1964 JET ROCKET SPACE SHIP

Image via Neatocoolville.com

Recently, a 1964 Jet Rocket Space Ship by Honor House was offered on ebay for $1500. Like its tank and submarine counterparts, the rocket is made up of cardboard pieces. This is the first time I've seen this particular "checker board" design in real life and it's also the first time I've seen one of these in unused and unassembled. The auction has ended, but I grabbed the photos for posterity.

"GET A LIFE" THE MAIL-ORDER SUB EPISODE

Several folks have pointed out this episode of "Get A Life" which centers around a mail-order submarine that arrives decades after it was first ordered in 1971.

COMIC AD PARODIES

A couple of professional comic ad parodies via Bully's Comics...

From What The--? #5 (July 1989), by Marc Siry and Russ Heath (who illustrated the original 132 Roman Soldiers ad)

From Avengers 1½ (December 1999)

I also just discovered this Mad Magazine parody of a Johnson Smith and Co. Catalog via Doug Gliford's Mad Cover Site, click to enlarge...