# Baker’s Dozen III
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093
**Category:** Thread Games
**Created:** [August 22, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093 "2022-08-22T15:39:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 119
### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2023, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2361 "2023-07-09T16:44:19Z")
**Banned Toys**
1. Clackers
2. Lawn darts
3. Magnetix
4. Cabbage Patch Snacktime Kids
5. Doctor Science Guy’s Home Cyclotron
6. Aqua Dots
7. Those chemistry sets we had when we were kids
8. Three-wheel ATVs
9. Easy -Bake Oven
10. My First Sex Dungeon
11. Anything with lead paint
12. Candy cigarettes
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### Author:  [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2023, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2362 "2023-07-09T23:46:09Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> 1. Candy cigarettes
Have they actually been banned, or have they, like the bubble-gum cigars and ‘Big League Chew’ shredded bubble gum of our childhoods, just been discontinued as being ridiculously inappropriate given the modern mindset against tobacco usage?
_ **-“BB”-** _
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### Author:  [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2023, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2363 "2023-07-09T23:55:10Z")
> [@Bicycle\_Bill](#):
>
> ‘Big League Chew’ shredded bubble gum of our childhoods
Still around to enjoy:
[https://www.bigleaguechew.com/retailers](https://www.bigleaguechew.com/retailers)
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### Author:  [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2023, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2364 "2023-07-10T14:15:19Z")
**Banned Toys**
1. Clackers
2. Lawn darts
3. Magnetix
4. Cabbage Patch Snacktime Kids
5. Doctor Science Guy’s Home Cyclotron
6. Aqua Dots
7. Those chemistry sets we had when we were kids
8. Three-wheel ATVs
9. Easy -Bake Oven
10. My First Sex Dungeon
11. Anything with lead paint
12. Candy cigarettes
13. Battlestar Gallactica Colonial Viper
I remember this vividly. All of our space toys back then shot projectiles from Battestar Gallactica to Micronauts to Star Wars. It caused all toy manufacturers to cease making these models and we were so disappointed when Boba Fett’s missile wouldn’t launch from his back as advertised in the commercials.
New List: As Seen on TV … or not! Items that looked great in commercials but were a disappointment when you actually received them.
1. Barbie Camper Van
My daughter was so disappointed that there wasn’t magic swirls and sparkles when she separated the jeep from the camper and opened it up!
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### Author:  [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2023, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2365 "2023-07-10T14:18:38Z")
As Seen on TV … or not! Items that looked great in commercials but were a disappointment when you actually received them.
1. Barbie Camper Van
2. Pocket fisherman
My dad bought it after watching the commercials. It was not worth it.
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### Author:  [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2023, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2366 "2023-07-10T21:47:21Z")
**As Seen on TV … or not!**
Items that looked great in commercials but were a disappointment when you actually received them.
1. Barbie Camper Van
2. Pocket fisher
3. ‘Tiger Joe’ tank _(by Topper Toys … this was the company that only sold their stuff in supermarkets)_
_ **-“BB”-** _
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### Author:  [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2023, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2367 "2023-07-10T22:15:04Z")
**As Seen on TV … or not!**
Items that looked great in commercials but were a disappointment when you actually received them.
1. Barbie Camper Van
2. Pocket fisher
3. ‘Tiger Joe’ tank \*(by Topper Toys …
4. Duracell batteries (on finding they lasted no longer than others)
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### Author:  [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2023, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2368 "2023-07-10T23:59:53Z")
**As Seen on TV … or not!**
Items that looked great in commercials but were a disappointment when you actually received them.
1. Barbie Camper Van
2. Pocket fisher
3. ‘Tiger Joe’ tank \*(by Topper Toys …
4. Duracell batteries (on finding they lasted no longer than others)
5. Arctic Air cooler
It barely cools
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### Author:  [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2023, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2369 "2023-07-11T00:37:57Z")
**As Seen on TV … or not!**
Items that looked great in commercials but were a disappointment when you actually received them.
1. Barbie Camper Van
2. Pocket fisher
3. ‘Tiger Joe’ tank \*(by Topper Toys …
4. Duracell batteries (on finding they lasted no longer than others)
5. Arctic Air cooler
6. Sea Monkeys
They were just brine shrimp. Hardly the lively family in the commercials.
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### Author:  [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2023, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2370 "2023-07-11T12:15:18Z")
**As Seen on TV … or not!**
Items that looked great in commercials but were a disappointment when you actually received them.
1. Barbie Camper Van
2. Pocket fisher
3. ‘Tiger Joe’ tank \*(by Topper Toys …
4. Duracell batteries (on finding they lasted no longer than others)
5. Arctic Air cooler
6. Sea Monkeys
7. Stay Alive game
Somehow that feeling of being the ‘sole survivor’ depicted in the tv ads was not adequately captured by the experience of pushing levers to make marbles drop.
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### Author:  [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2023, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2371 "2023-07-12T04:42:42Z")
**As Seen on TV … or not!**
Items that looked great in commercials but were a disappointment when you actually received them.
1. Barbie Camper Van
2. Pocket fisher
3. ‘Tiger Joe’ tank \*(by Topper Toys …
4. Duracell batteries (on finding they lasted no longer than others)
5. Arctic Air cooler
6. Sea Monkeys
7. Stay Alive game
8. NFL Electric Football Game
The newer versions offer better control, but the 70s versions just shimmied around the board.
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### Author:  [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2023, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2372 "2023-07-13T01:03:56Z")
**As Seen on TV … or not!**
Items that looked great in commercials but were a disappointment when you actually received them.
1. Barbie Camper Van
2. Pocket fisher
3. ‘Tiger Joe’ tank \*(by Topper Toys …
4. Duracell batteries (on finding they lasted no longer than others)
5. Arctic Air cooler
6. Sea Monkeys
7. Stay Alive game
8. NFL Electric Football Game
9. Salad Shooter
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### Author:  [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2023, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2373 "2023-07-13T03:15:31Z")
**As Seen on TV … or not!**
Items that looked great in commercials but were a disappointment when you actually received them.
1. Barbie Camper Van
2. Pocket fisher
3. ‘Tiger Joe’ tank \*(by Topper Toys …
4. Duracell batteries (on finding they lasted no longer than others)
5. Arctic Air cooler
6. Sea Monkeys
7. Stay Alive game
8. NFL Electric Football Game
9. Salad Shooter
10. Garlic Master silicone garlic peeler
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### Author:  [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2023, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2374 "2023-07-13T09:56:25Z")
**As Seen on TV … or not!**
Items that looked great in commercials but were a disappointment when you actually received them.
1. Barbie Camper Van
2. Pocket fisher
3. ‘Tiger Joe’ tank \*(by Topper Toys …
4. Duracell batteries (on finding they lasted no longer than others)
5. Arctic Air cooler
6. Sea Monkeys
7. Stay Alive game
8. NFL Electric Football Game
9. Salad Shooter
10. Garlic Master silicone garlic peeler
11. Mr. Microphone
Karaoke along to your favorite songs on the radio with a microphone that occasionally picked up CB channels and had no wind-control.
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2023, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2375 "2023-07-14T00:45:16Z")
**As Seen on TV … or not!**
Items that looked great in commercials but were a disappointment when you actually received them.
1. Barbie Camper Van
2. Pocket fisher
3. ‘Tiger Joe’ tank \*(by Topper Toys …
4. Duracell batteries (on finding they lasted no longer than others)
5. Arctic Air cooler
6. Sea Monkeys
7. Stay Alive game
8. NFL Electric Football Game
9. Salad Shooter
10. Garlic Master silicone garlic peeler
11. Mr. Microphone
12. My First Electric Chair by Hasbro
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### Author:  [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2023, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2376 "2023-07-14T05:59:42Z")
**As Seen on TV … or not!**
Items that looked great in commercials but were a disappointment when you actually received them.
1. Barbie Camper Van
2. Pocket fisher
3. ‘Tiger Joe’ tank \*(by Topper Toys …
4. Duracell batteries (on finding they lasted no longer than others)
5. Arctic Air cooler
6. Sea Monkeys
7. Stay Alive game
8. NFL Electric Football Game
9. Salad Shooter
10. Garlic Master silicone garlic peeler
11. Mr. Microphone
12. My First Electric Chair by Hasbro
13. Magic Space Saver hangers
**For Bastille Day: anything related to France**
1. Joan of Arc
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### Author:  [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2023, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2377 "2023-07-14T07:52:23Z")
**For Bastille Day: anything related to France**
1. Joan of Arc
2. Le Tour de France _(being contested as I post)_
_ **-“BB”-** _
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### Author:  [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2023, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2378 "2023-07-14T10:45:15Z")
**For Bastille Day: anything related to France**
1. Joan of Arc
2. Le Tour de France _(being contested as I post)_
3. Avignon papacy
Yes, I know Avignon would not officially become part of France until the revolution some 400+ years later.
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### Author:  [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2023, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2379 "2023-07-14T10:50:03Z")
**For Bastille Day: anything related to France**
1. Joan of Arc
2. Le Tour de France _(being contested as I post)_
3. Avignon papacy
4. Napoleon Bonaparte
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### Author:  [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2023, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2380 "2023-07-14T12:31:37Z")
**For Bastille Day: anything related to France**
1. Joan of Arc
2. Le Tour de France _(being contested as I post)_
3. Avignon papacy
4. Napoleon Bonaparte
5. François Truffaut
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