That’s what the cool kid with the Chewbacca mask is telling us in this 1978 comic book ad.
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For some reason these charging little super-heroes just crack me up! They look like they just robbed a bank and they’re making their getaway.
How I miss the days when all of the comic book ads had to be drawn.
ReplyDeleteI remember this ad. At the time, I thought it was the most persuasive ad to get a kid to not want to buy something. It truthfully shows just how unlike the Hulk and Spider-Man you will appear, especially if you're a short chubby kid.
And that Chewbacca set! I'm sure that looked good. I wonder if it's in any Star Wars price guides.
The wig that comes with the Chewbacca playset is kind of weird. and what a way to unload some of those plastic Dracula teeth that were littering their warehouse.
ReplyDeleteA girl showed up to one of my childhood Halloween partys wearing the Darth Vader (raincoat-looking) costume. It had a mask too, but it only covered the eyes, kind of like a lone ranger mask with drawn-on angular lines. It was so bizarre and I thought it was extra funny that it was worn by a girl.
ReplyDeleteI was Vader that year too and though I also had a cheap vinyl version, I felt superior since my mask covered the whole face.
I have a photo of this that I should dig up.
I'd never seen the ad for these before, so thanks for that.