Taking a second look at the Robotic Radio
It has been almost a decade since I reviewed the Robotic Radio toy. (Posted here.) Since then, I've toyed with...
1984
Autobot Minicars and Cars on Sale in 1984
November 26, 1984. The Wilkes-Barre, Penn, Times Leader newspaper offers up this "sale" that I am sure is nothing special...
G.I. Joe Battlefield Accessories and Action Figures at Osco
This Osco advertisement for Hasbro's G.I. Joe is from the same newspaper where I found this ad for the Robo...
Arco’s Ro-Gun and Tomy’s Starriors on Sale in 1984
December 13, 1984. We've seen both the Ro-Gun cheap transforming robot toy (battlegrip.com search) and Tomy's Starriors (battlegrip.com search) before,...
Lords of Creation RPG in 1984
March 22, 1984. Avalon Hill's Lords of Creation roleplaying game (Amazon.com search*) makes an appearance in this newspaper article from...
Re-Order the Powers & Perils Character Sheet Record Pad
After last week's ad for the Powers & Perils roleplaying game, I pulled the game from the shelf and spent...
“Be all that you can dream . . . with Heroes” Magazine in 1984
Yesterday's Powers & Perils advertisement came from an issue of Avalon Hill's Heroes magazine. Now, today, we see a flyer...
1984 Advertisement for Avalon Hill’s Powers & Perils RPG
"Powers and Perils was a major disappointment at the time of its release, especially because the Avalon Hill Game Company...
