My friends the O'Connor brothers always got the cereal premiums back in the fifties! They had every Space Patrol and Tom Corbett item just as soon as they were advertised. I was so jealous as I had a hard time affording my fix of ten cent comic books. One Sgt. Preston item we anxiously waited for it's arrival was a camping kit that included some cooking utensils and a tent! The cooking utensils were like military ones but smaller in scale and much, much thinner aluminum. The tent was a big disappointment because it was a giant sheet of opaque plastic food wrap with flimsy wooden dowels for poles and some string. A good sneeze could blow it over.
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I liked the radio show a lot, but I don't want or need on of these gizmos.
Just wait til the next time you're lost in the North woods.
My friends the O'Connor brothers always got the cereal premiums back in the fifties! They had every Space Patrol and Tom Corbett item just as soon as they were advertised. I was so jealous as I had a hard time affording my fix of ten cent comic books. One Sgt. Preston item we anxiously waited for it's arrival was a camping kit that included some cooking utensils and a tent! The cooking utensils were like military ones but smaller in scale and much, much thinner aluminum. The tent was a big disappointment because it was a giant sheet of opaque plastic food wrap with flimsy wooden dowels for poles and some string. A good sneeze could blow it over.
My one foray into buying a premium was a Mr. Peanut pen and pencil set. I have no idea what happened to it.
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