Has anyone ever ordered any novelties form comic books?

[suspense39]

I'm curious, I really would have loved to see the $6.95 life size working submarine, or the live pet squirell monkey mail delivered to your door!

[Iron Mego]

I ordered a skull cap, but was sent something else instead because they had run out. I was really disappointed! I also ordered a joy buzzer at some time, and a few other things like invisible ink, etc. My friend ordered Sea Monkeys, and of course like every other kid in the 70s we were not impressed with the real thing.

[Mikey]

Back in the day I ordered the 6 ft ghost --- which was a balloon and white garbage bag :>)

[suspense39]

Monkeys

I ordered a skull cap, but was sent something else instead because they had run out. I was really disappointed! I also ordered a joy buzzer at some time, and a few other things like invisible ink, etc. My friend ordered Sea Monkeys, and of course like every other kid in the 70s we were not impressed with the real thing.

I ordered the sea monkeys as well, very disappointing! And a little plastic mouse with a grey rubber and tail.....it kind of worked like a squirmil.....on a fishing line and you moved your hand to make it look like it was crawling through your fingers

[Earth 2 Chris]

I had a friend who ordered the disappearing ink and x-ray specs. The ink worked, the specs did not...at all. Total rip-off, of course.

I understand those 100s of army men in a foot locker were two-dimensional and flat on the back.

Chris

[Mikey]

I had the specs

they have a feather glued to the peephole inside

when you vieew through it it makes things seems to have a faint outline --- like you're seeing somebody's underwear.

the effect dont work all the time

[Marvelmania]

I know these don't count as "novelties" but I had some of those flat plastic army and roman soldiers that were always displayed on the back page or cover. I think they made some civil war soldiers too. Picked up some of those lately and they don't come cheap.

[Ssylyss]

Back in the day I had my mom order the 200+(somehwere around that number its been 30 years) plastic roman soldiers. They were really cool, but they were one solid color and very flat for army man sized soldiers. So flat that they had a hard time standing up on their own. Another time me and a friend ordered(Think his mom did it this time) the civil war army man sized guys. They were great looking. We played out a lot of battles with those figures.

[vulcan2074]

I also ordered the sea monkeys. Aww mannnn.
Sammy

[samurainoir]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/X-Ray-Specs-50s-Kitsch-Ad-Cigarette-ID-Wallet-Case-/330668370912?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4cfd5eebe0

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Funny-Exploding-Chewing-Gum-Gag-Gift-Prank-Trick-Joke-/320811532953?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4ab1db8299

[ctc]

Hmmmm....

I used to order tons of models from "Cosmic Connections;" an importer who ran tiny ads on them big comic ad pages.

Don C.

[Earth 2 Chris]

I had a fake pack of Wrigley's-like gum that actually had a mouse-trap like mechanism that would grab your finger when you tried to get a piece. But I don't think it came from comics.

I ordered some stuff from Heroes World in the early 80s. In particular, the set of PPC's "Activated Super-Heroes".

Chris

[Bruce Banner]

I always wanted those novelties advertised in the comics, but never sent off for them.
Then one day I found a tobacco store in my town that sold them all on a revolving rack for cheaper than the comic ads.
I picked up the X-Ray specs, whoopee cushion, joy buzzer, snapping gum and fake dog poo.