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Taking a second look at the Robotic Radio

Philip Reed May 7, 2025
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Autobot Minicars and Cars on Sale in 1984

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G.I. Joe Battlefield Accessories and Action Figures at Osco

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Shockwave Only $9.99 in 1986!

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Arco’s Ro-Gun and Tomy’s Starriors on Sale in 1984

Philip Reed May 19, 2019

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  • Cheap Transforming Robot Toys

Taking a second look at the Robotic Radio

Philip Reed May 7, 2025
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  • Transformers

Autobot Minicars and Cars on Sale in 1984

Philip Reed May 20, 2019
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  • G.I. Joe

G.I. Joe Battlefield Accessories and Action Figures at Osco

Philip Reed May 20, 2019
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  • Transformers

Shockwave Only $9.99 in 1986!

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Starriors Robots in 1984

Philip Reed July 22, 2017

We've seen newspaper ads for the Starriors toys before (here, here, and here), so we already know roughly what the...

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Remco ManTech Robot Warriors for $5.99

Philip Reed July 22, 2017

December 2, 1984. 1984 was the year of robots, and even Remco was a part of the wave of robot-related...

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Tomy’s Zoids on Sale in 1982

Philip Reed July 21, 2017

The Zoids toyline (find at Amazon.com*) never has been a big deal in the US, but that hasn't stopped retailers...

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Spawn Power Cardz: “Only from Caliber Game Systems . . . “

Philip Reed July 21, 2017

Now here was a completely unexpected find. This advertisement for the Spawn Power Cardz* collectible card game was the last...

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Milton Bradley’s Operation in 1968

Philip Reed July 21, 2017

December 3, 1968. We just celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the Operation game (Amazon.com search*) a few years ago, meaning...

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1996 Doom Trooper CCG Advertisement

Philip Reed July 21, 2017

Fans of the Mutant Chronicles series* will get a kick out of this ad from an issue of the old...

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Black Major/Red Laser Custom G.I. Joe X Transformers ShockBot and SoundBot Action Figures

Philip Reed July 21, 2017

I was chatting with Matt Doughty (Onell Design) yesterday, going over the nonsense in life and talking projects and toys...

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Spotted Online – Unseen, a Fan BattleTech eBook

Philip Reed July 20, 2017

Fans of the BattleTech game series* will want to check this Facebook post for a download link to Unseen, a...

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