[Oatka]

When I was a kid in the 50s just about every comic book had ads for full auto BB guns. Also X-ray eye glasses etc.

I wasted my allowance on that one, and others

One I didn't fall for was the "Make a ghost" which consisted of a balloon you had to fill with helium and the drape the 6"x6" sheet white of white fabric over it - Voila!"

[yarddog]

I remember all of those except the Bear/Bare one.

I actually ordered a telescope from a comic book when I was around 11. I earned the money picking cotton. I sent my $3 (?) off to some company in Miami and maybe a week later actually received a pretty nice little pocket telescope. It also came with a pigskin case lined with velvet.

[blueunicorn6]

I found an old pair of glasses back when I was in the seventh grade.

I told everyone they were a pair of those x-ray glasses.

I’d look a girl up and down and go,

“Oh, yeah....nice.”

Had to go see the Principal and apologize to all the girls.

[BlueLancer]

The Sea Monkeys were what I wasted my money on.