Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Hot Wheels, and Boys’ Life in 1991
Okay, kids. It's time to leap back over two decades to the July, 1991 issue of Boys' Life magazine and...
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2004 Chronicles of Riddick “Escape from Butcher Bay” Ad
Hey, blame that unofficial Riddick action figure for this one. This 2004 advertisement for the Escape from Butcher Bay* comes...
Mattel’s “Captain Power” in Popular Science
You remember Captain Power, right? Mattel's action figure and television series in which the toys used lights and science to...
1985 Cabbage Patch Kids Cereal Advertisement
If you open this 1985 Working Mother issue then you'll find a fun full-page ad for Cabbage Patch Kids cereal....
1951 Ads for Monopoly and Sorry
Posting that 1949 Parker Brothers article a few days ago made me ask: What else is out there? Well, it...
“So You Want To Invent A Game”
The 2003 book The Game Makers: The Story of Parker Brothers, from Tiddledy Winks to Trivial Pursuit* is a fun...
1987 Robocop Review in Orange Coast Magazine
We've looked at three older reviews of the original Robocop movie (Amazon.com search*) over the past week, and now it's...
Tyco vs Lego: “More or Less”
Yesterday's Tyco vs Lego advertisement wasn't the only time in the eighties that Tyco tried to make the discussion about...
