1984

Philip Reed February 1, 2016

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Philip Reed January 30, 2016

After last week's ad for the Mattel Masters of the Universe Dragon Walker toy it seemed fitting that I continue...

Philip Reed January 25, 2016

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Philip Reed January 25, 2016

After yesterday's "toy blowout" ad from 1984 I started asking myself: Which toy distributor was having financial problems in 1984?...

Philip Reed January 24, 2016

Enlarge Image! It's never great to see a business fail, but in this 1984 newspaper advertisement we see the results...

Philip Reed January 23, 2016

You know how I get. After last week's Dragon Walker ad I kept digging into the Google newspaper archives for...

Philip Reed January 21, 2016

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Philip Reed January 21, 2016

I posted this 1984 Associated Press newspaper article last summer (posted here), but when I ran across it in a...

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