Year: 2015

Philip Reed May 13, 2015

Books about the "Clans" in the BattleTech universe (Amazon.com search*) aren't at all uncommon or unusual . . . today....

Philip Reed May 13, 2015

This 1983 advertisement for Mattel's Kool-Aid Man video game demonstrates just how insane the video game market was before the...

Philip Reed May 13, 2015

Damn, this Gamma World (Amazon.com search*) ad from Ares magazine in 1983 makes me really want to chase down those...

Philip Reed May 13, 2015

The Google archives go way, way back. This Billboard article comes from May 8, 1948 and shows us just what...

Philip Reed May 12, 2015

I reviewed the vinyl Sharkticon Megatron toy last year (review posted here), and even today I'm happy to recommend that...

Philip Reed May 12, 2015

Comic ads in the seventies specifically targeted kids, showing off things that any little boy (because, to be honest, the...

Philip Reed May 12, 2015

I've talked before about how incredibly successful Kenner was with their Star Wars action figures. Sansweet's fun From Concept to...

Philip Reed May 12, 2015

Hiding inside the July 1, 1950 issue of Billboard is a small advertisement for Topps' Bozo Ball Gum. Bozo Ball...

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