I mean, other than "statue". I saw this pic on Reddit and couldn't believe I had forgotten all about these. They used to ubiquitous in the '70s, but I don't think I've seen any since. Rush of nostalgia, even though they're hideous.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 59 | December 7, 2022 4:50 AM |
Yes, they're called 'Disposables'
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | December 4, 2022 1:48 AM |
I’ve got 10 tits - notice me, damnit!
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | December 4, 2022 1:50 AM |
I believe they are Sillisculpts by Russ Berrie & Co. My aunt had some.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | December 4, 2022 1:50 AM |
BTW, Russ Berrie & Co invented the Troll Doll.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | December 4, 2022 1:51 AM |
Thanks, R3. It looks like they can go for as much as $12!
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | December 4, 2022 1:56 AM |
We had one with outstretched arms that said I LOVE YOU THIS MUCH.
Sort of the 1970s version of "Live - Laugh - Love."
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | December 4, 2022 2:07 AM |
I forgot all about these! Thanks for sharing and bringing up a good memory of my grandparents' house. (My mother had much younger siblings, so they were in their teens when I was little. They had several of those in their rooms.)
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | December 4, 2022 2:11 AM |
[quote]BTW, Russ Berrie & Co invented the Troll Doll.
Not true - Thomas Dam designed the original troll doll and they were sold under the names “Dam Things” and “Norfin.” The ones I remember from the 70s were knockoffs by Uneeda called “Wish-niks.” Russ Berrie’s unlicensed knockoffs of the Dam Troll were sold in the 90s.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | December 4, 2022 2:16 AM |
Figurines? God, they were everywhere in the 70s - I know I bought five or six for my dad.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | December 4, 2022 2:49 AM |
I TOTALLY FORGOT ABOUT THESE! Yes, they were everywhere in the 70s!
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | December 4, 2022 2:52 AM |
Thankfully, I don't remember them. The worst thing for me was the smiley face.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | December 4, 2022 3:07 AM |
The thing I vaguely remember about Russ Berrie statuettes was that some of them were “horny.”
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | December 4, 2022 3:08 AM |
^^the one my dad had a woman with 10 tits and the caption said “notice me, damnit”
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | December 4, 2022 9:05 PM |
Russ Berrie is one of the greatest artistic minds of the 20th century.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | December 4, 2022 9:49 PM |
Yes, I remember these things
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 19 | December 4, 2022 11:03 PM |
Yes. "Trump family reunion."
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | December 5, 2022 1:35 AM |
Gargoyles without the menace. Or the sauce.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 23 | December 5, 2022 1:36 AM |
OMG OP, great post. I used to see these everywhere growing up in the 1970's, especially in "card stores" - remember those? I recall seeing them in flea markets and garage sales in the early 1980's.....then they vanished from the world.
They are even more vile in retrospect.
| by Anonymous | reply 24 | December 5, 2022 1:41 AM |
Gargoyles without the charm!
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 25 | December 5, 2022 1:46 AM |
[quote] We had one with outstretched arms that said I LOVE YOU THIS MUCH.
I remember that one.
Somebody bought my grandpa the one of an old man that said “ #1 Grandpa.”
| by Anonymous | reply 26 | December 5, 2022 2:16 AM |
Lol, R7, my old eyes first read that as
[quote]We had one with outstretched anus that said I LOVE YOU THIS MUCH.
| by Anonymous | reply 27 | December 5, 2022 2:32 AM |
[quote]We had one with outstretched arms that said I LOVE YOU THIS MUCH.
The version with the ashtray is even better because it looks like he’s standing next to a shallow grave.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 28 | December 5, 2022 2:35 AM |
Our neighborhood drugstore sold these, including one reading "Sue the Bastards." I asked my mom what it meant and she just said it was vulgar and un-Christian.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 30 | December 5, 2022 2:46 AM |
Fun Fact: People that had those little troll trophies usually had these hanging in the kitchen. Well did!
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 31 | December 5, 2022 2:47 AM |
I'd forgotten about those ugly things. My friends Mom had a collection of those things. Trolls or something.
| by Anonymous | reply 32 | December 5, 2022 2:49 AM |
No, these were troll dolls.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 33 | December 5, 2022 2:55 AM |
As if they aren’t creepy enough, their plastic eyes fall out over time. I imagine putting one of these evil things in the incinerator, only to find it sitting on my dresser the next day.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 34 | December 5, 2022 3:06 AM |
They were called W&R Berries figurines.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 35 | December 5, 2022 4:10 AM |
We bought a Best Dad one for Father's Day for my dad way back in the day.
| by Anonymous | reply 36 | December 5, 2022 4:13 AM |
From the same era. At least these weren’t anatomically correct.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 37 | December 5, 2022 5:46 AM |
R35 Trump has that one on his desk in Mar-a-Lago.
| by Anonymous | reply 38 | December 5, 2022 9:49 AM |
That Love is... crap was creepy.
| by Anonymous | reply 39 | December 5, 2022 2:11 PM |
I briefly dated a guy who gave me one of these. I can’t remember what it said, it might’ve been one of the ‘someone loves you’ ones. This was around 1982…or so.
| by Anonymous | reply 40 | December 5, 2022 2:26 PM |
As was the custom of that era, they were sprayed with a mysterious coating of 1970s grunge before leaving the factory.
| by Anonymous | reply 41 | December 6, 2022 7:54 AM |
They're Friggadiggadiggas.
| by Anonymous | reply 42 | December 6, 2022 7:57 AM |
Yes they have a name, UNWANTED.
| by Anonymous | reply 43 | December 6, 2022 8:33 AM |
My grandmother had one of a guy tangled up in his fishing line, I don't remember what the inscription said, though.
| by Anonymous | reply 44 | December 6, 2022 5:57 PM |
R27 had me laughing so hard my damned ol teeth fell out!
| by Anonymous | reply 46 | December 6, 2022 9:32 PM |
It looks very familiar, R45.
| by Anonymous | reply 49 | December 6, 2022 10:59 PM |
R45 - it's not even mildly amusing, but the makers were geniuses. Everyone has an Uncle Jerry who likes to fish and who is impossible to buy for - perfect gift! They must have sold tens of thousands of these things.
| by Anonymous | reply 50 | December 6, 2022 11:11 PM |
^I don't get it! What's above his head?
| by Anonymous | reply 52 | December 6, 2022 11:57 PM |
OP, thanks. I forgot about these and Beany Babies and Trolls and Pet Rocks. What crap but someone made millions on them.
| by Anonymous | reply 53 | December 7, 2022 12:00 AM |
R52, I think that's a bird fixin' to do it's business on the chap below, hence...
| by Anonymous | reply 55 | December 7, 2022 2:35 AM |
There aren’t many of these around because many were melted down in the great resin shortage of the early 00s. People were stealing these right and left the way they steal catalytic converters off of cars today.
| by Anonymous | reply 56 | December 7, 2022 3:34 AM |
DL should start making their own line of these.
| by Anonymous | reply 57 | December 7, 2022 4:21 AM |
Ha! This is so “1975 stationery store/gift shop.” Very big on Father’s Day.
| by Anonymous | reply 58 | December 7, 2022 4:38 AM |
Sitting on a bookshelf, with a poster like this next to it
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 59 | December 7, 2022 4:50 AM |
