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Taking a second look at the Robotic Radio

Philip Reed May 7, 2025
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Autobot Minicars and Cars on Sale in 1984

Philip Reed May 20, 2019
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  • G.I. Joe

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

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  • Transformers

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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  • Cheap Transforming Robot Toys

Taking a second look at the Robotic Radio

Philip Reed May 7, 2025
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  • Transformers

Autobot Minicars and Cars on Sale in 1984

Philip Reed May 20, 2019
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  • G.I. Joe

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

Philip Reed May 20, 2019
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  • Transformers

Shockwave Only $9.99 in 1986!

Philip Reed May 19, 2019
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  • Cheap Transforming Robot Toys

Arco’s Ro-Gun and Tomy’s Starriors on Sale in 1984

Philip Reed May 19, 2019
battletech
  • BattleTech

BattleTech: Battlemaster 1987 Blueprint

Philip Reed October 27, 2017

Presented as a two-page spread in the first issue of Blackthorne's BattleForce and BattleTech comics in 1987, this blueprint for...

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fantasygames
  • Dungeons & Dragons
  • Roleplaying Games

“Fantasy games capture imagination” in 1980

Philip Reed October 27, 2017

July 20, 1980. This 1980 newspaper article by Terry Kirkpatrick comes at the early edge of the Dungeons & Dragons...

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robotech
  • Robotech
  • Roleplaying Games

“Dateline: Robotech” in 1986

Philip Reed October 27, 2017

Here we see a few different battlegrip.com subjects align in a strange sort of way. This two-page spread from Gateways...

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gijoe
  • G.I. Joe

2006 G.I. Joe Hasbrotoyshop.com Advertisement

Philip Reed October 26, 2017

Hasbro's "Direct to Consumer" G.I. Joe line (Amazon.com search*) was one attempt a decade ago to keep the G.I. Joe...

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bionicman
  • Six Million Dollar Man

Kenner Six Million Dollar Man with Bionic Grip on Sale in 1977

Philip Reed October 26, 2017

November 27, 1977. This newspaper ad for a handful of Kenner's Six Million Dollar Man action figures follows a K-Mart...

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mekton
  • Advertisements
  • Roleplaying Games

Mekton Starstriker?

Philip Reed October 26, 2017

I've mentioned the Mekton Roadstriker supplement a few times before (ad, cover art), but I'd not heard of "Starstriker" until...

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coke
  • Coca-Cola

“Please return empty Coca-Cola bottles to your dealer.”

Philip Reed October 26, 2017

This 1944 Coca-Cola newspaper ad points at one of the company's biggest requirements of the war years: Recycling bottles so...

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battletech
  • BattleTech

1990 BattleTech Mail Order Form

Philip Reed October 26, 2017

This single-page mail order form was found inside a copy of BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Revenge, the 1990 BattleTech computer...

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