Win a ToysRUs Shopping Spree with Marvel Comics in 1980
It's unfortunate that Marvel's Rom: Spaceknight comics (find at Amazon.com*) have been locked away for decades. Legal issues have kept...
Philip Reed
“Mattel’s Man in Space” in 1967
Okay, so maybe books like Space Toys of the 60's* and Action Figures of the 1960s* shouldn't exist or should...
More New Mexico Antique Shop Pics
I've added more to the Flickr album of antique shop pics so you can see what sort of oddness I...
Mattel’s Matt Mason Toys in LIFE Magazine in 1969
The problem with books like Space Toys of the 60's* and Action Figures of the 1960s* is that it's too...
“Tales of the Spinjas” in 1989
This is a fun advertisement from a 1989 G.I. Joe comic book. Spinjas were Parker Brothers' battling tops game of...
1976 Sale on Kenner’s Bionic Man and Bionic Woman Action Figures
What I need to do is chase down some sales rankings from the seventies, because as awesome as newspaper ads...
1986 Masters of the Universe Gift Sets Newspaper Advertisement
December 4, 1986. Who out there wouldn't love to get their hands on these Masters of the Universe gift sets...
Marvel’s 1983 Crystar Coloring Book
Marvel's Crystar series (see Wikipedia) is one of those action figure lines I often forget existed. I was never a...
