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A Delightful Assault On My Childhood Memories

Steves | Southern California, USA | 07/23/2007

(4 out of 5 stars)

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Wow, what a mind-blower. I remember soooo many of these from Saturday morning TV viewing. And I had a lot of the toys (wish I'd hung on to my Mr. Machine and Creepy Crawlers). Quite an assortment. For the curious (and nostalgic), here's the list of commercials:



Agent Zero M Sonic Blaster

Barbie & Ken

Barbie's Dream House

Battlewagon

Best of the West

Betsy Wetsy

Big Bruiser

Big Jim

Big Shot

Big Wheel Cobra Cycle

Billy Goat Game

Bizzy Buzz Buzz

Blaze the Galloping Horse

Booby Trap

Budding Beauty Vanity

Bunny Baby

Carry-All Action Play Sets

Chatty Cathy

Chick-A-Dee Game

Colorforms

Coney Island Penny Machine

Connect Four Game

Count Down

Creepy Crawlers

Dick Tracy 2-Way Wrist Radio

Emenee Organ

Etch-A-Sketch

Fascination

Frisbee

G.I. Joe

Gaylord

Gilbert Toys

Great Garloo

Gung Ho

Hot Wheels

Jimmy Jet

Johnny Lightning Double Trouble Car

Johnny Seven

Keds Blooper Ball

King Zor

Last Straw

Lie Detector Game

Lionel Electric Train

Major Matt Mason

Malibu Barbie

Matchbox

Mouse Factory Toothbrush

Mr. Machine

Mr. Potato Head

Mystery Date

Navy Frogmen

Patty Playpal

Play-Doh Pumper No. 9

Pulsar: The Ultimate Man of Adventure

Remco Transistor Radio

Ride'em Shoot'em Jeep

Rock'em Sock'em Robots

Scooby Doo Pool

Shark Pack

Shoop-Shoop Hula Hoop

Shootin' Shell Winchester

Signal Wrist Flashlight

Silly Putty

Sizzlers II Silver Circuit Set

Slinky

Snub-Nose .38

Sonar Sub Hunt Game

Star Team Space Equipment

Super Ball

Super Spy Attache Case

Swing-A-Ring

Tonka Scramblers

Trace'N Lite

Trik-Trak

Trouble Bubble

Veda Board

Welcome Back Kotter Game

Wrestlearound Game

Zzzoom-It

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The Best Commercials DVD In Print

Bluesy200 | USA | 08/09/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Passport Video is steadily losing its reputation for putting out junk. This DVD is not only major league, it's one of the finest commercials DVDs I've ever seen, and I've seen them all.



The DVD was engineered with the end-user in mind: There are chapters listing the titles of each commercial, and your remote control's "skip" button actually works, skipping to the next ad instead of the next chapter!



Some of the ads are the same ones you can download for free off the web, but most of them are not: they are in superb condition. Audio on 99% of them is pristine, with balanced/normalized levels.



And Passport FINALLY stopped using watermarks in the bottom right corner. Kudos!



Contrary to what others have said, most of these are familiar, airing in the 1960s and 1970s. There is an impressive celebrity chapter, which includes several very rare commercials in great condition. I have no idea where Passport got them, but it was a shocking surprise (a good shock) to see them again.



I'm giving this DVD the highest recommendation. In my honest opinion, it is underpriced at its suggested retail price. The amount of work that went into it is extraordinary.



Strong buy recommendation."

Bang for the buck, plus high quality

J. Dennis | Chicago, IL | 01/16/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"At $10, this quality DVD is well worth it. The selection of commercials is diverse and fun, and neatly divided into three sub-sections. Though I was born in the mid-Seventies, even the older commercials I don't recognize (about half of them) are still very entertaining and well-chosen. I bought a similar DVD for my brother ("70's Dimension"), which was also extremely entertaining and also has some features not on this DVD (i.e. movie shorts by artists, made with snippits of commercials), but cost about 3X as much. This DVD is where to start for your retro fix. Then go watch some Boomerang!"

Much better than advertised!

Keith Black | Simi Valley, CA USA | 01/06/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"For the price, I thought this collection would be "ok", but I was surprised!



This DVD not only has kids toys, games, snacks & cereals, but ALSO a huge section of commercials for kids AND adults called "celebrity commercials".



A nice suprise and a fun & nostalgic collection! I remember seeing some of these on tv when they were new.



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