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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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  • Advertisements

“Toy Blowout” in 1984

Philip Reed January 24, 2016

Enlarge Image! It's never great to see a business fail, but in this 1984 newspaper advertisement we see the results...

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  • Transformers

Transformers and Diamond Select Toys in ToyFare Magazine

Philip Reed January 24, 2016

This full-page from ToyFare magazine in 2007 shares a selection of Transformers busts and statues from Diamond Select Toys, and...

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ToyFare Sneak Peek in 1999: Sleepy Hollow

Philip Reed January 24, 2016

After three different ads over the last month (first ad, second ad, third ad) it only felt fitting that I...

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  • Transformers

1990 Transformers Toy Catalog

Philip Reed January 23, 2016

I wrote all about the old toy pack-in catalogs when I put together Each Sold Separately*, but nothing can replace...

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  • Metal Gear Solid

1999 Advertisement for McFarlane’s Metal Gear Solid Action Figures

Philip Reed January 23, 2016

This ad for McFarlane's Metal Gear Solid series (find at Amazon.com*) comes from a 1999 issue of ToyFare magazine and...

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  • DC Universe

Carmine Infantino Talks Batman and Social Responsibility in 1969

Philip Reed January 23, 2016

Enlarge Image! Can you believe the crazy stuff hiding out in the Google newspaper archives? Batman, Robin Split is a...

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  • Masters of the Universe

Dragon Walker and Trundaxx Newspaper Ad from 1984

Philip Reed January 23, 2016

You know how I get. After last week's Dragon Walker ad I kept digging into the Google newspaper archives for...

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  • Star Wars

“‘Jedi’ Press Kit Yields Few Clues”

Philip Reed January 23, 2016

With the movie over three decades old it is easy to forget that Return of the Jedi was once an...

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