Star Wars

Philip Reed August 29, 2015

These ads are from the Spokesman-Review in 1986, which makes the Star Wars: Power of the Force action figures shown...

Philip Reed August 29, 2015

Over the last few days I've shared two different cash rebate offers from 1981 in an attempt to prove that...

Philip Reed August 28, 2015

You know a great way to make Star Wars action figure fans squirm and cry? Show them an old advertisement...

Philip Reed August 28, 2015

July 21, 1982. Children getting their hands on the Spokesman-Review newspaper of the day encounter this Fred Meyer advertisement for...

Philip Reed August 28, 2015

When I said yesterday that Star Wars toys were better when I was a kid I wasn't joking. The toys...

Philip Reed August 27, 2015

Okay, someone's going to have to explain this 1984 newspaper ad to me because putting Transformers in quotes makes me...

Philip Reed August 27, 2015

Enlarge Image! Star Wars was better when I was a kid. You need proof? Well, when I was a kid...

Philip Reed August 26, 2015

There are a few hidden gems in this 1978 Associated Press article from the May 29, 1978, issue of the...

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