“Star Wars . . . At Western Auto!” in 1980
October 29, 1980. If my two books devoted to Star Wars newspaper ads of the seventies and eighties (Collect These...
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Kenner Six Million Dollar Man with Bionic Grip on Sale in 1977
November 27, 1977. This newspaper ad for a handful of Kenner's Six Million Dollar Man action figures follows a K-Mart...
“Bionic Friends, $5.88, Your Choice” in 1977
November 27, 1977. We return to K-Mart, one of the largest retailers of the seventies, for a look at Kenner's...
Stretch Monster by Kenner
This 1977 Sears newspaper ad is a fun exercise in "advertisements that are near-identical to ones we have seen before,"...
Kenner Star Wars Laser Pistol Toy at Children’s Palace
November 25, 1979. Toy guns were a fun thing back when I was a kid, and the coolest kids in...
Kenner’s Remote Control R2-D2 for $24.99
You know why I never had the remote control R2-D2 toy when I was a kid? Well, this 1979 newspaper...
Kenner’s Megabug Gladiators Megaspider
Plaid Stallions says of the Megabug Gladiators line: Had it been spawned in the 1980s, Megabugs would have likely gotten...
1979 JCPenny Ad for Star Wars Action Figures
It is becoming more and more likely that my two books dedicated to the Star Wars newspaper ads of the...
