1986 Menards Newspaper Ad Featuring G.I. Joe, Transformers, and GoBots

I don’t think I’ve been in a Menards store in over twenty years. As a kid, I used to go to these stores with my dad, and it was Menards where I first saw a Shockwave toy for sale back in 1985 (I didn’t get one until the next year).

This newspaper ad featuring G.I. Joe, Transformers, and GoBots comes from the December 3, 1986, issue of the Milwaukee Journal, and looking at this I can happily report that I had all three of those G.I. Joe toys and Blitzwing when this ad was new. That was a pretty sweet year, because it’s also the year I got a Metroplex.

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