Comments on: False advertising in comics

By: Andy

Andy — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 15:39:46 +0000

I had the sub. I really suffered with the excitement of waiting for that thing. When it arrived in a flat box I was crushed! I really expected it to be just like the picture. Still played with it though…

Here’s a guy that wrote a web page about it. He could have read my mind.

http://www.michaelchuck.com/the_submarine.htm

Maybe it’s not too late for a class action suit.

By: Tom Martin

Tom Martin — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:31:13 +0000

I had the Tank also, however, I was somewhat diappointed when they didn’t roll it off the back of the truck. But, again, it wound up to be one of my favorite toys and boyhood memories. If I could find one today on e-bay, I would probably be suckered in again. I found an almost complete Rocket Ship. I think they wanted $400. Alos had the minature camera and the plastic “flat” soldiers. I loved the Honor House junk!

By: Paul C Pottash

Paul C Pottash — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 03:13:06 +0000

I had one of those rocket ships and it was the best toy I ever owned. It was made out of good old fashioned die cut cardboard and was red with silver trim. Its gone now and I will just, I guess, have to make do with weak substitutes (my two restored AC Cobras and my five live in, willing and eager bathing suit model love slaves) instead of it for the rest of my life. And on the other side of the instructions to put it together was a real star map. And it would almost hold two kids. And you could hide in it from your sister. And…………………………

By: Bob P.

Bob P. — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:09:06 +0000

I had the Tank. “Imagine the look on your friends faces when you roll down their street in your very own tank”. Yup, I got sucked in at about seven years old too. And you know what? It was great (and for only $4.98 too!)! I waited for weeks to get that thing (yeah, it was laminated cardboard with the image of a tank printed on it) and my imagination went wild. I was so surprised too, when it arrived by U.S. mail in a flat box (how could that be?), It was a blast though as I always enjoyed cardboard boxs somehow anyway.
I ran around the neighborhood with that thing “on” until we ended up doing a huge “dogpile” (I think with me in it) on it. What a blast….what great memories.
p.s. I had the X-Ray Specs too (you could “look through peoples clothing”). I even checked out the “skeleton” on a cement block.

By: Ricky David Tripp

Ricky David Tripp — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:01:52 +0000

At the risk of making HONOR HOUSE look good (trust me, they weren’t), I actually ordered TWO items from these scoundrels, and after waiting for months for something, my mother wrote a very strongly worded, threatening letter to them. Lo and behold, I got my stuff! The “rocket ship” bore a slight resemblance to the ad and was quite flimsy, but guess what? I was a young, fledgling cardboard engineer in the 60s (made my own “Jimmy Jet” from cardboard), so I did some taping here and some bridging there, and whoopee! I made the “rocket ship” work! It had a rectangular hole in the bottom, and you got in through the “hatch” and pulled it up onto your waist. You could then pretend to “fly” all over the living room and down the hall while also pretending that your legs were inside. It was fun! Flimsy, but fun! Same of the “frontier cabin” that was poly thinner than a garbage bag, with “log walls” printed on it and a couple of folding cardboard peaks to hold the “roof” up over a card table. But it was there that I founded the “Buzzards Club,” and another household legend was made! The stuff actually sucked by modern standards and took forever to get in the mail, but made memories that remain with me even today. Damn them and bless them all at the same time — the dishonorable HONOR HOUSE!

By: Curlee

Curlee — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 23:54:59 +0000

BethB:
Thanks for the info. I may give David Geller Associates a call and get more info on this.

Nicholas:
That’s horrible! I’d love to know if they actually ripped you off or the items were just lost. What items did you order?

By: Nicholas Rand

Nicholas Rand — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 22:56:33 +0000

I was just thinking about HONOR HOUSE today. About 28 years ago, I ordered some simple novelty items (around 15.00 worth, a tidy sum at the time, probably the equivilent of 35.00 bucks USD today) of some novelty items that never showed up. It was just simple stuff that you can find in the toy section of a grocery aisle now. No big deal. Since it was one of the few times that I’ve lost money ordering through the mail, it sticks in my memory to this day. Also, the party I went to might have been a little more fun if I’d had the stuff!

By: BethB

BethB — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:33:10 +0000

I needed to contact the company because of work, so I called the number above. Turns out Honor House sold to David Geller Associates many years ago. That number is (212) 455-0100.

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 02:26:13 +0000

i love coics lol ttl

By: Bill

Bill — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:24:43 +0000

I don’t know if anyone remembers this or not but they also advertised “pen pals” in the older books. It was some kinda match maker for nerds. I wasn’t inclined to write any of those strangers, but I did feel sorry for some of them.