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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

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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

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“Wanted: A $1,000,000 Game”

Philip Reed December 21, 2015

Here's one for everyone who has ever wanted to design their own game, a 1942 Popular Science magazine article that...

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  • Transformers

Spotted Online – Imaginarium Art Soundwave Statue

Philip Reed December 21, 2015

Now I have no clue when this is set for release, but the Soundwave statue shown at tformers.com looks so...

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  • disney

Walt Disney’s 1957 Flowchart Sketch is Fabulous

Philip Reed December 21, 2015

I ran across this sketch in an article at the Economist site, and the longer I stare at the flowchart...

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How Many Lines Did Stephen Platt Draw in this Prophet Spread?

Philip Reed December 21, 2015

If you want single issues of Image's Prophet comic book (Amazon.com search*) from the nineties don't expect to spend much...

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  • Star Wars

I Saw Star Wars: The Force Awakens (And Will See It Again!)

Philip Reed December 20, 2015

Gina and I saw Star Wars: The Force Awakens a few days ago and I'm holding off on any real...

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  • Acid Rain

Spotted Online – Acid Rain Worker Pics

Philip Reed December 20, 2015

We keep seeing more and more releases for the Acid Rain action figure series (find at Amazon.com*), and now a...

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  • Marvel

“Would you rather see an ad about a new game . . . or a new computer . . . or a new movie?”

Philip Reed December 20, 2015

Here's an oddity from Marvel in the eighties: a 1985 comic book ad asking readers to completely a survey about...

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“‘Rook’ Gets Decked Out for 80th Birthday”

Philip Reed December 20, 2015

I was reading The Game Makers* yesterday, and as this is my second time through the book -- I first...

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