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Playset 1950s Pirates Chest 100
Toy Pirates Flat Plastic Comic Book Mail Order
Listing is for a Playset 1950s Pirates Chest 100 Toy Pirates Flat Plastic
Comic Book Mail Order.
Ahhh....those were the days. When much of the country still lived far
from the big cities and easily accessible toys. So what's one to do to get
their toy fix? Why, scan your favorite comic book looking for ads - and
order them through the mail! Not sure how exciting it was to get these
once you actually received them - but, boy, did they look great in the
ads! And just think - 100 of them for a little over a dollar! Here's an ad
for reference - circa 1957:
REFERENCE ONLY
Listing is for a small sample - it's all we
could find! Can you believe this was over 60 years ago!