“Come to the Jedi Adventure Center” in 1983
One thing I learned while working on my latest book is that there are more Star Wars newspaper advertisements than...
Year: 2016
1985 “Win a Transformer from Pepsi-Cola” Newspaper Ad
Maybe Hasbro and Pepsi will let me enter this 1985 contest if I can find a local store that's willing...
Spotted Online – How I Became a Comics Fan, Thanks to Carmine Infantino’s Darth Vader
If you're a fan of classic comic book artwork then you've gotta already own copies of The Amazing World of...
1985 Circus World Ad Packed with G.I. Joe Fun!
As I said earlier this week, a lot of the truly great stuff in the Google newspaper archives isn't indexed...
Imperial Troop Transport in Star Wars UK Weekly (1979)
A recent From 4-LOM to Zuckuss post celebrates the Kenner Imperial Troop Transport toy. One of Kenner's earliest attempts at...
Jetfire Door Buster at Boscov’s in 1985
December 15, 1985. $17 off Jetfire in time for Christmas? That's a fantastic deal and I'll happily take seven or...
Spotted Online – Landard’s “Sky Raptor” at Joe A Day
Lanard's The Corps action figures and vehicles (find at Amazon.com*) were once plentiful at Walmart, but it seems that even...
