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Philip Reed October 11, 2016

After yesterday's Steel Monsters post it's clear to me that we need to see more of the line. I don't...

Philip Reed October 10, 2016

The Tonka product catalog pages that I shared last year give us a better look at the toys, but when...

Philip Reed October 8, 2016

I think I was about nine the first time I started playing with flashlights. There for a few years, there...

Philip Reed October 3, 2016

Tonka's Steel Monsters toyline (last mentioned here), a post-apocalyptic action figure and vehicle collection that I really should own, may...

Philip Reed October 2, 2016

I picked up Out of the Garden: Toys and Children's Culture in the Age of TV Marketing* when I was...

Philip Reed September 28, 2016

I shared a 1986 Steel Monsters ad a few days ago, and now I want to point you in the...

Philip Reed September 27, 2016

Yesterday's Steel Monsters newspaper ad wasn't anywhere enough of Tonka's post-apocalyptic toyline for my tastes. I need to not be...

Philip Reed September 26, 2016

Part of my time at the office has been spent on the new Car Wars game (find at Amazon.com*), and...

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