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Philip Reed September 24, 2015

I've mentioned Tonka's Steel Monsters toys before (Tonka catalog pages, Steel Monsters toy commercial), and today I'd like to direct...

Philip Reed August 21, 2015

While searching through the Google newspaper archives, I ran across this full-page toy ad in the Spokesman Review issue from...

Philip Reed August 20, 2015

Over at CollectionDX is this review for everyone who's excited about the return of Machine Robo transforming robot toys. Block...

Philip Reed July 4, 2015

I've shared old news about this before, and my two action figure marketing books -- Each Sold Separately* and Action...

Philip Reed June 3, 2015

I first mentioned the Steel Monsters toys last year, and today I thought it would be fun to share Tonka's...

Philip Reed June 1, 2015

I thought I had found all of the 1984-1986 newspaper articles about the Transformers toys. I was wrong. This Associated...

Philip Reed April 30, 2015

Well, in 1986 Rock Lords were in the news in this article from the February 10 issue of The Sumter...

Philip Reed April 9, 2015

I've made no secret of the fact that I didn't collect or care for GoBots toys as a kid. I...

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