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 Free T-Shirt Offer from Monogram in 1984
Buy a model and get a free t-shirt? Awesome! Toymakers had the best ads back…
G.I. Joe Action Figure and Skystriker on Sale in 1984
My book dedicated to Star Wars newspaper ads, Collect These Figures and Accessories*, needs a…
“G.I. Joe: Escape from Doom!” Pack-In Insert from 1990
In addition to the “Incredible Shrinking Joes” mail-away promotion (posted here), Hasbro also offered up…
White Wizard’s Cyber Monday Sale on Star Realms
If you’ve never played the Star Realms deck building game (find at Amazon.com*) then you’ve…
2003 ToysRUs Transformers Toy Reissue Advertisement
A few days ago I posted a 2002 TRU advertisement for Hasbro’s reissue of Transformers…
1987 Watchimals Newspaper Ad
Hasbro’s Watchimals toys (see Wikipedia) were working watches that had one weird gimmick: these were…
Spotted Online – X-Transbots Unofficial Cosmos!!!
I’ve reviewed the original 1985 Cosmos toy (review here), as well as iGear’s unofficial Cosmos…
1982 E.T. Atari Game at K-Mart
Okay, I may have just won Christmas. Poking through the Google newspaper archives I ran…