# 12 comic book ads that taught us to be cynical

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**Created:** [May 26, 2008, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-comic-book-ads-that-taught-us-to-be-cynical/450643 "2008-05-26T12:47:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-comic-book-ads-that-taught-us-to-be-cynical/450643/61 "2008-05-28T18:09:09Z")

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[QUOTE=The Lovely Margo Lane]  
My grandparents had those! They were 40 years old by the time my cousins and I played with them, and still going strong. I think they are still in action in the playroom of my youngest cousins (Grandma moved into a little apartment and spends a lot of time traveling). The only downside with those was that there weren’t enough to build a tall wall if more than one kid was inside, so we’d lay the foundation with regular boxes, then build up the ramparts with the bricks. Good Times.  
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Were those the bricks that you had to fold to make? We bought them for our kids, and I agree that they were great - lots of play value. They sometimes would hide things inside the bricks also. And very sturdy - the kids outgrew them, they never wore out.

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**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-comic-book-ads-that-taught-us-to-be-cynical/450643/62 "2008-05-28T19:10:26Z")

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[QUOTE=Voyager]  
Were those the bricks that you had to fold to make? We bought them for our kids, and I agree that they were great - lots of play value. They sometimes would hide things inside the bricks also. And very sturdy - the kids outgrew them, they never wore out.  
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Ya, fold-up cardboard bricks. The only way to really destroy them was if they were unfolded first and then ripped up. And they were, in fact, awesome.

As for the OP, I remember the zit remover guns that they would advertise. Probably still being advertised.

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