What Made Toys Hot in 1985?
Today's look at a 1985 newspaper focuses on a N.Y. Times article by Lisa Belkin. Taken from the September 6,...
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1982 Star Frontiers Ad
A year ago today I posted an ad for TSR's Star Frontiers roleplaying game (Amazon.com search*) and mentioned how that...
Affiliate Link – Mail-Order Mysteries
Buy at Amazon.com!* Subtitled "Real Stuff from Old Comic Book Ads," Kirk Demarais' 2011 Mail-Order Mysteries* book is for all...
“Behind the Candy Counter” with Bubble Yum
Is it just me, or does it feel like every single comic book back during the eighties carried this classic...
Choose Your Own Adventure Ad from 1985
Not even a full page, this 1985 Choose Your Own Adventure ad comes from the first issue of Marvel's Sectaurs...
Toy Manufacturers and Television Advertising in 1978
If you've read my book about action figure marketing in the eighties -- Each Sold Separately* -- then you already...
1966: “You Can’t Build a Business on Fads.”
More of my searching for "Bernard Loomis" resulted in this November 24, 1966 article from the Bend, Oregon newspaper, The...
Affiliate Link – Toys!: Amazing Stories Behind Some Great Inventions
Buy at Amazon.com!* The revised and expanded edition of Toys!: Amazing Stories Behind Some Great Inventions* was published last year...
