1981

Philip Reed May 11, 2019

The risk of buying old toy catalogs is the chance that you'll discover something that is very, very tough to...

Philip Reed December 16, 2018

November 22, 1981. The Democrat & Chronicle newspaper of Rochester, New York, brings us a fantastic look at TSR's Dungeons...

Philip Reed July 7, 2018

Work at the office continues on The Fantasy Trip RPG, and that means I continue to sort through old magazines,...

Philip Reed April 16, 2018

January 14, 1981. Alexandria, Louisiana, Town Talk newspaper. I remember getting comic packs at the grocery store and various other...

Philip Reed March 28, 2018

It has now been almost two years since I produced Action Figure Carrying Cases*, a 176-page book dedicated to the...

Philip Reed March 25, 2018

I posted a short video for Tomy's Little Van Goes yesterday, so it felt fitting to scan in and share...

Philip Reed March 22, 2018

I recently chased down the 1981 Tomy product catalog which included a wholesale order form and price sheet, and I've...

Philip Reed March 14, 2018

Uncovering that recent Penny Racers ad sent me back into the newspaper archives in search of the earliest information on...

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