“‘Fearless Photog’ wins Mattel contest” in 1985
Last Friday I posted a 1986 article and today I'd like to return to Mattel's Masters of the Universe contest...
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“Toy Blowout” in 1984
Enlarge Image! It's never great to see a business fail, but in this 1984 newspaper advertisement we see the results...
Carmine Infantino Talks Batman and Social Responsibility in 1969
Enlarge Image! Can you believe the crazy stuff hiding out in the Google newspaper archives? Batman, Robin Split is a...
Dragon Walker and Trundaxx Newspaper Ad from 1984
You know how I get. After last week's Dragon Walker ad I kept digging into the Google newspaper archives for...
“‘Jedi’ Press Kit Yields Few Clues”
With the movie over three decades old it is easy to forget that Return of the Jedi was once an...
1974 Fisher-Price Play Family Newspaper Advertisement
Commonly known as Little People these days, when this King's ad ran in the December 18, 1974, Morning Record newspaper...
“Villainous character nets $50,000 prize” in 1986
It took a few decades, but eventually Fearless Photog* became a real toy. Mike Pellegrini writes in this 1986 newspaper...
“Win a Mechanical Man” in 1969
The Zeroids toys from Ideal (see Wikipedia) are one of those obscure lines that we never hear much about. Despite...
