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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
gijoe
  • G.I. Joe

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

Philip Reed May 20, 2019
shockwave
  • Transformers

Shockwave Only $9.99 in 1986!

Philip Reed May 19, 2019
starriors
  • Cheap Transforming Robot Toys

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

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Autobot Minicars and Cars on Sale in 1984

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roboticradio
  • Cheap Transforming Robot Toys

Taking a second look at the Robotic Radio

Philip Reed May 7, 2025
transformers
  • Transformers

Autobot Minicars and Cars on Sale in 1984

Philip Reed May 20, 2019
gijoe
  • G.I. Joe

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

Philip Reed May 20, 2019
shockwave
  • Transformers

Shockwave Only $9.99 in 1986!

Philip Reed May 19, 2019
starriors
  • Cheap Transforming Robot Toys

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

Philip Reed May 19, 2019
transformers
  • Transformers

Transformers Shockwave and Megatron

Philip Reed April 2, 2017

I'm looking for G.I. Joe ads these days, but for some reason the eighties keep handing me newspaper ads like...

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buckrogers
  • Buck Rogers
  • Roleplaying Games

Buck Rogers XXVc Cover: Characters & Combat

Philip Reed April 2, 2017

I shared interior art samples from the Buck Rogers XXVc* roleplaying game's Characters & Combat book a few days ago...

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turtles
  • Star Trek
  • TMNT

“Look Who’s Just Beamed Up From The Sewer.”

Philip Reed April 1, 2017

We find this full-page advertisement for the Star Trek/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cross-over from a 1994 issue of Starlog magazine...

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masters
  • Masters of the Universe

“Zap! Bonk! Wham! Boy creates new toy” in 1985

Philip Reed April 1, 2017

I shared a version of this article last year. Telling the tale of how Fearless Photog won a Masters of...

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transformers
  • Transformers

Transformers from $2.23 to $28.41 in 1985

Philip Reed April 1, 2017

This 1985 newspaper advertisement is for every Transformers fan in the audience who just cannot get enough of seeing the...

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ironman
  • Marvel

“Iron Man in The Hungry Battleaxe”

Philip Reed April 1, 2017

Hostess Fruit Pies and comic advertising in the seventies will live on forever! Well, at least as long as we...

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  • Star Wars

Kenner Star Wars Action Figure Carrying Case and Original Figures

Philip Reed March 31, 2017

Because I haven't really shown the toys in the case. The Blue Snaggletooth isn't as tight and shiny as the...

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buckrogers
  • Buck Rogers
  • Roleplaying Games

Buck Rogers XXVc Interior Art Samples

Philip Reed March 31, 2017

I've posted several different covers for the Buck Rogers XXVc* roleplaying game over the last few months (battlegrip.com search), but...

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