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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

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Philip Reed May 7, 2025
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  • Transformers

Autobot Minicars and Cars on Sale in 1984

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  • G.I. Joe

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

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  • Transformers

Shockwave Only $9.99 in 1986!

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  • Dungeons & Dragons

TSR and Paperbacks in 1984

Philip Reed June 27, 2016

This 1984 newspaper article by Mark Sabljak reports on TSR's move into book publishing in the eighties. Touching on the...

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  • Strawberry Shortcake

1980 Kenner Trade Catalog and the Strawberry Shortcake Carrying Case

Philip Reed June 25, 2016

Out of the 1980 Kenner trade catalog -- most likely distributed at Toy Fair that year -- comes this full-page...

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Little Golden Books, Puzzles, and Activity Books at K-Mart in 1985

Philip Reed June 25, 2016

Check out those Masters of the Universe Golden Books (find at Amazon.com*) on sale in 1985! This 1985 K-Mart newspaper...

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Interviewed at Toy Tales

Philip Reed June 24, 2016

Todd Coopee, author of the fabulous Light Bulb Baking: A History of the Easy-Bake Oven*, interviewed me for his website...

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  • Star Wars

Kenner Star Wars: First 21 in One Buy!

Philip Reed June 24, 2016

When I visited Rogue Toys yesterday (pics posted at Flickr) the one big buy was a classic Star Wars carrying...

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Visiting Rogue Toys in Vegas

Philip Reed June 24, 2016

I made it back to Rogue Toys and snapped pics in the store. Lots of awesome stuff, but what I...

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1973 Westworld Movie Review

Philip Reed June 24, 2016

Earlier this week I posted about HBO's Westworld series, and today I thought it would be fun to go all...

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1987 AADA Road Atlas & Survival Guide Advertisement for Car Wars and GURPS Autoduel

Philip Reed June 22, 2016

More classic fun from the Car Wars game (find at Amazon.com*), this full-page ad comes from 1987 and issue two...

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