Star Wars “Land of the Jawas” Playset on Sale in 1979
I'm betting that a lot of kids will be getting Star Wars toys and action figures (find at Amazon.com*) for...
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“Cards were stacked for success of Uno”
Mattel's Uno game (find at Amazon.com*) wasn't always one of the world's top card games. Way back in the early...
1986 M.A.S.K. Firecracker and Hurricane Newspaper Advertisement
Last week we looked at a 1987 M.A.S.K. newspaper ad and today it's time we return to Kenner's M.A.S.K. toys...
“The biggest obstacle to creativity is fear.”
I really should create a tag for "loomis" here at battlegrip.com, because the more time I spend poking through the...
G.I. Joe Terror Drome Ad from 1986
As a kid, I was most into Hasbro's G.I. Joe series (Amazon.com search*) in late 1986, making this newspaper ad...
Conflicting Sales Reports on the “Star Wars Early Bird Kit” in 1977
I've posted about the Kenner Star Wars "Early Bird Kits" before (first post, second post), but today's discovery is one...
“Game Maker Plans to Sell” in 1967
If you've not yet read Playing by Different Rules*, subtitled "The General Mills/Parker Brothers Merger," then I highly encourage you...
1985 “Galactic Man Space Robot” at Radio Shack (AKA Shackwave) Advertisement
I've won the internet, kids! How else would you explain discovering this 1985 newspaper ad for Radio Shack that features...
