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 
The Montreal Gazette and The Empire Strikes Back in 1986
While searching for something completely unrelated I stumbled across this ad from 1986 for Empire on television. Everyone remembers how...
Affiliate Link – Toys and American Culture: An Encyclopedia
Buy at Amazon.com!* I recently ran across Toys and American Culture: An Encyclopedia* and immediately added the book to my...
Spotted Online – Transformers Official and Unofficial Toys in Animated Short
I love the creativity we can find online. Here's "Masterpiece Reanimated," a recreation of a classic Transformers cartoon sequence using...
“The toy business is not all fun and games.”
December, 1976. From the pages of Cincinnati Magazine we get this wonderful article that discusses Kenner as a business. Toys...
1988 Mattel and He-Man Telecommunications Ad
Now this is some strange timing for a Mattel ad featuring Masters of the Universe artwork. As I discussed in...
1988 Newspaper Ad Features Half-Price Ultra Magnus
Reading, Pennsylvania's October 24, 1988 Reading Eagle newspaper will make you cry. If you had been in Reading at the...
Spotted Online – Remco Sgt. Rock Playsets at Mego Museum and ActionFigures.ca
You do remember yesterday's post sharing an old Sgt. Rock playsets ad, right? Well, I've never been one to really...