1984: Toymakers and “Pre-Packaged Fantasy”
This (brief) AP article from 1984, taken from the December 4 Saturday Morning Deseret News, offers up more evidence of...
Transformers
Stylized Soundwave Up for Pre-Order
Visit welovefine.com to pre-order the Transformers Soundwave that was an Emerald City Comic Con exclusive last month. Designed by Wade...
Transforming Toy-Giving in 1985
Here's a fantastic newspaper article from Melbourne, Australia's The Age in which grumpy grandfather and columnist Keith Dunstan tries to...
Third Party Transformers at Wonko’s in Austin
Yesterday I put together a display of third party Transformers toys at Wonko's Toys and Games in Austin. The display...
“Rugged Robots” in 1985
From the November 17, 1985 issue of the Lawrence Journal-World comes this full-page advertisement for Transformers, GoBots, Ro-Bots, Moto-Bots, Powertrons,...
Takara’s “Transformers Unite Warriors” Stunticons Set at BBTS
Okay, leave it to Takara to do the right thing and release a giftset of Transformers toys that puts all...
“Toys that convert into robots, like Transformers and GoBots, are the hit toys this Christmas for boys ages 5 to 12.”
December 11, 1984. Fredericksburg, Virgina newspaper The Free Lance-Star opens with a scene that drives home the fact that toy...
Win a Transformers Sticker Book, Children of 1988!
Hey! Did you know that the Google Newspaper Archives also included newspapers from outside of the US? That's fantastic! Way...
