Label Makers

July 13, 2010 By Mantooth In Uncategorized 5 Comments

When these things went the way of the dinosaur, minimum wage job name tags were never quite the same…

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Mantooth

AKA Brian Heiler author of "Rack Toys: Cheap, Crazed Playthings" and co-editor of "Toy-Ventures Magazine". Co-Host of the "Pod Stallions" podcast. Host of the Brick Mantooth Youtube channel, painter, designer, writer, mental health advocate, toy collector, Mego, and Mego Knock-Off enthusiast. I have large feet, ADHD and I live in Canada. Talk toys, not others.

5 Comments

Monsterforge on July 13, 2010

Agghh!!! I had one of those doggie ones! I had my name on everything!

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JFStan (Meatball) on July 13, 2010

I totally loved label makers! I had the "worm" one in this pic.

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Retro Hound on July 13, 2010

HOLY COW! I've posted mine (the motorcycle guy) at RetroHound. How cool is this to see the catalog page!

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Jenn Erickson on July 13, 2010

Oh, the memories! I remember all the "cool kids" having those labels on their lunchboxes.

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narvolicious on July 15, 2010

Hoo boy, Dymo labels were my everything in the '70s. I just remember how cool it was to put my name on everything, how sharp the corners were when you went to peel it off (sometimes it went under my fingernail…*sting*). I somehow remember having to use force to cut it off at the end…like really having to squeeze bigtime. Was that just me?

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