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I think one of the scariest things in the 1970s had to be the notion of a giant shark eating you. I'm slightly ashamed to admit this kept me out of lakes and occasionally pools as a pup. It's kind of hard to merchandise a shark seeing as he doesn't have any cool accessories or a vehicle of any sort but Imperial toys came up with a pretty neat selection for 1976.

Of course, even Imperial could resist the odd generic rubber animal and why not? To a kid, all sharks were Jaws!

Here is the Imperial Toys booth at th 1975 Toyfair, as you can see Jaws was a pretty big deal.

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[HardyGirl]

Oh LOU! YANA! I bet you had/have some of this stuff!

The only thing I had was stickers (decals) from a cereal box. I think those were from Jaws 2.

[Cmonster]

I lived and breathed that film when I was a kid, but never even heard of any of that stuff. I had a rubber shark and it was cool, but I don't think it was official Jaws product. I did have a T0shirt though. I wore that thing pretty much 'till it disintegrated.

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[mazinz]

I have a few of those imperial sharks as he was very popular. Most of that other stuff I never saw before. I Like you B will admit that I used to "scare myself" when swimming in a pool

The one odd Jaws item I did see (and technically fish torture) was the poster (no words) made as a back ground decoration for your general 12 gallon fish tank. Really if the fish kept seeing that thing with the teeth everyday....

[MIB41]

I remember when I was a kid I would use the rubber shark from my Adventure Team GI Joe collection and place it in the water with my AHI Batboat. It would sink slowly so I could recreate the ending of Jaws fairly convincing for a kid. Poor Bats!

[palitoy]

I may still own the inflatable shark, got it at a circus.

[4NDR01D]

Just bought an Imperial great white at VV.

[mazinz]

Just bought an Imperial great white at VV.

what's "VV"?

[Meule]

That wear-a-fin would've been cool

[Johny_Utah]

Remember this one ?

[generic]

Remember this one ?

http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...n1HrgsQ_12.jpg

I actually DO remember that one! I hadn't seen any of the others before (besides the generic plastic shark - which I had as a kid), but I totally remember the Jaws game!

[kennermike]

Remember this one ?

http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...n1HrgsQ_12.jpg

off course everyone remembers this one its also one of the newest PS cards

[Karen-bionic-fan]

Remember this one ?

http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...n1HrgsQ_12.jpg

I had this and loved it , there was a guy who lived up the road Garry was his name , and he was terrified of this so I used to run after him with it and say my hand was stuck hahahaha i won on e bay last year got my copy for 40 pounds

[UnderdogDJLSW]

I had/have the game, too. As a kid he used to go after Aquaman a lot. (And as a kid, I never knew about A vs GWS)

[LOU]

Oh LOU! YANA! I bet you had/have some of this stuff!

The only thing I had was stickers (decals) from a cereal box. I think those were from Jaws 2.

Oh HardyGirl! Believe it or not, the only thing we have in that pic are the squirt guns! Never bought the rings or the inflatable stuff...not yet anyway!

Here's our JAWS squirt guns...



I just posted our JAWS collection on our Facebook fan page yesterday in fact...take a look at the full photo album of JAWS stuff below!

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