"WHAT A WASTE"
Okay..There were some Toys they advertised on T V when I was young....Some where what you wanted to get(But you never did)..Why?..(Always in trouble somehow)...But there was one Toy they hyped up Big Time....."It Walks down the Stairs!"..."It Walks down the Stairs!"...Thats all it did....."Within Days it was thrown in the Corner....Yeah...."Slinky"...Was a complete waste of Money.....................
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that reminds me of the Super Ball.. a little rubber ball that could bounce really high. So, when kids got it, the first time they bounced it, it went up way high in the sky and landed who knew where. Sheesh, so much for the super ball.
Interesting & fun blog.
But if you ask same question from a litile baby.
He / she does not value of money but toys more valuable for them.
What about pet rocks?...now that is a waste of time!!
The chia pet is another one...but envy the persons who made cash on these ideas!!
Perhaps I could make some money inventing a fool proof disguise...just saying!!
It is not just snake oil they sell...lol...marketing is king...
Later, in high school, Slinkys were used in Physics Class to demonstrate how waves move.
Their only practical use, I reckon.
Silly Putty. A wad of useless stretchy stuff that came in an egg-shaped container.
Yep. Marketing is King. "This is America. Nothing happens until someone sells something."
It is all about marketing...look at the first retail giant...big into equal rights for women, a potential financial windfall in the 1900's...because he knew that women were an untapped potential, we all follow that marketing strategy now!!
"Find out what the lady wants. Sell her that."
- F. W. Woolworth
Call it West Coast Couture!!...thanks!!
Ingrid Bergman.
The Magic 8 Ball.
Yes. It only gave yes/no answers. Couldn't you get the same answer from, like, a magic coin. Simply by flipping it?
Kinda liked the Pick-Up-Stix. Good for fine motor manual dexterity.
Really some sort of miniature shrimp, I think.
"Hours of enjoyment"
Yeah.
If your idea of "enjoyment" was staring at near microscopic-sized ...things moving around in water.
Same basic principle as the free-in-the-cereal box nuclear submarine.
'Course, they were FREE INSIDE EVERY SPECIALLY MARKED BOX.
So technically they weren't a waste of money.
If ya ate the cereal.
Now, Gomez Addams! THAT guy REALLY knew how to wreck a train!
Head on collisions!
Cool.