Transformers Insecticons on Sale in 1985
There's more than just Insecticons in this 1985 newspaper ad for Toys + Plus, but it was those Transformers toys...
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1997 Stratego “Now and Beyond” Advertisement
We've seen this 1997 Stratego game ad before (first posted here), but when I ran across the ad on the...
Transformers Devastator Ad from 1985
December 18, 1985. Check page 47 of the Times Daily newspaper on the Google newspaper archives for that day and...
Super GoBots or Autobot Cars in 1985
I know that there was a lot of confusion when it came to transforming robot toys back in the eighties,...
Hasbro’s G.I. Joe in the Dictionary of Toys and Games in American Popular Culture
Google's various archives are a fabulous resource when working on a new project, and while assembling reference material and researching...
1983 G.I. Joe Video Game Advertisement
This 1983 Parker Brothers comic book ad for the G.I. Joe video game (posted at Starlogged) is cool for two...
“Special playroom company’s way of developing new toys and ideas” in 1980
This 1980 Associated Press newspaper article takes us inside Hasbro for a peek at the company's approach to playtesting toys...
G.I. Joe Action Figures on Sale at JCPenny in 1982
October 25, 1982. We've seen this exact illustration before in a different JCPenny newspaper ad, but this time around the...
