Wow, there’s been a huge response to the Bag O’ Crap article. I wasn’t really sure about doing this one at first, so I guess the lesson to be learned is…always trust the Bag O’ Crap. The next article is a big one, and should be up no later than Friday morning. Meanwhile, a lot of people have either shared their memories or identified items from the BAG in the previous comments section. I think we’ve just about determined the origin of everything in the bag. Didn’t think that was possible. Here’s a bunch of e-mails I’ve gotten today that help shed more light on the 49 relics…
Chris: “Love your site. Just wanted to tell you what that tiger thing you found in your “bag o crap” was. I remember having one. It’s actually meant to be put in a 2 liter bottle of water and it dives up and down as you flip the bottle around. I don’t remember the exact instructions as to how to operate this thing, but that’s definitely what it’s for. Completely useless. Anyway, keep up the great work. I go to your site every day, and I LOVE it.”
Russell:“If memory serves….The little red diver guy is a toy that somehow rises and falls in water. I could swear that you stuck him in a soda bottle… and possibly put soap on him? And then when you squeezed the bottle he’d rise.. and when you released he’d fall. Perhaps a thorough search of your own on google will do better than mine and find the secret of this guy. Anyway.. thought you’d like the info.”
Chris: “I believe I can shed some light on to your Burger King Aladdin Thing. It is a fortune telling device. You apply the stickers on all of the different sides of the, and spin the top. Whatever side you land on is your fortune. Here is the cool part, if you rub your finger over the little red part, it will “magically” reveal what is in your future. I had one of these, except mine was purple. ”
Jem: “Oh, and the scientific name for the tiger doodad that goes up and down in a 2L soda bottle is a “Cartesian Diver”. This is one of the experiments Boy Scouts must do to earn their Chemistry Merit Badge.”
Tony: “I was born in 1982, and I remember getting a NEW Garfield Pencil Topper at some point, I think it was out of a cereal box. Mine was orange. Just writing in to say that you are correct, they MUST have had a second run of these things AFTER 1981 because I had one!!!”
Dan: “amazingly, i remember this particular toy, and the seconds of fun it provided. you would hold the wider part of the launcher between your index finger and thumb; the tip of the launcher was then inserted into the notch in the disc; using the index finger of your other hand, pull back on the disc and woohoo! away your flying disc goes. i cannot be sure, but from the color of the disc in the picture it appears that you are the lucky owner of a glow in the dark flying disc.”
Jay: “Hey, love the site. Great article on the cereal premiums and candies. As for Sippers six pak, they still make em, only now, manufacturer is Albert’s instead of R.L. Albert and Son. Here they are.“
Michael: “The “Sea Diver Guy” in the Bag O’ Crap IS an astronaut. While it’s probably a generic figure associated with LOTS of cheap space toys, I had four of them included in a Kmart-purchased giant plastic multistage rocket back in about 1976 or so. The figures were red, white, and blue…and I got two white ones. My daughter has a large bag of my old army men and whatnot, so I’ll have to root through and see if any survived.”
Jessie: “I really hate to burst your bubble, but #35 isn’t a tyrannosaurus,
although I do have to admit that it looks like one. It’s a type of hadrosaur (commonly known as the duck-billed dinosaurs) called a Corythosaurus. That means helmet lizard, and the thing on top of its head is a bony crest for… well, no one really knows. But it’s
there. Sadly, you didn’t get a terrible meat-eater. You got a placid herbivore who looks like a carnivore. Yes, I am the biggest geek ever.”
Camden: “Actually the little dinosaur with a mohawk is a hadrosaur, a type of duck-billed dinosaur with a large flat bone ridge on the top of it’s head.”
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My word, that Bag contained so many memories for this 80’s Starchild, Armagideon Time. Born in ‘82, the memories are scarce, but great. I see the impact was big on the article, and I just didn’t have the time to respond. I was tired, and tired of reading your faboo stuff. Man, I’m tired. Tired tired tired. Batman Returns was awexome.