Buster 25th birthday issue and first with School Fun
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- stevezodiac
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Buster 25th birthday issue and first with School Fun
As it says in the title here are a couple of Busters I came across last night.
The free gift is glued to the cover.
The free gift is glued to the cover.
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Re: Buster 25th birthday issue and first with School Fun
What were the Deadly Death Rattler Eggs? Sweets? Toys?
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Re: Buster 25th birthday issue and first with School Fun
I've never opened the envelope so no idea. A couple of weeks later the Buster produced a weekly cut out and fold mini comic with one strip reprinted from each of the past 25 years.
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http://www.bustercomic.co.uk/freebies.html
Drat, the above link lists all the free gifts ever given away with Buster, except for possibly a few in 1995. Unfortunately this one is only referred to as Deadly Rattler.
Drat, the above link lists all the free gifts ever given away with Buster, except for possibly a few in 1995. Unfortunately this one is only referred to as Deadly Rattler.
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Re: Buster 25th birthday issue and first with School Fun
I seem to remember some trick tablets that if you put a match to them they would expand in a snake like shape.
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Re: Buster 25th birthday issue and first with School Fun
I remember those, but I can't imagine they would have been given away as free gifts.stevezodiac wrote:I seem to remember some trick tablets that if you put a match to them they would expand in a snake like shape.
The issue (with unopened gift, so still no clue as to what it is) is on ebay for £30.00
http://cgi.ebay.nl/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie ... 0516220322
Re: Buster 25th birthday issue and first with School Fun
Well, the implication is that they're rattlesnake eggs, but rattlesnakes don't actually lay eggs - they carry them in their body. So I expect it's that practical joke, where, when you open the envelope, a paperclip on a rubber band starts rattling to make you think one's hatched in there.
Re: Buster 25th birthday issue and first with School Fun
Eh? Change the nl to co.uk in that link and you get the same item, but it says it sold for £15 instead of £29.99Niblet wrote:I remember those, but I can't imagine they would have been given away as free gifts.stevezodiac wrote:I seem to remember some trick tablets that if you put a match to them they would expand in a snake like shape.
The issue (with unopened gift, so still no clue as to what it is) is on ebay for £30.00
http://cgi.ebay.nl/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie ... 0516220322
Re: Buster 25th birthday issue and first with School Fun
Does the envelope feel like there might be a tightly wound paperclip in there, Mr. Zodiac?
Re: Buster 25th birthday issue and first with School Fun
I remember the merger, and first issue of School Fun well - however, quite a lot of my favourite Buster story's finished including 'Gums', which was a loss.
- klakadak-ploobadoof
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Re: Buster 25th birthday issue and first with School Fun
I haven't opened the envelope on my copy either, but there is HOW TO USE YOUR FREE GIFT instruction on an inside page, so Raven has got it spot on:
Raven wrote:Well, the implication is that they're rattlesnake eggs, but rattlesnakes don't actually lay eggs - they carry them in their body. So I expect it's that practical joke, where, when you open the envelope, a paperclip on a rubber band starts rattling to make you think one's hatched in there.
Check out my blog about comics from other peoples' childhood: http://kazoop.blogspot.com
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Thanks for that - all is now clear
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Ta for the info folks.....I'll update that page on the site when I get a chance!
Matt
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Re: Buster 25th birthday issue and first with School Fun
It seems quite similar in principle to the 'Whampire Bat' given away with an early issue of Wham! I remember that my father nearly had a heart attack when I concealed one of them in his evening newspaper!
- Phil R.
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