Inflatable Jurassic Park

In the Silver Age, the toy makers at Lucky Products had a decent thing going with their infamous 100-piece sets of 2-D soldiers they ran ads for in comics. Another notorious shakedown was their offer for seven inflatable dinosaurs, two of which were totally made up. A "tritasnapatus" is not a valid dino at all, and the "sea serpent" might as well be a generic sea monster. The other five listed are genuine but have been blanked out over time among your T-rexes and raptors. They were supposed to be about 4 ft. tall but were much shorter than that. The dinosaurs weren't like your average bath or pool toys where they are designed to be a certain shape, instead we're given a generic balloon with the black-and-white picture of the fat reptiles on them. The ad claims you can toss them in the air, and they will always land on their feet, howbeit a graphic of a dinosaur on an oblate object does not have any kind of feet whatsoever to land on. "Even the tiniest breeze animates them" is another banner feature, which is the same as having a plastic bag blowing in the wind as being "animated". Trying to make them appealing to adults also screams of desperation, as if grown-ups in the 50s gave a damn about whether their cocktail parties have dinosaur balloons or not. For $1.25 with a money-back guarantee, it doesn't sound like the worst deal, despite the fact you could just pick up a bag of balloons at your local drug store or any other retailer for a great deal cheaper was probably the better deal. It would certainly be less hassle to obtain some generic party favors and draw some kaiju on them. Balloons are fine for the kiddies, nevertheless you have to scratch your head at why a parent would allow their child to go through so much trouble to waste time and money on such a skeptical exchange.