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For the longest time, I wanted to know what one of these even looked like. As an adult collector, I've periodically tried to hunt on down, but every time I see one, the seller wants hundreds (like this one starting at $399!) Some day...
So what is your on your "some day" list?
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Oh, it's cheap junk, but holds up well -- the box is pretty standard coated stock folded into shape, while the kryptonite is some kind of quarry rock (I remember popping open the boxes at TRU looking for ones with interesting shapes before picking mine) that's coated in some kind of glow-in-the-dark green resin or really thick paint (probably the latter). I've had to have mine for close to 40 years now . . .
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I had these! They were rocks painted with some kind of green coloring. They had a really weird, almost soapy texture to them, and glowed in the dark (but not too well). Knowing 1970s product safety standards, they were probably more toxic than actual kryptonite would have been.
I have a 1979 Fantastic Four comic (from childhood) and it has an ad for Kryptonite Rocks. $2.50 each. On the order form it reads "Yes! I'm a friend of Superman. Please send me __ Kryptonite Rocks @ $2.50 each." That first sentence is pretty funny.
Here it is:
Here they are: (they don't look too bad)
The same issue of Fantastic Four has an ad in the front cover for Battlestar Galactica t-shirts. $4.99 each.
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