Star Wars

Philip Reed May 4, 2015

Last week Charles Lippincott posted to Facebook an incredible piece of Star Wars artwork by John Berkey. Along with the...

Philip Reed May 2, 2015

Filed August 13, 1979, this action figure patent gives us glorious technical drawings of the Kenner Boba Fett action figure....

Philip Reed April 30, 2015

The entire Force Unleashed series (Amazon.com search*) in 2008 captured a lot of Star Wars fans' attention and dollars. The...

Philip Reed April 30, 2015

November, 1983. What better time of year to dive into toytalk than the holidays, and this article from Kiplinger's Personal...

Philip Reed April 27, 2015

At archive.org I found a two-page ad from Parker Brothers for the "Death Star Battle Sweepstakes," a contest offering over...

Philip Reed April 26, 2015

Here you go, kids! Say hello to this advertisement from the May, 1980 issue of Boys' Life magazine and then...

Philip Reed April 25, 2015

Charles Lippincott continues to scan and share documents from his archives, and this morning I woke to spot an entire...

Philip Reed April 24, 2015

There's an article about toys and the toy industry in the December, 1981 issue of Texas Monthly that really gives...

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