Strawberry Shortcake and Castle Grayskull in 1982
December 17, 1982. What child of the eighties can resist taking a moment to admire this 1982 ToysRUs newspaper advertisement?...
Month: April 2017
“Welcome to Basic Training.” Dungeons & Dragons in 1986
This comic book ad for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game (find at Amazon.com*) was burned so deep into my...
Star Wars “The toys of the film” Comic Ad from 1978
The UK's Star Wars Weekly comic book (find at Amazon.com*) actually has fewer ads for Star Wars toys than I...
Star Wars: Rogue One “Designing the U-Wing” Video
Hasbro created their own "designing the U-Wing" video last year (shared here) and today we see the official Lucasfilm video...
“Militant Mothers Are Protesting War Toys” in 1966
GI Joe: The Complete Story of America's Favorite Man of Action* touched on the problems that Hasbro encountered with G.I....
1977 Star Rovers Miniatures Advertisement
We've seen the Star Rovers roleplaying game and miniatures before (here, here, and here). Bootleg Star Wars game minis from...
1985 J.C. Penny Toyland Sale
December 19, 1985. Any newspaper advertisement that includes both M.A.S.K. and Masters of the Universe deserves to be captured and...
“The Rebel Alliance is increasing in Force. What’s your next move?”
Decipher's Star Wars CCG from the nineties (find at Amazon.com*) makes another appearance here at battlegrip.com in the form of...
