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Was there a bigger marketing let down than Aquafresh toothpaste when you were a kid?

Posted on 7/18/26 at 8:58 pm
Posted by Buck_Rogers
Member since Jul 2013
2138 posts
Posted on 7/18/26 at 8:58 pm
Feel free to explain.

ETA: I mean for products that were necessary for normal people.
This post was edited on 7/18/26 at 9:21 pm
Posted by OldCat55
Member since Apr 2021
767 posts
Posted on 7/18/26 at 8:59 pm to
Sea Monkeys
Posted by McLemore
Member since Dec 2003
35474 posts
Posted on 7/18/26 at 9:01 pm to
Boy’s Life ad for Air Car


I mean, I never actually ordered one, but i knew it would be a letdown.
This post was edited on 7/18/26 at 9:07 pm
Posted by Everyday Is Saturday
Member since Dec 2025
2432 posts
Posted on 7/18/26 at 9:01 pm to
New Coke.

Not the Colombian variety.
Posted by FairhopeTider
Fairhope, Alabama
Member since May 2012
22899 posts
Posted on 7/18/26 at 9:02 pm to
The letdown of the Power Glove will never be topped
Posted by W2NOMO
Member since Jul 2025
3075 posts
Posted on 7/18/26 at 9:02 pm to
Stretch Armstrong was boring to play with after 5 min.
SST Evel Knievel didn’t go past 5 feet bf falling over.
That styrofoam glider plane wing’s would fall off when you threw it.
This post was edited on 7/18/26 at 9:08 pm
Posted by olgoi khorkhoi
priapism survivor
Member since May 2011
16975 posts
Posted on 7/18/26 at 9:05 pm to
quote:

Sea Monkeys




I'm still pissed and confused about what the hell I was supposed to like about these.
Posted by GruntbyAssociation
Member since Jul 2013
9994 posts
Posted on 7/18/26 at 9:07 pm to
X-ray glasses in the back of Mad magazine.
Posted by OldCat55
Member since Apr 2021
767 posts
Posted on 7/18/26 at 9:07 pm to
quote:

I'm still pissed and confused


I hear you. I was promised a nuclear family of amazing sea creatures. I received micro shrimp.
Posted by Schmelly
Member since Jan 2014
16322 posts
Posted on 7/18/26 at 9:08 pm to
Mouse Trap was up there for me. Don’t think I ever played the game. Just wanted to catch the mouse & every time you set off the trap it would get stuck 1/2 way down
Posted by GruntbyAssociation
Member since Jul 2013
9994 posts
Posted on 7/18/26 at 9:09 pm to
quote:

SST Evel Knievel didn’t go past 5 feet bf falling over.


I had one of these pieces of crap.
Posted by Swamp Angel
West Georgia Chicken Farm Territory
Member since Jul 2004
10406 posts
Posted on 7/18/26 at 9:11 pm to
Insofar as personal hygiene products go, I'd say Irish Spring soap was a big let down for me, not to mention the trouble I got into for cutting all the bars of soap in the house in half with a knife just like the guy in the commercials. (This was early to mid 1970s)
Posted by Deadmanshand
Member since Jun 2026
104 posts
Posted on 7/18/26 at 9:17 pm to
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The letdown of the Power Glove will never be topped


But it allowed you to vanquish Fred Savage...
Posted by hogcard1964
Alabama
Member since Jan 2017
21197 posts
Posted on 7/18/26 at 9:20 pm to
Aquafresh is still around.
Posted by Buck_Rogers
Member since Jul 2013
2138 posts
Posted on 7/18/26 at 9:21 pm to
quote:

Aquafresh is still around.

Ask me why I started this thread.
Posted by BengalShark
Member since Jul 2017
4454 posts
Posted on 7/18/26 at 9:22 pm to
quote:

Was there a bigger marketing let down than Aquafresh toothpaste when you were a kid?


Posted by shutterspeed
MS Gulf Coast
Member since May 2007
73471 posts
Posted on 7/18/26 at 9:31 pm to
Posted by Disco Ball
Denham Springs
Member since May 2025
1770 posts
Posted on 7/18/26 at 9:34 pm to
This didn't work for me

Posted by hogcard1964
Alabama
Member since Jan 2017
21197 posts
Posted on 7/18/26 at 9:36 pm to
Why did you start this thread?
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
105802 posts
Posted on 7/18/26 at 9:37 pm to


This was not in fact a Polaris nuclear sub.
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