The Bionic Wiki has a great image of the brochure for this 1976 toy from Kenner. She can check her bionics on the computer and… Read More »Followup to the Facial Exerciser – Bionic Woman Beauty Salon
Not that anyone needs cookies the day after Thanksgiving, but cookies stored in this thing are pretty safe. Photo by PickersRUs.
Once you’ve broken the vacuum on your giant ribbed cylinder of cranberry, this is the most elegant way to serve it to your guests. Photo… Read More »Silver-plated Cranberry Set. Schloooooooop!
I very much fear this thing applies electric currents to make your facial muscles twitch. YouTube Video. Here’s a close-up of the controls for the… Read More »Zeigler Facial Exerciser – WTF
Love this thing! Rotating wheels for all your meals! Help plan your Thanksgiving with them. Christine Frederick was “was an American home economist” and expert… Read More »Christine Frederick’s Meal & Salad Charts
Photo by Sandy’s.
Horatio Alger wrote a number of books that rang the changes on a common theme: impecunious young boys make good, generally with the help of… Read More »Rags to Riches with Horatio Alger
Photo by Vintage Ladies.
Hanna Barbera was not above plagiarizing itself, and The Funky Phantom was something of a rip-off of Scooby Doo. Seventeen episodes were made, and obviously… Read More »The Funky Phantom Game
This game has its origins in the 19th century, but this version from Milton Bradley is probably from the early 20th. Thankfully, it keeps the… Read More »The Premium Game of Logomachy – or – War of the Words