There ya go! $18 and all the flinging paint you want. Of course, like everything else, I’m sure it’s changed somehow. Lower speed motor, crappy paints. But they still make it.
Actually, the industrial one is what I remember. It was never something to do at home…it was a fair or carnival thing.
I had one of those! Lots of fun assembling bridges and skyscrapers from all the little plastic I-beams and connectors. The braces and wall panels were somewhat flimsy, however, and eventually came apart around the holes where they attached to the pegs on the other bits.
Actually, the biggest problem with them, IMHO, is that the plastic girders had small projections and holes, and these were constantly snapping off. Eventually you had to be careful to see if you could use a girder for a particular position – if it had a snapped-off piece stuck in it you couldn’t use it there.
I was surprised to see how long they made those. A friend of ,mine had one in the early 1960s, but I don’t recall seeing them (or advertising for them) after that, but apparently they were still putting these out for decades after that point.
Bigelow Vanilla Almond Tea - fortunately, when the store stopped carrying it, I got online and found out it was being discontinued, so I stocked up - and now, almost gone…sniffles
Stoopid cycle of marketing and need for new stuff.
Paul Mitchell’s Tea Tea Oil Stick Wax. It was the bomb. I decided to grow my hair out when they discontinued this stuff.
If they ever discontinue Loreal Feria #63, there will be blood flowing in the streets.
My discovery was an epoxy which instantly stuck together the contents of the test tube in some sort of clear amber glue. Unfortunately I haven’t seen any 20-30 chemical chemistry sets in awhile or I would have tried to recreate it.
I just saw this incredible teapot on Alton Brown’s Good Eats Motion Rocket Teakettle. Apparently, briefly offered in 1999 and now is an expensive collector’s item. I searched for other motion teakettles (what a genius idea) - struck out. Love it! Wish I could have it.
I got one! Stouffer’s Lobster Newburg! Used to be a little frozen box of lobster bits in newburg sauce, for pouring over toast or English muffins. GONE! for years now. Used to be a nice little treat.
I’m having trouble believing what the “Search this thread” results are telling me, which is that I’m the first one to mention Marathon bars.
Yes, I know that link says that Cadbury’s “Curly Wurly” is a satisfactory replacement. I don’t like Cadbury chocolate as a rule, so I’m not interested in trying it to see.
Cotillion cologne by Avon. This was a “coming of age” scent that mothers gave their adolescent daughters. If you had the right body chemistry, you could wear it well into adulthood. By the time my daughter hit her teens, it was nowhere to be found. Sigh. I’d like to see Here’s My Heart cologne, also by Avon. That was my mother’s signature scent. Momma’s gone now, and it would be nice to have such a reminder of her.
I can’t remember the brand, but there used to be a diet chocolate soda that was incredible. No cola, just chocolate. It even had a touch of bitterness to it. There was also a chocolate cherry flavor, but it wasn’t as good as the plain chocolate.
The original Herbal Essence shampoo. The scent was INTENSE. I remember living in the dorm in college, and the entire community bathroom woud be enveloped in clouds of aroma whenever one of the girls showered with that shampoo.
Darvocet. Damn, it was one of the best pain killer prescription drugs available, and I know of many people who grieve along with me now that the FDA took it off the market.