The art on these 1960's Topps Flying Things bear a striking resemblance to the art of Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, and I'm sure it's no coincidence. Capitalizing on that Rat Fink style, these originally sold individually for 10 cents each.
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More recently, these were re-released under a different manufacturer, possibly Playing Mantis.
Those feet on lady fish are creeping me out!
ReplyDeleteyes Bob - she has a corn or a bunion. Eeeew!
Deletei've never seen these before -- these are so cool! of course, they probably fly like a brick...
ReplyDeleteI just tried the "Flying Mop" and it actually flew fairly well. At least as good as a paper airplane.
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