Autobot Minicars and Cars on Sale in 1984 
G.I. Joe Battlefield Accessories and Action Figures at Osco 
Shockwave Only $9.99 in 1986! 
Arco’s Ro-Gun and Tomy’s Starriors on Sale in 1984 
Taking a second look at the Robotic Radio
It has been almost a decade since I reviewed the Robotic Radio toy. (Posted here.) Since then, I've toyed with...
Autobot Minicars and Cars on Sale in 1984
November 26, 1984. The Wilkes-Barre, Penn, Times Leader newspaper offers up this "sale" that I am sure is nothing special...
G.I. Joe Battlefield Accessories and Action Figures at Osco
This Osco advertisement for Hasbro's G.I. Joe is from the same newspaper where I found this ad for the Robo...
Shockwave Only $9.99 in 1986!
I paid something like $20 when I bought Shockwave in 1985, and I know I'd happily pay that again if...
Arco’s Ro-Gun and Tomy’s Starriors on Sale in 1984
December 13, 1984. We've seen both the Ro-Gun cheap transforming robot toy (battlegrip.com search) and Tomy's Starriors (battlegrip.com search) before,...
Androform Cheap Transforming Robot Toy Ad from 1985
Here's a line of cheap transforming robot toys from the eightes that is new to me. From the December 16,...
Mattel’s Masters of the Universe on Sale at Walgreens in 1986
July 30, 1986. The South Florida Sun of Fort Lauderdale, Florida offers up this Walgreens coupon to get Mattel's Masters...
Lords of Creation RPG in 1984
March 22, 1984. Avalon Hill's Lords of Creation roleplaying game (Amazon.com search*) makes an appearance in this newspaper article from...