Ok, I'm just going to get this out of the way right now--my first reaction to seeing a photo of this item on ebay, with its attendant tubes(not pictured here), was not good. "Oh, no", I thought, "Super Friends Enema Kit."Luckily, a second, more detailed examination revealed that some merchandiser had not gone insane and it was just an uninflated rubber ball, festooned with 4/5ths of the Super Friends. Where's the love for the Amazon Princess?
The Aquaman and Batman art are classic stock shots, the Superman one I know I've seen before but can't quite place it. Too bad the manufacturer only sprang for two colors!
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I remember getting these at Convenient Food Mart, along with a cheery Icee. Ah, good times.
ReplyDeleteChris
The Superman is old (circa 1950) stock Wayne Boring art. That particular piece was used about a billion times in the late 40s & throughout the 50s for licensing and inhouse advertising.
ReplyDeletePaul
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I love that stock art, automatically shoots me back to grade school.
ReplyDeleteSeriously, what the hell is this?
ReplyDeleteWhy don't I have cool stuff...