Check out Revell Model Makers' none too subtle stress on part of the word "endangered", because they know how to sell to boys.
Endangered AND dangerous! This mid-70s back-of-comics ad shows a gorilla, komodo dragon, condor and rhino. It's probably a good thing dodos were already extinct because they'd have been hard-pressed to make those look fearsome. But where are the giant otters, siberian tigers and goliath frog? They deserve snap-on models too!
The goliath frog is noiw known as the giant-man frog...no, wait, the yellowjacket frog...hold on, now it's the Dr. Pym frog...what? The wasp frog??
ReplyDeleteNo wonder it's enDANGERed...
Just a few days ago, I was looking at this ad on the back of Superman Family #168.
ReplyDeleteBrings back memories. This is pretty much the only model series that I put together all of them and had a nice little display on a shelf over my bed.
Wasn't there a polar bear as well? Am I imagining that, or was it another model series altogether?
Hoosier: You made me look! Yep, there's a polar bear!
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