A Timeline of the Best Novelty Gifts

X-RAY GOGS A Timeline of the Best NOVELTY PEZ GIFTS en the bones in your For the reallstio illus- ing the bones in hold your hand strong light- part. PEPPERMINT $1.98 Novelty items do not serve a primary function and are usually toys, collectables, and gadgets. We've compiled a timeline of some of the most popular novelty gifts throughout the years! 1909 ITEM NO.7019 CE 1927 Ever seen the Bọnes in your hand YRAY GOGS X-Ray Gogs Snow Globe Sold for about $1 apiece, these famous toy glasses claimed they could be used to see through clothing. The lenses were made Popularized in France in the early 19th century, the first patent for a snow globe in the US didn't occur until 1927. These commonly feature Christmas scenes, cartoon characters, and historical scenes. They were also used as promotional materials during election years.2 MADE N CH SCIENTIFIC MARVEL OF THE CENTURY of white cardboard with red circles and the words "X-RAY VISION" printed on the front.' 1927 PEZ Dispensers 1940 These toys are named for an abbreviation of the German word pfefferminz, which means peppermint. While the candy is iconic in itself, it probably became so popular due to its toy dispenser. PEZ candies and dispensers remain popular, with more than 3 billion candy bricks eaten in the US every year. Groucho Glasses Considered one of the most iconic novelty items, Groucho Glasses are also known as "the beaglepuss." They typically consist of thick black glasses, bushy eyebrows, plastic nose, and moustache. 1943 Silly putty is renowned for its strange texture seemingly, it's both a solid and liquid. It can be stretched, used to transfer newsprint, and bounces when dropped. When it was created, this toy sold 250,000 in just three days. 1945 Slinky toy silly Putty Developed by Richard James a naval engineer, the sold 400 units in 90 minutes, priced at $1 each. In 2003, the toy made the Century of Toys List by the Toy Industry Association. NOTHING ELSE IS SillyPuTty 1946 1950 GPEAT Drinking Bird WHOOPS Fake Vomit THE MOST DISGUSTING LAFF GETTER Drinking birds mimic the motions of a bird drinking from a water source. These novelty items usually find themselves on office desks as a way to pass the time. The concept actually is classified as a heat engine and shows how temperature differential converts to heat pressure, which makes the bird dip its head and return back again. Used by practical jokers, this plastic disc was created to mimic the look of fresh vomit. Chunk from the movie The Goonies explained his experience playing with a homemade batch of fake vomit at a movie theater. 1957 Pink Plastic Flamingo The pink flamingo, created by Don Featherstone, quickly became an icon in pop culture. Sold in pairs, one is standing while the other one is bent down, giving the impression that it's feeding on the grass. Pink flamingos became a popular lawn ornament like the garden 1963 Lava Lamp Edward Craven-Walker, a British accountant, invented the lava lamp after seeing a homemade egg timer made of cocktail shaker gnome. filled with liquid bubble on a stove top. In the mid-'60s these lamps became popular in the US,although when heated from a source other than a light bulb, they can become dangerous." 1967 Wham-o Super Ball (XXX Created by chemist Norman Stingley, the Super Ball is made of synthetic rubber. Upon its creation, the Super Ball instantly became a fad with young children. At peak production, sales reached over 170,000 Super Balls per day." 10 1970 1970 Plasma Globe Pet Rock Basic designs for the plasma globe were invented as a way to study high voltage phenomena in 1894. The ball contains low-density gas When he heard people complain about their pets, Gary Dahl created the Pet Rock, gray stones that were packaged with breathing holes in a box that mimicked a pet carrier. The rock surrounding an electrode that stimulates the gas to glow.12 SPET ROCK PET носк also came with instructions on how to care for it and contained puns and jokes. Surprisingly, Dahl sold 1.5 million and became a millionaire. 13 1982 1987 1989 Deely Bobber Foam Cheese A deely bobber is a novelty headband that has two Wedge Hat Slap Bracelets springy antennae normally made of pompoms attached to the top. They became popular by a Saturday Night Live sketch called "Killer The origins for the foam cheese wedge hat began with a game between the These stainless steel bi-stable spring bands covered in fabric created a fad amongst school students. The bracelet lays out flat and when slapped onto the forearm curls around the wrist, transforming a flat strip into a fashionable bracelet. 16 Milwaukee Brewers and the Chicago White Sox. "Cheesehead" was used as a derogatory term by Bees." 14 This singing fish was one of the most famous novelty items in recent history. The product launched in became popular in 1990s and 2000s and sold over 20 million in just the first 12 months. It features a fake fish that sings catchy cover songs when a button is pushed on the device." 1990 Illinois football and baseball fans to refer to Big Mouth Billy Bass Wisconsin sports fans. 1996 1998 Furbies Tickle Me Elmo Elmo, a character from the TV show Sesame Available in 24 languages, these owl- and hamster- Street quickly became a novelty item. The plush toy would laugh and shake when squeezed three times.18 looking robotic toys became an instant fad. 1.8 million were sold this year and a new updated version with digital eyes was released in 201219 2008 Silly Bandz Created in 2002 by a company in Japan, Silly Bandz became popular online and became an instant fad, leading to bans in some school districts. NOVELTY Mugs & Cups made famous from TV & MOVIES WORLD'S BEST BOSS Seen in the movie The World's Best Boss FBI Popularized by the TV show The Office, this mug has been given as a novelty gift to diehard Office lovers and WORLD'S BEST BOSS Other Guys, Allen Gamble (Will Ferrell) gives Terry Hoitz (Mark Wahlberg) a mug that says "FBI: Female Body Inspector" as a friendly gesture. Wahlberg's character responds by throwing it out of the car. FBI FEMALE BODY INSPECTOR OTHER GUYS bosses all over the world. Central Perk Initech It's A Grind Popularized by the TV show Friends, Central Perk was As seen in the SAGRI movie Office the coffee shop that the stars frequented in many episodes. The oversized mug Space, the Initech mug became popular INITECH by Bill Lumbergh (Gary Cole) who is the boss in this As seen in Weeds, Nancy Botwin (Mary-Loise Parker), a suburban mother weed PERK dealer is addicted to iced became popular with fans of the show as well as coffee fiends that appreciated the mug's bowl-like capacity. coffee from It's A Grind coffee house.5 FR:I E:N D.S hilarious comedy. OfficeSPace weEDS Das Boot Rocks Glass In the movie Beerfest, the USA team competes in a beer drinking competition against the Germans to win the "Fight Club" with beer games. The mug became popular with fans of the film.26 In The Big Lebowski;'The Dude (Jeff Bridges) drinks 9 White Russians from a rocks glass that he takes with him everywhere, leading others to adopt the fashion." Beerfest BIG LE BOWSKI SOURCES 1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Ray_Specs_%28novelty%29 15 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheesehead 2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_globe 16 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slap_bracelet 3 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pez 17 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novelty_item 4 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groucho glasses 18 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tickle_Me_Elmo 5 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silly_Putty 19 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furby 6 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slinky 20 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silly_Bandz 7 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drinking_bird 21 http://www.amazon.com/The-Office-Worlds-Best-Boss/dp/BO03TKYA72 8 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fake_vomit 22 http://www.firstpost.com/topic/person/adam-mckay-the-other-guys-fbi-mug-scene-will-ferrell-video-bF9KY3AfuaE-20073-28.html 9 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_flamingo 23 http://www.nbcuniversalstore.com/friends-central-perk-mug 10 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lava_lamp 24 http://www.zazzle.com/initech_office_space_coffee_mugs-168985043298293493 11 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Ball 25 http://s23.beta.photobucket.com/user/emicsauce/media/brand-full.jpg.html 12 http://www.ehow.com/facts_4967423_who-invented-plasma-balL.html 26 http://www.imdb.com/media/rm4100820224/tt0486551 13 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pet_Rock 27 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118715/trivia?ref_=tt_trv_trv 14 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deely_bobber 28 http://www.dogpile.com/info.dogp/search/images?q=big lebowski&fcoid3408&fcop3topnav&fpid%3D2 COPYRIGHT 2013 GIFTACUP.COM | ALL RIGHTS RESERVED the office