“Kenner is one of the biggest names in toys.”
I've still never acted on the idea of a book dedicated to Kenner's action figure lines of the seventies, eighties,...
1978
1978 Force Beam Ad from Star Wars Weekly
We looked at one ad for this toy last month, and now it's time to return to 1978 and the...
The Amazing Energized Spider-Man from Remco
We've seen Remco's Energized Spider-Man toy before (newspaper ad, antique discovery), but it's this 1978 comic ad for the toy...
Force Beam Offer from Star Wars Weekly in 1978
The UK Star Wars Weekly comic books (find at Amazon.com*) mostly reprinted the US Star Wars comics in black and...
Wonder Bread and Close Encounters of the Third Kind Trading Cards
Okay, I've gotta say that this is one odd movie promotion. Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a fun...
Star Wars Action Figures, Rings, and More at Heroes World in 1978
This Heroes World advertisement from 1978 is one more example of the incredible ad design that sparked excitement and drove...
Mego’s Micronauts 30% off in 1978
December 17, 1978. This Reading Eagle newspaper advertisement for Play Town gives us a chance at the Micronauts at 30%...
1978 and “The Marvel Explosion Comes to Television!”
I can barely remember watching both The Incredible Hulk and The Amazing Spider-Man on television when I was five or...
