A flying saucer flying saucer. Well played, Wham-O.
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind Frisbee (Wham-O, 1978)
Published June 3, 2015 Close Encounters of the Third Kind , Frisbees Leave a CommentAdvanced Dungeons & Dragons Fantasy Flyer (Larami, 1984)
Published April 16, 2015 D&D , D&D Non-Gaming Merchandise , Frisbees , Larami Toys Leave a Comment
Image is via Cyclopeatron. Check out the red version, in package, at Tome of Treasures. With the exception of Strongheart, all of the art used is by Timothy Truman, as seen in The Art of the Dungeons & Dragons Fantasy Game.
The smaller Fantasy Flyers are here.
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Fantasy Flyer (Larami, 1983)
Published November 17, 2014 D&D , D&D Non-Gaming Merchandise , D&D Toys , Frisbees , Larami Toys 1 Comment
Early in 1984 a group of Wisconsin nerds dressed up in homemade ring mail took several fantasy flyers to the steam tunnels and played “Dungeon Frolf” for two consecutive days and nights. One of the nerds never came back, and it’s Larry Elmore’s fault!
Wham-O Ad, 1982: `Fantasy Series’ Frisbees
Published August 15, 2014 Ads , Fantasy Toys/Playsets , Frisbees 2 Comments
You can’t make them out really well in the ad, but the series included Pegasus, a dragon, and, for some reason, a butterfly. How about a wizard, guys?
Here’s a close-up of the dragon. The copyright date is 1981. There’s no such thing as a D&D flying disc (“Frisbee” is a Wham-O trademark), is there? Yes, there is.
2 Warps to Neptune 