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Memory is a funny thing, don't you think? I don't mean 'funny ha-ha', but 'funny peculiar'. I consider myself to have a fairly good memory (in the main), but am sometimes astounded when reminded of things I hadn't even realized I'd seemingly forgotten. For example, take a look at the above ad for these half-dozen STAR TREK masks. Had I merely been asked if I remembered them on the back of KELLOGG'S CORN FLAKES boxes back in 1971, I'd probably have thought they sounded familiar, but not been 100% sure whether I actually (if vaguely) remembered them or only imagined I did.
However, when I recently laid eyes on this ad on the back of one of my VALIANT & SMASH! comics, I recalled them instantly. I definitely had the MR. SPOCK one, and maybe even one or two others. Thing is, I hadn't thought about them in forty-one years and would probably never have done so if not for seeing the ad again. Isn't it strange how it sometimes requires a visual reminder of something for us to realize we'd 'forgotten' it?
Who knows what memories lurk in the minds of men? (H'mm, that's a good line - someone should have used it for something.)
