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Vintage Toys & Tech Photos
savetz writes "Here's a fun site: Consumer Reports magazine's vintage photo gallery, in which you can see photos from when the magazine reviewed electric toasters in 1956, in-car record players in 1961, radio sunglasses in 1966, and other good stuff. Don't forget about the flaming Nerf ball."
is this just me or do all these new products seem a bit dated?
transmission_err
This brings to mind that classic SNL sketch...Consumer Reporter: Well, let's try this one. What about this little foam play ball? I mean, even you, Mr. Mainway, can't find anything dangerous about this. Huh? Irwin Mainway: [ takes ball, bounces it on table, then shoves it in his throat and feigns choking ]
"Sic Semper Tyrannosaurus Rex."
Gaylord, the pup
I wonder where the etymology happened to change that word so much. Still more, I wonder if the original taker of that name really wanted to be known as the master of happyness at the time or not.
Ryan Fenton
Ah those were the days, boy does that make me fell old.
:o
Ah crap nevermind, im only 17 years old.
The first electric vibrator?? I thought that would be the most important vintage appliance in their history. It put me out of business...
Good god! It has a 157dB blast. I guess the kids went through two pairs of pants... first from wetting himself with excitement, then from crapping himself after hearing that *boom*.
The scary part is... I think my parents own a few of the items on this list =\
--Yer Sex while flying
Sex - Find It
And I play their video game.
Read the comic books.
And enjoy their iced coffee.
The nerf ball failed because it caught fire after being exposed to a lit match?
I guess they also condemned:
1. coloring books
2. jigsaw puzzles
3. the hair on childrens heads
Why didn't they just condemn matches?
Fun Toy Banned Because Of Three Stupid Dead Kids
The new one does not require small nuclear plant to produce enough energy to wash your plates after a dinner.
Tennis ball, soaked in gasoline, lit on fire--midnight street hockey.
I still remember the demonic banshee sound the flaming ball made as it whizzed past our faces....
{Phil Hartman} Good times, good times. {/Phil Hartman}
Your mouth is like Columbus Day.
A nerf gatling gun that shoots flaming nerf balls? Would be even cooler if the gatling gun had a little piezo speaker built-in that belched out sound effects (" I love the smell of napalm in the morning!" or a cheesy electronic version of Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries) as you sprayed your friends with glowing fireballs of death.
Lawyers, MBA's, RIAA? A jedi fears not these things!
I read something great in an old radio mag from 1961.
They were talking about Japan. The article said that sure, Japan can make $50 television sets, and consumers might like that, but they will be upset if that TV breaks, right? And then the article said sure, those Japanese can make cheap stuff and can manufacture it inexpensively - but where they will never catch up is in being able to engineer quality products that appeal to western consumers!
Ha h, hah. I guess they read that article and sent all their kids to engineering school.
Juln
It's been cleaning dirty underwear for 48 years...
please don't tell us it's the same underwear you bought 48 years ago when consumer reports recommended it.
Founder, Americans Allied Against Alliteration
..but they'd only hear it _once_...
I'd hate to be this guy.
One drop of this instant glue formed a bond between man and hammer in five seconds. We called it an instant hazard--and rated it Not Acceptable.
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I am an expert in electricity. My father held the chair of applied electricity at the state prision.