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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

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  • G.I. Joe

G.I. Joe Battlefield Accessories and Action Figures at Osco

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  • G.I. Joe

G.I. Joe and Harley-Davidson Ad in 1999

Philip Reed September 12, 2015

From American Motorcyclist magazine in 1999 comes this ad for Hasbro's G.I. Joe/Harley-Davidson crossover line (Amazon.com search*). Fantastic idea, both...

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Most Dangerous Toys of 1978

Philip Reed September 12, 2015

Earlier this year I shared a 1984 newspaper article in which Edward Swartz, author of Toys That Kill*, shared his...

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  • Star Wars

Unofficial Escort Frigate Miniature for X-Wing Miniatures Game

Philip Reed September 12, 2015

I'm not completely clear on how this exists, but fans of Fantasy Flight Games' X-Wing miniatures game (Amazon.com search*) who...

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  • Star Wars

Affiliate Link – Star Wars Risk

Philip Reed September 12, 2015

This looks incredible! Hasbro's new Star Wars Risk* boardgame has a TIE-shaped gameboard which automatically makes it the best version...

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  • Star Wars

Star Wars: The Force Awakens Action Figures and Vehicles at TRU

Philip Reed September 11, 2015

Hasbro's new Star Wars: The Force Awakens action figures and vehicles (Amazon.com search*) aren't quite as tough to find as...

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1997 Newspaper Ad for Funtastic Cards

Philip Reed September 11, 2015

After yesterday's peek at the BattleTech trading card game (Amazon.com search*) from the nineties I went into the Google newspaper...

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Lunchboxes a “Statement of taste”

Philip Reed September 11, 2015

If you found Lunchbox, Inside and Out* (reading post here) an enjoyable read then I think this 1988 newspaper article...

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  • BattleTech

1996 BattleTech Trading Card Game “First Game Guide”

Philip Reed September 11, 2015

This double-sided sheet came from the original release of the BattleTech trading card game (Amazon.com search*) and is intended to...

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