G.I. Joe, Smurfs, and Masters of the Universe
December 15, 1982. Here's an eighties Christmas offer for everyone! Hasbro's G.I. Joe stands out as the dominant brand in...
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Kenner Darth Vader TIE Fighter
Only $9.96 for the Darth Vader TIE Fighter in this 1980 newspaper advertisement, making this a pretty average price for...
“Star Wars Spectacular” and Play Doh at K-Mart in 1982
Enlarge Image! My two published books of Star Wars newspaper advertisements -- Action Figure Carrying Cases* and Collect These Figures...
Mattel’s Krusher Growing Monster
December 13, 1980. I'm unfamiliar with some of the stranger, one-off toys of the seventies and eighties, so this newspaper...
Darth Vader Carrying Case at K-Mart in 1980
December 9, 1980. I featured the Kenner Darth Vader carrying case fairly heavily in two of my books -- Action...
Robo Force, Masters of the Universe, and Transformers at Playland Toy Stores in 1984
November 21, 1984. One forgotten brand, one favorite of the eighties, and an eighties success story that's going strong today...
Kenner Large Chewbacca and Darth Vader Action Figures for $8.99/each in 1978
This 1978 Mr. Wiggs newspaper ad shows off one of the rarer of the Kenner Star Wars toys of the...
“50% off entire line of E.T. toys.”
December 10, 1982. E.T. was a huge summer blockbuster, raking in millions of dollars and firing the imaginations of children...
