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 
“This is Gamma World” in 1978
This 1978 advertisement for TSR's Gamma World roleplaying game (Amazon.com search*) comes from Dragon magazine and features the earliest edition...
Tyco BattleTech Toys on Sale in 1995
November 23, 1995. This ad block for the Tyco BattleTech toys comes from a Walmart advertisement found in the McComb,...
Manglor Mountain for $8.99
Ideal's Manglors (see Wikipedia) is one of those obscure, failed toylines that some out there vaguely remember from the early...
Tomy’s Starriors on Clearance in 1986
January 11, 1986. The Sioux Falls, SD, Argus-Leader newspaper gives us what is most likely one of the last newspaper...
1988 BattleTech Manual: The Rules of Warfare
The 1988 BattleTech Manual* was one of my first BattleTech books after spending over a year with the various boxed...
Ideal’s Jaws Game On Sale in 1977
Toymakers confuse me at times. Kenner's Alien giant figure and boardgame back in the seventies. A string of R-rated movies...
BattleTech “The Clans Are Here!” in 1990
This two-sided flyer comes from the 1990 BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk’s Revenge computer game and shows how Fasa took advantage...