Mekton and Protoculture Addicts in 1990
Billed as the "official Robotech fanzine," Protoculture Addicts was an anime magazine that ran from 1987 through 2005, though the...
Month: November 2017
Star Wars 3-D “Havoc on Hoth” Ad
Blackthorne Publishing's big comic book gimmick in the eighties, as we have seen in a handful of advertisements from 1987,...
Strawberry Shortcake Toys on Sale in 1982
The last page of this 1982 newspaper is displayed sideways in the Google newspaper archives, so I snapped the Strawberry...
Tomy Goof-Around Golf Game
This 1981 Toy Warehouse Outlet newspaper ad gives us a look at another one of the Tomy wind-up games (already...
“In 3055, some of the best warriors come with a price.”
This 1992 advertisement for the BattleTech Mercenary Handbook has always struck me as a bit off when it comes to...
“The BattleTech Mini-Series!”
This full-page advertisement for BattleForce -- from the back cover of Blackthorne Publishing's BattleTech #1 comic book -- shows just...
“…Their Very Own 8-Issue, 3-D Comic Book Series!”
Following the Transformers in 3-D ad we saw last month comes this full-page advertises that makes a promise that would...
Tomy Portable Games on Sale in 1981
December 7, 1981. Here's another look at Tomy's wind-up games of the eighties, with the image showing Strolling Bowling. Man,...
