Ladies and gentlemen, we have a new winner!
I used to think that the Official Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Woodburning Set was the most ridiculous AD&D-branded product that TSR licensed in the early 1980s. No longer. The Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Visor Glasses by Larami (a company well known for its inexplicably branded items, such as the infamous Battlestar Galactica Cylon Bubble Machine) has now claimed that dubious title. This was released in 1983 and features Larry Elmore's cover illustration from the D&D Basic Set revised by Frank Mentzer. You can see more pictures of the Visor Glasses here, along with other posts showing off the weird world of '80s brandification.
As an aside, Larami was apparently acquired by Hasbro in 1995, though the brand name was retired a few years later. Will we ever see D&D-branded sunglasses again? Considering some of the D&D-branded products being hawked right now, I wouldn't be surprised. Of course, if we do see such a thing again, I can guarantee it won't sell for only $3.99.
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