1984 Playland Pre-Christmas Sale
This 1984 Playland newspaper ad doesn't offer up any one toyline from my list of "gotta always capture these," but...
Month: August 2017
A Galaxy of Action Figure Savings on Twitter
It's a second tweet showing my newest book in the hands of a project supporter! What makes this particular response...
Arco GoBots Hot Chamber Rifle
Not the Ro-Gun we've seen a few times before (most recently here), but a different transforming rifle known as the...
A Galaxy of Action Figure Savings Reaching Supporters!
The best part of mailing out a new book is when project supporters start receiving their copies. The first pics...
Kickstarter – G.I. Joe Newspaper Ads Book Closes on Friday
I've shipped out copies of my new Star Wars book, A Galaxy of Action Figure Savings, and the supporters of...
“They may be small but they can grow into an army.”
Hasbro certainly had no problems using a popular series to promote a new line, as we see in this Battle...
Galoob Blackstar Action Figures at Walmart in 1983
Galoob's Blackstar action figures aren't a common line to uncover in the Google newspaper archives, so when I ran across...
Masters of the Universe Stridor, Snake Mountain, Dragon Walker, and Action Figures
The Power Lords and Starriors ad we saw this past weekend also included a block for Mattel's Masters of the...
