Kenner’s Steve Scout Action Figure in Scouting Magazine
In 1974, Kenner launched the Steve Scout action figure line, a small collection of officially licensed scouting toys. Unfortunately, the...
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Free T-Shirt Offer from Monogram in 1984
Buy a model and get a free t-shirt? Awesome! Toymakers had the best ads back in the eighties, and this...
1987 Watchimals Newspaper Ad
Hasbro's Watchimals toys (see Wikipedia) were working watches that had one weird gimmick: these were stuffed animal wristwatches that were...
1982 E.T. Atari Game at K-Mart
Okay, I may have just won Christmas. Poking through the Google newspaper archives I ran across this K-Mart ad for...
“Big As They Come!” 1981 Monogram Advertisement
I posted a 1981 Monogram ad last week, and now we get a look at a different ad from the...
Nintendo Games on Sale at TRU in 1988
A 1988 ToysRUs newspaper ad should be all that you need today to get all excited and want to rush...
1986 Newtons Fruit Chewy Mix-Up!
What makes this ad from issue #2 of the Animax comic most important to me is the fact that the...
AT-AT vs Mecha in 1985 “Warbots & Death Machines” Advertisement
Not to be confused with the never-published Warbots roleplaying game (1985 ad posted here), this illustration from the Warbots &...
