Anybody else remember a 70's gas station that gave a toy Noah's Ark ?

[Mikey]

Back in the 70's I remember my ma, older bro and sis's getting me animals for a Noah's Ark toy at my local gas station ... I think you got a set with a tank of gas ... in the end you got the ark itself.

Even though I've never been religious I loved collecting all the parts each week.

Was just wondering if this was a local thing ?

[cockyhoskins]

I never had them, but this is what I found:

"In 1971, ARCO (Atlantic Richfield Company) decided to play on its name to get kids to bug their parents to stop at ARCO every week: they offered a plastic model of Noah’s Ark along with 12 different pairs of toy animals."

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Arcos-Noahs-Ark-Includes-Ark-Noah-and-34-animals-/271933618763?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f5081ba4b

[Mikey]

That's it, thanks !!!

[LordMudd]

There is a funeral home nearby on the freeway with one of those big lite up signs and every so often it posts:

Have you ever wondered what summer would be like if Noah had just swatted those 2 Mosquitos?


CCC.

[Marvelmania]

Here's a pic of the one I had.

[J.B.]

I remember those. Made going to fuel up fun. Had a bunch of the animals, but never got the ark. I think they were made by Larami; same company that put out The Martian Chronicles figures.

[phil]

I had one too. It was a fun toy. It worked great with my toy soldiers and frontiersmen. ARCO, that's s serious blast from the past.