A survey conducted in 1978 found that the jobs boys most wanted when they were older included astronaut, engine driver and chief torturer for a totalitarian regime which uses its cover as a civilised democracy to commit national and international atrocities with impunity.
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For more posts about toys see: 'Deformed Anonymous Infant Demon', 'Mr Liver Head', 'Junior Will & Testament', 'Ethnic Cleansing Playset', 'Lung Puppy' and 'Surgical Toy Insertions Catalogue 1973-1974'.
I was overjoyed one Christmas when Santa brought me the Urban Torturer accessory kit. It came a replica car battery and jump leads to attach to Action Man's non-existent scrotum.
ReplyDeleteToys for kids in the exciting new Trump era!
ReplyDeleteBoy howdy, torture will be all the rage!
I wanted to be minister for dentist's with halitosis but was driven to torture.
ReplyDeleteNever got one of these as a kid. My parents always bought the cheap pound shop knockoffs. Most vividly, I recall the "Induction Manning Fully Jumbo Size of the Life". This was a giant action man that contained an executed convict's brain and nervous system. The "please be do not electricking this Manning" stickers were somewhat hard to understand, and as a result the damned thing started going on a bloody rampage. Six weeks before they stopped it.
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