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 
2007 Boys’ Life Ad for Star Wars Transformers
Hasbro's Star Wars/Transformers toyline (Amazon.com search*) launched in 2006, making this ad from the March, 2007 issue of Boys' Life...
Cyberpunk Roleplaying Game “Near Orbit” in 1989
A few days ago I posted an ad from 1989 for one of the Cyberpunk roleplaying game sourcebooks. That classic...
Portable Arcade Games in 1983
Back when I was a kid we didn't carry our arcade games on our phones. Back in the early eighties...
Read William Gibson’s “Johnny Mnemonic” in Its Original Release
My first exposure to William Gibson's Johnny Mnemonic short story was in the Burning Chrome* collection. That book of short...
Rory’s Story Cubes and Batman
When I was in Europe earlier this year one of the things I grabbed at Toy Fair was the promotional...
1983 Ad for Intellivision Dungeons & Dragons “Treasure of Tarmin” Video Game
The representative screen for the Mattel Treasure of Tarmin video game (Wikipedia page) may not look all that great, but...
M.A.S.K. Thunder Hawk and Gator with Megatron!
This February 25, 1986 newspaper ad shares both Hasbro's Transformers Megatron and Kenner's M.A.S.K. Thunder Hawk and Gator toys with...
Dallas: The Television Role-Playing Game
You cannot make up this sort of thing. Published way back in the early eighties, the Dallas RPG* was one...