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Sea monkeys old advertisements. Let it sit for 24 hours away from excess sun or cold. A polaris submarine more than seven feet long which i dreamt of traveling in along the forth clyde canal avoiding the ghostly weeds the garbage discarded shopping trolleys and the imaginary gangsters. Sales took an upswing when comic book illustrator joe orlando drew comic book advertisements showing the humanized sea monkeys enjoying life in their underwater fantasy world. Von braunhut developed the x ray spex in 1964 and he s the mastermind behind sea monkeys.
One of the ubiquitous and most intriguing ads that could be found in the pages of a comic book were those for sea monkeys an underwater family of weird little mammalian fish that you could keep all to your own. Sea monkeys it s not surprising to learn that the man who patented x ray specs harold von braunhut was the same entrepreneur who passed off brine shrimp as trainable pets. Happy birthday sea monkeys 60 years. Sea monkeys were marketed by the late harold von braunhut who also pushed x ray spex.
Because newer is not always bett. He was the guru of all comic book mail order. Sea monkeys that could live in a goldfish bowl and be trained to perform tricks. Check out the exciting new sea monkey products.
Weird vintage sea monkey ad old western style. X ray specs guaranteed to make everything see thru. The ad definitely took massive liberties. So why not downgrade to the version you love.
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