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 
“Air Cover. Ground Cover. No One Covers Heroes Like G.I. Joe”
Back in the late nineties and early two-thousands, Hasbro devoted marketing muscle to promoting their 12-inch scale G.I. Joe action...
YT-2000 Model on Shapeways
"Because it was produced in a more turbulent era, the YT-2000 boasted heavier standard shields and weapons than most civilian...
Todd McFarlane in Toys and American Culture: An Encyclopedia
It looks like I need to add the $100 Toys and American Culture: An Encyclopedia* book to my shopping list....
DC’s “Masters of the Universe” Comics in The Art of George Tuska
Comic artist George Tuska (Wikipedia entry) was one of those classic artists of the forties fifties who went on to...
2007 Ad for the Ralph Mcquarrie Concept Chewbacca Action Figure
Hasbro's series of action figures based on Star Wars concept artwork (find at Amazon.com*) was a genius move. By grabbing...
“‘Star Wars’ writer stabs best friend 35 times when he learns of script hoax”
Here's a horrible, twisted story from 1984 that really makes you stop and question the cruelty of children. From the...
Voyager Toys Ad for Spawn Nitro Riders in 2000
I don't care what the world says, I'm still of the opinion that the McFarlane Toys Spawn Nitro Riders series...
1982 Ad for Coleco’s Tabletop Arcade Games
Back in the eighties we took our arcade games seriously, dumping quarter after quarter into machines and generating millions of...