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Giant, cardboard Jet Rocket Ship advertised in Silver Age Comic Books
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James J Johnson

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2 minutes ago, DanCooper said:

The following picture is from a book and an interview in Collectors Weekly (see following link)

https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/sea-monkeys-and-x-ray-spex/

The caption from the "Collector's Weekly" interview reads: "Clayton Moraga, in 1967, in his Polaris Nuclear Sub, a glorified cardboard box, that could be destroyed by anything remotely wet, even dewy grass. Images via “Mail-Order Mysteries”

 

Clayton Moraga, in 1967, in his Polaris Nuclear Sub, a glorified cardboard box, that could be destroyed by anything remotely wet, even dewy grass. Images via "Mail-Order Mysteries."

Very cool!! Incredible to see these in real life after seeing them in pictures for decades.

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18 hours ago, 1950's war comics said:

 

looks hard ......it's tough enough just assembling a short box   lol 

And it looks like the type of materials and the way they lock together by folding end tabs, that disassemble as you're adding additional folds and parts! I would assemble it with a roll of white Gorilla/duct tape nearby to reinforce from inside where the parts connect.. Definitely would last longer.

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On 12/15/2019 at 6:48 AM, Gaard said:

The ad shows a tailpipe.

From the eBay listing:

"The "aluminum exhaust tube" touted in the ad is believed to have been a small rectangle of everyday aluminum foil, and is not supplied in this lot."

 

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22 hours ago, James J Johnson said:

Probably worth the $1200, and maybe far more, from the standpoint of pure rarity. 

Negative.  Joe_collector called it years ago when he predicted that the cardboard rocket ship market would crash.

"Another note: this item (this actual example) was purchased many years ago for over three-thousand dollars at auction."

 

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22 minutes ago, porcupine48 said:

@adamstrange not sure if you've seen this thread,it struck me as something you'd be interested in seeing from some of the great items you've shown,shared in the past.

Thank you for the shout out.  Very cool seeing the actual item!

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2 hours ago, Robot Man said:

We were poor...

cardboard-box-playhouse.jpg

I hear you, brother!

Our family lived in a box just like that when I was growing up.

Wait.......is that a house behind it?

 

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