How I Could Have Spent My Allowance

As advertised in "Ambushed in Anarchia," an issue of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, a comic book published in 1980:

SMOKE CLOUDS   Just light one--thick black clouds fill the room. $2/bag.

SUPER IRON-ONS    Just ask Mom to help you iron these Terrific FULL COLOR TRANSFERS onto your own favorite T-Shirt or garment. IT'S FUN!! [options include Grizzly Adams and Shaun Cassidy] $1/each.

Remember How Many Times You Felt Left Out Because You Were Broke! WELL, YOU'LL NEVER BE LEFT OUT AGAIN. Introduce GRIT to Friends, Relatives, Neighbors and Others.

CHILDREN'S 12" LP RECORD CLASSICS   Record #11 includes BOZO AT THE DOG SHOW--the original BOZO talks to dogs in a humorous and educational way. $4.95/record.

SNIPPYS: BE THE VERY FIRST TO OWN FABULOUS CARTOON SCISSORS [characters include Bugs Bunny et al.] START YOUR COLLECTION NOW ORDER THESE DYNAMITE SCISSORS TODAY!! $2/two pairs of scissors.

Enter the WONDERFUL WORLD OF AMAZING LIVE SEA-MONKEYS. SO EAGER TO PLEASE--THEY CAN EVEN BE "TRAINED." They swim, play, scoot, race and do comical tricks. Raise a Sea-Monkey family consisting of Mom, Dad and their babies in an ordinary milk glass. [I tried hard to convince my mom to let me buy sea-monkeys, but she was inexorable. Parents are so unreasonable.] $1.25/postage.

SUPER POSTERS [choices include Bay City Rollers, the Bee Gees, Ted Nugent, and Hoot Roots] $2.50/each.

Perhaps, like me, you have no memory of ever having heard of Hoot Roots. And my Google search turns up nothing. But the poster shows a lot of cartoon owls sitting in a tree.