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1) RICOCHET: race cars 2) HIGH STAKES: Jerry Lewis plugs
this Hasbro gambling toy 3) G.I. JOE TROUBLE SHOOTER:
equipment for G.I. Joe 4) WEEBLES: rocking toys from pre-schoolers
Western town 5) SHERLOCK: riding toy 6) LITE BRITE: lighted pictures 7) G.I. JOE: training center/with
Kung Fu grip 8) G.I. JOE: adventure set―he
is not a military adventurer here 9) BABY PEEKABOO: doll 10) AFX: Jackie Stewart plugs toy
racing cars 11) LIONEL TRAINS: new H-O size
trains 12) LIONEL TRAINS:
"big...rugged" electric trains 13) CHILD GUIDANCE: toys 14) AHM: trains 15) POTTERYCRAFT: potter's wheel 16) COLOR FORMS: Snoopy toy 17) PATCHES McGEE: doll and tree
house 18) MAGIC 8-BALL: Napoleon Bonaparte
asks about Waterloo 19) PENDULUM POOL: Don Adams plugs
marble game 20) TONKA TOYS: 21) AMF: Flintstones riding toys 22) TONKA TOYS: 23) COLOR FORMS: Disney and Raggedy
Ann 24) AURORA: Jackie Stewart plugs AFX
racing track 25) COLOR FORMS: Tricky Mickey Magic
Show 26) AURORA: Ready Ranger Telephoto
Gun 27) PENDULUM: Buddy Hackett plugs
Curve Bowl game 28) AURORA: Don Adams plugs Skittle
Shoot Out game (Clio winner for 1972) 29) AURORA: X-celerators toy cars 30) AURORA: Air Hockey game from
Brunswick 31) MOTOCROSS: game played with
pinball 32) BOWLAMATIC 300: 33) THICK SHAKE MAKER: Shari Lewis
plugs this appliance 34) JR. CHEF CORN POPPER: Shari
Lewis plugs popcorn maker 35) POKERAMA: 36) TASTY CUSTARD MAKER: Shari Lewis
plugs custard maker 37) JET HOCKEY: 38) POKERAMA: 39) BARBI DOLL: Beauty Center from
Mattel 40) SPIN WELDER: racing cars you
build 41) BARBI DOLL: Beach Bus from
Mattel 42) KNIT MAGIC: knitting machine for
children 43) SLINGIN' SAM: race cars 44) PEDDLE PRETTY: doll on a bicycle 45) BIG JIM: doll Sky Commander 46) BIG JIM: jungle doll with safari
gear 47) CATHY QUICK CURL: doll with hair
you curl 48) BARBI DOLL: Beauty Center from
Mattel 49) MALIBU BARBI DOLL: doll and
country camper from Matel 50) SHOPPING BASKET: 51) POPPIN' HOPPIES: 52) RUDI THE ROBOT:
robot toy 53) SUSIE SWEET SHOP: candy maker
Topper 54) GOLDEN BOOKS: coloring
book―"bring home the happiness"/has boy mounted atop
hippopotamus/Ayer 55) RACERIFIC: racing cars from
Ideal 56) THUMBELINA: new-born doll that
wiggles 57) TOGGLE BLOCKS: Mattel building
blocks that encourage you to "do your own thing" 58) TIPPY TOES DOLL: Mattel doll
that walks and rides a tricycle 59) HOT WHEELS: racing cars/lots of
trick photography makes cars seem to go faster than they actually move
1969 60) SKIDDIDDLE KIDDLE: small doll
that walks/baby talk calls an umbrella and "umbriddle"
1969 61) ELDON: take-off on Wide World of
Sports is the "Wide World of Eldon Road Racing" racing cars 62) MARX: pro-football game 63) MARX: "Electro-Shot"
shooting gallery 64) GUMBY DOLL: B&W spot for
dolls for boys and girls―stick figures, not humanlike 65) CHILD GUIDANCE: Kentucky Fried
Chicken restaurant as toy 66) AMF BICYCLES: 10-speed bicycles 67) HEDDON: casting fishing
reel/"the Great American Tackle Co." 68) LIONEL TRAINS: H-O size model
trains 69) GUMBY DOLLS: same as No. 64 70) FISCHER-PRICE: dolls 71) FISCHER-PRICE: Safari with
dolls, animals, and jungle 72) HEDDON: fishing rods
1) JIMMY JET: mock pilot seat and
control panel as boy flies jet while watching pictures on screen (B&W early
1960s) 2) SUSIE SMART: talking dolls that
reads, recites, etc. (B&W early 1960s) 3) POSTAGE STAMP TRAIN: Dick Cavett
voice-over for "the smallest train in the world"/postage-stamp
electric train that fits in a book to be placed on the shelf reserved for
valuable things―by Aurora 4) FISHER-PRICE TOYS: Santa Claus
comes into toy store to inspect a line of toys―generic commercial for
their Christmas line―copyright 1970 5) MISS WEATHER DRESS UP KIT:
Colorforms is a paper doll to be dressed in various clothing outfits 6) LIKITY STIK: sticky balls and
shapes to be made into toys 7) SIXFINGER: signals in code, fires
cap bombs, contains pen―and is shaped like the finger of a white
child―"how did I ever get along with five" 8) GO FOR BROKE: Wall-Street like
board game where losers win 9) GREEN GHOST: board game to be
played in the dark―commercial done as a haunted house―spooky 10) SUZY CUTE: Louis Armstrong and
three little white girls sing the song about this doll―"Girls, Suzy
Cute needs a mommy.
Suzy Cute needs you." 11) REAL LIVE LUCY: doll that moves
its head in several directions―little girl holds the doll and delivers the
commercial lines―"she won't play with boys" 12) FAIRY TALE TOON-A-VISION: faces
change as child turns dial―there's also a Disney Toon-a-Vision 13) BIG LEAGUE HOCKEY: two boys
playing action-packed table game―Marty Glickman does the voice-over 14) CRAYOLA CRAYONS: from box of 64
Crayons Little Jack Horner pulls out Plum―also Orchid, Salmon, Melon,
Copper 15) SCOOTER DOLL: Barbi's little
sister, Skipper, has a new friend named Scooter―clothes too from 1966 16) 3 BLIND MICE: table game for
children―dice and plastic cheese piece used to capture the mice 17) RIV-A-MATIC GUN: rivet gun
pitched to boys―gun and remote control power pack used to build and
operate projects made from Construct-All construction sets―similar to
Erector sets of the 1940s 18) BANGEROO: numbers and spelling
game―by Amsco under $2 19) CHAOS: jigsaw card game by Amsco―under
$2 20) BABYBOO: doll cries when you
turn on the lights and when her covers are off as two girls
discover―"like a real baby" is BabyBoo 21) SKITTLE-POOL: Don Adams plays
"Wisconsin Skinny" who is Ray Middleton―Adams cleans off the
table―he's a Skittle-Pool salesman 22) JOHNNY EAGLE RIFLES: toy rifles
in three styles―first is boy hunting and killing elephant with his Magumba
rifle―second is boy playing war, hitting the sand and firing Army
rifle and handgun set called Lieutenant; third is cowboy rifle and six-shooter
to slay buffaloes and enemies, the Red River―and they come mounted on
"Boys, look at these real trophy wall plaques and think how swell they'll
look in your room!" 23) KABOOM: table game blows up
balloon until it explodes (Clio winner for 1967) 24) VRROOM HOT RODDER ENGINE:
Mattel's noisy device to make a tricycle sound like a motorcycle―little
boy imitates the loud sound of train and ocean liner
(Clio winner for 1965) 25) SUPER SPY ATTACHÉ CASE:
espionage scenario―little boys playing spy with this gimmick-filled
attaché case from Sears―ice cream truck 26) GREEN GHOST: spooky haunted
house―same as No. 7 27) REVELL HOME RACEWAY SETS: slot
cars with additional tracks sold separately―last scene is boys at long
dinner table with parents―but most of table is filled with elaborate
raceway 28) TRIK-TRAK: battery-powered toy
car with steering track that occasionally redirects car in motion 29) GOODY TWO SHOES: doll that
walks―battery powered 30) PARCHEESI BACKGAMMON GAME:
8-second spot for adults 31) REVELL HOME RACEWAY SETS:
8-second version of No. 26 32) SLINKY: kids use slinkies in
parks, on stairs/cpy. 1977 33) TOTALLY: sexy girl and boy
playing this 'Scrabble with numbers' game 34) FRANCIE: Mattel doll―pull
her hair and it grows/
copy. 1970 35) WHAMMO ZILLIONS OF BUBBLES:
bubble maker 36) MELODY: Mattel baby
doll―squeeze her and music plays/a "Love Notes
Doll"―others in series are Becky and Nellie 37) MAKE AND SHOW SLIDE SET: toy to
make slide from newspaper and magazine photos―girl does well at it and the
boy concludes, "You're alright for a girl." 38) COLOR FORMS: pop-up play sets
with stickers―Mickey Mouse and Raggedy Ann 39) WHAMMO SLIP 'N' SLIDE: boys and
girls slide on plastic strip wetted down with lawn hose 40) WHAMMO WATER WIGGLE: summer hose
toys for getting wet 41) LIONEL TRAINS: father and son
enjoy electric trains 42) SHIRT ZANYS: decals to make your
own T-shirt 43) SUNSHINE FAMILY WORLD: toy house
by Mattel/directions on how to make your own furniture, too/copy. 1970 44) WHAMMO FRISBEE: man and his
friend thrown the Superpro model 45) DROP IN THE BUCKET: marble game
by Lakeside―two boys and two girls play 46) SWEET BLOSSOM: in her
gazebo/little girl swinging baby doll in the gazebo/cpy. 1976 by Mego 47) BLASTERS, BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS:
funky black singers and four white boys with their toy cars 48) WHAMMO FRISBEE: Superpro model
tossed skillfully by men 49) WHAMMO FRISBEE: championships in
Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California―lots of people there to see it all 1) DUNCAN YO YO: new Sportsline
yo-yos are shaped like baseball, basketball, bowling ball, 8-ball, and golf
ball―this one plugs baseball-shaped yo-yo―"If it isn't Duncan,
it isn't Yo Yo"―little boy does trick, including "the Atom
Bomb"
(4/6/65) 2) DUNCAN YO YO: same as No. 1 3) JINGLE JUMP: a small tetherball
attached to the ankle that is spun an jumped over (much like FOOTSIE), but it
has jingle bells in the ankle attachment (3/25/65) 4) MILTON-BRADLEY GAMES: one-minute
spot plugs preschoolers games―CANDY LAND, CHUTES AND LADDERS, and UNCLE
WIGGILY (11/14/60) 5) REMCO CONEY ISLAND PENNY
MACHINES: your own penny arcade/"the toy you've got to
have"―little girl here is Patty Duke
celebrity 6) WITCH DR. HEAD SHRINKERS KIT:
bizarre commercial―African natives dancing, then heads are shrunk, kids
mix and make plastic model heads that actually shrink―comes with mixing
cauldron and petrifying potion―add monster hair―"now shrunken
heads for all occasions"―"give them to your witch doctor
friends"―racist and imperialistic―PRESSMAN 7) VEDA BOARD: Ouija-like divining
board game―plastic fortune teller spins to answers―little girl again
asks, "Who will I marry?"― 8) WITCH DR. HEAD SHRINKERS KIT:
15-second version―"deep into the jungles went Pressman" for this
game 9) WONDER ART: like Etch-a-Sketch,
kids draw and board and turn knob to add colored backgrounds 10) LOOK AND LAFF FUNHOUSE MIRROR:
kids make faces in warped mirror―circus music and motif―funny
face―only 98 cents―PRESSMAN 11) BLIMPS: animal-shaped balloons
that kids pull off and color, then blow up―buy them in boxes of 6 or
12―better print is No. 8―PRESSMAN 12) BADGE & BUTTON PRESS: little
boy makes buttons and badges at home―kids chanting "We want
buttons!"―"join the mad fad"―PRESSMAN 13) GIANT STEP: big paper feet
placed on floor and kids try to step on them―PRESSMAN 14) BLIMPS: better version of No. 6 15) BLIMPS: same as Nos. 6, 9 16) MASTERMIND: "the amazing
computer that plays games with you"―three games in one―Tic Tac
Toe is one of the games―"fire a depth bomb and try to sink the
sub"―pushes competition for boys and girls, even military
theme―PRESSMAN for $12.95 17) ROGER MARIS' ACTION BASEBALL:
Maris on screen to plug his marble-board game―shows Maris hitting his 61st
home run―"yes, kids, there's nothing like the thrill of
baseball"―PRESSMAN 18) MASTERMIND: same as No. 11 19) NEW BORN THUMBELLINA: doll
rocking in cradle―long version―IDEAL 20) LITTLE LOST BABY: doll rescued
from doorstep on snowy night―IDEAL 21) ZEROIDS: three robots from outer
space―Commander Zerak and
Zobor, the Zeroid transporter, and Zintar with a lunar sled―IDEAL 22) LITTLE LOST BABY: poor
print―same as No. 15 23) MAGIC DESIGNER: kids hold
markers on lever in place, then rotate paper disc below to draw symmetrical
designs―"they grow before you eyes"―LAKESIDE 24) COTTON MAGIC: Gumby plugs this
use of colored cotton swabs that are dipped in water and become
paints―LAKESIDE 25) DIGI-COMP: scientist and
interviewer Alan Burke asks scientist why he developed Digi-Comp―scientist
Dr. Duerig ties it to "digital computers" and need for kids to become
acquainted early with computers―"just think, missile countdowns,
games, riddles, and the new math―all in one computer-age
game"―"by the 1970s there will be millions of jobs in the
computer field" 26) MAGIC DESIGNER: same as No. 19 27) COTTON MAGIC: same as No. 20 28) DIGI-COMP: computer
toy―same as No. 25 29) DOODLE-LITE: plastic glow worm
that is used to write on light-sensitive panel―OHIO ART COMPANY, also
makers of the family game, "Spudsie, the Hot Potato"―shows
Spudsie in action 30) KOO KOO CHOO CHOO: large board
game with wind-up toy train―OHIO ART COMPANY, makers of
Etch-A-Sketch―shows rows of this toy 31) BIZZY BUZZ BUZZ: big plastic
bumble bee with ball-point pen for a stinger―it rotates pen in circles to
make circular doodles and designs on paper―"golly, you'll have lots
of fun"―OHIO ART COMPANY, makers of Etch-A-Sketch 32) ETCH-A-SKETCH: "the toy
you'll never tire of"―kids sitting on chairs sketching―adults,
too―"a circus of fun in a box"―"better than TV in
your car"―OHIO ART COMPANY, also makers of Bizzy Buzz
Buzz―"like magic" 33) SLINKY: hand slinky
only―down stairs, back and forth in hands―then animal Slinkies―JAMES 34) SLINKY: same as No. 33 35) PLAY-DOH: little boy making a
blue horse 36) PLAYNTS MAGIC PAINTS:
"magic play paints" do not spill accidentally―little boy and
girl 37) PLAY-DOH: little boy making a
blue horse 38) PLAYNTS MAGIC PAINTS:
"magic play paints" do not spill accidentally―little boy and
girl 39) PULL THE RUG OUT: kids pile
plastic pieces atop each other, then try to pull rig out from bottom of pile
without knocking it down―SHOPPER 40) HUFF 'N PUFF: plastic wolf and
house and kids try to prevent wolf from collapsing the house―SHOPPER 41) PULL THE RUG OUT: same as No. 35 42) HUFF 'N PUFF: same as No. 36 43) DON'T SPILL THE BEANS: kids pile
beans on pot until one tips the pot―SHOPPER 44) THE LAST STRAW:
kids pile straws on plastic camel to avoid tipping it 45) DON'T SPILL THE BEANS: same as
No. 39―bad soundtrack 46) THE LAST STRAW: same as No. 40 47) THREE BLIND MICE: partially
animated for dice and plastic mice game―LAKESIDE 48) BARREL OF MONKEYS: real monkeys
in this spot―hand-eye coordination game for kiddies―try to link up
12 plastic monkeys in chain, one-handed 49) THREE BLIND MICE: same as No. 43 50) COTTON MAGIC: same as No. 20 51) ELECTRIC DRAWING SETS: separate
drawing kits let you draw Little Kiddles, The Lone Ranger and Silver, Mickey
Mouse, and Gumby sets available―"let's speed up the camera with
drawing magic"―LAKESIDE 52) COTTON MAGIC: same as Nos. 47,
20 53) ELECTRIC DRAWING SET: same as
No. 48
1) GUNG HO COMMANDO OUTFIT: military
toy―mess kit, hand grenade, machine gun, ammo belt, field pack, poncho,
dog tags―little boys play Army in backyard―MARX 2) RUDY THE ROBOT: plastic
battery-powered robot―missing opening―REMCO 3) BABY GROW-A-TOOTH: doll that
grows tooth―with pacifier, crib, rattles 4) RUDY THE ROBOT: same as No.
2―missing opening 5) BABY GROW-A-TOOTH: same as No. 3 6) FASCINATION: ball-bearings
rolling through maze―REMCO 7) TRICKY DOODLE DUCK: big plastic
duck (with Tricky Tommy Turtle, too) with real feathers on its side rolls along
carpet and quacks―REMCO 8) FASCINATION: same as No. 6 9) TRICKY DOODLE DUCK: same as No. 7 10) VOICE CONTROL KENNEDY AIRPORT:
little phonograph plays air traffic instructions and boy plays pilot and
controller―REMCO 11) BABY CRAWL-ALONG:
battery-powered crawling doll―her bare behind is showing―"Uh,
oh―look what's showing" and little girl buttons doll's pajamas―REMCO 12) VOICE CONTROL KENNEDY AIRPORT:
same as No. 10 13) BABY CRAWL-ALONG: same as No. 11 14) VOICE CONTROL KENNEDY AIRPORT:
same as Nos. 10, 12 15) BABY CRAWL-ALONG: same as Nos.
11, 13 16) VOICE CONTROL KENNEDY AIRPORT:
same as Nos. 10, 12, 14 17) BABY CRAWL-ALONG: same as Nos.
11, 13, 15 18) VOICE CONTROL KENNEDY AIRPORT:
same as Nos. 10, 12, 14, 16 19) BABY CRAWL-ALONG: same as Nos.
11, 13, 15, 17 20) ASTRO TRAIN: plastic toy set
includes tractor-train, Might Mikes trucks, helicopter, large plastic
bridge―REMCO 21) VOICE CONTROL KENNEDY AIRPORT:
same as Nos. 10, 12, 14, 16, 20 22) ASTRO TRAIN: same as No. 20 23) MASTERMIND: "the amazing
computer that plays games with you"―three games in one―Tic Tac
Toe is one of the games―"fire a depth bomb and try to sink the
sub"―pushes competition for boys and girls, even military
theme―PRESSMAN for $12.95 24) ROGER MARIS' ACTION BASEBALL:
Maris on screen to plug his marble-board game―shows Maris hitting his 61st
home run―"yes, kids, there's nothing like the thrill of
baseball"―PRESSMAN 25) ROGER MARIS' ACTION BASEBALL:
same as No. 24
26) MASTERMIND: same as No. 23 27) MASTERMIND: same as No. 23, 29 28) MASTERMIND: same as No. 23, 29,
30 29) MASTERMIND: same as No. 23, 29,
30, 31 30) MASTERMIND: same as No. 23, 29,
30, 31. 32 31) SPAULDING TENNIS BALLS: ball
talks, out of breath―Poncho Gonzales autographed ball 32) TITLEIST GOLF BALLS: balls roll
along maze 33) SPAULDING DOT GOLF BALLS and
TOP-FLITE GOLF CLUBS: talking golf ball is a 1 Dot―and Spaulding Top-Flite
clubs 34) SPAULDING DOT GOLF BALLS:
short―ball talks 35) SPAULDING BALLS: tennis ball,
basketball, baseball, football, Air-Flite golf 36) SPAULDING BASEBALLS: official
balls of major league baseball―ball talks 37) SPAULDING ENCORE TENNIS BALLS:
talkative tennis ball 38) SPAULDING DOT GOLF BALLS: 15
second spot 39) SPAULDING ENCORE TENNIS BALLS:
15 second version 40) TIC TOC CLOCK: see-through and
take-apart clock―HUBLEY
1960 41) DR. NIM: 19th century Chinese
mandarin overlooks kids playing this marble and board game―"be
careful, 'cause he's sly"―ethnicity―ESR game 42) THINK-A-DOT: in this age of
computerization, folks with imagination think a lot―they play this game 43) SPILL AND SPELL: lettered dice
are thrown, you make words with the letters thrown―like Scrabble with dice
―PARKER 44) THINK-A-DOT: longer version of
No. 45 45) THINK-A-DOT: sort version of
Nos. 45, 47 46) TEST TRACK: slot car
outfit―reporter in helicopter reports on boy's slot-car test
race―"it's made by ELDON, just for the fun of it" 47) BABY JOY'S TINYROOM:
portable toy house―little girl bored while traveling with her
parents, so she opens up her Tinyroom and plays―ELDON 48) TONKA TOYS: wide range of toy
trucks―even a Volkswagen Beetle―for boys 49) TONKA TOYS: another toy truck
menagerie―fire trucks, dump trucks, etc. 50) ROGER MARIS' ACTION BASEBALL:
same as No. 24, 25
51) LOOK AND LAFF FUNHOUSE MIRROR:
kids make faces in warped mirror―circus music and motif―funny
face―only 98 cents―PRESSMAN 52) ROGER MARIS' ACTION BASEBALL:
same as Nos. 24, 25, 26 53) BEWITCHED BROOM―little
girl dressed like witch
AMSCO toy 54) BEWITCHED MAGIC COFFEE SET:
little girl learns early how to make good coffee―sexist
AMSCO toy 55) BEWITCHED BOTTLE AND HIGH CHAIR
SET: little girl learns early to be a mommy―sexist
AMSCO toy 56) LIONEL ELECTRIC TRAINS:
"presented by" opening to The Lone Ranger TV show in late 1950s 57) LIONEL ELECTRIC TRAINS: boy and
girl come racing downstairs on Christmas morning―helicopter car, IRBM
missile launcher―good Cold War images 58) LIONEL ELECTRIC TRAINS: Ralph
Donnell is test pilot with Grumman Tiger jet―his son is learning early
with Lionel train with its various Cold War missile that smash into
targets―also a Western Train, replica of old West train 59) MR. MAGNET MAN: Romper Room
toy―make various faces on metal head cylinder 60) PUZZLE AND PLAY ANIMALS: little
kids throw and pick up plastic toys―Romper Room 61) MR. MAGNET MAN: same as #59 62) PUZZLE AND PLAY ANIMALS: same as
#60 63) TALK-ABOUT: plastic box that
"talks" to kiddies―voice and animal sounds―Romper Room 64) TALKING TELEPHONE: phone talks
to kiddies―even a chimpanzee―Romper Room 65) PIG TOWN: various trains,
animals, etc. to make up a kiddie town
Romper Room 66) TALK-ABOUT: same as #63 67) TALKING TELEPHONE: same as #64 68) PIG TOWN: same as #65
1) SANDLOT SLUGGER: indoors game
with plastic baseball hitter smashing small plastic balls to kids in the
room―MILTON BRADLEY 2) SANDLOT SLUGGER: one-minute
version of No. 1 3) RECALL: revolving pattern must be
remembered and matched―memory game―"Recall may be the greatest
game of all time"―MILTON BRADLEY 4) RECALL: same as No. 3 5) BATTLESHIP: two sailors playing
this peg-board game―MILTON BRADLEY 6) STRATEGO: chess-like game for
kids―plastic generals and bombs, etc.―MILTON BRADLEY 7) BATTLESHIP: same as No. 5 8) STRATEGO: same as No. 6 9) GO BACK: kids advance on colored
squares on floor, but if their squares are called, they go back―MILTON
BRADLEY 10) POP YER TOP: plastic Koo Koo
Bird pops his top if you take too many steps―board game―MILTON
BRADLEY 11) FOOTSEE: hula-hoop principle for
the ankles 12) FOOTSEE: another commercial for
this ankle hula-hoop 13) FOOTSEE: same as No. 11 14) FOOTSEE: same as No. 12, 15, 16,
21 15) FOOTSEE: same as Nos. 12, 14,
16, 21 16) FOOTSEE: same as Nos. 12, 14,
15, 21 17) SILLY SOAP: spray can shoots out
streamers of soap―three kids in bathtubs on proscenium
stage―"for good clean fun"―B&W 18) SILLY SOAP: same as No. 17 19) FOOTSEE: minute-long commercial
for this ankle hula-hoop―best version 20) FOOTSEE: one minute
version―same as No. 19 21) FOOTSEE: same as Nos. 12, 14,
15, 16 22) DESIGN ALL: lathe-like machine
spins while pen moves around to create design―MARX 23) ELECTRO-ART SET: electric
painting for kids―MARX 24) STARLITE BEAUTY VANITY: little
girl makeup plastic furniture―MARX 25) TARGETLAND RIFLE RANGE: comes
with "super stick bullets" that are rubber suction tips that stick to
metal bull's-eye when shot from the rifle―comes with ammo clip―MARX 26) THE BEST OF THE WEST: Western
footage of stampeding horses and ranchers on buckboards trying to
escape―will they escape? It's up to You!―plastic models of wagons
and ranchers―cavalry pieces, including general Custer―"Who
started it?
Ferocious Chief Geronimo on his horse Comanche."―Johnny and
Jane and Janice West, too―up to 31 pieces in this racist and militaristic
Western toy ensemble―MARX 27) NOBLE KNIGHTS: begins with
footage of real actors dressed as knights in a medieval joust―Sir Gordon
is the gold knight riding Bravo―Sir Stewart is the silver knight on his
horse Valor―each knight comes with 38 pieces of gear―each horse
comes with over 10 pieces of gear―MARX 28) FUN-PACK CARRY-ALL ACTION PLAY
SETS: boys carrying plastic toy sets in steel carrying cases―they are FORT
APACHE: cavalry fort in Old West― THE FIGHTING KNIGHTS: with
drawbridge THE BOOT CAMP: with 80 soldiers CAPE
KENNEDY: land a helicopter, space missile―MARX 29) SOUND-O-POWER ASTRO-GUN: opens
with matted footage of spaceman and two iguanas in combat―this fat plastic
gun makes "creepy, eerie" noises―MARX
THE
FOLLOWING COMMERCIALS COME WITH THE NOTATION:
These films are not T-V commercials they represent
the main action and features of the toys.
The actual T-V commercials are now being produced. 30) ELECTRO-POWER-BIRD: big plastic
car that the boy sits in and drives―come with doors that open, hood,
trunk, horn ―"wow, that's class"―MARX 31) WACKY WHEELS: boy gets in it and
it spins around and around―by maneuvering the big wheels, boy can move in
all directions―MARX 32) ACTION CARRY-ALLS PLAY SETS: boy
carrying two of the kits described in No. 28―prototype of No. 28 FORT
APACHE―wild action world, with Indians, cavalry
men, horses, with shell-shooting cannon THE FIGHTING KNIGHTS: medieval
fortress with all the
trimmings announcer cites the other two: THE
BOOT CAMP and CAPE KENNEDY―MARX 33) NOBLE KNIGHTS: prototype spot
for the actual one seen in No. 27 34) SOUND-O-POWER ASTRO-GUN: opens
with rocket launch―then plastic figure zaps a dinosaur that
burns―creepy eerie sound―MARX End prototype commercials 35) SOUND-O-POWER RIFLES: two boys
watching TV and soldier throws his combat rifle to one, cowboy throws his rifle
to the other―these toys are
SOUND-O-POWER M-16 MILITARY RIFLE, and the SOUND-O-POWER WESTERN
RIFLE―they make lots of firing noise when boys play―MARX 36) PRO SHOT GOLF: boy and dad
rained out on golf links, so they go home to play with this game―with
adjustable golf clubs, greens, holes, and Mr. Pro, a plastic golfer that is
activated by players 37) MARVEL THE MUSTANG: big plastic
horse that moves forward when tots sit on him and bounce back and
forth―MARX 38) ROCK 'EM SOCK'EM ROBOTS: two
boys manipulate their big plastic robots in boxing ring-—MARX
B&W 39) STICK-SHIFT RACERIFIC: slot car
layout―IDEAL 40) PLAYTIME TUBSY: doll that moves
its arms and thereby splashes in the tub and plays with hanging
strings―IDEAL 41) ZEROIDS: three robots from outer
space―Commander Zerak and
Zobor, the Zeroid transporter, and Zintar with a lunar sled―IDEAL 42) ZEROIDS: same as No. 41 43) KER PLUNK: hand-eye coordination
game―pull sticks out of plastic ball and not let marbles fall to
bottom―IDEAL 44) STICK-SHIFT RACERIFIC: slot car
layout―same as No. 39 |