Things You Don't See Anymore Part 3

[Jenny Mank]

Candy cigarettes...

Get your kids started early.

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I just bought 2 packs of candy cigarettes yesterday at Hobbytown in Orland Park, Il!!
I don’t care what people think. I looked so cool driving with one hanging out of my mouth! Hellyeah Im 47 & my mom has no idea or she would definitely make me put them back! hehe

 

[Richland123]

 

[S-Bigbottom]

I just bought 2 packs of candy cigarettes yesterday at Hobbytown in Orland Park, Il!!
I don’t care what people think. I looked so cool driving with one hanging out of my mouth! Hellyeah Im 47 & my mom has no idea or she would definitely make me put them back! hehe

 

[Richland123]

 

[dwm74]

Similarly, I can't tell you how many bags of these guys I had as a kid...

 

[Pops OB]

Similarly, I can't tell you how many bags of these guys I had as a kid...
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...and set on fire.

 

[dwm74]

...and set on fire.

and made parachutes for them, and lined them up and plinked them off with my BB gun, melted a few of them when playing with fire, and running over them with the lawnmower, etc. Lots of fun for the money. And I can't forget accidentally stepping on them (barefoot) when I'd left them laying in the grass. Ouch.

 

[mikeoso]

Similarly, I can't tell you how many bags of these guys I had as a kid...
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I had to quit playing with them. My father would come by and critique the tactical deployments. Was really sad when I got to Infantry Training Regiment and discovered that things had changed between 1943 and 1967. Or maybe it was just the difference between Ft Benning and Camp Pendleton.

 

[Winslow]

In a similar vein, I had these guys:

 

[Richland123]

And, the race car crew and gas station attendants.

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[Richland123]

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[Stinsok]

Similarly, I can't tell you how many bags of these guys I had as a kid...
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Used to set them up around the house and shoot them with rubber bands.

 

[Richland123]

 

[The Owl]

Eldon Bowl a Matic, with a functioning pinsetter

 

[dwm74]

Can't forget this one...

 

[dwm74]

And it's brother...

I loved this game. Got it for Christmas back in the early 70s.

 

[FilterFunk]

And its cousin...

 

[Richland123]

Can't forget this one...
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I have that game at home.

 

[Richland123]

Elizabeth Montgomery

 

[Winslow]

45 bucks for The Towering Inferno...