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Things You Don't See Anymore Part 2
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That was a whole lot of money, especially for back in the day. Richland123, how old are these ads?
The "Electronic Secretary," an early post-World War II answering machine.
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You've gone beyond "things you don't see anymore" to things I've never seen before! This thread delivers! Thanks, Richland123!
Cinebox - Video Jukebox
Cinebox, a device that showed 16mm color film of movies, cartoons, short subject comedies, and musicians performing their hits on a 21 inch screen. The Cinebox musical jukebox provided three minutes of sound film for 25 cents with 40 titles available at a time on the machine. The device flashed paid advertising messages whenever the machine was idle.
These machines were invented in 1959 in Italy and became popular in the early 1960s.
Cinebox, a device that showed 16mm color film of movies, cartoons, short subject comedies, and musicians performing their hits on a 21 inch screen. The Cinebox musical jukebox provided three minutes of sound film for 25 cents with 40 titles available at a time on the machine. The device flashed paid advertising messages whenever the machine was idle.
These machines were invented in 1959 in Italy and became popular in the early 1960s.
Think you might have ESP? Well you can test that with the help of Milton Bradley and the famous mentalist Kreskin. The Kreskin's ESP game from Milton Bradley has a number to tests that will tell you whether or not to quit your day job and go on the lecture circuit.
Cadillac Ambulances.
My first thought: that'd make the 2nd coolest vehicle to haul my band equipment around in. The first being an old Hearse. And now I wonder if they rolled off the same line...
Think you might have ESP? Well you can test that with the help of Milton Bradley and the famous mentalist Kreskin. The Kreskin's ESP game from Milton Bradley has a number to tests that will tell you whether or not to quit your day job and go on the lecture circuit.
I owned that.
I also attended a Kreskin show and was actually brought up on stage. But alas, his mind tricks didn't work on me and I was asked to sit down.
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I had a couple of these in the late '60s. Great toy, fun to fly... until it hit you or someone else. The spinning, hard plastic blades could raise a bump on the head or split flesh rather easily. And being a boomerang, the thrower was often the victim, as I can attest. They didn't last long on the market, and it took me quite a while to find any mention of them on the internet. I even emailed Ohio Arts, the manufacturer, basically got a response of "what?". I'm guessing that's the reply their lawyers suggested.
Another injury inducing toy.
"Clackers" sometimes called Ker-Bankgers or Ker-Knockers.
It was mind blowing that the first ones were made hard glass-like acrylic. these became banned everywhere.
Manufacturers tried to quickly make them out of safer materials like plastic, and wood, but too late!
"Clackers" sometimes called Ker-Bankgers or Ker-Knockers.
It was mind blowing that the first ones were made hard glass-like acrylic. these became banned everywhere.
Manufacturers tried to quickly make them out of safer materials like plastic, and wood, but too late!
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