I remember. i remember getting free rotary cutters in the mail if you bought a book on rotary cutting back when they first came out in the early 80's I think it was. AND, i still have them. i'm too cheap to buy a new one. it still works and now i spend my cash on fabric. I got 3 of them in the mail!!!!
I remember the hera marker too, and turny things to poke out corners in sewing collars too. Plus quilt journal books in the late 70's. Oh...the good old days.