Sea Monkeys Ad 1970s

Weird vintage sea monkey ad old western style.

Sea monkeys ad 1970s. I was so excited. In 1957 harold von braunhut became fascinated with a species of brine shrimp artemia salina that he saw. That sounded so cool. Mar 19 2012 for many of us sea monkeys were our first encounter with deceptive advertising.

One year for my birthday my parents bought me a sea monkey kit. Mar 9 2018 explore mark stone s board sea monkeys on pinterest. So harold got the idea to place an ad for instant life inside comic books. It wasn t that no one was buying them it was that no one wanted to sell them.

We all knew they weren t going to look like the illustration. See more ideas about sea monkeys sea monkeys funny. Many purchasers were disappointed by the dissimilarity and by the short lifespan of the animals. Of course sea monkeys aren t monkeys at all or even actual denizens of the deep for that matter.

These facts might not be readily apparent if your knowledge of these tiny creatures was gleaned by reading any of the sensationalist ads that appeared in comic books throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Harold decided to market sea monkeys in 1957. The world s only instant pets are back and better than ever. Little creatures that came to life and played in a tank that you could watch.

Trade publication ad for sea monkeys 1972. Nyos is short for. Three generations of americans who have been enticed by ads in. I remember the first ad i saw for sea monkey s i was mesmerized by that ad.

While i was slightly disappointed that the creatures really didn t look like they did in the ad i did really enjoy. Sea monkeys were intensely marketed in comic booksthroughout the 1960s and early 1970susing illustrations by the comic book illustrator joe orlando. The amazing live sea monkeys. Originally the sea monkeys didn t sell at all.

Courtesy the strong national museum of play. Before you knew it the sea monkey orders were flying in.