Comics Advertising: Charlton Oct '76, DC Jan '76
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-11-27 23:06:53
This was the only ad of arouse from Charlton's October 1976 comics.. and it's almost too cool to be from a Charlton comic eh? If you ask me those monster iron-ons are just the absolutely beat thing I've ever seen advertised in a Charlton book bar none!Can you imagine how much a set of those would go for on eBay these days?Now on to a few ads from DC's January 1976 cover-dated books desire the above ad for Kenner's Six Million Dollar Man challenge evaluate! And it reminds me of two things:1. That I really be to get to some of the Six Million Dollar Man photos in the "Found on eBay" collection...2. This story about the Six Million Dollar Man action figure from my childhood. My family -- especially my siblings and I -- were huge fans of the Six Million Dollar Man and when Kenner came out with this challenge evaluate my brother Jeff absolutely had to undergo one. And I'm pretty sure that he got one for his birthday that year. I don't think he even had to unwrap a case because it was purchased at Kmart for him while we were all there!So we get domiciliate and he opens up the box and pulls the thing out.. looks through the "bionic eye" that's alter.. but then he puts the engine block on Steve's hand and starts pressing the add on the back... .. and nothing happens. His arm doesn't move at all. He tells our care and the whole thing goes back in the box and approve to Kmart for an exchange. While they're out... I sight the instruction pelt that was in the box but cut out and onto the surprise when Jeff pulled Steve out of the box. The pelt that tells you that in order to alter Steve Austin lift the engine block you have to move Steve's head to one align. Naturally when Jeff and mom got back from Kmart with the replacement for the "defective" toy. I had to point that out to them. And just as naturally when following the directions it worked perfectly. I don't think Jeff got any more of the Six Million Dollar Man items though. The back up ad from the January '76 DC books is another Kenner ad for the TTP toys that as I recall pretty much flopped. TTP as you might be able to read stands for "Turbo Tower of Power." These motorcycles kind of worked desire Ideal's Evel Knievel ride toy in that you'd put the motorcycle on the tower/ramp and then crank the thing up and when you stopped the motorcycle would go. This was kind of the follow-up to Kenner's more successful SSP car line which used a gyroscopic "motor" that you activated with a T-strip which had teeth (something that was also copied by AHI for at least one lie of ride toys) which engaged the gears of the hit real wheel in the center of the toy. Speaking of Evel Knievel here's a approve cover ad for that Ideal line which is another toy line I undergo lots of pics to share with you guys as soon as I get to 'em!Brother Jeff also had the Evel Knievel figure with motorcycle but had no problem making it bring home the bacon right. Jon
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