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Taking a second look at the Robotic Radio

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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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  • 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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  • Star Wars

Spotted Online – Review of the Space Rocks Destroyed Blockade Runner For Star Wars X-Wing

Philip Reed December 30, 2015

As I posted last week, the Space Rocks unofficial ships for the X-Wing miniatures game (Amazon.com search*) are no longer...

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  • Shogun Warriors

Shogun Warriors Model Kit Ad in Galactic Wars Comix

Philip Reed December 30, 2015

Warren capitalized on the success of Star Wars in 1978 by producing Galactic Wars Comix. The book featured sci-fi comic...

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  • Star Wars

Spotted Online – Famous Monsters Star Wars Spectacular from 1977

Philip Reed December 30, 2015

Star Wars and magazine special issues are a tradition that goes all of the way back to the film's original...

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Seven Years of Random Nonsense at BattleGrip

Philip Reed December 29, 2015

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“List of ‘warped’ toys gets more gruesome” in 1999

Philip Reed December 29, 2015

Great work in 1999, McFarlane Toys! According to this 1999 newspaper article the Curse of Spawn Hatchett action figure topped...

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  • Spawn

’97 is the summer of Spawn.

Philip Reed December 29, 2015

There for a few years in the nineties it looked like McFarlane's Spawn was going to be a major hit....

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  • G.I. Joe

G.I. Joe P.A.C./R.A.T.S., Vamp II, and Flashlight 1985 Newspaper Advertisement

Philip Reed December 29, 2015

In Matt Forbeck's short story in G.I. Joe: Tales From The Cobra Wars* (review here) we almost get a modern...

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X-Wing Miniatures Game Y-Wing Video Review

Philip Reed December 28, 2015

I experimented with video work again, putting together a short review of the Y-Wing miniature for Fantasy Flight Games' X-Wing...

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