1978

Philip Reed July 27, 2015

Milton Bradley's Starbird toy from the seventies is on sale in this November 28, 1978 Reading Eagle newspaper ad that's...

Philip Reed July 5, 2015

We've glanced at the Starbird before (commercial posted here), and while running a Google archives search I encountered this 1978...

Philip Reed June 8, 2015

All it takes is one simple, accidental discovery and I'm suddenly digging deeper into some thing or other. Today I'm...

Philip Reed May 28, 2015

I remember the first time that I read Splinter of the Mind's Eye* when I was a kid. At the...

Philip Reed May 12, 2015

Comic ads in the seventies specifically targeted kids, showing off things that any little boy (because, to be honest, the...

Philip Reed May 11, 2015

A few days ago I mentioned Space Gamer magazine. Well, my brainmatter started spinning and thinking and I soon found...

Philip Reed May 4, 2015

Published in 1982, the hardcover Woman's Day Book of Best-Loved Toys & Dolls* collects several articles from the Woman's Day...

Philip Reed May 4, 2015

The June 11, 1978 Toledo Blade newspaper included this ad for Kenner's Star Wars action figures . . . and...

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