Attack of the Killer Garage

I made a very modest attempt at gleaning the garage of 20+ years of collecting. I have at least 4 large bins of stuff I will be selling bit by bit.


I did opt on keeping my infamous box of Darkie Toothpaste (now known as Darlie Toothpaste) - we need to be reminded from time to time how very, VERY bad some ideas were and still are.

I stole this image off the internet. Mine is like the one directly in the center - the bright yellow box with the old timey minstrel face. I originally purchased it in 1990 because no one in the states believed it actually existed.

When Colgate purchased the original company, Hawley & Hazel, they changed the Anglo name to Darlie; however, the original cantonese name still remains: Haak Yahn Nga Gou [黑人牙膏] (Black Man Toothpaste). 

Amazingly, this is one of the best selling toothpastes in Taiwan.

On a brighter note, I found some of my old Macintosh games from the early '90s. I liked graphic interactive games the best - still do, actually. If you click on the pictures, you'll end up on ebay where you can bid on them, if you're so inclined. The two below are pretty rare titles, and more like interactive art than video game.

The Residents' Freak Show:

 The Residents' Gingerbread Man:

In case you've never heard of The Residents, here's a sampling from YouTube:

A few of the computer generated scenes from this video are in the Gingerbread Man video game.