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 
1997 Newspaper Article on Star Wars Action Figures Mentions “Shadows of the Empire”
A 1997 Fort Worth Star-Telegram newspaper article doesn't have the friendliest of words for Kenner's action figures or the Shadows...
G.I. Joe: Stan Weston vs Hasbro
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (Marvel Comics) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) If you've read GI Joe: The Complete Story of...
Spotted Online – TFWiki.net Facebook Post About “Lazy” Hasbro
This Facebook post has led to an entertaining discussion about Transformers: Combiner Wars (Amazon.com search*) toys and the Hasbro approach...
Star Wars Action Figure Sales Rankings in the Nineties
The April, 1998 issue of Playthings magazine (just one of many issues I looked at while in New York earlier...
BattleTech Coming to Kickstarter This Fall
battletechgame.com announces the return of BattleTech (Amazon.com search*) to computers with an upcoming Kickstarter campaign that's, as they describe it,...
Matchbox Collectors Club Ad from 1967
Boys' Life magazine ad from 1967 tells kids about the Matchbox Collectors Club, a great little package of Matchbox goodies...
“Toymakers are ready months ahead of Santa”
This 1980 Associated Press newspaper article by Louise Cook is one of those usual Toy Fair time of year fluff...
1983 “Videogaming” Magazine Cover Featuring Spider-Man and Tron
It's almost as if this 1983 Videogaming Illustrated magazine was trying to predict the future! Disney's Tron and Marvel's Spider-Man...