1983 Newspaper Ad for Sears Exclusive G.I. Joe Missile Command Headquarters
It's time to zoom in on the 1983 Sears newspaper ad that I shared last year and capture a slightly...
Year: 2017
1985 Bandai America Ad from Boys’ Life Magazine
Bandai's Godaikin finds its way into Boys' Life magazine, but not the Transformers or G.I. Joe toylines? What's that about,...
Star Wars Figures 2 for $5
December 8, 1982. I know that the Star Wars newspaper ads from the seventies and eighties can't be an infinite...
Barbie Loves McDonald’s in 1984
While not quite as awesome as that 1974 Playskool McDonald's playset, this newspaper ad for the Barbie Loves McDonald's playset...
Convertible Robot Pistol = Shockwave?
I don't think the cheap transforming robot toy shown in this 1984 newspaper is the Radio Shack Galactic Man toy...
G.I. Joe MMS, HAL, and FLAK in 1982
We've seen all of these 1982 G.I. Joe toys in newspaper ads before, so there's no surprises here, right? Well,...
1984 G.I. Joe H.I.S.S. and Coleco ARPV Advertisement
The Point Dread newspaper ad I shared over the weekend also included G.I. Joe toys, and since I am currently...
“In the year 2034, the right of way will go to the biggest guns . . . “
As I was recently exploring 1980s issues of White Dwarf magazine*, this advertisement for Car Wars from 1985 landed in...
