Word: suckerman
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...thing about Suckerman, the clinging vinyl critter, is that he doesn't stick. Don't believe the box. He simply doesn't grip most surfaces. Despite the suction cups that bulge from his body, he makes but the feeblest attempt to cling to the wall of the Jordan Marsh toy department, bouncing off again and again with his shallow vinyl grin intact...
...Suckerman, failure that he is, at least has character. There's never been a T.V. show or a movie about him. He has no video roots. So if he stuck, even at $8.50, he might be a reasonable investment, forcing, as he does, the exercise of some imagination...
...gentleman speaking in heavily-accented English wandered through the Jordan Marsh toy department. Approaching a stranger he demanded excitedly "Where are the Legos? At FAO Schwartz, at Filenes, at everywhere they say no Legos, try the Jordan Marsh. Where are they?" The stranger pointed him in the direction of Suckerman...
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