Mail-Away QOTD
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    Major Spoilers Question of the Day: Mail-Away Edition

    Matthew PetersonBy Updated:4 Comments1 Min Read

    When I was a kid, the comics were chockful of offers sublime and ridiculous, from x-ray glasses to the secrets of Dim Mak to a real Polaris nuclear submarine!*  And in between your own Transformers digital watch, a Real Gold* Cylon from Battlestar Galactica and magic’s hidden secrets, you’d occasionally get some superhero adventures as well.  For my part, I was always sad to have never raised my own Sea Monkeys, and occasionally still feel like I want to, even though I know that they’re just brine shrimp (thanks to Space Ghost), leading to today’s not-available-in-all-areas query…

    The MS-QOTD (pronounced, as always, “misquoted”) would also love one of the Super Powers series Clark Kent figures, asking: Which exciting mail-away offer of days past do you most wish you could send off for right now?

    *Not real at all

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    4 Comments

    2. Malone_hasco on

      Transformers watch sound cool, but I think that it would be the pre-order for the first Kenner Star Wars figures.

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      • Lemmy Caution (@_Lemmy_Caution) on

        I was fortunate enough to actually do this as a youth. The tiny light sabers were better than the later ones. Still prefer a pet minky!!

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    3. J Michael T on

      I have sadly killed so many Sea Monkeys I should be banned from trying to raise them ever again. I tried so hard but just couldn’t do it.

      As for your question, I once ordered a set of the soldiers advertised on back covers back then. Not exactly as advertised but I would love to order those today just for nostalgic reasons. Always wanted the “Roman Army” set too!

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