“Select Minibots Special” in 1984
We've seen Select's cheap transforming robot toys before. Over the years I've posted reviews of a handful of their robot...
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“Out-of-this-World Toys at Fabulous Prices”
If you're not familiar with the Topper Motorized Monster Maker playset of the sixties, then don't worry because you're not...
1980 Dungeons & Dragons Newspaper Advertisement
"The original adult fantasy roleplaying game everyone is talking about." Not only does this 1980 newspaper ad offer us the...
1984 Newspaper Ad for Hasbro’s G.I. Joe Skystriker
Not every single item in each newspaper hiding inside the Google newspaper archives is searchable. That means that whenever I...
“A Gift That’s In Step With The Time!”
Here's a great newspaper ad from December 19, 1984. The 1986 Bonkers candy offer gives us a better look at...
Star Wars Bulletin Boards in 1980
This was an unexpected discovery. The December 1, 1980, issue of the Spokane Daily Chronicle newspaper introduces Star Wars bulletin...
“Toy firms are creating TV programs to sell”
If you've read my two books on action figure marketing in the eighties -- Each Sold Separately* and Action Figures...
“Dungeons & Dragons Figures” in 1984
After sharing two different LJN Dungeons & Dragons newspaper ads earlier this week (first ad, second ad) I thought it...
