever buy any of the 99 cent comic toys, gags, etc? ... All stories welcome.

See this thread:

http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=13126.msg210914;topicseen#msg210914

[Frankenmarx]

Thanks.  That thread, is in fact, similar to the one I started....but not the same.

[Scatter]

Had the Sea Monkeys. I thought they were cool as a 7 year old kid..........but then my big brother spilled the container on the bedroom carpet. I still haven't forgiven him.

[monsterphile]

Had the Sea Monkeys. I thought they were cool as a 7 year old kid..........but then my big brother spilled the container on the bedroom carpet. I still haven't forgiven him.

Scatter's brother...sibling or genocidal madman?  You decide.





Rob

[Monster Bob]

I bought these things called "Triops", for my daughter several years ago. The kit is very similar to Sea Monkeys, but the results are much better. The aren't tiny brine shrimp like the monkeys, but more like a trilobite-like thing. Surprisingly, they grow really fast and soon get to be 1" to 1-1/2" long, and you can see their innards through their outer shell. They become voracious little monsters that actually attack their food (and each other) and the result is much closer to the fantasy world  that they show in Sea Monkey illustrations (though they are far from happy little families).

I think I paid about ten bucks for the big kit in the store, but here is something on ebay for a couple of bucks...

http://compare.ebay.com/like/380608778300?var=lv&ltyp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&var=sbar

[marsattacks666]

Had the Sea Monkeys. I thought they were cool as a 7 year old kid..........but then my big brother spilled the container on the bedroom carpet. I still haven't forgiven him.

Poor Sea Monkeys. 

[Street Worm]

Had the 6' Frankenstein poster & loved it (very Bamaish art - anyone know who painted it?)

Always wanted the sub...
Probably a good thing I never got one as we lived across the street from a lake... 

[Hepcat]

It wasn't necesary to send away for the Sea Monkeys though. I bought a capsule of them for a dime or a quarter from a vending machine at the local supermarket. Does anyone else remember them from vending?

[marsattacks666]

It wasn't necesary to send away for the Sea Monkeys though. I bought a capsule of them for a dime or a quarter from a vending machine at the local supermarket. Does anyone else remember them from vending?

No. But it seems cheaper to purchase sea monkeys via a vending machine. Did the sea monkeys survive their plastic bubble casing home? Lol.

[Hepcat]

Yes they did! But I didn't have the patience as a kid and poured the glass out after a couple of weeks or so. I misunderstood the puffery promised, the precise words being "Just add water and see results in 7-10 days." Well the eggs wouldn't hatch that quickly, but I guess you'd see the eggs start to grow.

[Scatter]

Scatter's brother...sibling or genocidal madman?  You decide.





Rob

Go ahead...........pick at my emotional scabs. 

[marsattacks666]

Yes they did! But I didn't have the patience as a kid and poured the glass out after a couple of weeks or so. I misunderstood the puffery promised, the precise words being "Just add water and see results in 7-10 days." Well the eggs wouldn't hatch that quickly, but I guess you'd see the eggs start to grow.

I liked the aesthetic of the sea monkey advertisement. I also would never have patience for those lab created mutants.
Maybe I was way too busy constructing models or creating adventures for my G.I.Joes? Didn't have time for seas monkeys. I sure hope all the over-abundance of S.Ms found good homes? Or maybe there is a secret warehouse full of
sea monkeys?  : )

[Frankenmarx]

Did anyone ever buy the bat that flew and was supposed to be totally controlled by YOU?  I think there was also a ghost that was supposed to be controlled by the buyer