Kickstarter – Action Force Collector’s Guide
How could I say no to a book dedicated to the European Action Force toys? This Action Force Kickstarter project...
Philip Reed
“Cycles of Toy Fashion”
We've seen the toy industry compared to the fashion industry before, and we've even seen anti-war toy sentiment many times,...
“Great Value on Tonka GoBots” in 1985
This 1985 newspaper ad offers up a full page of transforming robot toys with Tonka's GoBots series. Surprisingly, the photo...
FansProject Dai-Z Pre-Orders Open at TFSource
UPDATE: This new design is inspired by Dai Atlas, a Japanese Transformers toy from 1990 (see tfwiki.net) that wasn't a...
Spotted Online – 1977 Count Chocula Star Wars Box
You can see the complete Count Chocula box at Flickr, as well as many other cereal boxes, but first I'd...
1983 Newspaper Ad for Sears Exclusive Jabba’s Dungeon Playset
After last week's catalog post showing the Kenner Jabba's Dungeon playset I stopped and asked the internet a simple question:...
Zoids Coloring Contest in 1984
Regardless of how many times the toymakers try, the Zoids series (find at Amazon.com*) simply doesn't gain traction here in...
