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 
Hasbro’s “Transformers: Titans Return” TV Commercial
Hey, this is a bit surprising. The official Transformers YouTube channel has posted what they call "Transformers Generations: Titans Return...
More Steel Monsters from 1986!
Tonka's Steel Monsters toyline (last mentioned here), a post-apocalyptic action figure and vehicle collection that I really should own, may...
“Fantasy miniatures? Grenadier of course.”
Fans of the Dungeons & Dragons game (find at Amazon.com*) who also read battlegrip.com will likely remember that I shared...
Catalog Page for Games Workshop’s “Dark Future” Novels
The ads from the eighties were amazing (see one of the ads here), and it was clear that Games Workshop...
KFC Mugan Vox, Mugan Scope, and Micro Robo on Sale at TFSource
Over the years, I've reviewed four different versions of the KFC Perceptor design, and now three different versions of the...
Bit Figs “Mega Bit Pheyden” Launches Tonight
Check out this Glyos Transmission Web Log post for all of the details, or just make sure you're at the...
“Steel Monsters” in Out of the Garden (and why you can’t trust anyone)
I picked up Out of the Garden: Toys and Children's Culture in the Age of TV Marketing* when I was...
Fantastic Star Warrior Artwork from 1982!
I'm unfamiliar with the Epyx games of the eighties, but the artwork for this Star Warrior video game (see Wikipedia...