Pitchman-A-Go-Go #22

Once again the comic ad offers up a huge bunch of soldiers for less than $2. I just wonder if the British were red and the Colonists were blue. The best part? In the lower left hand corner is the disclaimer "Imaginary war scene shown". This wasn't Helen of Toy, but it is in the same genre of ad.

Pitchman-A-Go-Go #7

TASK FORCE!! FLYING COFFINS!!!! Only $1.50 EACH!!!! Why didn't I BUY THIS?!?!?!


Task Force - had 2 GIANT BATTLEFIELDS that covered 3 sq ft (so it was 3ft by 1 ft, not really GIANT) that has 6 Pacific islands!! Of course, Task Force sells for $3 in stores and is played by members of the real Armed Forces!!

But my favorite part is the blurb on Flying Coffins!!!
"A salute to the heroes of a bygone era when the average life span of an active pilot was 19 days and his choice was burning or leaping to his death. WHAT WOULD YOU PREFER??"

Also in Flying coffins you get 4 EXPLODING BARRACKS roaring infernos as roofs and walls blow apart. safe & reusable. Nothing like a good reusable roaring inferno!!

You could have purchased this from .... Helen of Toy!! back in 1971.

Pitchman-A-Go-Go #3

ASTROFORCE!!!! Space Soldiers of the Future! Space Soldiers that are so damn tough, they don't need a spacecraft to repel the hideous Martian Horde.

OK, the ad doesn't say that, but that's what I thought when I saw it. The Martians don't have a spaceship, they just came zooming at us on their jetpacks.

With your order, you got

• 80 figures (in four colors)
• 16 Radi-activator guns
• 16 Disintigrator ray pistols
• 16 astro helmets
• 16 Oxi-radar flight packs with cosmic propulsion belts
• 16 Galactic receivers and senders
• 4 Interplanetary communicators

I'm trying to decide if the best part is the fella that is 'actual size' or the fact that West Virginia, Mobile Alabama, the panhandles of Oklahoma & Texas, and Brownsville Texas are getting nuked. That'll cripple the U.S for sure!!


All this for $1.98 (or 2 sets for $3.49 "MOM I save 47 cents if I order 2") way back in 1970.

Pitchman-A-Go-Go #1

Welcome to Pitchman-A-Go-Go. Each Thursday I grab a comic, scan an ad and then wish we had shelled out the money, cut out the coupon and sent away for the wonders that awaited us.

This week- Tank Trap/Cannon Ball (1972). This is a great double ad that was for GAMES! Not just plastic figures, you got an actual games with actual EXPLODING pieces (either tanks or bridges depending on the game). Heck, even the word 'exploding' was exploding, so this must really really explode. Both games were shipped in 'handsome simulated book form' and the CannonBall game came with a 3 sq ft plastic play mat (so it was 1.5 ft by 1.5 ft. WOW!)

You could even order extra exploding pieces or even get 64 Cowboys and Indians on the Warpath. How could you NOT order this?


You have to love an ad that has Nazis and Confederates in it. There's so much action on this page it looks like the love child of Sgt. Rock & Jonah Hex.