“‘Star Wars’ toys deal signed” in 1997
Less than one year after this newspaper article ran Galoob was bought by Hasbro, bringing the Star Wars Micro Machines...
Month: December 2015
1976 Newspaper Ad for Gabriel’s Lone Ranger Action Figures
Between G.I. Joe and Other Backyard Heroes* and the mention of the toys in Selling the Silver Bullet* (which I...
Spotted Online – Movie Realization Boba Fett at The Fwoosh
Bandai's Movie Realization Star Wars action figure series (find at Amazon.com*) is something I am trying to forget exists. Their...
“Your Toughest Opponent Shouldn’t be the Rulebook.”
Back in the summer of 1989, around loving the hell out of Tim Burton's Batman and West End Games' Star...
“Games — They’ve Been Holiday Tradition for Over 100 Years”
I posted a newspaper article about Parker Brothers a few days ago (posted here) after spending time reading The Game...
Unofficial Star Wars X-Wing Ships No Longer Available
It's not that I'm surprised that these are gone. No, what surprises me most is that it took so long...
“Build this Star Wars squadron.”
I know that we can buy Star Wars model kits these days (find at Amazon.com*), but what we can't find...
“Wanted: A $1,000,000 Game”
Here's one for everyone who has ever wanted to design their own game, a 1942 Popular Science magazine article that...
