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 
“So You Want To Invent A Game”
The 2003 book The Game Makers: The Story of Parker Brothers, from Tiddledy Winks to Trivial Pursuit* is a fun...
In Indianapolis for Gen Con and Meetings
Just a word of warning that battlegrip.com site updates will be less frequent over the next week. I'm currently in...
“The High Price Of Comic Fantasy”
I hate to be the one to point this out, but complaining about comics costing $0.40 back in 1979 looks...
November 1978 Starbird Newspaper Advertisement
A few days ago I shared a newspaper ad for Milton Bradley's Starbird toy. The best part about the Google...
1987 Robocop Review in Orange Coast Magazine
We've looked at three older reviews of the original Robocop movie (Amazon.com search*) over the past week, and now it's...
Spotted Online – Popular Mechanics and the Star Wars RPG
Fantasy Flight Games' series of Star Wars roleplaying games (Amazon.com search*) is the focus of a new popularmechanics.com post, helping...
1978 Mattel Values Featuring Shogun Warriors and Godzilla
This October 1978 issue of The Evening News newspaper includes a full page toy advertisement of Mattel "values," several different...
Tyco vs Lego: “More or Less”
Yesterday's Tyco vs Lego advertisement wasn't the only time in the eighties that Tyco tried to make the discussion about...