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How about the DAK catalogs?
Or the "Things You Never Knew Existed" catalogs, which were by the guys that used to sell a bunch of the stuff in the back of comics, Boys' Life, etc (Johnson Smith Company) - X-Ray specs, fake dog poop, etc. But on steroids. Selling huge magnet things, car kits, Mr Mooney dolls, weird statues, magic kits, fake rocks, etc.
Edit: LOL, I found one. Man, brings me back to going through as a 9 year od:
https://archive.org/details/the-johnson-smith-company-catalog-913-circa-1991-starbrite
I convinced my mom to let me order some kind of “mega mind obelisk” from one of those. She kept saying how stupid it will be and I will regret it. “Be a good lesson learned”.
Until it showed up. I got a 6” tall marble obelisk that was the coolest thing ever. Didn’t teach me anything, but I had it for a long time and thought it was neat to look at.
Why have I never owned a wrist kite???
DAK catalogs were wild. Each item had a magazine article length description that was clearly bullshit. But by the end you're certain that the constant emptiness you feel is from not owning the World's Best 16 Channel Stereo Graphic Equalizer.
Holy shit. Well I still have the EQ, and also the Spectrum Analyzer attached to my new stereo.
Don’t recall that.