One for the over 50 crowd please

[kblester]

QUOTE: Originally posted by njal

Hi kblester,
I live about an hour from Ocean City NJ and visit there during the summer.
Sometimes, before high gas prices, I would go just for
Mack & Manco Pizza ![:D]

njal,
If you want to make some extra money BUY BUY BUY Mack & Manco Stock this week. We arrive Saturday with four families for this years vacation. My 20 year old son alone will eat two or three pizzas a day. they asked us to call ahead so they could order more pizza dough. Gas is cheaper across the Walt Whitman on the New Jersey side. AND they still pump it for you (STATE LAW). Now if they do away with the beach tag fees we can get a large coke with our pizza.
KEN

[njalb1]

Hi kblester,
I live about an hour from Ocean City NJ and visit there during the summer.
Sometimes, before high gas prices, I would go just for
Mack & Manco Pizza ![:D]

[njalb1]

[kblester]

Easter,
Both the submarine and the frog men may still be available. I just recently bought a new pack of three "U.S.NAVY FROGMEN" (2 different with knives yellow and green and the rare RED diver with the anti ship mine(frisbee). I think I paid less than $5.00. The submarine was $2.99. Both are made from original molds. the Frogmen are sold by Dimestore Dreams , the company that makes those 40's 50's *** TRACY looking cars sold in the train stores. The sub has a upc label of Toysmith Auburn WA 98001and package label of 4M Industrial Development Limited. Both toys have 2002 copyrights. OH NO !!SOMEBODY IS COPYCATTING AGAIN!!!! I bought both sets at TOY SAFARI on the Boardwalk in Ocean City NJ last summer. I hope this helps.

These toys work with BAKING POWDER not SODA. Baking soda does not produce CO2.
The Submarine is marketed by KidzLabs brand. It is the smaller sub pictured in NJAL ' s posting. I think Mr Potato Head will sink no matter how much baking powder you stuff in him.
Best REgards, Ken Lester

[Anonymous]

I remember that many of these were way smaller than they appeared on the backs of the cereal boxes. The frogmen were so small they didn't perform well in hard water. First they wouldn't sink, then when they finally did, the baking soda was too far gone to get them back to the surface! BTW, there was a Rocky and Bullwinkle episode about this, "The Boxtop Robbery".

[Warburton]

Hey Easter -- have I got great news for YOU! They still make them! Go to www.bettysattic.com and type in item 41002 (Mini Diving Sub) and 43053 (Frogman). Just like the originals --and cheap too! Glub, glub!

[IronHoarse]

Yep...had one of those subs myself...great fun.

[wrmcclellan]

I got the submarine via a cereal promotion. It wasn't free. Had to send a couple of boxtops and some money for mailing. The first one I got was broken and I was very disappointed we had to mail it back. Got another one in about 3 weeks. I remember waiting at the front door mail drop each morning and afternoon (we used to get mail twice a day) until it came. I do not remember how well it worked, but it did work. It was a diving and resurfacing submarine.

[Anonymous]

All I remember is buying the "Sea Monkeys" from the backs of comic books.

[dwiemer]

Easter,
I think Roger is kinda lucky in the train store front. I am also in Georgia, but in these parts, the closest dealers are 3+ hours away. Also, we have NO Ogauge activity, just a local HO club. Like you, we do have plenty of gun dealers.
Dennis

[Roger Bielen]

Easter - Memory Station is here in Watkinsville. He's a good sized Lionel dealer for this area. He also is a factory direct dealer and repair shop. If there's a problem he doesn't have and answer for he has the number for the direct line to a Lionel engineer's desk.

The next closest is Legacy Station over in Gwinett County, he carries a mixed bag leaning heavy toward MTH.

If you're going to be in town e-mail me via my profile.

[dbaker48]

Here are a couple of pics





Actually the pics are the front side and back side.

It was really pretty boring. The primary activity was maintaing weather data and plotting it on graph paper. There was also a thermometer, barometer, and a wind speed gauge.
Some of the paperwork gave descriptions about cloud types, explanation of the water cycle, and different weather conditions and what caused them. After going thru the package, you have to be a real nerd to sit down and spend any significant time with it.

The Gilbert Chemistry set or Erector set was lot better.

Spent lots of hours with the erector set, (Gilbert ! of course)

[Anonymous]

Hey Roger,your in watkinsville ga.???? You got some nice train shops where you are don't you??? I'm in Tunnel Hill Ga. Nothing here but gun shops . Easter

[cnw1995]

They had sometihing like that in cereal boxes in the late 60s as well. Frogmen and submarines. Not Lionel branded of course.

[Anonymous]

I believe you had to mix the baking soda with vinegar to get a reaction.

[Roger Bielen]

I had both the sub and frogman. Taking a bath included a cup of baking soda on the side of the tub. Are we aging ourselves, or what?

[trigtrax]

Yes I had the frogmen, I also had a Captain Video ray gun which fired sneezing powder at people. Boy ,can you imagine the lawsuits with a toy like that today. [}:)]

[Anonymous]

Don,what was the weather station??? Sounds like something A.C.Gilbert would come out with. Easter

[jonadel]

I clearly remember the submarine, great fun but I have no idea what became of it.

Jon

[Blueberryhill RR]

I can remember having a submarine and the Lionel boat. I don't know
where they are now, but my Mom gave me some baking soda to
propel them. They did exist.
Chuck

[dbaker48]

Not only the boat, which was very attractive. But also part of the science series a Weather Station. I had two of them, and must have given them away or trashed them some 15-20 years ago. [D)]

[Anonymous]

Back in the mid "50," the cereal companies packaged miniatures of navy frogmen,and a nautilus submarine,which had a small compartment where you would put in baking soda as a source of propulsion. the water would mix with the powder to form a gas that would propel the objects forward. your all wondering with this has to do with toy trains??? Didn't lionel mage a boat that worked on the same principle????? does anyone have one??? does anyone know what I'm talking about???? CTT always does articles on accesories,but I've never seen this one. Hey c'mon CTT do an article, will you???? Thanks Easter