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

Posted on 7/19/26 at 9:17 am to
Posted by thetruthisnotkind
Houston
Member since Nov 2022
475 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 9:17 am to


I thought I was going to become a professional artist.
Posted by footswitch
Meridianville, Alabama
Member since Apr 2015
4725 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 9:17 am to
My brother and I wore out two Talking Football games. We played constantly.
Posted by Tchefuncte Tiger
Bat'n Rudge
Member since Oct 2004
63888 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 9:18 am to
New Coke and it isn't close.
Posted by Hangover Haven
Metry
Member since Oct 2013
34561 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 9:30 am to
quote:

An offensive play was on one side of the disk and then your opponent got to pick from 7 or 8 defenses on the reverse side.


It’s a leaping interception, he could go all the way, TOUCHDOWN!
Posted by olgoi khorkhoi
priapism survivor
Member since May 2011
16974 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 1:52 pm to
quote:

I received micro shrimp.






Posted by UKWildcats
Lexington, KY
Member since Mar 2015
20464 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 4:32 pm to
A little part of me died inside remembering the Power Glove when I saw it mentioned ITT. I was probably 4 or 5 yrs old when this ad ran on TV. I thought it was the coolest thing ever. Eventually my cousin got one for Christmas.... sonofabitch what a letdown.

Posted by Crimson Wraith
Member since Jan 2014
30281 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 4:48 pm to
I remember the leaping Interception call.
Posted by BRich
Old Metairie
Member since Aug 2017
3075 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 4:58 pm to
quote:

Pearl Drops toothpaste was like liquid sandpaper.

It was actually sold and marketed as tooth polish, not toothpaste.
Posted by Napoleon
Kenna
Member since Dec 2007
74770 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 5:06 pm to
Power glove
Talk boy
Zune
Virtua boy
Saturn


I got suckered on every one
Posted by greenbean
USAF Retired - 31 years
Member since Feb 2019
6552 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 5:11 pm to
Pert Shampoo?
Posted by blueboy
Member since Apr 2006
66596 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 5:17 pm to
Prometheus
Posted by America250
Member since Jun 2026
57 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 5:53 pm to
I never did get that Pillsbury doughboy to jump out of a can of biscuits.
Posted by holmesbr
Baton Rouge, La.
Member since Feb 2012
4152 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 5:59 pm to
They got a guy with a FB page jumps all kinds of crap with those. And I think you can buy one. I never had one as a kid.
Posted by Herschal
USA
Member since Sep 2011
2280 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 6:35 pm to
Cookie crisps didn’t taste like cookies.

And yeah, aquafresh was never as minty as the commercials would have you believe.
Posted by jorconalx
alexandria
Member since Aug 2011
11261 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 6:47 pm to
quote:

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.



Your parents should have bought you toys more apt for a retard


Jk baw. I never had the same troubles with those toys
This post was edited on 7/19/26 at 6:49 pm
Posted by poppa1254
Moody, AL
Member since Jan 2019
593 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 6:51 pm to
quote:

Ovaltine decoder ring.


"A crummy commercial!? "Sonofabitch!"
Posted by Barrister
Member since Jul 2012
5334 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 8:41 pm to
Four pages and no one has offered me a stick of FRUIT STRIPE GUM. Disappointed
Posted by jb4
Member since Apr 2013
14010 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 8:55 pm to
I literally brushed my teeth with aquafresh tonight tomorrow I will go buy some Tang
Posted by Cracker
in a box
Member since Nov 2009
19309 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 8:56 pm to
that gum with juice in it
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