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Philip Reed October 12, 2018

January 26, 1986. A Roboplastic Apocalypse Facebook post last week led me to search newspapers for "Gummy Transformers." What an...

Philip Reed March 14, 2018

I ran across this ad for Pez in a 1981 issue of Marvel's ROM comic book and the very first...

Philip Reed October 21, 2017

I've shared a few different Bonkers! candy advertisements before (robot watch, Ugly Balls), so longtime battlegrip.com readers shouldn't be at...

Philip Reed July 20, 2017

Yesterday's X-Men and Chef Boyardee advertisement wasn't the only X-Men X food ad in that 1995 Skeleton Warriors comic I...

Philip Reed June 20, 2015

Posted at the Novelty Candy Facebook group by Russell Vandiver, these pics of Slime Heads candy are fun on their...

Philip Reed June 7, 2015

I've posted about the Dungeons & Dragons candy from the eighties twice now (back in 2012 and yesterday), and being...

Philip Reed June 6, 2015

You may remember the 2012 post about the old Dungeons & Dragons candy that was on shelves in the early...

Philip Reed May 16, 2015

Back when I was a kid, comic books were a great way to reach kids. Toys, model kits, money-making schemes,...

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