“Kids, Meet Captain Hot Wheels” in 1983
June 2, 1983. The Toledo Blade newspaper announces to children of Toledo that 'Captain Hot Wheels' will be at Hobby...
Year: 2015
1983 G.I. Joe Glider Toy Commercial
The best part of Hasbro's G.I. Joe toy commercials during the eighties had to be the animation. Most of the...
“Robot Drives Toy Tractor Away From Obstructions”
An issue of Popular Mechanics from 1956 offers us this look at the Marvelous Mike toy robot and tractor, a...
Savage Mondo Blitzers and Name Controversy in 1992
I stumbled across this 1992 newspaper article while exploring the online Google archives, and I immediately realized I didn't know...
NECA and Hastings Deal Starting to Gel
Last year, the owner of NECA (Amazon.com search*) purchased the chain of Hastings stores. (See this ICV2 post.) My very...
Adventure People and Their TV Action Team, Comes Complete as Shown
There are no amazing books devoted to the Fisher-Price Adventure People. Not a one that I've been able to find....
Marvel’s X-Men Are Hotter than Ever!
Just how important was the Fox Kids X-Men cartoon (Amazon.com search*) to Marvel's success today? I've no idea, but I'm...
Milton Bradley’s “Starbird” Toy in 1978
We've glanced at the Starbird before (commercial posted here), and while running a Google archives search I encountered this 1978...
