1985

Philip Reed September 17, 2016

Transforming robot watches were a thing in the eighties, right? Well, here's a 1985 newspaper ad where you can find...

Philip Reed September 13, 2016

I mentioned the upcoming Battlegrip Offline micro-zines yesterday, and now it's time to give you a peek at the third...

Philip Reed September 8, 2016

Here are two incredible eighties toys in one ad, and everything G.I. Joe and M.A.S.K. fans need to start a...

Philip Reed August 24, 2016

Hasbro's G.I. Joe and Mattel's Masters of the Universe each appear in this short newspaper piece from the December 23,...

Philip Reed August 20, 2016

We've seen a newspaper ad for the Intex Moto-Bot cheap transforming robot toys before (posted here), but this like is...

Philip Reed August 20, 2016

Woah, no wonder it wasn't until 1989 that I had a Commodore 64 of my own (and one that I...

Philip Reed July 4, 2016

In my two books on action figure marketing -- Each Sold Separately* and Action Figures Not Included* -- I took...

Philip Reed June 25, 2016

Check out those Masters of the Universe Golden Books (find at Amazon.com*) on sale in 1985! This 1985 K-Mart newspaper...

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