Star Wars Action Figure Sales Rankings in the Nineties
The April, 1998 issue of Playthings magazine (just one of many issues I looked at while in New York earlier...
Month: September 2015
BattleTech Coming to Kickstarter This Fall
battletechgame.com announces the return of BattleTech (Amazon.com search*) to computers with an upcoming Kickstarter campaign that's, as they describe it,...
Matchbox Collectors Club Ad from 1967
Boys' Life magazine ad from 1967 tells kids about the Matchbox Collectors Club, a great little package of Matchbox goodies...
“Toymakers are ready months ahead of Santa”
This 1980 Associated Press newspaper article by Louise Cook is one of those usual Toy Fair time of year fluff...
1983 “Videogaming” Magazine Cover Featuring Spider-Man and Tron
It's almost as if this 1983 Videogaming Illustrated magazine was trying to predict the future! Disney's Tron and Marvel's Spider-Man...
Hot Wheels Ad from 1970 Life Magazine Ad
The world was a very different place back in 1970. How else would you explain this 1970 Hot Wheels advertisement's...
1979 Montreal Gazette Star Wars Advertisment
This 1979 Montreal Gazette newspaper ad for Kenner's Star Wars action figures features both the 3.75-inch scale and 12-inch scale...
G.I. Joe Meets Jurassic Park
My very first thought when flipping through the UK Action Force book, Return of the Dinosaurs, from Ladybird Books (Amazon.com...
