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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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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 Battlefield Accessories and Action Figures at Osco

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Shockwave Only $9.99 in 1986!

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Kickstarter – The Iron City Chronicles: a cyberpunk anthology feature film

Philip Reed July 23, 2016

There haven't been many successful cyberpunk film projects on Kickstarter, so when I saw the Iron City Chronicles project I...

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1983 Autoduel Champions Advertisement

Philip Reed July 22, 2016

Combining the Car Wars (find at Amazon.com*) and Champions games into one book, the Autoduel Champions book* by Steve Jackson...

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Spotted Online – Diaclone Reboot Dia-Battles V2 Video Review

Philip Reed July 21, 2016

The new Diaclone Reboot toys from Takara (find at Amazon.com*) look a hell of a lot cooler than I was...

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GURPS Autoduel: Car Warriors Ad from 1987

Philip Reed July 20, 2016

Out of the May/June 1987 issue of the Steve Jackson Games Where We're Going newsletter comes this ad for the...

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AT-AT Bad, Penny Racer Good

Philip Reed July 19, 2016

It is Kenner vs. Takara in this 1981 newspaper article where the Associated Press reports on the Americans for Democratic...

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Micronauts and Shogun Warriors

Philip Reed July 19, 2016

Mego's Micronauts and Mattel's Shogun Warriors are only two of the toylines featured in this 1977 newspaper ad that is...

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1977 Newspaper Ad Featuring Mattel’s Pulsar and Ideal’s Electroman

Philip Reed July 19, 2016

The success of Star Wars in 1977, combined with the lack of official action figures that Christmas, led to a...

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Luca Venezia and “She Still Lingers In His Dreams”

Philip Reed July 18, 2016

Bandcamp is a great place to uncover music. At least once each week I find a few new albums to...

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