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 
Androform Cheap Transforming Robot Toy Ad from 1985 Buck Rogers XXVc Cover: Luna
Another cover from Jerry Bingham from TSR’s Buck Rogers XXVc* roleplaying game, today’s cover returns…
Spotted Online – 1962 Matchbox Micro-Documentary
Posted over three years ago, this micro-documentary shows us how Matchbox toy cars were once…
BattleGrip Comment Contest Winners
Thank you, everyone, for participating in the recent comment contest. We had lots of entries,…
1978 Ad for Palitoy’s Commander Power (Hasbro’s Super Joe)
I’ve written about Hasbro’s Super Joe line of the seventies before (2013 feature post), and…
Buck Rogers XXVc Cover: Inner Worlds
Continuing our look at TSR’s Buck Rogers XXVc* roleplaying game, this 1991 cover by Jerry…
Superman and the Magic Snake in 1983
The Magic Snake toy/puzzle (find at Amazon.com*) was hot when the Rubik’s Cube was a…
“Learn To Drive . . . The dangerous way” with Car Wars in 1983
Steve Jackson Games’ Car Wars (find at Amazon.com*) makes an appearance in this 1983 advertisement…
Video – Mythic Legions Action Figures at New York Toy Fair
The Four Horsemen’s Mythic Legions action figures (find on Amazon.com*) sell for much higher than…