Baker’s Dozen III

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

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”-

Still around to enjoy:

https://www.bigleaguechew.com/retailers

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!

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.

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”-

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)

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

For Bastille Day: anything related to France

  1. Joan of Arc
  2. Le Tour de France (being contested as I post)

-“BB”-

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.

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

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