Autobot Minicars and Cars on Sale in 1984 
G.I. Joe Battlefield Accessories and Action Figures at Osco 
Shockwave Only $9.99 in 1986! 
Arco’s Ro-Gun and Tomy’s Starriors on Sale in 1984 
Kenner’s Super Powers for Easter in 1985!
April 3, 1985. It was somewhere around this date that I first encountered the Super Powers action figures. Kenner did...
Look! A Castle Grayskull Playset Newspaper Advertisement!
Jump to page 34 in this 1983 newspaper and you'll find an advertisement for the Masters of the Universe Castle...
Jabba & Dragons Newspaper Ads from 1983
Take a look at page 3 in this 1983 newspaper and you'll find a Playland Toy Stores ad which includes...
“Welcome to Strawberry Shortcake World!”
December 16, 1982. I'll never get tired of looking at these fabulous newspaper ads of the eighties, especially when Kenner's...
1983 Games Workshop and Judge Dredd
Games Workshop's series of Judge Dredd games (find at Amazon.com*) of the eighties may be mostly forgotten today, but this...
Strawberry Shortcake and Castle Grayskull in 1982
December 17, 1982. What child of the eighties can resist taking a moment to admire this 1982 ToysRUs newspaper advertisement?...
“Welcome to Basic Training.” Dungeons & Dragons in 1986
This comic book ad for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game (find at Amazon.com*) was burned so deep into my...
Star Wars “The toys of the film” Comic Ad from 1978
The UK's Star Wars Weekly comic book (find at Amazon.com*) actually has fewer ads for Star Wars toys than I...