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

Any prize out of a cereal box.

Was the ball matriculated down the field?

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Was the ball matriculated down the field?

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Just once…unless you count the dozens of fumbles.

Yikes stripes gum.

Tasted like shite.

I actually used aqua fresh for 20 years

I'd forgotten about those.

Can someone explain the Aquafresh or Irish Spring marketing let down?

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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.

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As a fellow child of the 1970s, I too was disappointed by all of these in my childhood. My Evel Knievel ended up on the roof on the backside of the house when I came up with the bright idea of making him jump over the house by throwing him over it. It never occurred to me that a six year old doesn’t have nearly the strength required to actually throw a toy motorcycle and rider over a house.

Momma was pissed when she finally saw it up there a few months later.

Your conception was operator error.

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Pearl Drops toothpaste was like liquid sandpaper.

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True, but remember the chick in the commercial that would run her tongue over her newly cleaned teeth? MMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmm…