Box of 3 play wigs for kids

I was reminded of a favorite Lynda Barry cartoon, in which the wigs showed up and were absolutely horrible; can't find the cartoon online, but here's an older review of the same product from earlier this year that cites the comic.

http://jimmyboi2.wordpress.com/2008/03/02/i-need-these/

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#31 posted by Jake0748 , June 9, 2008 12:52 PM

I remember my little sis and her friends having these when I was a kid in the 60s. Even back then, when me and my pals were in the dirt-crawling, bug-eating stages, these things creeped me out.

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#32 posted by Bruce Arthurs

, June 9, 2008 1:21 PM

When I first saw this post, my immediate thought was: "How long until someone actually Photoshops Cory Doctorow in one of these wigs?"

46 minutes. Pretty impressive.

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#33 posted by Editz , June 9, 2008 1:28 PM

They look like rejects from that Lazytown kid show:

http://www.2ube.com/lazytown/images/thekids.jpg

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#34 posted by ROSSINDETROIT , June 9, 2008 1:32 PM

Oh yeah. I remember 2 of my 3 sisters having those and playing dress-up (Jen was a baby). They were thin soft plastic and had a dizzying chemical odor. The most completely artificial thing you could put on your head.
That was the summer a lawn dart poked a permanent hole in my leg. It used to be so easy to please us. A plastic machine gun. A Science Kit full of toxic chemicals. Molded artificial hair.
It's all so different now.

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#35 posted by arkizzle , June 9, 2008 1:37 PM

Bruce, sorry about the delay. It actually took me about half an hour to hike from my truck, through the dense Canadian forest, avoiding the carefully laid out laser-traps and nano-swarms, to the SuperSecretBoingBoingBunker. Then it took about 7 more minutes to seduce the lock on the bunker door to open, before I could get into the server battery.
From then it only took another 5 minutes to hack the mainframe, and another 3 or 4 minutes to locate the SuperSecretMeetingsMinutes folder in the NotForFlickr directory.

With the photos located, I immediately uplinked to my follow-sat, and spread the prize to both BoingBoing and WikiLeaks.

Hopefully the public nature of my disclosure will fend off any repercussions, but we all know how dangerous the Boingers are.

If you don't hear from me in the next ... uh! ugh. arar argha rarhga rgh ahhhhh..!

*strained in whisper* h-e-l-p m-e..

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#36 posted by Gary61 , June 9, 2008 1:46 PM

How did Cory end up w/ a purply wig?
Reminds me of the alien babes from that old British sci-fi show 'UFO' - ALL of those babes had purple hair, thigh-high leather boots, and mini-skirts ....

Ark, you don't have any of THOSE pix stashed away, do ya?

OMG, someone's banging on my doo.... no, no NOOO!!!!

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#37 posted by arkizzle , June 9, 2008 2:39 PM

..just ..enough.. strength.. to press.. t. the.. send ..button.

[Last Transmission : FAO Gary61]

..signal lost..

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#38 posted by Takuan , June 9, 2008 2:49 PM

I luv yous Arkky!

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#39 posted by JSG , June 9, 2008 3:00 PM

It looks like they've got a large wad of cake frosting on their heads.

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#40 posted by Mazoola , June 9, 2008 3:39 PM

@6 - Stefan

Unless you, too, are an alumnus of Becky's Kiddie College, these things must've been more common than I thought.

They went well with the Devo-esque matching JFK hair-helmets for the guys, though.

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#41 posted by noen , June 9, 2008 3:53 PM

I remember playing with one of these when I was little with a cousin of mine. Fun times. We also had those plastic dolls with the large plastic bell shaped skirts. Then we'd go to the Ben Franklin and get an orange push-up and listen to Zager and Evans' "In the Year 2525". Good times.

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#42 posted by Chevan , June 9, 2008 4:27 PM

Unless the child has their hair dyed an exotic color, one of the fake wigs is always going to be redundant.

I guess they could like the hair style, but WHO could like those?

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#43 posted by amybeanjenkins

, June 9, 2008 5:44 PM

We totally had these wigs when I was a kid and we thought they were weird, but effective.

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#44 posted by cduran123 , June 9, 2008 5:49 PM

This scan is actually the picture on the box. My mom had this when she was a girl, and my brothers and I would actually, break them out of storage and put them on. God I wish I had a photo of that.

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#45 posted by Carrie

, June 10, 2008 1:12 PM

My cousin had these. Hot and stinky. But we thought we were soo cool wearin' 'em.
-Carrie

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#46 posted by Agent 86 , June 10, 2008 10:36 PM

Ark, now add em to the lolCory!

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#47 posted by eustace , June 10, 2008 10:43 PM

Bwaaaa! The thread lives!
Arkizzle's art is now my wallpaper.