1981 Takara Pencil Shops
The risk of buying old toy catalogs is the chance that you'll discover something that is very, very tough to...
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Kenner’s Steve Scout on Sale in 1974
December 22, 1974. I've posted about Kenner's Steve Scout action figure before (search the site), though there is so little...
“We Have Dungeons & Dragons” at Hobby Town in 1977
January 30, 1977. Hobby Town's small, simple advertisement for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game -- as found in the...
Sectaurs Toys on Sale in 1985
We've seen several Sectaurs newspaper ads before (search battlegrip.com), so there's nothing particularly striking or new about this ad block...
“Launched June 5” in 1967
Both Space Toys of the 60's* and Action Figures of the 1960s* have been the best books I've found when...
Ideal’s “Bang Box” at K-Mart in 1970
February 4, 1970. This isn't the first time that we've had a look at Ideal's Bang Box game. I shared...
The Warlock of Firetop Mountain Boardgame 1986 Advertisement
Based on the very first of the Fighting Fantasy solitaire gamebooks (find at Amazon.com*), the Games Workshop boardgame, The Warlock...
1982 Choose Your Own Adventure Newspaper Advertisement
Could there be anything as eighties as this February 15, 1982, newspaper ad for a single book in the then-popular...
