Sea Monkeys Ad 1970s

By the 1970s instant life was one of the coolest toys a kid could own.

Sea monkeys ad 1970s. 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 pale bloated and tethered to weighty blocks of. Can t get too much of these great briny friends. As a result sales for the newly named sea monkeys began to skyrocket and sea monkeys ads became an ubiquitous presence in the back pages of comic books everywhere. How many do you remember.

Guaranteed to live 2 years. That sounded so cool. It wasn t that no one was buying them it was that no one wanted to sell them. Sea monkey tv ad.

Sea monkeys are the timeless gift. Little creatures that came to life and played in a tank that you could watch. So harold got the idea to place an ad for instant life inside comic books. How many of us who grew up in the 1960s and early 70s were lured by those enticing ads promising everything from x ray vision to frolicking crown wearing sea monkey pets for a mere couple of bucks.

We all knew they weren t going to look like the illustration. Originally the sea monkeys didn t sell at all. Let s flashback to some fun fads from the 1970s. From shrimp to monkeys.

Sea monkeys that could live in a goldfish bowl and be trained to perform tricks. Mar 19 2012 for many of us sea monkeys were our first encounter with deceptive advertising. X ray specs guaranteed to make everything see thru. Before you knew it the sea monkey orders were flying in.