1974 Newspaper Ad for Mattel’s Big Jim Series
If you own a copy of G.I. Joe and Other Backyard Heroes* then you've likely done exactly as I have...
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Six Million Dollar Man and Bionic Woman Action Figures on Sale!
Well, on sale almost forty years ago. Why wasn't I a smart enough four-year-old kid to notice that I should...
1989 Kenner Robocop Action Figures
The Robocop series (Amazon.com search*) has seen a hell of a lot of toys and action figures for a franchise...
1977 Newspaper Ad for Kenner’s Bionic Man Action Figures
The Google newspaper archives appear to be endless. Almost every time I dive into those digital archives I uncover something...
1978 Newspaper Ad for the Star World Figure Case
If you've read my post on action figure carrying cases -- see Missing: The Action Figure Carrying Case -- then...
Beetlejuice and Real Ghostbusters Action Figures on Clearance in 1991
Here's a 1991 ToysRUs newspaper ad that's certain to make the Beetlejuice (Amazon.com search*) and Ghostbusters (Amazon.com search*) fans quite...
1985 JCPenny Ad for Wheeled Warriors and Masters of the Universe
After yesterday's Wheeled Warriors ad I went searching for more on the old toy line, and that quickly led me...
Dollar General Stores and Wheeled Warriors in 1986
Mattel's Wheeled Warriors series doesn't find its way often to battlegrip.com, but when I encountered this 1986 newspaper ad I...
