“Tiny toys twist, turn, fold, bend; robots form from other objects”
This newspaper article from October 19, 1984 helps illustrate just how popular transforming robot toys were back in the mid-eighties....
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1986 Galvatron and Ultra Magnus Advertisement
Just how many newspaper ads for Ultra Magnus are hiding in those Google newspaper archives? This ad was likely far...
Super Toy Sale Featuring GoBots and Transformers in 1986
This Menard's newspaper ad from September 28 in 1986 is just what we need on this Sunday morning. Check it...
Pow-R-Trons and Constructicons
December 4, 1985. Here's an awesome Target sales flyer from the Milwaukee Sentinel newspaper where we find Ertl's Pow-R-Trons and...
1986 Transformers Predacons and Ultra Magnus Newspaper Ad
We've seen old newspaper ads for Ultra Magnus before (here, here, and here), but what we've not uncovered are ads...
1984 Optimus Prime Patent
I sometimes forget that there's the awesome Google patent archives, but then I remember them and lose time so maybe...
“30% off all Voltron, Transformers, Mask and Wheeled Warriors.”
This December 13, 1985, JC Penny newspaper ad should grab your attention once you see all of the fantastic eighties...
The Loyal Subjects: G.I. Joe and Transformers at New York Toy Fair
If you've already been collecting toys from The Loyal Subjects (find at Amazon.com*) then you've likely been keeping an eye...
