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Did you ever order anything from the back of Boy's Life Magazine?
Posted on 10/30/20 at 1:57 pm
Posted on 10/30/20 at 1:57 pm
I remember spending time in the library in elementary school flipping through Boy's Life magazine. I don't know why, but I always wanted a book safe. Never ordered anything in the mail back in the 80s.
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Posted on 10/30/20 at 1:59 pm to CubsFanBudMan
Got a subscription to Boys Life for Christmas every year. Always wanted to order something from the ads, but mom and dad never would saying they were all crap.
Posted on 10/30/20 at 2:02 pm to CubsFanBudMan
Survival knife, magnets, and a few other things. The knife was crap. Couldn't sharpen it. But I guess being geared towards kids, you wouldn't want a super fine edge on it.
Posted on 10/30/20 at 2:05 pm to CubsFanBudMan
Yes
Popeil’s Pocket Pussy. Sold by the great Ron Popeil.
Popeil’s Pocket Pussy. Sold by the great Ron Popeil.
This post was edited on 10/30/20 at 2:06 pm
Posted on 10/30/20 at 2:07 pm to CubsFanBudMan
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Never ordered anything in the mail back in the 80s.
While the 80s is certainly a nostalgic time period for me, ordering through the mail kind of sucked. Nothing like picking out something that you really wanted and then waiting a month to get it
Posted on 10/30/20 at 2:08 pm to CubsFanBudMan
Sea Monkeys!
Posted on 10/30/20 at 2:10 pm to CubsFanBudMan
I ordered several things out of Boy's Life. I can recall the rubber $1,000,000 bill, and some kind of cheap pocket telescope. I'm going to think about it. I'm sure there was more.
Posted on 10/30/20 at 2:11 pm to CubsFanBudMan
I still kinda want to float on air.
Posted on 10/30/20 at 2:11 pm to TU Rob
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The knife was crap.
I have never seen Scouts of any age that didn't want to buy a cheap knife.
Those shiny multi-colored Chinese pieces of junk break in a week, and they'll still always come back for more.
Posted on 10/30/20 at 2:15 pm to fallguy_1978
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Nothing like picking out something that you really wanted and then waiting a month to get it
And by the time you got it you no longer had interest in it..
Posted on 10/30/20 at 2:15 pm to paperwasp
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During the first three-quarters of the 20th century, Grit was sold across the country by children and teenagers, many recruited by ads in comic books from the 1940s to the 1970s. Approximately 30,000 children collected dimes from more than 700,000 American small town homes during the 1950s when the publication still carried the subtitle, "America's Greatest Family Newspaper."
This post was edited on 10/30/20 at 2:17 pm
Posted on 10/30/20 at 2:16 pm to CubsFanBudMan
I ordered a couple switch blades
Posted on 10/30/20 at 2:20 pm to CubsFanBudMan
Some of those want me to pay $3.00 for a catalog? Kick rocks.
Posted on 10/30/20 at 2:21 pm to CubsFanBudMan
No, but I really wanted those X-ray glasses.
Posted on 10/30/20 at 2:22 pm to tgrbaitn08
Posted on 10/30/20 at 2:22 pm to CubsFanBudMan
I sent off to Charles Atlas once. Got a letter back telling me how much I could pay each week for instructions to become a body builder. Didn't really follow up.
That was probably from the back of a comic book, but pretty much the same ads.
I wonder how many kids learned magic.
That was probably from the back of a comic book, but pretty much the same ads.
I wonder how many kids learned magic.
Posted on 10/30/20 at 2:23 pm to LCA131
Sea Monkeys
a few survived and are now posting on this site
a few survived and are now posting on this site
Posted on 10/30/20 at 2:23 pm to CubsFanBudMan
i wasted many an allowance on that crap
Posted on 10/30/20 at 2:24 pm to CubsFanBudMan
That is genius marketing for these companies. Advertise in Boy's Life for crap these kids will beg their parents for.
Posted on 10/30/20 at 2:24 pm to CubsFanBudMan
If I could go back in time and joing the ALF fan club. Oh how my life could have been different..
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