Ideal’s Derry Daring and Evel Knievel and Kenner’s T.T.P. in 1975
How popular were stunt cycles and cars in the seventies? Well, this 1975 newspaper ad goes a long way toward...
Month: February 2017
“Your Official Source for the Next Star Wars Trilogy” in 1997
This 1997 advertisement from Topps' Star Wars Galaxy Magazine (find at Amazon.com*) promises Star Wars fans a lot of incredible...
Kenner’s Bionic Man and Ideal’s Evel Knievel in 1975
This 1975 newspaper ad offers up a fantastic snapshot of the toys of the mid-seventies! In addition to Ideal's Evel...
Buck Rogers XXVc Cover: Luna
Another cover from Jerry Bingham from TSR's Buck Rogers XXVc* roleplaying game, today's cover returns to the blues and blacks...
1978 Ad for Palitoy’s Commander Power (Hasbro’s Super Joe)
I've written about Hasbro's Super Joe line of the seventies before (2013 feature post), and today I'd like to share...
Buck Rogers XXVc Cover: Inner Worlds
Continuing our look at TSR's Buck Rogers XXVc* roleplaying game, this 1991 cover by Jerry Bingham that gives us a...
Superman and the Magic Snake in 1983
The Magic Snake toy/puzzle (find at Amazon.com*) was hot when the Rubik's Cube was a cultural phenomenon in the early...
“Learn To Drive . . . The dangerous way” with Car Wars in 1983
Steve Jackson Games' Car Wars (find at Amazon.com*) makes an appearance in this 1983 advertisement from an issue of White...
