1986 Newspaper Advertisement – Vernell’s Gummy Transformers
January 26, 1986. A Roboplastic Apocalypse Facebook post last week led me to search newspapers for "Gummy Transformers." What an...
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1984 Newspaper Advertisement – Transformers Shockwave
November 1, 1984. This early ad for the Shockwave toy, still one of the greatest Transformers toy designs ever made,...
“Who’s the fastest Autobot of them all?”
August 25, 1985. The Des Moines Register of Des Moines, Iowa, brings us this great look at the Transformers Jetfire...
Transformers Toys at the Hong Kong Airport
And I'm back. Sorry about the lack of updates recently, but a business trip to Hong Kong and China erased...
G.I. Joe Vehicles, M.A.S.K. Firecracker, and Transformers Metroplex 1986 Newspaper Ad
December 17, 1986. This Des Moines Register block of advertising brings three of my favorite toylines of the eighties into...
“Year of the Giant Robot” in Fantastic Films, June 1985
I picked up a copy of the June 1985 issue of Fantastic Films and was surprised to find this short...
“One Day Only!” Sale on Decepticon Cassettes in 1985
October 20, 1985. An unusual ad block for sure, this Otasco advertisement from The Marshall News Messenger of Marshall, Texas,...
