Toys!

[swordznsorcery.livejournal.com]

Yes! Now you too can blow the world to smithereens! Clean cut fun for everyone with your very own nuclear holocaust. Batteries supplied.

Sadly it doesn't actually promise real nuclear missiles, but a guy can dream.



There's fabulous wording on this ad: "How proud you will be as the commander of your very own Polaris Sub - the most powerful weapon in the world!"; "What thrills as you play at hunting sunken treasure!" Then you read on, and find out that it's made of glorified cardboard. Best postpone those plans for world domination then, huh.

And then what better way to increase the fun of blowing up the world than the opportunity of arresting yourself afterwards?



"We can't beat Thrush on our own boys." We can't?! I'd have thought we'd be wanting to avoid that. As a general rule.

(And for damn near fifty-five shillings, that better be a real gun).

Comments

[batagur.livejournal.com]

Very cool! May I share the second ad with a Man from UNCLE community?

[swordznsorcery.livejournal.com]

Yes, of course. I had to make it smaller to post at Photobucket, so here's a bigger version, which is easier to read:

http://i40.tinypic.com/ifc0tu.jpg

[batagur.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much!

[singeaddams.livejournal.com]

OOH! I want the Uncle kit right now!

[janenx01.livejournal.com]

Oh my gosh that UNCLE kit looks amazing.

[1geek-queen.livejournal.com]

That's a pretty nice Man From UNCLE kit.

[ejia-arath03.livejournal.com]

I too would like that delightful UNCLE kit!

Cleaniness is next to spying-ness.

[teamrodent.livejournal.com]

Not sure I'd want to be in a nuclear submarine...

Re: Cleaniness is next to spying-ness.

[swordznsorcery.livejournal.com]

But think of the fun you can have, next time your neighbours annoy you!

[lindapendant.livejournal.com]

Someone really should bring back that Man From U.N.C.L.E. kit, I'm pretty sure it would sell like gangbusters. Jesus!

[swordznsorcery.livejournal.com]

You can still get very similar ones - generic police or spy kits. Tends to all be cheap and plasticky, though. This one does look rather nice!

[samtyr.livejournal.com]

I love the Uncle ad -- so very cool.

As for the submarine ad though -- erm, at least it's not a gender-biased ad; equal opportunity for girls too?

[murakozi.livejournal.com]

I'll join the crowd of people wanting the UNCLE kit.

The submarine ad always makes me think of a particular episode of the old Chris Eliot show "Get a Life" where he ends up getting one of the things.

[bzul.livejournal.com]

My brother got a 007 attache case full of weapons and spy accessories one Xmas, but I got a "Secret Sam" case. Mine had pretty good stuff, but felt like a distant second in coolness to a Bond or UNCLE kit because there was no actual Secret Sam character/story to identify with in movies, TV or comics.

YouTube has a Secret Sam ad, and a fairly recent non-commercial video that takes a look at what was in the case:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t6Bd0MwEh8

[swordznsorcery.livejournal.com]

That looks brilliant! I love that the camera and gun both work from within the case.

I could argue that Secret Sam would be a lot more secret if he didn't have his name written on his gun, though. ;)

[superfan1.livejournal.com]

Very cool ad.