1996 AD&D Advertisement: “Come Back to Role-Playing!”
When Magic: The Gathering hit the industry, TSR was already under assault by growing competitors who were starting to eat...
Month: August 2017
“On the battlefield of trading card games, how do you want to be armed?”
Start digging deep enough into the BattleTech trading card game (find at Amazon.com*) and you're sure to start seeking out...
Gauntlet Hand-Held Video Game at ToysRUs in 1989
I don't often post about the hand-held electronic video games of the seventies and eighties for one simple reason: I...
1979 Newspaper Ad for the Milton Bradley Big Trak
December 23, 1979. I know it was just a few days ago that I posted a Big Trak ad, so...
1996 BattleTech CCG Ad: “No Apologies.â€
This 1996 advertisement for the Wizards of the Coast BattleTech trading card game (find at Amazon.com*) may look familiar. You've...
“327 Kills. But who’s counting?”
This full-page advertisement comes from the October 1997 issue of The Duelist magazine (find at Amazon.com*), the Wizards of the...
1980 Star Wars Closeout Specials at K-Mart
Even though I have already published two different 96-page books of Star Wars newspaper ads -- Collect These Figures and...
Galoob Blackstar Action Figures at Lionel Playworld in 1984
Yesterday's Star Wars advertisement also gave us another peek at the Galoob Blackstar action figures, this time with prices at...
