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Philip Reed March 15, 2018

December 6, 1985. The Auburn, California, Auburn Journal newspaper brings us this ad block for Tomy's Tribots cheap transforming robot...

Philip Reed March 14, 2018

Uncovering that recent Penny Racers ad sent me back into the newspaper archives in search of the earliest information on...

Philip Reed March 13, 2018

November 30, 1982. Pre-dating the release of Hasbro's Transformers in 1984, this Honolulu Advertiser newspaper ad for the Diaclone Dasher...

Philip Reed March 13, 2018

August 2, 1984. This is the cheapest price I've uncovered for Takara's Kronoform robot watch. The two earlier newspaper ads...

Philip Reed March 13, 2018

October 19, 1983. This Baltimore Sun newspaper ad from Caldor brings us two toylines of the early eighties that are...

Philip Reed March 12, 2018

March 29, 1981. Takara's Penny Racers appears in this Caldor advertisement block from the Hartford Courant and instantly triggers the...

Philip Reed March 12, 2018

December 12, 1996. Recently shared newspaper ads for the Tyco BattleTech toyline of the nineties (posted here, here, and here)...

Philip Reed March 11, 2018

Yesterday's Exosquad advertisement inspired me to dig deeper into the newspaper archives, quickly leading to this April 24, 1994, Chicago...

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